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<#LINE#>Course Websites and their Contribution to Students Evaluation of Instructors and their Courses<#LINE#>Nitza@Davidovich,Roman@Yavich<#LINE#>1-7<#LINE#>1.ISCA-RJMS-2012-045.pdf<#LINE#>Ariel University Center of Samaria, Ariel, ISRAEL<#LINE#>1/11/2012<#LINE#>26/1/2013<#LINE#>In this study we examined how course-specific websites (CSWs) that accompanied mathematics and statistics courses affected students' evaluation of these courses and their instructors. The central purpose of this study was to identify how specific elements of CSWs contribute to students’ ratings of their success in the course and faculty effectiveness. First we designed a student questionnaire to determine to what extent specific elements of the websites were perceived as contributing positively towards student success in mathematics and statistics courses. These questionnaires were administered to over five hundred students who enrolled in 29 courses taught by 13 lecturers. We then collated website evaluation data with student ratings of the instructors who had designed and maintained the CSWs to identify how student ratings of websites affect faculty effectiveness ratings. Our data indicate that although CSW represent a potentially significant means of helping students to cope with the challenges of mathematics and statistics courses, not all instructors were able to utilize this potential. These results suggest that the instructor's subject expertise represents a necessary but not sufficient condition for effective CSW construction. Unless instructors receive detailed guidance regarding "best practices" in website construction, they will continue to build sites that under-utilize the potential of web technology and make a limited contribution to student learning. <#LINE#> @ @ Nachmias R., Web-Site Story: Descriptive and Prospective Analysis of Web-Based Learning Environments, Submitted to: International Journal of Educational Communications(2001) @No $ @ @ Nachmias R., Mioduser D., Oren A. and Lahav O., Taxonomy of educational websites – A tool for supporting research development and implementation of web-based learning, International Journal of Educational Telecommunications,6(2), 141-158 (1999) @No $ @ @ Lightfoot J.M., Designing and implementing a “full-service” classpage on the Internet, Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 9(1), 19-33 (2000) @No $ @ @ Offir B., Lev Y., Barth I. and Shteinbok A., An integrated analysis of verbal and nonverbal interaction in conventional and distance learning environments, Journal of Educational Computing Research, 31, (2.101-118) (2004) @No $ @ @ Barth I., The influence of conventional and distance learning environments on university lecturers’ interactions to support cognitive and metacognitive aspects of students’ learning. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel (2004) @No $ @ @ Kember D. and Kwan K.P., Lecturers’ approaches to teaching and their relationship to conceptions of good teaching. In N. Hativa and P. Goodyear (Eds.), Teacher thinking, beliefs and knowledge in higher education, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, (219-239) (2002) @No $ @ @ Miaduser D., Nachmias R., Lahav O. and Oren A., Web-based Learning Environments: Current Pedagogical and Technological State, International Journal of Research in Computers in Education,33(1), 55-76 (1999) @No $ @ @ Barnes D.M., Sims J.P. and Jamison W., Use of Internet-based resources to support an introductory animal and poultry science course, Journal of Animal Science,77, 1306-13 (1999) @No $ @ @ Huff W.D., Using internet resources in an introductory geology course, Computers and Geosciences,24(1), 689-692 (1997) @No $ @ @ Washenberger M. Classroom websites and student success, T.H.E. Journal,29(2), 8-22 (2001) @No $ @ @ Morss D.A., A study of student perspectives on web-based learning: WebCT in the classroom. Internet Research, 9(5),393-408 (2001) @No $ @ @ Leung Y.L. and Ivy M.I., How useful are course websites? A study of students’ perceptions. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education, 2,  2 (2003) @No $ @ @ Talay-Ongan A. and Gosper M., Approaching Student Managed Learning Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education., Lismore, NSW, Australia., Southern Cross University Press, 595-60 (2000) @No $ @ @ Domoshnitsky Alexander and Roman Yavich, Mathematical Competitions for University Students, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference Models in Developing Mathematics Education, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, 143-145 (2009) @No $ @ @ Alexander Domoshnitsky, Roman Yavich, Vadim Bugaenko, Alexei Kannel-Belov, International Mathematical Internet Olympiad,  Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics,10, 50-54 (2012) @No
<#LINE#>Empirical Investigation of Impact of Capital Formation by Agriculture and Industry on Industrial Productivity in India<#LINE#>Rajni@Pathania<#LINE#>8-11<#LINE#>2.ISCA-RJMS-2013-005.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Business Economics, Faculty of Commerce, The M.S. University of Baroda,Vadodara, Gujarat, INDIA<#LINE#>3/2/2013<#LINE#>19/2/2013<#LINE#>This paper investigated the impact of the capital formation by agriculture and Industry on Industrial productivity in India during the period 2004-2011. In this study, time series data over the period 2004-2011 was used. The study employed two and multi -variable regression analysis model specified on the basic of hypothesized functional relationship between capital formations as the explanatory variables, while Index of Industrial production constituted the explained variable. The model for the study was estimated using the ordinary least square (OLS) technique. The result shows that capital formation by agriculture and industry has positive statistically significant impact on the industrial productivity of the economy in the reviewed period. <#LINE#> @ @ Bhatt V., Savings and Capital Formation, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 7(3), 318-342 (1959) @No $ @ @ Roy B., Capital Formation in India: 1901-51, Economic and Political Weekly, 2(17), 807-811 (1967) @No $ @ @ Rao V., Savings, Capital Formation and National Income, Economic and Political Weekly, 15(22), 965-977 (1980) @No $ @ @ Gulati A. and Bathla S., Capital Formation in Indian Agriculture: Re-Visiting the Debate, Economic and Political Weekly, 36(20), 1697-1708 (2001) @No $ @ @ Tan and Wei G., Sectoral Distribution of Capital Formation and Output Growth: The Cases of China and India, International Journal of Business and Social Science,2(6), (2011) @No
<#LINE#>Teachers perception on HRD Climate with reference to private schools in western Odisha, India<#LINE#>Pushkar@Dubey,N.@Surenthiran<#LINE#>12-18<#LINE#>3.ISCA-RJMS-2013-012.pdf<#LINE#>Padmashree Kruthartha Acharya College of Engineering (PKACE), Bargarh, Odisha,INDIA @ NTPC Ltd. Sipat, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, INDIA<#LINE#>17/2/2013<#LINE#>25/2/2013<#LINE#>  Teachers are the most imperative factor who shapes the behaviour of a child. They are the most essential element for the development of an elegant society. With high-quality teachers the civilization can move in the right direction. Therefore the development of teachers in education sector has key role to play in the development of a nation. Present study focuses on the issue of Human resource development climate prevailing in the private schools of western Odisha. Based on teacher’s opinion the OCTAPAC Culture, general climate and HRD implementation dimension were surveyed and the overall HRD Climate was calculated. <#LINE#> @ @ Dewey, John Democracy and Education, The Free Press., 1-4 (1944) @No $ @ @ Report of the Working Group on Private Sector participation including PPP in School Education12th Five Year Plan Department of School Education and Literacy Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India (2012) @No $ @ @ Yasir A.E. and Mishra A., A detailed study on Length of service and role stress of Banking sector in Lucknow Region, Research Journal of Management Science.,1(5), 15-18 (2012) @No $ @ @ Gill M., Syed F.A., Gupta B., Dubey G. and Lad K., Emotional Intelligence as a forecaster of job satisfaction among the faculties of professional Institutes of Central Indian City, Indore, Research Journal of Management Science., 1(1), 37-43 (2012) @No $ @ @ Khan N.A. and Tarab S., An Empirical Presentation of HRD Climate and Employee Development in Telecommunication Industry: A Case Study of Indian Private Sector, Int. J. of Trade and Comm. IIARTC, 1(1) 1-10 (2012) @No $ @ @ Mane S.V., Analysis of HRD Climate In Selected Private Sector Milk Processing Organizations in Pune Region, World Re-search Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business.,1(1), 1-3(2012) @No $ @ @ Mohanty B, Parija S and Sahu G., An empirical study on HRD Climate and its impact on job performance in private insurance companies in Odisha., International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research.,2(5), 15-28 (2012) @No $ @ @ Srimannarayana M., Human Resource Development Climate in Manufacturing Sector., Management and Change.,13(1),132-141(2009) @No $ @ @ Kilam I.K and Kumari N., Career planning and HRD Climate-A major HR challenge for public sector banks in India, Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research., 1(7), 60-82 (2012) @No $ @ @ Saraswathi S., Human Resources Development Climate: An empirical Study., International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology., 1(2), 174-179 (2010) @No $ @ @ Benjamin A., Human Resource Development Climate as a Predictor of Citizenship Behaviour and Voluntary Turnover Intentions in the Banking Sector., International Business Research., 5(1), 110-119 (2012) @No $ @ @ Bais S.S., HRD in insurance sector(A study with special reference to Life insurance corporation of India)., Excel International Journal of Multidisciplinary Management Studies., 1(3), 196-227 (2011) @No $ @ @ Sekar N., Muttiah K and Santosh B. R., HRD Climate and its Relationship to Role Motivation- A Study among Blue Collar Workers in Indian Manufacturing Companies European Journal of Social Sciences., 36(2),171-188 (2012) @No $ @ @  Dubey P. and Sharma S.K., HRD Climate Survey in Private Engineering Colleges of Odisha, International Journal of Creative Mathematical Sciences and Technology., 2(1), 68-75 (2012) @No $ @ @ Battu N.R., Human Resource Development, APH publishing corporation, New Delhi (2007) @No $ @ @ Chhabra T.N., Human Resource Management-concepts and issues, Dhanpat Rai and Co. Pvt Ltd., New Delhi (2010) @No $ @ @ Madan P., Paliwal V and Bharadwaj R., Research Methodology, Global Vision Publishing House, New Delhi. (2011) @No $ @ @ Nishad Nawaz M., To assess the impact of HRIS in facilitating information flow among the select software companies in Bangalore, India, Research Journal of Management Science., 1(3), 1-8, (2012) @No
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<#LINE#>Indian Auto Component Industry: A Decade of Growth and Way Forward<#LINE#>VijayBhasker@Velury<#LINE#>19-27<#LINE#>4.ISCA-RJMS-2013-014.pdf<#LINE#> CIRD, Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA<#LINE#>23/2/2013<#LINE#>25/2/2013<#LINE#>  The growth of Indian Auto Component Industry in the little over first decade of the 21st Century is phenomenal. The Industry transformed gradually in stages from serving just Indian market – majority to replacement market - to global OEMs and replacement market. The Auto Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA) has significance for global recognition and has an impact on GDP. It has a supporting role in the growth of Indian Automobile Sector and in future as per Automotive Plan 2006-16, Vision 2020:21 and Automotive Sector five year plan (2012 – 17) as projected by Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. The growth of this sub sector has a bearing on the developments and growth of Indian Automobile Industry rather it is dependent on Automobile Industry growth – Locally and worldwide – expanding and aftermarket. This research paper highlights the growth of Indian Auto  Component Industry relating with Investments and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Equity inflows, drawing comparison with the developments and growth of Indian Automobile Industry, more specifically to Two Wheelers, Passenger Cars and Commercial Vehicle – Domestic Sales and Export earnings.  <#LINE#> @ @ ACMA www.acmainfo.com/acma_memorandum.pdf - Memorandum and Articles of Association (1959–1982)  @No $ @ @ ACMA – Annual Report (2011-12)  @No $ @ @ IBEF Report - http://www.ibef.org   page no. 6, (2012) @No $ @ @ ACMA – ACT (2012) @No $ @ @ IBEF Report - http://www.ibef.org   page no. 17, (2012) @No $ @ @ IMRB – Market attractiveness of Auto Component Business in India (January 2009) @No $ @ @ , Dun and Bradstreethttps://www.dnb.co.in/ (2011) @No $ @ @ ACMA - Indian Auto components industry - Growing Capabilities and Strength (June 2011) @No $ @ @ DIPP – http://dipp.nic.in - SIA Newsletter January (2011) @No $ @ @ ACMA Annual Reports (2007 to 2012) @No $ @ @ ACMA – Indian Auto Components Industry – An Overview (2010) @No $ @ @ ICRA review and Industry source June (2011) @No $ @ @ ACMA, SIAM and ATMA – Study by NCAER (2000) on projected rates in the next two five year plans (2002 – 2007 and 2007 - 2012) and ACMA Annual Reports (2007 to 2012)  @No $ @ @ SIAM industry statistics – www.siamindia.com - (2007–2012)  @No $ @ @ Auto Component off-take by Automobile Industry Segment – CRISIL Research (2011) @No $ @ @ Indian Automotive Industry: at the cross roads – EXIM Bank of India (2008) @No $ @ @ Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, experience of Indian Automotive Sector - (2009) @No $ @ @ Ministry of Finance, Government of India, Gazette Notification (2011, 2012)   @No $ @ @ Working Group on Automotive Sector for 12th Five year plan, Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (2012–17)  @No $ @ @ ACMA – Auto Component Industry Statistics, January(2013) @No $ @ @  @No $ @ @ ACMA and CARE research, December, (2012) @No $ @ @ ACMA – Joint study with M/S J D Power Asia Pacific “Insights into Supplier - OEM relationship: a Benchmarking Study (2011) @No
<#LINE#>An inventory Model for deteriorating items with Weibull Deterioration with Time Dependent Demand and Shortages<#LINE#>Vikas@Sharma,RekhaRani@Chaudhary<#LINE#>28-30<#LINE#>5.ISCA-RJMS-2013-002.pdf<#LINE#>Banasthali Vidyapith Rajasthan INDIA @ Government Engineering College Bharatpur, Rajasthan, INDIA<#LINE#>25/1/2013<#LINE#>6/2/2013<#LINE#>This paper deals with in developing an inventory model for deteriorating items, the rate of deterioration follow the Weibull distribution with two parameters. The demand rate is assumed of time dependent. The shortages are allowed and shortages are completely backlogged. The numerical example is given to illustrate the model developed. The model is solved analytically by maximizing the total profit. <#LINE#> @ @ Ghare P.M. and Schrader G.F., An inventory model for exponentially deteriorating items, Journal of Industrial Engineering,14, 238-243 (1963) @No $ @ @ Shah Y.K. and Jaiswal M.C., An order-level inventory model for a system with Constant rate of deterioration, Opsearch,14, 174-184 (1977) @No $ @ @ Aggarwal S.P., A note on an order-level inventory model for a system with constant rate of deterioration, Opsearch,15, 84-187 (1978) @No $ @ @ Dave U. and Patel. L.K., (T, S) policy inventory model for deteriorating items with time proportional demand, Journal of the Operational Research Society,32, 137-142 (1981) @No $ @ @ Covert R.P. and Philip G.C., An EOQ model for items with Weibull distribution deterioration, AIIE Transactions,5, 323-326 (1973) @No $ @ @ Mishra R.B., Optimum production lot-size model for a system with deteriorating inventory, International Journal of Production Research, , 495-505 (1975) @No $ @ @ Deb M. and Chaudhuri K.S., An EOQ model for items with finite rate of production and variable rate of deterioration, Opsearch,23, 175-181 (1986) @No $ @ @ Chung K. and Ting P., A heuristic for replenishment of deteriorating items with a linear trend in demand, Journal of the Operational Research Society,44, 1235-1241 (1993) @No $ @ @ Fujiwara O., EOQ models for continuously deteriorating products using linear and exponential penalty costs, European Journal of Operational Research,70, 104-14 (1993) @No $ @ @ Hariga M.A. and Benkherouf  L., Optimal and heuristic inventory replenishment models for deteriorating items with exponential time-varying demand, European Journal of Operational Research. 79, 123-137 (1994) @No $ @ @ Wee H.M., A deterministic lot-size inventory model for deteriorating with shortages and a declining market, Computers and Operations,22, 345-356 (1995) @No $ @ @ Jalan A.K., Giri R.R. and Chaudhuri K.S., EOQ model for items with Weibull distribution deterioration shortages and trended demand, International Journal of Systems Science,27, 851-855 (1996) @No $ @ @ Chakraborti T. and Chaudhuri K.S.,  An EOQ model for deteriorating items with a linear trend in demand and shortages in all cycles, International Journal of Production Economics, 49, 205-213 (1997) @No $ @ @ Giri B.C. and Chaudhuri K.S., Heuristic models for deteriorating items with shortages and time-varying demand and costs, International Journal of Systems Science,28, 53-159 (1997) @No $ @ @ Chakrabarti et al, An EOQ model for items Weibull distribution deterioration shortages and trended demand an extension of Philip’s model, Computers and Operations Research,25, 649-657 (1997) @No $ @ @ Jalan A.K. and Chaudhuri K.S. Structural properties of an inventory system with deterioration and trended demand, International Journal of systems Science,30, 627-633 (1999) @No $ @ @ Burwell T.H., Dave D.S., Fitzpatrick K.E. and Roy M.R.,  Economic lot size model for price-dependent demand under quantity and freight discounts, International Journal of Production Economics, 48(2), 141-155 (1997) @No $ @ @ Mondal B., Bhunia A.K. and Maiti M., An inventory system of ameliorating items for price dependent demand rate, Computers and Industrial Engineering,45(3), 443-456 (2003) @No $ @ @ You S.P., Inventory policy for products with price and time-dependent demands, Journal of the Operational Research Society,56, 870-873 (2005) @No $ @ @ Goh M., EOQ models with general demand and holding cost functions, European Journal of Operational Research, 73, 50-54 (1994) @No