An investigation that the inter-nearly 1000 houses in Mumbai and its suburbs can be concluded that stress, especially because of the instability and financial insecurity, makes the fight more families, couples willing to separate the slightest provocation.

The survey, conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, with the common urban and rural development, focuses on the broader paradigm of the good life, while stressing such themes as hope, disappointment, l environment, families, assets and the quality and quantity of food consumed.

The data collected by the 994 households, whose coupling research is declining employment rate, rising prices and general economic conditions accepted.

The research concludes that family tensions have the wind in their sails, because the increase in unemployment, leading to increased pressure on families through cycles.

“There is more litigation, and there is more irritation between couples,” says the report, adding that “older couples feel more heavily, because the dependence on them by their son married .

The survey also indicates 78 per cent flying flat sewing a residence with public toilets and rather poignantly recalls that 96 percent rated the humble and ubiquitous ceiling fan of their valuable achievements.

But for S.M. ParaB, the report is an “understatement.” ParaB, retrenched, was created by Mahindra and Mahindra, ekes a living in a “mobile” of the consultancy firm Tarth that discussions to invest in people in low-priced property.

“You see,” said ParaB, which slums feed Elphinstone, “I would have it not for my wife to offer instruction. I was asked to leave the post for 16 years with Mahindra. What this is something that I did my expense, I invested in a house. Now I am a door-to-door salesmen. ”

For all the talk of the optimism of Finance Minister Jaswant Singh and visions of India that the next Asian tigre, gaze down is quite morbid. “If I’m not going to work 16 hours a day, I will probably continue to beg for my daughter to education,” says ParaB. “Most of our earnings capacity of more than pay the mortgage on our house.”

The study indicates the quality of life decreases because of this economic pressure. And how are things, women the main burden of all “, because both the husband and son at home take their frustrations and misery”.

The report also comes as a blow in the face of government health care system. It turned out that even the incomes of over 3000 R force one month prefer to go to a private hospital instead of “waste” their time in the field of public health institutions.

The main culprit, of course, that was a long time to wait to see the doctor, hospital concerns and lack of adequate human resources and sufficient for medicine.

Children, it seems, malnutrition are usually “very insufficient calories.”

What ParaB until something happens with the economy drastic, it seems destined to survive the edge of a so-called society to carry on the fight with his wife and wallowing in depression .

A qualified engineer seek a better life for farmers. That’s Apoorva Oza, CEO, Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP). And he works now for the last 16 years.

Oza has worked since 1988 in the districts of Surendranagar, Narmada, Junagadh and Kachchh. He believes that farmers should be motivated to work in groups, institutions and cooperatives, it would reduce their burden.

After the mechanical construction, Oza received a Post-Graduate Studies at the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA).

“After the course, I had a job to AKRSP. Entschloss I am at work on village development and promotion of the use of modern irrigation systems.

“No institution can develop and grow without the support of many individuals and organization partner,” Oza said. “To help farmers, I am well trained and agriculture experts and engineers in these sectors, so they can guide farmers and assist them with technical know-how. It so happens that, for them, that my burden reduced. I do not believe, as part of my job. It is my interest and thanked him, I appreciate everything.

Oza is of the opinion that the lack of knowledge on modern techniques of irrigation contributes significantly farmers unfortunate economic conditions. “Due to frequent power outages, there is a lack of water approximately 40 per cent. Should we therefore have little time on new techniques that can be useful and make them less dependent on rain.”

One of the techniques that it intends to contribute to the promotion of drip irrigation - an effective, but costly. “Drop by drop compared to other techniques is one of the best ways to solve the problem of water scarcity that the quantity of water to take a less is quite. It is necessary to reach directly Part of the annex, “he says. But this system is relatively little used.

“This is because the structure of this system is quite complicated and, therefore, it is difficult for farmers to understand. Maintenance costs also seems quite high, since only a few engineers like rural areas and to repair machines. ”

Oza is of the opinion that awareness among farmers, a long way to go in promoting drip irrigation. “If a farmer, he is familiar with the system indicates that other, it is accepted within their community.”

Oza now plans to extend its work in these four districts and provides for work in Madhya Pradesh. He also worked in the affected areas, such as earthquakes Kachchh also went by long periods of drought in recent years. In these areas, the organization focused on the construction of structures harvest water entry and agriculture.

He hoped that his efforts will give better results in the fields. As he said: “Our motto is - more crop per drop”.

The decline Sumantra Ghosal is a great loss for researchers and practitioners even in the field of strategic management and leadership.

By CK Prahalad, Ghosal was one of two Indians in recent times, the weightiest contributions to the theory and practice of strategic management.

During Prahalad building the heart of its competence in resource based on the expanded vision of the first company Edith Penrose, in the late 1950’s and later by Birger Wernerfelt in the years 1980, Ghosal, for its part, constructed on the perspective skills Prahalad For a new perspective not only of the company, but the economy as a whole.

In this regard, Ghosal contribution in the field of administration and between the realm of political economy.

Managerial theory of the firm

Ghosal perhaps is best known for his article “Beyond the form M: On the road to a theory of Company”, published in the magazine’s strategic management during the summer of 1993.

It was at Hamel and Prahalad, shooting at the forefront with his theory of core competence and their perspective of the strategy Stretch and leverage.

In order to acquire capabilities to adapt to the dynamic environment of rapid change, companies should focus on developing core competencies in continuous measurement and innovation in order to earn Schumpeter long-term lease.

Hamel and Prahalad came out strongly against the SBU (Strategic Business Unit) mentality of the explanatory memorandum that the partitioning that this mentality has caused an essential condition for the strengthening of basic skills.

Ghosal, always theorists, at the same time to realize that these developments for portended theory. If companies were initially for himself as a portfolio of skills and not as a company, he justified the economic conditions and theories of the behaviour of the company were unable to explain the emergence realities. Indeed, economic theory the company has turned to the primacy of markets, but here, companies like ABB and GE, which began inside and himself that the mission of capacity building.

Again, the behaviour of companies, turned to the theory of negotiation of interests among different constituencies of the company, but companies have had the SBU thinking and cooperation beyond the borders divisional application was to save a feature.

Of course, there was the need for a new theory of the company, which deal with organizations such as collective human beings, self-training. This need Ghosal continued to meet with Bartlett, for his theory of the company’s management.

The theory of the company’s management tries to explain the behaviour of companies from a management perspective. Accordingly, the nature and way of perceiving reality Manager, premises, they do and the issues they consider important to determine the future existence and corporate behaviour. In other words, companies are what the directors of them.