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A large number of hospitals and health facilities in India are at a high risk of being damaged by disasters. Continuity of healthcare during disasters is critical. This research surveys the hospitals in National Capital Territory ...
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A large number of hospitals and health facilities in India are at a high risk of being damaged by disasters. Continuity of healthcare during disasters is critical. This research surveys the hospitals in National Capital Territory of Delhi having more than 100 beds with an effort to understand and identify the determinants of business continuity management (BCM) in hospitals. The results of this study show that the six identified determinants; 1) funds for business continuity planning (BCP); 2) skills for BCM; 3) risk awareness; 4) contingency plan; 5) protocols for BCM; 6) government schemes; are the key determinants for BCM in hospitals. Besides these, another two determinants have emerged through a qualitative survey - the mandate by government for BCP in hospitals, and protocols for business impact analysis, that need to be validated by further research.
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of Organisational Culture (OC) on total quality management (TQM) implementation in Indian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the auto component sector. Specifically;...
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of Organisational Culture (OC) on total quality management (TQM) implementation in Indian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the auto component sector. Specifically; it attempts to propose a model linking OC and TQM for this sector. Design/methodology/approach - Survey method was used for data collection by targeting the whole population of 482 Indian auto component SMEs drawn from Auto Component Manufacturers Association members' database. Out of 482,150 completely filled questionnaires were taken for data analysis. Proposed relationships among identified dimensions of OC and TQM interventions have been validated through parameter estimation statistics and goodness-of-fit statistics using path analysis technique of structural equation modelling using AMOS 18.0. Findings - Based on the results, a culture influenced TQM model has been developed. The model demonstrates a linkage between cultural dimensions and TQM interventions, thereby suggesting that OC characterised by "openness", "confrontation", "trust", "authenticity", "proaction", "autonomy", "collaboration" and "experimentation" has a significant and positive impact on TQM implementation. Practical implications - The study presents many practical implications, specifically for quality managers in Indian auto component SMEs. The study has developed a culture influenced TQM model which identifies dimensions of OC that promote TQM implementation. The study also identifies various interventions of TQM in their order of significance, which can be used by SMEs in mapping the critical links between OC and TQM through this model. Thus, findings of the present study will help SMEs in this sector to move up the value chain and sustain their global competitiveness. Originality/value - The study provides a culture influenced TQM model which would assist managers in quality implementation in Indian auto component SMEs.
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to propose and test the causal relationship among the constructs servicescape, emotions and satisfaction among users of corporate hospital services. Design/Methodology/Approach: A review of li...
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to propose and test the causal relationship among the constructs servicescape, emotions and satisfaction among users of corporate hospital services. Design/Methodology/Approach: A review of literature was done, and items were adapted construct-wise from existing scales. Data were collected from 220 respondents, and the reliability and validity of the scales were tested. The relationship among the constructs was tested using structural equation modelling. Findings: The model in this study postulated that (a) servicescape is positively related to satisfaction, (b) servicescape is positively related to positive emotions and negatively related to negative emotions and (c) positive emotions are positively related to patient satisfaction and negative emotions are negatively related to satisfaction. All the hypotheses were supported, and it was confirmed that servicescape has both direct and indirect relationships with satisfaction. Originality/Value: The article has direct implications for healthcare service providers. Healthcare executives are encouraged to monitor the physical environment of their healthcare units. This study shows that emotions of patients play an important role in determining their satisfaction with hospital services. ? 2022 SAGE Publications.
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Water quality indices (WQI) were introduced with the aim of reducing great amount of parameters into a simpler expression and enabling easy interpretation of monitoring data. In this study, an attempt has been made to devise a met...
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Water quality indices (WQI) were introduced with the aim of reducing great amount of parameters into a simpler expression and enabling easy interpretation of monitoring data. In this study, an attempt has been made to devise a methodology to integrate the WQI with geographic information system (GIS) for an effective interpretation of the quality status of the river. River Yamuna in Delhi has been taken as a case study and the physical and chemical analysis has been interpreted using WQI. Final elucidation of the water quality has been done on a map using GIS. Water samples were collected from Yamuna River from Wazirabad barrage to ITO barrage and were analysed for physiochemical parameters. Based on the results of the analyses, spatial distribution maps of selected water quality parameters were prepared using ArcInfo software. The overall index of pollution (OIP) based on the individual index values was estimated giving the values in terms of pollution indices.
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As healthcare enterprises seek to move towards an integrated, sustainable healthcare delivery model an IT-enabled
or e-Healthcare strategy is being increasingly adopted. In this study we identified the critical success factors in...
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As healthcare enterprises seek to move towards an integrated, sustainable healthcare delivery model an IT-enabled
or e-Healthcare strategy is being increasingly adopted. In this study we identified the critical success factors influencing the effectiveness of an e-Healthcare strategy in India. The performance assessment criteria used to measure effectiveness were increasing reach and reducing cost of healthcare delivery. A survey of healthcare providers was conducted. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) were the analytical tools used to determine the relative importance of the critical success factors in influencing effectiveness of e-Healthcare and their interplay with each other. To succeed in e-Healthcare initiatives the critical success factors that need to be in place are appropriate government policies, literacy levels, and telecommunications and power infrastructure in the country. The focus should not be on the IT tools and biomedical engineering technologies as is most often the case. Instead the non-technology factors such as healthcare provider and consumer mindsets should be addressed to increase acceptance of, and enhance the effectiveness of, sustainable e-Healthcare services.
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Cycads are an ancient group of seed plants that evolved during the Permo-Carboniferous period, some 280 million years ago, and rose to abundance in the Jurassic period, just as dinosaurs did in the animal world. The group has surv...
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Cycads are an ancient group of seed plants that evolved during the Permo-Carboniferous period, some 280 million years ago, and rose to abundance in the Jurassic period, just as dinosaurs did in the animal world. The group has survived mass extinctions and though depleted in numbers with only 10 genera, about 350 species are known to occur as scattered populations in the tropics and subtropics of the world. According to a report of the Cycad Specialist Group (SSC/IUCN) about 53% of the cycad taxa are facing threats and fall into one of the categories of the IUCN Red List of threatened plants (Donaldson 2003). Indian cycads are represented by the basal genus Cycas, with nine species. The species are distributed in the southern Western Ghats, Karnataka, Eastern Ghats and Northeastern states of India continuing up to the Andaman and Nicobar group of islands. Out of the nine species, two species occur naturally in the Eastern Ghats. Cycas beddomei Dyer is a palaeoendemic to the Cuddapah Hills, and Cycas sphaerica Roxb. (nee C. circinalis var. orixensis Haines) populations are natural understorey dwellers in the forests of north-eastern Ghats of Odisha (formerly Orissa). Rapid decimation of their habitat, primarily due to overharvesting of seeds and land use changes, is a matter of concern as the systematics and phylogeny of the cycads in this region have yet to be fully explored.
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Cycads are woody, palm like trees with distinctive appearance which is related to their primitiveness or antiquity. Cycads flourished in Phanerozoiceon and reached their peak in the Mesozoic era. At present, they are surviving by ...
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Cycads are woody, palm like trees with distinctive appearance which is related to their primitiveness or antiquity. Cycads flourished in Phanerozoiceon and reached their peak in the Mesozoic era. At present, they are surviving by a single order Cycadales with three families Cycadaceae, Zamiaceae and Stangeriaceae, having 10 genera and about 300 species. These taxa are surviving in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Indian cycads are represented by a single genus Cycas with nine species and one variety. Cycas pectinata Ham. was described from the Kamrup district of Assam in 19th century. Widespread habitat destruction urbanisation and unsustainable harvesting of the species for horticulture, medicine and many socio-cultural rituals led Cycas population to become critically endangered in the state. In the present paper, discovery of a giant tree of cycad is reported. Threats to cycad populations and illegal trade of Cycas cones are highlighted in the paper.
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India uses coal as a major fuel for power generation and flyash is a byproduct generated from thermal power plant. Hydraulic ash transport systems are used in most coal-fired power plants, which leads to serious water pollution co...
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India uses coal as a major fuel for power generation and flyash is a byproduct generated from thermal power plant. Hydraulic ash transport systems are used in most coal-fired power plants, which leads to serious water pollution contamination due to leaching of trace elements. The leaching behaviour of trace contaminants from coal ash in different medium is critical to environmental risk assessment. Batch shake extraction tests have been performed on the flyash collected from the hopper of the electrostatic precipitator (ESP) of Indraprastha Power Station, Delhi to study the leaching characteristics of Fe, Cr, Cu, Pb, Cd and Ni. Leaching solution includes extraction fluid (pH～4.93 ±0.05), aqueous solution (pH～7) and buffer solution (pH～10-11). The liquid/solid (L/S) ratio was about 20:1 in all leaching tests. Four leaching time intervals were selected, ranging from 1 week to 4 week. From the experiments it was observed that Cr has a relatively higher leachability in aqueous and buffer solution, whereas in extraction solution, Ni has a relatively higher leachability. Further with the increase of leaching time, the leachability of Cr in aqueous solution increases. In buffer solution the leachability of Cr increases first and then decreases with increase in leaching time. With the increase of leaching time, the leachability of Ni in extraction fluid increases.
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Sustainable investment avenues provide an additional return (than just financial return) in terms of contribution towards sustainability and sustainable indexes. We examine if the investors who put their money in sustainable avenu...
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Sustainable investment avenues provide an additional return (than just financial return) in terms of contribution towards sustainability and sustainable indexes. We examine if the investors who put their money in sustainable avenues need to forego a part of their financial return. For that purpose, we compare the conditional correlation and volatility behavior of sustainable indexes and typical indexes by applying the Dynamic Conditional Correlation - GARCH model. The study is based on secondary data of Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCl) (for conventional indexes) and Thomson Reuters indexes (as a proxy for sustainability-based indexes) using the daily closing values for a period of 5 years from January 2013 to December 2017. By concluding that the investors may switch to sustainable investment avenues without compromising on the front of return or risk, this study offers critical insight to the potential investors across developed and developing markets.
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The paper presents a comparative scenario of green space planning in Lutyens' Delhi, an old colonial area, with the Dwarka sub-city of Delhi. A mixed methods approach using field based surveys and questionnaires for randomly selec...
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The paper presents a comparative scenario of green space planning in Lutyens' Delhi, an old colonial area, with the Dwarka sub-city of Delhi. A mixed methods approach using field based surveys and questionnaires for randomly selected residential areas, parks and roads was employed to understand the urban tree species distribution, its planning and management practices and the people's perception regarding urban forestry. Urban trees encountered in Lutyens' Delhi appeared quite diverse, with 125 species as compared to 26 species in Dwarka. In Dwarka, shisham (Dalbergia sissoo) and jamun (Sygizium cumini) together constitute about three-fourth of the total population of the sampled avenue trees, whereas mem (Azadirachta indica) and imli (Tamarindus indica) constitute about half of the total sampled avenue trees in Lutyens' Delhi. Further, species selection is compromised in lieu of fast growing tree species. Though awareness related to benefits of urban trees was found high among sampled residents, low faunal biodiversity remains a bigger concern. Census and periodic monitoring of urban trees besides expansion of green spaces, while formulating infrastructure related policies can improve the urban forestry status of Delhi.
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