18. Working PapersThis section consists of faculty contributions on working papers. Currently the fulltext of the working papers are accessible to the members of the IIMK Community only.http://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/1352024-03-28T12:56:34Z2024-03-28T12:56:34ZExploring doctoral Community Social media preparedness for a B-School using A socio-technical LensAnindita Paulhttp://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/9932020-12-08T17:23:29Z2018-05-01T00:00:00ZExploring doctoral Community Social media preparedness for a B-School using A socio-technical Lens
Anindita Paul
Doctoral research scholars look for quality information to fulfil their research pursuits. They are in-formation alert as they have a narrowed down interest area for which they are constantly looking out for information. The behaviour, environment and the associations of the research scholar play an im-portant role in creating conducive grounds for quality information seeking. A qualitative enquiry us-ing the Socio-technical lens that looks at individuals, social and technology in a context and explores the interaction between these. The study explores the Social Media preparedness of the doctoral com-munity. The study was conducted in a premier B-School located in South India. Preliminary findings indicated that communities play a major role in supporting the scholars information behaviour. How-ever, communities in the physical spaces, though enable them to be in proximity to each other, the online communities enable a better support system for information. Attitude and comfort level with seeking information from Social Media was also found to be a major hindrance to utilise it for infor-mation seeking. Library has a crucial role to play in this regard. The scholars see the library as a place where they will start their information search.
2018-05-01T00:00:00ZCareer progression of women in the Indian IT Sector: Matching talent management practices and employee perspectivesAnindita PaulKrishnan, T.N.Scullion, Hughhttp://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/9922020-12-08T17:23:29Z2018-05-01T00:00:00ZCareer progression of women in the Indian IT Sector: Matching talent management practices and employee perspectives
Anindita Paul; Krishnan, T.N.; Scullion, Hugh
Women talent management is an important area of interest for organizations not only across the world but more specifically in India, a dynamic and fast growing emerging market where opportunities for female participation in the labour market are increasing yet traditional barriers persist. Research in this important area is sparse and this paper is an attempt to address this important research gap. In this paper we examine the major issues and challenges facing women managers in the Indian IT sector, perception of the talent management policies by women managers and the impact of talent management practices on career progression of women. We use a qualitative approach using in-depth interviews with HR managers, line managers and women managers in two IT organizations. Findings indicate that social, biological and family supports are the major factors influencing women managers’ participation and career progression in the company. Talent management policies were viewed positively while the perception of implementation with regards to performance appraisal and promotion decisions were viewed as constraints in women career progression. The support offered for women career development in both companies were of three types - Inspirational, developmental and facilitative with varying levels of emphasis in each of the two organizations.
2018-05-01T00:00:00ZMarkov Model for Assessment of Availability Measures of Wind TurbineThangamani Gurunathanhttp://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/9912020-12-08T17:23:28Z2018-05-01T00:00:00ZMarkov Model for Assessment of Availability Measures of Wind Turbine
Thangamani Gurunathan
Companies are often interested in knowing availability of their complex system to ensure operational effectiveness and to minimize cost. One such complex system is wind turbine and its reliability and availability are more important for its cost-effective operations. A systematic approach is presented in this paper to estimate the availability of a wind turbine system. Considering the various subsystems of wind turbine, system states are defined and modelled using Markov process approach. Some of the subsystems of the wind turbine system are in one of the states such as good, operating at reduced efficiency (due to partial failure) or under complete failure. The partial and/or complete failure scenarios also consider the failures because of external events/conditions like harsh environment. The system is modeled as a Markov process using Chapman-Kolmogorov equations. The quantitative evaluation is performed for the system and the characteristic parameters such as availability is assessed. This paper also presents the steady state availability of the various states of the subsystems and a sensitivity analysis of important subsystems. The method promises to be useful for assessing the availability of any complex systems.
2018-05-01T00:00:00ZDoes Story Really Matter In The Movie Industry? : Pre-Production Stage Predictive ModelsKrishnan JeeshaSumod, S DPrashant PremkumarChowdhury, Shovanhttp://dspace.iimk.ac.in:80/xmlui/handle/2259/9902020-12-08T17:23:28Z2018-05-01T00:00:00ZDoes Story Really Matter In The Movie Industry? : Pre-Production Stage Predictive Models
Krishnan Jeesha; Sumod, S D; Prashant Premkumar; Chowdhury, Shovan
The objective of the study is to develop a parsimonious model to predict the box office success of a Bollywood movie before its release based on historical data. A movie is considered successful if it is able to generate a ROI (return on investment) higher than the weighted average risk-free rate of return. The performance of a total of 447 movies over a 9 year period were examined. A set of variables that were identified as determinants of a movie’s box office success by previous literature were tested for their applicability in the Indian context. In addition, certain variables that were unique to the Indian movie industry were investigated for their influence on the box office success of movies. The results demonstrate that factors like budget, screen count, genre, and release period all have significant influence on the outcome of a movie at the ticket window. However, contrary to popular belief, the historical box office performance of the lead actor, director or music director, and retelling of an existing narrative in the form of a remake were not found to add footfalls during the release of the movie.
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