CONTENTS Prologue ix Acknowledgements xi About the Editors xiii SECTION I: MANAGING CORPORATE AND WORKFORCE PERFORMANCE A Case Study on the Status of Knowledge Management in Reliance Industries Limited-Vadodara Manufacturing Division Aman Sharma & Lavina Raturi3 A Study on the Effect of Conflict among Team Members in IT Projects Namjae Cho, Sanghee Park & Nanhwa Kirn15 Continuing Employee Relations After Public Sector Reform Pammesivar Nayak31 Human Capital and Structure of Human Resource Practices in Indian Manufacturing Firms Eirasnav M. & Rangnekar S. 43 Strategic Performance as A Function of Level of Awareness - An Empirical Study Arun B. K & Mukunda K. R. 57 The Role of HR Professionals in Knowledge Economy : An Indian Perspective Swati Joshi 71 SECTION II: TALENT ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT An Empirical Study of Some HR Dimensions in Construction Industry in India P. V. Akalkotkar & D.M. Pestonjee 81 Employment Branding During Recession is Worth the Risk Arnab Sinha & Shree Majumdar 107 Employment Branding - Defining A Place To Work Ayits Kitnwr Meliaria & Nivedita Patni 125 Employee Well-Being in Indian Organisations: The Forgotten Role of HRM J John Peter139 Fatigue and Job Satisfaction Among Health Care Professionals: Issues, Challenges and Strategies Hardik Shah & Nina Muncherji 149 HRA Practice in India - Issues, Challenges and Prospects Bhavika Batra 165 People's Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions- Human Due Diligence Svetlana Tatuskar & Gazia Sayed175 Recruitment Sources and Post-Hire Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Unmet Expectations Gulfam Khan Khalid, Azmat Hayat Malik & Arooj Malik 187 Talent Acquisition and Management: Employee Retention - A Strategic Tool Chhavi Shrivastav & Rohini Jaisival 199 The Strategic Face of HRM: Concepts and Country Experiences Manodip Ray Chaudhuri & jayanti Basil219 SECTION III: ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE AND DYNAMICS OF CHANGE Aligning Organisational Strategies with People's Strategies - A Case Study on Tata Chemicals Ltd, Mithapur Kinjal Dave & Dr. Asha Alexander 237 Applying Strategic Approaches in Crisis Management Arooj Malik & Culfam Khan Khalid 243 Influence of Job Design on Organizational Commitment Prabhakar G.V.,S. Sree Naga Sannidha & Garimclla Pavan Kumar 269 Learning Organizations: How the Best of the Best Get Better and Better Preeti Agrazval & Vipul R. Wakalkar 283 The Impact of the Arab National Culture on the Perception of Ideal Organizational Culture Behavioral Norms in the United Arab Emirates: An Empirical Study of 17 Firms Andrew Klein, Marie France Waxin & Elina Radnell 299 The Impact of Change on Culture and Behaviour at Work: The Adoption Process Nccra Singh, Anitha Thomas & Aniruddha Panchal 321 The Impact of Cultural Diversity at Work Place Aisivarya S Pradeep 339 The Role of Human Resources in Recent Mergers and Acquisition Vijayant i Tikyani & Puja Bhat 351 SECTION IV: VALUE BASED MANAGEMENT AND ETHICAL ISSUES A Paradigm of Organizational Adaptations to Corporate Social Responsibility Nandita Mishra 377 Inculcating Ethical Values and Social Responsibility for Best Business Practices with the Ethical Model House KamatchiP, Usha Devi N & Leena James389 Mergers & Acquisitions: Problems & Prospects for HRM Balani Zarna Jayantkumar, Syed Iram Ejaz & Brijesh H foshi 405 SECTION V: MANAGERIAL CREATIVITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH Consumer Need of Uniqueness: A Study of Undergraduate and Postgraduates Students Sapna Parashar & Nivedita Sarkar 423 Creativity and Innovation in HRM for Performance Excellence Mousumi Panda & S K Moharana 429 Critical Thinking - The Key to Competency Anitha N & Abdul Khadar P 443 SECTION VI: HRM, CULTURE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Constraints to Enterprise Development in Pietermaritzburg (South Africa) D Mahadea 457 From Palanpur to Antwerp: An Entrepreneurial Journey of the Palanpuri Jains Abhijit Kothari 475 Human Resource Management Practices in SMEs Sarita Kumari & Saroj Kumar Mishra 493 SECTION VII: ENTREPRENEURSHIP Evolution of Insurance in India Monica C Singh, Manjula Jain & Santosh Dhar 511 Small is Big: Entrepreneurship in Emerging India with Women Entrepreneurs Lata G Bhutada 519 The Need of Social Entrepreneurship in Business Education Tapal Dulababu 535 SECTION VIII: ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND TRAINING A Dynamic Life-Cycle Approach to Entrepreneurial Learning: A Conceptual Model Rohit H Trivcdi & Savalia Jignasa R 555 Emergence and Development of Women Entrepreneurship M M Ali & C.S.Kak 573 Emerging Issues in Entrepreneurship in India Ankit Shrimali & Amtja Nair 583 Entrepreneurship - Changing Face of Indian Women Neelam Sheoliha 599 Knowledge Requirement-Based Evaluation on the Human Resource at Container Terminals in China Ding Yizhong 607 Social Entrepreneurship - A New Sun in the Horizon (A Case Study of Rag Pickers and Scrap Collectors of Indore City) Yamini K K 619 Solid Waste Management: New Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in Emerging India Dharmendra V Jariwala 633 Social Entrepreneurship in PNR Society Nirav Jadav & Neha Upadhyay 647 Sustaining Business in the Century of Entrepreneurship - A Study of the Performance, Problems and Perceptions of Women Entrepreneurs in India Sita Vanka 661 Some Aspects of Social Entrepreneurship: An Analysis Shrawan Kumar Singh 679 SMEs and the Problem of Financing in Developing Economy (The Case of Nigeria, West Africa) Isaac O Fadeyibi 695 Towards Developing Entrepreneurial Spirit Among Self Help Groups P Jyothi 705 Women in Entrepreneurship: An Analysis of three Cases in India Madhuchhanda Mohanty 711