LUMINANT ENVIRONMENT IN RELATION TO ENERGY, COST AND CUSTOMER EFFICIENCY IN UPSCALE RESTAURANT SETTINGS

Restaurant is a place to accommodate a person to fulfill his needs of hunger. But a restaurant accompanies other factors along with hunger like interior, service, acoustics, timings etc. to satisfy customers. The most prominent feature of interior is light which enhances the beauty of a place. The lighting requires to be designed properly, the more efficient luminant environment, the more customers are expected in an eating place. This study analyzes the two lighting designs in view of their energy efficiency and cost which are concluded on the price and increase in number of customers in restaurant settings. The Lahore View (R1), restaurant’s specialty is rope lights in blue color along with spot lights. The second one i.e. Jasmine restaurant (R2) is specific with its chandeliers and spot lights. The use of spot lights enhances the functionality – reduced energy consumption and efficient. The items such as rope lights and chandeliers are installed for aesthetics to attract customers. The conclusion is that lighting in R1 is more energy efficient and cost effective than R2 but the customers increase in almost equal ratio in both restaurants in changed lighting. That means the properly installed lighting can increase the business and this experiment can also be effective on other retailers

LUMINANT ENVIRONMENT IN RELATION TO ENERGY, COST AND CUSTOMER EFFICIENCY IN UPSCALE RESTAURANT SETTINGS

Restaurant is a place to accommodate a person to fulfill his needs of hunger. But a restaurant accompanies other factors along with hunger like interior, service, acoustics, timings etc. to satisfy customers. The most prominent feature of interior is light which enhances the beauty of a place. The lighting requires to be designed properly, the more efficient luminant environment, the more customers are expected in an eating place. This study analyzes the two lighting designs in view of their energy efficiency and cost which are concluded on the price and increase in number of customers in restaurant settings. The Lahore View (R1), restaurant’s specialty is rope lights in blue color along with spot lights. The second one i.e. Jasmine restaurant (R2) is specific with its chandeliers and spot lights. The use of spot lights enhances the functionality – reduced energy consumption and efficient. The items such as rope lights and chandeliers are installed for aesthetics to attract customers. The conclusion is that lighting in R1 is more energy efficient and cost effective than R2 but the customers increase in almost equal ratio in both restaurants in changed lighting. That means the properly installed lighting can increase the business and this experiment can also be effective on other retailers

EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF ROLE OVERLOAD AND RESOURCES ON EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AMONG OPERATIONAL EMPLOYEES OF RESCUE-1122: A PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE APPROACH

The basic purpose of this study is to explore the relationship of role overload (RO) and resources (R) with employee engagement (EE) among the operational employees of Rescue (1122), District Mardan. The role overload and resources have not been studied with the relationship of employee engagement in emergency services (Rescue-1122) in Pakistan. Data was collected from 154 employees using adopted questionnaire. The respondents are Fire Rescuers (FR), Lead fire rescuers (LFR), DERT (Disaster emergency response team) Rescuer, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and Divers only of district Mardan. The WarpPLS was used for data analysis and concluded the negative impact of role overload on employee engagement, while positive impact of resources on employee engagement in Rescue-1122, Mardan. Thus, the present study provides help to top brass of the organization during formulation of strategy in order to overcome the problem of role overload which eventually affects employee engagement

PHYSICIAN’S PERCEPTION TOWARDS CONTEMPORARY PHARMACEUTICAL ADVERTISEMENTS IN PAKISTAN

The aim of this survey research was to study the perceptions of public and private sector physicians toward Direct to Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertisements (DTCPA) with the help of triangulated study approach. Using cluster sampling technique, the primary data was collected via adapted questionnaire and, 389 completely filled questionnaires were compiled out of 400 questionnaires distributed. Data analysis was conducted in SPSS by using descriptive statistics and t-test. Results revealed that private sector physicians are more inclined towards DTCPA; they believe that DTCPA can help to improve physician patient relationship, diagnosis and treatment plans. However, self medication and undesirable interventions from patients can increase the healthcare hazards and cost. Moreover, the public sector physician’s tendency towards DTCPA is comparatively less than private sector, even though majority of public sectors physicians have also favored the stance to achieve better healthcare outcomes

THE IMPACT OF NEGATIVE TIES ON TURNOVER INTENTION

Knowledge based industries where human capital is very important are increasingly concerned about retaining human talent. We use a social network perspective to determine the effect of negative ties on an employee’s turnover intentions. Interpersonal dislike ties and conflicting ties are hypothesized to be positively related to turnover intentions, keeping job fit and sacrifice as control variables. Collecting sociometric and conventional data from 100 employees in an organization related to security and information of Pakistani individuals, OLS regression reveled that an employee’s number of dislike ties has a positive and significant impact of employee’s turnover intentions. Whereas an employee’s number of conflicting ties does not significantly impact turnover intentions

ROLE OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN STUDENTS’ DEVELOPMENT

This study attempted to explore and identify factors that help to promote students’ efficiency in co-curricular activities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The sample consisted of 60 principals/headmasters of schools from all the boys’ high schools of Peshawar City, which included 52 principals from private and 8 from public schools respectively. 120 teachers two from each sample school from both public and private sectors (16 teachers from public and 104 teachers from private schools). Of those 60 schools, a sample of 1200 students was selected, including 160 students from public and 1040 students from private schools. Three separate opinionnaires were used to gather data from principals, teachers and students. The opinionnaires contained items and statements which were structured around eliciting responses from principals, teachers and students about factors that contributed to students’ efficiency. The interviews based on 10 items/statements which were held with 120 parents whose children were in 10th class of the sampled schools. The data were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. In order to be logical and scientific in approach, the analysis was further made meaningful with the application of statistical measures. The data obtained from principals’, teachers’ and students’ revealed a number of areas and factors that contributed to the students’ development

THE REASONS FOR TRADITIONAL GAMES LOSING POPULARITY: A CASE STUDY OF SKHY (CALF) IN NIHAGDARA, KP (PAKISTAN)

Traditional games including Kabaddi, Chilli, and Skhy etc., played in Nihagdara (District Dir Upper) have been under pressure for the last two decades due to the advent of modern games such as cricket, volleyball, and video games.  The fervor for modern games seems to be cultural than concerns about health, psychological wellbeing, and social interaction.  Skhy (Calf), which was so popular in Nihagdara, has particularly suffered over the last years.  This study explores the reasons for the downfall of traditional games with special focus on Skhy in Jatgram, Rambial, and Maskari.  Using the case study method, the research collected data from both adults and youngsters through interviews and focus group discussion.  Data was analyzed through descriptive statistics (Frequency Distribution) to make sense of how and why Skhy became unpopular.  The results show that cultural onslaught has been the main reason for downfall of traditional games including Skhy in addition to the apathy of local community in preserving its traditions and sports

An Analysis of Students Academic Performance: A Case Study of Sarhad University, Peshawar, Pakistan

The researcher has tried to investigate the factors affecting academic performance of graduate students in this article. In the study academic performance (student’s grades/marks) is taken as a dependent variable and the gender, age, Attendance, schooling, Household Income, residential area, medium of schooling; daily study hours and accommodation as independent variables. 100 students were selected though simple random sampling for data collection and the data was collected through structured questionnaire from the different departments of Sarhad University of Peshawar. For analysis, linear regression analysis, correlation analysis, and descriptive analysis are used. It was extracted from the findings that attendance, Household income and daily study hours significantly contribute to the academic performance of graduate students.Â

An Analysis of Job Related Factors and Personality Traits on Teachers’ Ill-Health, Performance and Job Satisfaction

Teacher’s ill-health & job strains particularly in higher education sector is usually more deceptive as compared to other professions because of its vague nature of roles and is dissimilar to other professions and has substantial connections with numbers of scholars in class, their numerical assessments, workload issues, miserable organizational practices, job insecurity and inadequate recognition. Moreover, the antecedents and consequences of job related strains varies from person to person because of our different personality types and as we are all unique in our perceptions and behaviors. This exploratory research aimed to investigate & explore the factors at the work environment which have a significant impact on faculty well-being, and the possibilities of improvement of the work environment for academic world with particular reference to a public sector university. The results revealed inverse relationship between job strains and performance. The significant job related factors causing stress for male and female faculty members were different. Furthermore female faculty members and faculty members with Type A personality reported higher levels of ill-health. Type A personality also reported higher performance when compared with Type B & Type A