Abusive leadership – a Barrier to Employee Empowerment

This research is conducted to understand the negative impact of abusive leadership on employee empowerment. Employee Empowerment plays a vital role in an organization in achieving a competitive advantage in this era of cut throat competition. Empowerment of employee enables the employee to take a quick decision to respond to changes in the business environment. Various types of Leadership styles have different impact on employee empowerment. Abusive leadership style has adverse effect on employee empowerment. The study is conducted in Indian business organizations in Bangalore that use world class technologies in India by using a questionnaire developed by me consisting of 54 items based on literature survey, content validity, pilot study and factor analysis. Correlation and regression analysis are carried out to find the relationship among abusive leaderships variables, empowerment variables and consequence variables. The study highlights that arrogance and interpersonal insensitivity characteristics of abusive leadership reduce the employee empowerment. Abusive leadership also has a harmful impact on   consequences of empowerment viz. Organizational commitment, work environment satisfaction and job involvement of employees resulting in poor performance of the organization wearing away the competitive advantage of the organization. Keywords: Abusive leadership; employee empowerment, commitment, work environment satisfaction, job involvemen

Study of Marginalization of Women in Rama Mehta's Inside the Haveli

In the social structure of this world, there are various forms of people like class, community, caste, religion or gender, suffering from the dominated sensibility of social, political, economical or ethical values but their exploitation has been general in the tendency of common perception. The close observation of these people is categorized under the head of marginalization. Marginalized people are often defined socially, politically, culturally and legally deprived of their ‘rights’ as human beings in every sphere of life and cultural society. The various groups of people, living or surviving on the verge, can be assessed with their caste, class, religion or gender differentiations. In this regard, women’s position in the society and family has been one of the most considerable issues. The condition of women whether as masters or servants has equally been dominated and deprived of rights in the men dominated society. The present paper explores the marginalization, suppression, deprivation, gender inequality and feminine sensibility of women within the patriarchal system of the society in the novel Inside the Haveli

Psychological Marginalization in Nergis Dalal's Skin Deep

Historically, Indian English literature writing was much more shaped and sustained by male writers, yet the women writers struggled to create a new and unexplored space for women so that they can free Indian women from the conservative society and make their importance in other fields of working abilities. Undoubtedly, they have really made miraculous efforts with words by blending the kind of robustness of language and fertility of ideas, which churn inside the kernel and consequently, most of the women writers are looking ideals for all time because the old pattern of patriarchal life has been no longer applicable. At present, women are seen much more changed and they have broken through the mould and their mind sets have also been changed in which they seem to be liberating on several levels. Women, in the day-today life, are no longer seen as the victims of patriarchal society that subdued them to be silent on the cruelties of the society. The image of the modern woman can be seen in her struggle for establishing her own identity which emerges as a dominant theme in the Indian English literature. At the outset, Indian women writers relished the idea of making an extensive exploration of Indian myth and legend but ongoing steps of Nergis Dalal delved deep into the layers of the human mind and gave ample evidence of her prosodic skill in portraying the sister relationship in this psychological novel. The twin sisters Naaz and Yasmin are rared diffently in the same family milieu where Yasmin is dear to her mother, Sophie and Naaz finds care and support from her grandmother only. Yasmin’s fair complexion brings everything for her easily and she enjoys her life easy going though later she faces adverse conditions. Naaz's bitter experiences of her childhood puzzle her even after her marriage with Ramesh and finally the most fatal consiquece, she faces that's the death of her husband by the entry of Yasmin in their life. The present research paper is trying to explore psycho-analytical problems of feminine sensibility and sisterhood knot in the novel by bringing its wake to the concept and dimensions of the introspection

Leadership for environmental education and conservation: a case of green space park at P.N. Campus, Pokhara

The city of Pokhara in Nepal is facing a tremendous growth pressure, and the municipality has not been able to maintain open space for public use. There are no plans for the development of a nature park or green place where people could see, feel, and touch ornamental plants and flowers in nature. Further, Pokhara municipality lacks an open green space where people could walk, jog or spend leisure or free time

A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF CALCINOSIS CUTIS: A COMMON ENTITY AT UNCOMMON ANATOMICAL SITES.

Background Calcinosis cutis can be defined as a condition of calcium salts deposition on the surface of the skin including the deepest layer called hypodermis. Many interesting medical data about calcinosis cutis are available in pathological and clinical literature. This condition can be subdivided into five types, they are dystrophic, metastatic, idiopathic, iatrogenic, and calciphylaxis. Among these types, dystrophic calcification is the major cause and it is interlinked with the levels of phosphorus and calcium.  Objective This study aims to spotlight the numerous clinical and pathological characteristics of calcinosis cutis from various lesions in medical history.  Methods A complete investigation of the clinical and pathological characteristics of calcinosis cutis in all the selected cases was performed. The type of the study was retro-prospective where the data of seven years i.e. from July 2016 to June 2023 were collected from the Department of Pathology, PMCH, and Patna.   Results A total of 17 cases with the condition of calcinosis cutis were selected for the study. Among these, the sites of the lesion were different (from 1 mm to 5 cm) in measurements and location in a few patients. The scrotum was the common location of the lesion. The selection of treatment was “wide surgical excision”. The histopathological treatment was hardly challenging.   Conclusion This study showcased various measurements and locations of the lesions site of the histopathological construction, and therefore this study spotlights the numerous clinical and pathological characteristics of calcinosis cutis from various lesions

A State of Art Review on Thermodynamics Performance Analysis in Pulse Detonation Combustor

Pulse detonation engines (PDEs) are most exciting for future propulsion generation. Detonation combustion in pulse detonation combustor is an energetic combustion process which is differs from other combustion process. The detonation wave propagation in detonation tube is a pulse setting combustion phenomena. Detonation combustion process is thousands times faster than deflagration combustion process. PDE utilizes several pulse of detonation wave to produce propulsive force. The potential applications of PDEs are drastically reduces the cost of orbit transfer vehicle system and flying mode applications. Of course it can be used as ground level applications also. Draw back are DDT in shortest possible time in the combustor. In this regards, worldwide researchers are focusing on scientific and technical issues related to improvement of PDC. The present chapter deals with review study on detonation combustion process, historical overview on chemical kinetics, calorimetric and entropy transport, energy and exergy analysis and factor effecting on deflagration to detonation transition with recommendable future research

A CERVICAL PAP SMEAR CYTOLOGY PATTERN OBSERVED IN AN INDIAN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL: A RETROSPECTIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.

Objective The objective of this study is to ascertain the prevalence of carcinoma cervix, non-neoplastic lesions, and premalignant lesions among patients exhibiting diverse clinical manifestations in the gynaecology outpatient setting.  Materials and Methods The current investigation entailed a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of cervical smears obtained from individuals aged 21 years or above, with a study duration spanning one year. The conventional Pap smears underwent analysis, and the subsequent findings were duly documented.  Results Out of the 1200 cases with satisfactory smears that were examined, 800 of them showed benign and inflammatory lesions, while 400 cases displayed epithelial lesions, which included premalignant and malignant lesions. Among a group of 400 individuals demonstrating epithelial lesions, a category of 150 cases was identified as ASCUS. Furthermore, a relatively limited group which includes 90 cases was classified as AGUS or an AGC-NOS.  Conclusion Cervical cancer stands as the foremost etiological factor contributing to mortality associated with cancer in the female population. However, the incidence of this condition can be mitigated through the implementation of routine pap smear examinations aimed at early identification. A simple and affordable screening method that may be easily carried out at the main medical facility is the Pap smear test.  Recommendation Encourage the establishment and promotion of regular screening programs, especially targeting populations at higher risk. Emphasize the importance of routine Pap smear tests for women, stressing the potential benefits of early detection and treatment

Infrared (8-12 um) Dome Materials: Current Status

The 8-12 um range of infrared radiation being very significant for various electrooptic applications, various materials present themselves as candidates for use as dome (window) materialsin this range. This paper discusses various thermal, mechanical and optical properties of thesematerials. Further, trends in the development of these materials are also presented

Sustainable Business Model With Minimum Generation of Waste Using Optimum Resources: An Empirical Research in Sponge Iron Sector in India

Environmental management through resource conservation helps in industrial waste management through cleaner production and also is an issue of sustainable business practice. But, there are limited industry-specific studies on sustainable business practices and even the existing studies are focused on few regions of the world. Therefore the first step in formulation of the research problem was to assess the consumption of different raw materials and production of wastes by the sponge iron industry sector. The focus of the study was identification and evaluation of the industrial process to capture the implications of sustainable use of resources which may help the industries to minimise waste generation through optimum use of natural resources. To be more specific, it was considered that the first step in addressing the issue of sustainable development in business practice is making industrial operations more cost effective through efficient use of resources and minimisation of generation of waste through recycling and reuse of waste. Furthermore, the study ranked the surveyed industries according to their resource efficiency using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and evolved sustainable business model for operationalizing the above concept for sponge iron industrial sector. Further a curve fitting application, taking dolochar generation along Y axis and consumption of power along X axis, was carried out to check whether the linear model is the best fit model for prediction of dolochar generated in a process. The findings showed that minimum generation of waste can be explained in a better way using optimum power and iron ore