Sanjeet Singh

Impact of Macroeconomic Variables on Economic Performance: An Empirical Study of India and Sri Lanka

Macroeconomic variables (e.g. economic output, unemployment and employment, and inflation) play a vital role in the economic performance of any country. For the past three decades, evidence of key macroeconomic variables helping predict the time series of stock returns has accumulated in direct contradiction to the conclusions drawn by the Efficient Market Theory. The majority of research concentrates on the financial markets of the developed countries, which are efficient enough and do not suffer from the inefficiency problems found in less developed countries. Considering this matter, the subject of financial markets in developing countries still needs lengthy analysis and more research attention. This research studies the pattern of CPI, WPI, GDP, GNI and Rate of interest in India and Sri Lanka for the year 2002-2009 while also analyzing the impact of macro-economic variable on GDP growth in India vis-a-vis Sri Lanka. The econometrics tools (e.g. unit root test, Granger Causality Test, cointegration test, vector auto regression, Variance decomposition, and Variance Decomposition Analysis) have been used for the analysis purpose.

Impact of Organized Retail on the Economy of Punjab

The study aims to check the effect of opening of the organized retail stores on the unorganized retail, farmers and consumer. It further attempts to find that how much is the economy of Punjab affected by growing of retail sector. The study revealed the changing patterns of the Indian retail industry with special reference to Punjab. The data is collected through the help of questioner filled from retailers as well as customers. The statistical tools i.e. descriptive statistics, regression, kurtosis, skewness used for the evaluation purpose. The study reveals that the Punjab retail sector is undergoing a sea change now as many retail investor open their retail store and running successfully and some other big players are ready to invest in the retail sector in Punjab and the future of organized retail is quite good in big cities.

A Study of Effect of Performance Appraisal on the Organization and the Employee

Performance Appraisal has been considered as the most significant an indispensable tool for an organization, for an organization, for the information it provides is highly useful in making decisions regarding various personnel aspects such as promotion and merit increases. Performance measures also link information gathering and decision making processes which provide a basis for judging the effectiveness of personnel sub-divisions such as recruiting, selection, training and compensation. This research will concentrate on examine the effect of the performance appraisal on an individual as well as on the organizations. The sample size of 100 has been chosen from the north Indian states. The data used for the study is primary data collected through the help of questionnaire filled by the samples. The data was evaluated with the help of statistical tools i.e., descriptive statistics, regression, correlation, residual analysis and chi square test. The findings of the research show that there is a noticeable effect of the performance appraisal on the organization as well as on the Individual.

Impact of Human Resource Management on the Organization

HRM is involved in managing the human resources with a focus on expanding customer base that gives profit to the company. The bottom line of the company is the focus of the HRM department as well as the function. Organization performance is better in the companies where there is congruency between national culture and human resources practice. The present research will investigate the overall effect of Human Resource Management on the organization as well as on the individual working in the organization. Report will also try to find out the challenges for the HR managers. The sample size of 100 has been taken from North Indian cities. The tools used for the evaluation purpose are Descriptive Statistics, Correlation, Regression, Chi square test.

An Evaluation of Reason Behind the Drug Addiction in North India

Introduction: Drug addiction is a problem from which all the countries are suffering. Reports revealed that a large number of accidents occurred every year because of drug. The violence is also increasing because of drugs. This study attempts to find out the reason of drug addiction in North India because this is a part which is suffering the most from this problem.Research Methodology: Study selected the sample size of 195 people from North India. Systematic random sampling has been used in the sampling. To analyse the data descriptive statistics, Regression, Factor analysis and Chi-square test is used.Findings: The study reveals that North India is suffering from drug addiction. Addicts are spending 30-50% of their income in the drugs. Accidents also increased due to drug addiction. The main reasons for drug addictions are influence of friends, unemployment and in some cases easy availability of drugs.Originality: The research is original and studied an important topic of drug addiction.

Big vs Small Retailers: A Study of Consumer Perception - A Case of North India

Purpose:The growth of the giant retail stores is increasing rapidly across the globe. In India also the growth of the retail stores is on the higher side. Its look like that with the introduction of these big retail stores the consumer is also shifting from the small karyana stores to the malls. The present research will investigate the consumer behavior regarding the shopping from the small or big retail outlets. Methodology: The sample size of 200 has been selected from the north Indian cities Patiala, Ambala, Ludhiana and Shimla and Chandigarh. The primary data collection method has been used for the purpose of data collection. Statistical tools i.e., Descriptive statistics, Correlation, Regression and T test has been used for the purpose of data evaluation. Findings: The findings reveal that though the consumer is shifting towards the malls and the bigger retail outlets, but there is a segment, which still prefer to shop from the small and traditional stores. There is also a big bunch of the consumer, which prefers both small and big retail stores for the shopping. Originality: The research evaluated the consumer preference of small or big retailers in the North Indian states. The latest data has been collected through the survey of 200 customers and evaluated.

Does Electronics Help in Agriculture

Introduction: The research investigated the use of electronics in the agriculture in north India. It seems that the yield of the Indian crops decreased heavily. This research will find the possibility of using the electronic technology to increase the efficiency and yield in Indian agriculture. Research Methodology: The 81 farmers from all over the Punjab have been selected randomly for the research and the response has been collected with the help of structured questionnaire. The statistical tools i.e., Descriptive statistics, Correlation, Regression and T test has been used for the purpose of evaluation of the data. Findings: The findings show that the farmers of this region are not aware about the agro electronics but they are ready to learn this technique. The study also reveals that there is a lack of government support as well. Originality: The paper evaluates the use of electronics in the agriculture in the north India. This is the original work of researchers.

Can FDI in Retail Change the Life of Farmers? A Case of North India

Agriculture sector is very important for any economy in terms of the economic growth and development of the country, but some time agriculture sectors backwardness also may become a cause of underdevelopment of the country. Like in India agriculture sector is one of the most suffering sectors of the economy. In India near about 50.2 per cent of population is depends on agriculture (census report; NSSO survey report). The aim of this paper is to find out the effects of FDI in retail sector on the agriculture in India. The study will also investigate the effect of FDI on the income of the farmers. The study shows that in a existing north Indian agriculture system there is a problem of two crop cycle and the people are mainly want to produce the only those crops which has a minimum support price like in north India the people only emphasis on a wheat and paddy because the central government fixed a MSP for these crops.

Effect of the Technological Changes on the Organizations

This research will study the effect of the technological changes on the organization as well as on the employees working in organizations. The PSI surveys on use of microelectronics in industry have shown that the introduction of new technology has met very little resistance from shop floor workers, management or other groups within user factories. In order to find out more about the management of change involving microelectronics applications, we asked respondents about management policies on technology, the extent and form of consultations with the affected staff, and the degree of acceptance of new technology encountered over recent years. The sample size for this study is 10 and selected from the North Indian cities, Ambala, Amritsar, Fatehgarh sahib, Kurukshetra, Rajpura, Sirhind and Patiala. The data used for the study is primary data. The tools used for the analysis purpose are descriptive statistics, Regression analysis and chi square test.

Study of Linkage Between Motivation and Performance

This research will investigate the linkage between the motivation and performance. Robert1983 said that not only Motivation cans influence performance, but performance can also influence motivation. The sample size of 100 has been chosen from North India (Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Patiala, and Amritsar. The sample size for this study ia 100. The study mainly concentrates in North Indian institutes i.e., GNI, MOHINDERA, CGC GNDU. The primary data is used for the purpose of evaluation in the present research. The tools we used for the data analysis are, Descriptive statistics, Regression analysis and Chi square test.