Suchergebnisse

India, at the time of attaining political independence in 1947, had a well-established capitalist class and a trained bureaucracy. Soon after independence the political leadership formulated a programme of rapid economic development, with a balanced growth of agriculture and industry providing full employment and equitable income distribution. Its basic objective was to achieve a self-reliant, growing economy that would provide all possible opportunities for advancement. In this paper, the author takes a close look at India's evolution - the achievements and the failures - and draws conclusions for the future. An attempt is made at (a) identifying the major components of India's development strategy (b) analysing the actual performance of this strategy, (c) assessing the current situation, and (d) discerning, to the extent feasible, the contours of the future trends.

The management of organizational conflict involves the diagnosis of and intervention in conflict at intrapersonal, interpersonal, intragroup, and intergroup levels. A diagnosis should indicate whether there is need for intervention and the type of intervention needed. In general, an intervention is designed to attain and maintain a moderate amount of conflict a various levels and to enable the organizational members to learn the styles of handling interpersonal conflict so that the individual, group, and overall organizational effectiveness are enhanced.

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of family communication patterns (FCPs) on adolescents' choice of conflict resolution strategies during family holiday planning.


Design/methodology/approach
– The paper is framed by and builds on the literature on the adolescents' choice of conflict resolution strategies and the FCP. The sample was collected using a survey among 400 adolescents in India. Exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling have been used to analyse the data.


Findings
– The paper provides a significant relationship between FCP and the choice of conflict resolution strategies. The study findings suggested that adolescents' choice of resolution strategy depends on the type of communication environment in the family. It has been seen that adolescents have more say in concept-oriented families and use different types of resolution strategies compared to socio-oriented families.


Practical implications
– The present study has considerable implications for the marketers and the academicians. Through FCP, marketers will be able to segment the families and, hence, may introduce efficient and competent marketing strategies and promotional campaigns.


Originality/value
– The paper offers insights into the choice of conflict resolution strategy by adolescents' in different FCPs. The study has originality and offers value to marketers as it focuses on adolescents, and explores their perceptions about their influence during the decision process.

King reviews 'Preventing Violent Conflicts: A Strategy for Preventive Diplomacy' by Michael S. Lund.

Today's business world is under constant digital threats that can cause unpredictable damage and weaken the competitiveness of businesses. With digital transformation risks and cyber-attacks increased by extraordinary situations such as the recent pandemic, new approaches are needed in the management of these emerging digital conflicts to develop sustainable business strategies and become a robust business of the future. Conflict Management in Digital Business: New Strategy and Approach is a pioneering and innovative guide in the context of digital conflicts in the value chain of businesses and on digital conflicts in business management and strategy. Conflict management is discussed in the context of issues of production and planning, logistics, marketing, procurement, technology development, human resource management, and business infrastructure. Sectoral issues with conflicting businesses, organizational behavior, digital sustainability, cyber business management, cyber-attack, and cyberwarfare strategies for businesses are discussed in detail to bring crucial principles in the context of management and strategy to all businesses that desire to be a business of the future. Providing readers with a unique guide of how businesses can achieve resilience to digital conflict, Conflict Management in Digital Business helps prepare for unexpected situations such as pandemics, to maintain competitive advantage, and illuminating pathways to turn conflicts caused by extraordinary situations into opportunities.