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A Case Study of Pothia Block in Kishanganj District

A Study about Pothia Block in Kishanganj District

Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) is a boon for the people who have no shelter and who generally belong to below the poverty line (BPL) segment of population. IAY (1985-86) comes as a relief for them by providing them with financial assistance for construction of houses. At present it is the flagship programme of the government for rural housing. On 1 st April, 1996 IAY was introduced as an independent scheme. Before  this it was combined with RLEGP and NREP. It is a centrally initiated scheme with cost sharing of 75:25  between the Centre and the state.

Case Study on Pothia Block

This scheme is not only for people under BPL but also for households headed by SC/ST, freed bonded labourers, unmarried women and widows. Under the plan, the allocation of the houses is done in the name of the female member of the benefited family or in the joint names of husband and wife. The study of IAY in our area of study-Pothia block of Kishanganj district was done with the aim of developing a comprehensive understanding of the IAY and examining its working. Keep reading…

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Case Studies to do Program Evaluation

Studies about do Program Evaluation

The purpose of a case study is to study intensely one set (or unit) of something—programs, cities, counties, work sites—as a distinct whole. What does this mean? For a program designed to encourage bars to observe the smoke free bar law, an evaluation must document the program’s impact on the bars and on the behavior of people in the bars. In a non-case study design, one might decide to observe a series of randomly selected bars to see whether bartenders take some action to enforce the smoke free bar law when customers begin to smoke.

Case Study on Program Evaluation

This style of evaluation entails collecting data on bartender behavior from a random sample of bars large enough to be representative of the entire population of bars from which you sampled. In contrast, a case study design focuses on a hand-picked set of bars (sometimes even just one bar). Before the program begins, the evaluator spends time in the bar(s), observing behavior and talking with people. As the program progresses, the evaluator continues to make observations and to int erview the owners, managers, employees, and customers. She might observe the bars at various times of the day to monitor compliance with other smokefree rules, such as the absence of ashtrays. Keep reading…

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A Case Study on Vulnerability and Exploitation of Child Domestic Workers

A Case Study about Vulnerability and Exploitation of Child Domestic Workers

Introduction: Child domestic workers (i.e. children in domestic labor) are people under the age of 18 who work in households of people other than their closest family doing domestic chores, caring for children, running errands and sometimes helping the employer run a small businesses from home. This includes children who are paid for their work, as well as those who are not paid or who receive ‘in-kind’ benefits, such as food and shelter. Child domestic workers comprise the largest population of migrant working children, and they often work in conditions that can be considered a worst form of child labor. They are also mostly girls. Children as young as seven years old are routinely pressed into domestic service, and despite hopes to the contrary, most are deprived of the opportunity to attend school. Child domestic workers are isolated from their families and from opportunities to make friends – and are under the total control of employers who do not necessarily have their best interest as a primary concern.

Case Study on Vulnerability and Exploitation

Child domestic workers are prone to verbal, physical and sexual violence, and the impact of this abuse can leave permanent scars. In the Philippines, the Visayan Forum has documented cases of physical abuse that sometimes result in serious physical injury or even death. In one case a child died six months after her employer forced her to drink acid for unclogging drains; another was burned with an iron by her employer; yet another child was forced to kneel on a wooden stool for hours with fire extinguishers in both hands. Read more…

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A Study on Unethical Behavior

Study all about Unethical Behavior

Abstract: It is common for people to be more critical of others‘ ethical choices than of their own. This chapter explores those remarkable circumstances in which people see no evil in others‘ unethical behavior. Specifically, we explore 1) the motivated tendency to overlook the unethical behavior of others when we recognize the unethical behavior would harm us, 2) the tendency to ignore unethical behavior unless it is clear, immediate, and direct, 3) the tendency to ignore unethical behavior when ethicality erodes slowly over time, and 4) the tendency to assess unethical behaviors only after the unethical behavior has resulted in a bad outcome, but not during the decision process.

Case Study on Unethical Behavior

Since 1985, when David Messick and his colleagues showed that people think they are fairer than others, a great deal of research has documented the broad and powerful implications of their work. Among the findings: People are routinely more willing to be critical of others‘ ethics than of their own. People are more suspicious of others‘ motives for committing good acts (Epley & Caruso, 2004; Epley & Dunning, 2000). People assume that others are more self-interested than they are and more strongly motivated by money (Miller & Ratner, 1998; Ratner & Miller, 2001). People believe they are more honest and trustworthy than others (Baumhart, 1968; Messick & Bazerman, 1996) and that they try harder to do good (Alicke, 1985; Baumeister & Newman, 1994). But people are not always eager to shine a critical moral light on others. Indeed, there are systematic and predictable circumstances under which people look theother way when others engage in unethical conduct. This chapter concerns those circumstances. Keep reading…

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Case Studies of Sustainable Development in Practice

Case Studies about Sustainable Development in Practice

Introduction: Development is not just about growth. Likewise, sustainability is not just about protecting the environment. Both development and sustainability are primarily about people living in peace with each other and in equilibrium with the planet. Their rights, opportunities, choices, dignity and values are (or should be) at the centre of everything. Sustainable development is about meeting the needs of people today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

Case Study on Sustainable Development in Practice

Inter-generational equity—avoiding the unjustified transfer of development risks from present to future generations, without sacrificing reductions in poverty and inequality today at the altar of future environmental concerns—is implicit in this approach to development.Current patterns of consumption and production risk breaching planetary boundaries. If the natural environment undergoes significant degradation, so too does the potential to improve people’s lives—both in this and subsequent generations. This is especially true for the world’s poorest—most of whom rely directly upon nature for their livelihoods, and whose prospects are therefore most directly affected by the threats to ecosystems.  Keep reading…

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A Study for Nonrational Escalation of Commitment in Negotiation

A Study about Nonrational Escalation of Commitment in Negotiation

A common trap is that of nonrationally escalating a commitment to a previous course of action. Giving case studies in America of such events, Max Bazerman and Margaret three critical psychological motives for managers (and Neale identify others) to escalate initial commitments into a competitive spiral that can ultimately be very damaging. Such escalation can even occur without competition.

Case Study on  Escalation of Commitment

People often make choices and behave in ways that are not consistent with their own self-interests. This is particularly true when we consider much of the behavior of negotiators. One common mistake that negotiators and others make is that they nonrationally escalate their commitment to a previous course of action. keep reading…

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Case Study for Trends in Public Participation: Local Government Perspectives

Study about Trends in Public Participation: Local Government Perspectives

Introduction: Enhanced public participation lies at the heart of the Labour government’s modernization agenda for British local government. As the white paper Modern Local Government: In Touch with the People states, ‘the Government wishes to see consultation and participation embedded into the culture of all councils and undertaken across a wide range of each council’s responsibilities’ (DETR 1998, para. 4.6).

Case Study on Trends in Public Participation

Such bold statements suggest that the modernization programme is introducing fundamental change into local democratic practices: change which is addressed as much towards altering cultures and attitudes within local government as it is towards creating new opportunities for democratic participation. Yet the belief that local government should involve the public or ‘get closer to the community’ is hardly new. The history of British local government is littered with experiments in public participation and consultation (Gyford 1991; Burns et al. 1994; Stoker 1997). Keep reading…

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A Case Study on Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes

A Case Study about Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes

 

Introduction: One of the most distinctive aspects of human beings is that we are social. We are each affected by the presence of other people, we form relationships with other people, we join groups with other people, and we behave in certain ways towards members of our own and other groups. The previous chapter focused on various aspects of social evaluation and how we process social information – intra-personal processes. In this chapter, we look more broadly at the ways in which our behaviour is genuinely social. How are we influenced by, and how do we influence, other people? First, we here ask the elementary question of how we are affected by simply being in the presence of other people.

Case Study on Group Processes

We then look at ways in which people interact with one another – particularly how people form close relationships with one another. Next, we look at how people in groups, and how groups as a whole, behave. How does being in a group affect what we think and do? How do groups perform typical group tasks and activities? Finally, we consider how groups interact with and perceive one another; how people as group members relate to people who are not in their group; and how both cooperative and competitive forms of intergroup behaviour arise and can be changed.  Keep Reading…

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Case Study on Community, Joining, and Specialization in Open Source Software Innovation

Case Study about Community, Joining, and Specialization in Open Source Software Innovation

Abstract: This paper develops an inductive theory of the open source software (OSS) innovation process by focussing on the creation of Freenet, a project aimed at developing a decentralized and anonymous peer-to-peer electronic file sharing network. We are particularly interested in the strategies and processes by which new people join the existing community of software developers, and how they initially contribute code.

Case Study on Open Source Software Innovation

Introduction: The production of open source software (OSS) results in the creation of a public good that is non-rival, i.e. users’ utility from the software are independent, and non-exclusive, i.e. no individual or institution can be feasibly withheld from its usage (Lerner and Tirole, 2002). OSS development represents a “private-collective” model of innovation where developers obtain private rewards from writing code for their own use, sharing their code, and collectively. Keep reading…

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A Case Studies on Problem of Email Overload: Private Sector

A Case Studies of Problem of Email Overload: Private Sector

Abstract: The amount of email people have to deal with is overwhelming. People tend to work extra hours in order to keep up with their email, and some are even getting ill because of all the stress this overload generates. This paper describes the causes and symptoms of email overload, the strategies people use to deal with it and possible solutions towards the problem. These are given with the help of a case study at a biotechnological company.

Case Study on Email Overload

Introduction: Since the introduction of e-mail a lot is changed in the way we communicate. In most of the offices nowadays email is used more often than sending letters or picking up the phone. Because of the ease of this communication tool, people are inclined to send lots of it to whoever they want to. The resulting bulky e-mail boxes are a concern for most users. Other people, however, seem to have fewer problems in handling all these messages. How do they do it? keep reading…

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