TIMSR Journal of Management Research https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/TIMSR-JMR TIMSR Journal of Management Research is a biannual publication committed to publishing scholarly, empirical and theoretically research-based articles that have the high impact on the management field. Articles are selected after undergoing a rigorous double-blind review. The journal focused on all domains and factors which have relevance and impact on management issues. The aim of the journal is advancing interdisciplinary and multifunctional research by sharing ideas and thoughts among academia and industry. Thakur Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai en-US TIMSR Journal of Management Research 2278-5752 Editorial https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/TIMSR-JMR/article/view/156427 The aim of our journal is to publish original empirical and theoretical research papers and articles that shall have a significant impact in the field of business management. We promote dialogue and new thinking around theory and practice, based on conceptual creativity, reasoned reflexivity and contextual awareness.We are open to different fields of management application as well as different research approaches in terms of methodology and epistemology. Ramakumar Ambatipudi 2016-12-01 2016-12-01 5 Implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) to Improve the Operational Efficiency of a Plant https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/TIMSR-JMR/article/view/156429 The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the contribution of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) in improving the operational efficiency of an automobile component manufacturing company. It explains the steps in implementation of TPM. The paper also explains the way in the organizational objectives as stated in the vision and mission of the organization can be realized using TPM. TPM is a Japanese approach of maintenance that maximizes machine utilization through better utilization of maintenance and production resources. TPM activities lead to good results and contribute to improve the operational efficiency parameters PQCDSM (Productivity, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety and Morale). Employee involvement is the key to improve the operational efficiency. The aim of TPM is zero BAD i.e. zero breakdown, zero accidents and zero defects. The entire process from declaration, target setting to master plan for achieving the results is explained with the help of a case study. Asmita Joshi 2016-12-01 2016-12-01 5 Impact of Demographics on Factors Affecting Information Communication Technology Enabled Teaching in School https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/TIMSR-JMR/article/view/156430 Indian Education System has witnessed extensive use of computers in many areas of our schools. Teaching and learning process is the focal point in schools using ICT. Today computers are extensively used for teaching, learning, examination, result declaration, attendance management and office administration in schools. The use of technology, particularly information and communication technology, to support learning promises much. This technology helps the students to complete their studies in terms of place, time and pace, and most importantly, the ICTs provides teaching staff more opportunities to communicate with students without their physical presence. This study aims at identifying the usage of ICT in school education and its impact on the teaching and learning in schools. Achal Hardia 2016-12-01 2016-12-01 5 Employee Communication and Management Effectiveness https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/TIMSR-JMR/article/view/156431 Management effectiveness is the degree to which management actions are achieving the goals and objectives agreed for a confined area. Evidently contemporary management accentuate more and more the role of communication in managerial activity. Studies have long shown that employees prefer to receive information from their supervisors. They like to get the "big picture" information from the organization's leaders, but they want to hear the impact on their workgroup directly from the people to whom they report. This research article focuses on this fact and developed certain factors to see how managers communicating the required information to the employees so that the jobs can be done effectively and effortlessly. A. Abhilasha 2016-12-01 2016-12-01 5 A Critical Assessment of Job Design and Employee Retention (With Special Reference to Management Institutes in Nasik City) https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/TIMSR-JMR/article/view/156433 Job design is one of the important variables of Employee retention in the organization. As we know in today's era, employees are the lifeblood of the organization without them organization would not be able to survive. So retention of such life blood cells is paramount importance. Employee engaged in the organization for doing job or work, so job is designed in such a fashion which gives a feeling of satisfaction&comfort to the employee. Employee retention in the academic institutes is for reasons other than just good pay, benefits&other sundry perks. Intrinsic rewards are equally important as material reward. This means, employees value their job not only when they are rewarded but often because doing a job itself a rewarding experience. It is fulfilling, challenging, interesting&stimulation. Hence in this paper, researcher focused to correlate the factors of job design with employee retention. Sanjay D. Khairnar Sarika Patil 2016-12-01 2016-12-01 5 Progress in Knowledge Prowess - Looking through the Human Lens https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/TIMSR-JMR/article/view/156434 Achieving excellence through business operations in today's competitive era is complex and challenging. Today, the businesses sell and excel only through the reservoir of knowledge. This gave birth to Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO), a step ahead of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). It started emerging in India around the turn of the century, when the global industries realized that apart from software development and technical support, knowledge work could also be outsourced. It involves transfer of business processes to other geographic locations; specialized domain specific knowledge and business expertise of a higher level rather than just process expertise. Even in the times of downturn, the KPOs had been teaming with vocation. The fundamentals of business as BCG matrix posed a question to the bosses of what to preserve and whom to serve. The art of being prudent and aversion to risk with an increasing emphasis on the need for corporate governance and being transparent with the investors made KPOs to come in limelight. The objective of this paper is to understand the evolution of KPOs and various challenges that they encounter in their progress. The paper shall try to identify its future scope in India and suggest measures to overcome the challenges. Mansi Arora Madan 2016-12-01 2016-12-01 5