Asian Journal of Management

R. Anitha ¹, K. Nowfal ²

Affiliations
1 PPG Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, IN
2 PPG Business School, Coimbatore, IN

Abstract

In this paper an attempt is made by the researchers to investigate the relationship between liquidity management and profitability. To achieve this objective the secondary data is retrieved from annual reports of Malappuram Co-Operative Spinning Mills Limited, Kerala for the period from 2006 to 2011. Selected financial ratios, Mootal's Comprehensive Test, Spearman's Rank Correlation and student 't' test was been applied to meet the objectives of the study. This study also aims to explore the impact of liquidity components i.e., Size of Working Capital, Current Ratio, Absolute Liquidity Ratio, Current Assets to Total Assets, Current Assets to Turnover Ratios, Working Capital Turnover Ratio, Debtors' Turnover Ratio on profitability. The findings of this study are that the liquidity assets were not maintained sufficiently to meet the creditor's obligation, current assets were not maintain properly and finally the results of correlation revealed that there is a significant positive correlation between liquidity and firm's profitability. Thus the study concluded that the liquidity components were having high influence over profitability of any company.

Keywords

Liquidity Ratios, Profitability Ratios, Rank Correlation.

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G. Sindhu ¹, R. Anitha ¹

Affiliations
1 PPG Business School, Coimbatore PPG Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, IN

Abstract

Business have learnt that employee orientation plays a very important role in the development and performance of an employee. Managers often assume incorrectly that workers have the same work ethic and knowledge of the workplace that they do. They presume that people know what is expected out of them. But the real fact is employees need to know not only how to carry out their duties but also the organization's policies, procedures and expectations before they take up their responsibilities. Thus New Employee Orientation (NEO) is an important phase for all companies to offer. The orientation process familiarizes new employees with company rules, regulations, people and the office layout. A new-employee orientation program will help new employees feel welcome and become adjusted quickly to a new work environment. Though orienting employees properly to their new work place is time consuming process, it is considered to be a wise investment of time which will reward the company with more productive and satisfied employees in the long run.

Keywords

New Employee Orientation, Retention, Induction, Training, Recruitment, Selection Process.

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R. Vijayakumar ¹, R. Radhakrishan ², R. Anitha ³

Affiliations
1 SNS College of Technology, Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore, IN
2 SNS Business School, Coimbatore, IN
3 PPG Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, IN

Abstract

Business Enterprise has been globalised with revolutions from the E-banking and the way banking transactions are done. The cost of delivering banking services and products has substantially reduced by using E-Banking channels than traditional channels. This has encouraged the Banks for technological change at a faster pace and across the geography. E-banking technologies have proliferated in recent years, and the availability of a wide range of products has led to increasing adoption among consumers. The objectives of the research established revolve around the selected demographic variables like education, age, occupation and monthly income with regard to the satisfaction level of the respondents. The main finding of the study was that among the various demographic variables, only occupation and income of the banking customers influenced their satisfaction level significantly towards e-banking services

Keywords

E-Banking, Customer Attitude, Customer Perception, Technology Acceptance, Demographic Profiles.

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G. Sindhu ¹, R. Anitha ²

Affiliations
1 PPG Business School, Anna University, Chennai, IN
2 PPG Institute of Technology, Anna University, Chennai, IN

Abstract

In today's work scenario, when the whole world is dealing with the problem of economic crisis, most employees have to handle too much work pressure in order to secure their jobs. In their effort of coping with the challenges that they have to face while working, there have been many people who are complaining about being stressed out. Though it is believed that a little bit of stress is necessary to make employees work and achieve their goals, too much of it actually leads to decrease in quality of work as well as employee productivity. Stress at work is also said to be responsible for giving rise to physical as well as emotional problems. The nature of work has gone through drastic changes over the last century and it is still changing at whirlwind speed. Stress is an inevitable part of our corporate lives. Considering all the bad results of stress, companies are conducting various programs and trainings regarding stress management at the workplace. Moreover, if the person does not learn to handle the stress experienced at work, it starts taking a toll on his/her personal life, giving rise to a whole set of problems at the home front too. Hence this paper attempts to study the ways of handling stress at work, the causes of stress in the workplace and some simple techniques that will help a person to get their attention away from stress, thus making their less stressed out.

Keywords

Stress Management, Stress Management Techniques, Work Place Culture, Stress Response Curve, Destress, Employee Assistance Program.

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