India woos Bangladesh to check China's regional clout

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Bharatiya Janata Party ◽  
Border Dispute ◽  
Regional Leadership ◽  
The Face

Significance The visit follows the Indian parliament's approval on May 7 of a plan to settle a long-running border dispute with Bangladesh. The legislation had originally been opposed by Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on nationalist grounds. The party's turnabout signals Modi's desire to assert India's regional leadership in the face of an ascendant China. Impacts Bound by austerity, Indian public sector investment in Bangladesh will fail to match China's. Chinese financing for key regional ports -- Chittagong, Gwadar and Hambantota -- will intensify Indian fears of encirclement. Pakistan-India ties have cooled after a promising start under Modi last year, placing a breakthrough out of reach for now.

South African government faces public-sector showdown

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
South African ◽  
African Government ◽  
Wage Bill ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Rating Agencies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Debt Burden ◽  
Political Position ◽  
The Face

Significance The negotiations follow the government’s refusal last year to pay the final annual tranche of a previous three-year deal. Containing the public-sector wage bill is seen as key for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration to rein in a spiralling debt burden. Impacts The three main rating agencies may postpone their next assessments until the wage talks gain greater clarity. Government firmness in the face of union demands could undermine Ramaphosa’s hold on the ruling ANC. With unions in a weak political position, they may have to stomach government intransigence due to lack of alternatives to Ramaphosa. Substantial concessions to unions would be divisive amid difficult budgetary choices such as below-inflation increases on social grants.

scholarly journals Artificial intelligence (AI) in strategic marketing decision-making: a research agenda

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merlin Stone ◽  
Eleni Aravopoulou ◽  
Yuksel Ekinci ◽  
Geraint Evans ◽  
Matt Hobbs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Review Literature ◽  
Strategic Marketing ◽  
Sensitive Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Marketing Decision ◽  
The Face

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review literature about the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in strategic situations and identify the research that is needed in the area of applying AI to strategic marketing decisions. Design/methodology/approach The approach was to carry out a literature review and to consult with marketing experts who were invited to contribute to the paper. Findings There is little research into applying AI to strategic marketing decision-making. This research is needed, as the frontier of AI application to decision-making is moving in many management areas from operational to strategic. Given the competitive nature of such decisions and the insights from applying AI to defence and similar areas, it is time to focus on applying AI to strategic marketing decisions. Research limitations/implications The application of AI to strategic marketing decision-making is known to be taking place, but as it is commercially sensitive, data is not available to the authors. Practical implications There are strong implications for all businesses, particularly large businesses in competitive industries, where failure to deploy AI in the face of competition from firms, who have deployed AI to improve their decision-making could be dangerous. Social implications The public sector is a very important marketing decision maker. Although in most cases it does not operate competitively, it must make decisions about making different services available to different citizens and identify the risks of not providing services to certain citizens; so, this paper is relevant to the public sector. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the first papers to probe deployment of AI in strategic marketing decision-making.

Prospects for India in 2018

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Sector Banks ◽  
Bharatiya Janata Party ◽  
Economic Slowdown ◽  
The Government

Subject Prospects for India in 2018. Significance India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has responded to the recent economic slowdown by drawing up plans to recapitalise public sector banks (PSBs) and invest in infrastructure. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also under pressure to create jobs. The government will be expected to deliver on its promises with elections due in around 18 months’ time.

Fractious Greek coalition may last a year

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
General Election ◽  
Coalition Government ◽  
Structural Reforms ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Face ◽  
Roll Back

Significance The Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza) won the early general election on January 25 and formed a coalition government with a nationalist right-wing party, Independent Greeks (ANEL). The coalition will have the support of 162 members in the 300-seat parliament. The principal policies shared by the parties are to roll back the country's massive debt, which is equivalent to 175% of GDP, and to escape the foreign tutelage implied by the two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with Greece's creditors, which stipulate rigorous fiscal and structural reforms in exchange for 240 billion euros (272 billion dollars) in soft bailout loans. Impacts In the public sector, leftist supporters will clamour for jobs in the face of a Syriza platform commitment to introduce hirings on merit. Syriza says it will welcome foreign investment to help restore growth so that Greece can pay its own way and not have to borrow in future. If the takeover of office goes smoothly, Syriza's victory could boost left-of-centre parties in the forthcoming UK and Spanish elections.

Delhi’s ties with Muslim world will come under strain

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Bharatiya Janata Party ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Face

Subject Anti-Muslim discrimination in India amid COVID-19 crisis. Significance In its annual report released last week, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) designated India a ‘country of particular concern’. The USCIRF says anti-Muslim sentiment has grown in India since the April-May 2019 general election, when the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party retained power with a landslide victory. More recently, Hindu nationalists in India and even Indians working abroad have made comments on social media and other platforms associating the spread of COVID-19 with Muslim social practices. Impacts Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will step up calls for social cohesion in the face of COVID-19, aiming to defuse anti-Muslim sentiment. A worsening reputation for religious tensions could lead to India losing some foreign investors. The USCIRF report will not imperil India-US ties, since Washington will not sanction Indian officials or agencies based on its assessment.

India will struggle to create enough jobs

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Fiscal Deficit ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Congress Party ◽  
Jobless Growth ◽  
Bharatiya Janata Party

Subject India's problem of 'jobless' growth. Significance India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is facing criticism over the country’s ‘jobless’ growth. Modi in 2014 promised to create 10 million jobs per year, but estimates provided by India’s Labour Bureau suggest his government is falling far short of this target. Impacts India’s main opposition Congress party will emphasise the lack of job creation in its election campaigning. Further spending on infrastructure to help create jobs would put pressure on India’s fiscal deficit target. The government’s policy of disinvestment in public sector undertakings will raise concerns over job losses.

The Relevance of Energy Service Contracts in the Budget Sphere

2018 ◽  
pp. 64-68
Author(s):  
George V. Boos ◽  
Elena Yu. Matveeva
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
The Public ◽  
Debt Burden ◽  
Comprehensive Plan ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Service Contracts ◽  
The Face ◽  
Energy Service ◽  
The Russian Federation

The problematic aspects related to the implementation of energy saving policy in the budget sphere are examined in the article. The factors hindering the mass and effective implementation of energysaving measures are highlighted in the article. Among these factors, there is the technical complexity of energysaving projects, the presence of innovative and investment risks, problems with the financial provision of costs in the face of increasing debt burden in most public budgets. The article concludes that in these circumstances only the energy service contract is a tool that allows implementing energy­saving measures without the first participation of budgetary funds in financing and allows transferring the risks of making technically inefficient decisions directly to the investor. In the article, the authors substantiate the importance of the institutional development of energy services directly in the public sector and analyze the measures of the comprehensive plan to improve the energy efficiency of the economy of the Russian Federation aimed at expanding the scope of energy service contracts in the public sector.

Aligning talent management with approaches to equality and diversity

2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 422-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynette Harrisr ◽  
Carley Foster
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Talent Management ◽  
Special Treatment ◽  
Line Managers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fair Treatment ◽  
Management Interventions ◽  
Recruitment And Selection ◽  
Skills Shortages

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the implementation of talent management interventions in UK public sector organisations.Design/methodology/approachThis paper draws upon the findings of a qualitative study of talent management in two UK public sector case study organisations.FindingsImplementing talent management was found to present particular tensions for public sector managers, particularly in terms of its alignment with well‐embedded diversity and equality policies and their own perceptions of fair treatment in the workplace. Despite an acknowledgement that the sector needs to attract, develop and retain the most talented individuals to achieve its modernisation agenda, interventions which require singling out those individuals for special treatment challenges many of its established practices for recruitment and selection, employee development and career management.Practical implicationsPublic sector organisations need to invest both time and effort into developing appropriate and relevant approaches to talent management, which take proper account of line managers' perceptions of fair treatment and established organisational approaches to diversity and equality.Originality/valueTalent management is a topic of growing interest from employers concerned about their work force demographics, specific skills shortages and the retention of high potential employees but the concepts that inform talent interventions are often unclear or are an uneasy fit with the beliefs and understandings about fair treatment of those who have to implement them.

Relationship between CSR motivations and corporate social performance: a study in the power industry in India

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moumita Acharyya ◽  
Tanuja Agarwala
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Corporate Social Performance ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Public And Private Sector

PurposeThe paper aims to understand the different motivations / reasons for engaging in CSR initiatives by the organizations. In addition, the study also examines the relationship between CSR motivations and corporate social performance (CSP).Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected from two power sector organizations: one was a private sector firm and the other was a public sector firm. A comparative analysis of the variables with respect to private and public sector organizations was conducted. A questionnaire survey was administered among 370 employees working in the power sector, with 199 executives from public sector and 171 from private sector.Findings“Philanthropic” motivation emerged as the most dominant CSR motivation among both the public and private sector firms. The private sector firm was found to be significantly higher with respect to “philanthropic”, “enlightened self-interest” and “normative” CSR motivations when compared with the public sector firms. Findings suggest that public and private sector firms differed significantly on four CSR motivations, namely, “philanthropic”, “enlightened self-interest”, “normative” and “coercive”. The CSP score was significantly different among the two power sector firms of public and private sectors. The private sector firm had a higher CSP level than the public sector undertaking.Research limitations/implicationsFurther studies in the domain need to address differences in CSR motivations and CSP across other sectors to understand the role of industry characteristics in influencing social development targets of organizations. Research also needs to focus on demonstrating the relationship between CSP and financial performance of the firms. Further, the HR outcomes of CSR initiatives and measurement of CSP indicators, such as attracting and retaining talent, employee commitment and organizational climate factors, need to be assessed.Originality/valueThe social issues are now directly linked with the business model to ensure consistency and community development. The results reveal a need for “enlightened self-interest” which is the second dominant CSR motivation among the organizations. The study makes a novel contribution by determining that competitive and coercive motivations are not functional as part of organizational CSR strategy. CSR can never be forced as the very idea is to do social good. Eventually, the CSR approach demands a commitment from within. The organizations need to emphasize more voluntary engagement of employees and go beyond statutory requirements for realizing the true CSR benefits.

scholarly journals Risk Perception, Accounting, and Resilience in Public Sector Organizations: A Case Study Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Mouhcine Tallaki ◽  
Enrico Bracci
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Budget Cuts ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Public Sector Organization ◽  
Building Resilience ◽  
Public Sector Organizations ◽  
The Face ◽  
Infrastructure Maintenance

There are various factors that can affect an organization’s ability to overcome a crisis and the uncertainties that arise thereafter. Little is known about the process of organizational resilience and the factors that can help or prevent it. In this paper, we analyzed how public sector organizations build resilience/traits of risks awareness, and in doing that, we derived some elements that could affect the process of resilience. In particular, drawing on the conceptual framework proposed by Mallak we analyzed an in-depth case study in a public sector organization (PSO) identifying some contextual dimensions implicated in the process of building resilience. In our analysis, we identified two main elements that affect resilience: Risk perception and the use of accounting. Results shown how risk perception is perceived as a trigger, while accounting is considered as an enforcer in the process of building resilience capacity. The results also show the way accounting is implicated in the management of austerity programs and supporting the creation of a resilient public sector organization. In our case, the risk has become an opportunity for change. In the face of these budget cuts, management began refocusing the company’s mission from infrastructure maintenance to providing services with a market-based logic.

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