Application of Smart Grid and Edge Computing Technologies to Improve The Operational Efficiency of The Supply Chain and Logistics Processes

Energy demand is growing at a very rapid pace worldwide. Conventional energy sources are being replaced steadily by non-conventional sources such as renewable energy sources like wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric etc. This rapid growth in demand for energy compounded by the depletion of conventional, non-renewable energy sources in recent years has brought about a transformation in the energy sector. Households, manufacturers and other consumers of energy can now both produce and consume energy. The flow of energy is bidirectional. They can also either store the surplus power for future use or send it to the grid for sharing with other users of energy. As a result of this transformation, the smart grid came into existence where the producers and the consumers of energy can be the same person and contribute to the supply of energy to the grid.

Impact of the Tourism Development on the Quality of Life of the People: A Case in Jaffna Municipal Area

Purpose: The impact of tourism development on the quality of life (Veenhoven. R., 2007) of the people in the Jaffna municipal area is studied.Design/Methodology/Approach: Closed-ended questionnaire/ Likert scale- for measuring the impact of the Tourism development as above. A questionnaire was distributed in the Jaffna municipal area. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were performed in this study. Findings: Descriptive analysis showed that there is a positive relationship between tourism development and quality of life. Correlation analysis ascertained it. Correlation analysis established that a significant positive correlation is present between the two, which was very strong. The correlation of tourism development was significant with the three sub-variables, namely, households’ income, entrepreneurial & employment opportunities, and culture. Regression analysis confirmed that tourism development had a significantly positive relationship and predicted the model satisfactorily to explain the impact of tourism development on the quality of life of people of the Jaffna municipal area.Practical implication:There is a great potential to enhance the quality of life through tourism development.Originality/ value: Improving the Quality of Life of the people through Tourism Development is explored. The specific findings are valuable in policy-making and planning tourism development projects.

The Impact of Covid 19 on Job Security and Psychological Wellbeing among Textile Employees in Tiruppur District

The purpose of the study is to examine the impact of the pandemic situation created by Covid 19 on job security and the subsequent effect it has on the psychological wellbeing of employees in the Textile Industry in the Tiruppur district of Tamilnadu. Job security is an important factor for promoting employee job satisfaction and is also associated with employee physical and mental health. Hence there is a need to examine the impact of Covid 19 on job security and the psychological wellbeing of employees. The respondents for the study include supervisory staff and the sample size is 104, collected by convenience sampling method. Data were analysed using SPSS and the statistical techniques employed are correlation and regression. The results have confirmed the employee concern with job security factors due to Covid 19 having a significant impact on their psychological well-being.

Operational Excellence: The Healthcare Management Imperative

Purpose: Operational excellence as a response to quality crises emerged in the 1980s with growing recognition. The concept that predominantly existed in manufacturing industries slowly shifted to other industries. This review addresses the concept of operational excellence for quality beyond industry specificity.Recent findings: The strive for operational excellence is on but lags in metrics and indicators. Innovative approaches are still underway. The positive development is that operational excellence is gaining more leadership attention for quality gaps.Summary: Operational excellence is not a destination but a culture of an organisation for continuous improvement, lean management, leadership support, exponential technology advancement, training and developing employees, teamwork, and collaboration with patientcenteredness as the main focus

Effectiveness of Online Recruitment Practice: A Statistical Analysis on Selected Organizations of Bangladesh

One of the prime functions of Human Resource Management is Recruitment. A recruitment process that enables a business to attract the right people for the right position. In this era of globalisation, businesses are constantly expanding. Online recruitment typically specifies the use of technological knowledge and web-based capital for inviting, screening, cross-examining and choosing the best candidates. Organisations prefer online-recruitment to reach a diverse pool of candidates with less cost and time to reduce workload. According to Khan et al. (2013), online recruitment brings effectiveness and efficiency for employers in finding the right candidates for the right positions. The main objective of the study is to measure the effectiveness of online recruitment in the context of Bangladesh so that many organisations that haven’t adopted online recruitment can be encouraged. A survey questionnaire was designed to measure the effectiveness of online recruitment from a recruiter’s perspective.

Determinants of Dividend Policy in India – Special Reference to Nifty 50 Companies

Dividend policy is the firm’s policy considered to structure the dividend payout of the shareholder of the company. Various factors are responsible for determining the dividend payout of the firm. In this research paper, we are exploring the determinants of the dividend policy of NSE, Nifty 50. This paper studies the impact of six basic variables on the dividend payout of NSE, Nifty 50 Index companies for the financial year 2015-16 to 2019-2020. These factors include liquidity, leverage, firm size, return on equity, risk and tax rate. Multiple regression analysis was used to study the impact of selected variables on the dividend policy of the companies under study. The results reveal that return on equity has a significant positive impact on dividend payout, whereas risk and tax rate have a significant negative impact.In contrast, there is a positive relationship and zero significance was found between liquidity and dividend payout and leverage and dividend payout. A negative relationship and no significance was found between the size of the firm and dividend payout. This means that liquidity, leverage and size of the firm failed to have any significant impact on the dividend payout of the companies under study.

Covid 19 and Indian Healthcare System: Are We Really Ready to Face the Global Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is worldwide wellbeing and financial emergency of a scale never saw. Starting in China, it has, inside a couple of months, crushed numerous nations throughout the planet, requiring an uncommon assembly of wellbeing frameworks. While the infection brought about by this novel infection is, for the most part, gentle and self-restricting, the danger of serious illness is lopsidedly great among old and those with basic ailments. Without an antibody or treatment, the general wellbeing techniques include: (a) forestalling transmission through early discovery and separation, following contacts and isolating them and execution of measures, for example, social removing and hand cleanliness and (b) decreasing mortality by enlarging clinical administration and protecting the weakest populaces in the general public. The pandemic is one more update. We need to put resources into general wellbeing, increase public abilities to recognize an illness early and react quickly to arising contaminations, fortify and regard our public establishments and depend on proof base for policymaking. Ample opportunity has already passed that we paid regard to these exercises and fortified immediately our wellbeing framework limit, as plagues and pandemics of this nature will keep on general testing wellbeing great into what’s to come. This paper attempts to comprehend the various parts of monetary difficulties looked at by the Indian medical services framework and devise the potential measures to beat the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in India. It investigations the present moment and conceivable long haul effect of this pandemic on the medical services area of India as far as productivity and value.

A Study on Job Stastification of Cognizant Employe’s in Chennai

Job satisfaction is the primary pillar of any organisation, job satisfaction of well means the company production to profit also in the organisation. This study confined to produce the satisfaction levels of the Cognizant private1. They were limited during the study. Problem Statement one of the main roles of Human Resources (HR) departments is to ensure that employees are sufficiently satisfied with their jobs. The data requirements for this study were mainly. Primary data from cognizant employee’s in Chennai. The study is based on primary, secondary data. This study made of percentage analysis.

Quality of Work-Life Balance among Working Professionals

The study concentrates on the working professional’s real quality work life at an organisation. So, the research aims in identifying and examining the influences on the provision of Work-Life Balance in an organisation. A balanced life is one where people spread energy, effort, emotional, intellectual, imagination, spiritual in crucial areas. The neglect of one or the other may threaten the vitality of the whole research. If the quality of work-life is stable, productivity will increase, so it is necessary to understand the perspectives of Work-Life Balance concerning the employees and total work environment. The study follows a descriptive research design, and the sample size is determined using the formula. The pilot study helped to make necessary changes in the questionnaie. The data collection includes both primary and secondary sources. The statistical tools such as percentage analysis, ANOVA, Chi-square, Interval estimation and correlation is performed. The findings and suggestions are being valuable sources for the betterment of organisational development. It concludes that, although the working professionals seek work/life balance, this concern for career draws them into a situation where they can work increasingly for long hours and seek perfect balance in work pressure than before. As several previous studies have shown, both qualities of work-life and work-life balance are multidimensional constructs. And the provision of work-life balance varies between organisations. In contrast, some organisations provide a comprehensive range of work-life balance, while others do not

Challenges and Opportunities of University and Industry Nexus in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review

University and Industry Linkage [UIL] has been practised, with differing magnitude, as universities have long been recognised as rich sources of knowledge generation, innovation, and technological advancements. Strengthening the nexus between these two sectors and amassing the benefits arising has become a hot policy issue. Nevertheless, the progress of functional links between the two actors has been curtailed by many impediments. In the Ethiopian context, there is a paucity of researches that address the issue of UIL in general and those delineating the major challenges and opportunities about that in particular. Accordingly, this systematic review was conducted to pinpoint the main challenges that have been deterring the progress of the desired level of UIL and identifying the opportunities that can be seized to enhance the progress of the link. The study employed a systematic review method to collate all relevant evidence that meets prespecified eligibility criteria to achieve a given research objective or answer a specific research question. This systematic review was based on document analysis made on highly relevant and carefully selected documents, including journal articles, policies, strategies, plans, proclamations and books. The study revealed that despite the attempts of the government to strengthen and sustain a fruitful interconnection between the two sectors, UIL is at its infant stage, and numerous backlogs are waiting to be accomplished. The major challenges hindering the growth of UIL in Ethiopia include the presence of limited budget to research universities; mismatch between graduates’ knowledge and skills and industries’ demand; lack of sufficient skills and knowledge on the part of the staff of both sectors; absence of sound policy implementation strategies and plans; lack of ownership on the part of officials to implement policies, strategies and plans and cultural divide between the two parties.On the other hand, the main opportunities identified include a supportive policy environment, the proliferation of industries, issuance of intellectual property right protection laws, growing economy, the establishment of science and technology universities, construction of industrial parks, and relative improvements in infrastructure. Concerted government, universities, industries and other pertinent stakeholders need to be implemented to overcome the challenges mentioned above and reinvigorate UIL. Moreover, emerging opportunities delineated above need to be capitalised on, and creating an enabling environment for UIL to flourish ought to be reinforced with greater momentum