Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Bijaya Nepal Author-Workplace-Name: Hatiya Janapriya Multiple Campus Author-Name: Yam Bahadur Silwal Author-Workplace-Name: Makawanpur Multiple Campus Author-Name: Ram Prasad Adhikari Author-Workplace-Name: Makawanpur Multiple Campus Author-Name: Shankar Prasad Upadhyay Author-Workplace-Name: Makawanpur Multiple Campus Author-Name: Chandra Prasad Luitel Author-Workplace-Name: Director General of Board of Directors of Education Development, Bagamati Province, Nepal Title: Role of School Level Curriculum Toward Development of Entrepreneurial Intention of Student: A Cross Sectional Study in Bagmati Province, Nepal Abstract: Occupation, Business, and Technology (OBT) curriculum have been placed in basic school education in Nepal. The study hypothesized that the OBT curriculum could play an important role in developing students' entrepreneurial intention. The study concluded that entrepreneurial intention could be effectively ignited if students are instilled with a sense of self-efficacy, desirability, and opportunity of entrepreneurship. Qualitative analysis has shown that OBT courses can effectively ignite entrepreneurial intent in students, but the teachers could not teach the students the reality of the OBT course at the beginning of the academic year; they could not do anything to stimulate their students interest. Likewise, during the teaching period, teachers could not use the textual materials, methods, observation tours, and experimental methods. Therefore, in rural areas, as compared to urban areas, in girls as compared to boys, entrepreneurial intent was not found to be effective. In this context, the entrepreneurial intention model has been proposed based on the findings and conclusions of the study, with the intention that it will ultimately help to inculcate entrepreneurial intent in students of all fields, genders, and classes in an equally effective way. Keywords: Development, Entrepreneurial, Intention, Curriculum, School Journal: Shanlax International Journal of Management Pages: 1-16 Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Year: 2021 Month: April DOI: 10.34293/management.v8i4.3729 File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3729 File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3729/3162 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:acg:managt:v:8:y:2021:i:4:p:1-16 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Samira Patra Author-Workplace-Name: Model Degree College Author-Name: Jnanaranjan Das Author-Workplace-Name: Kendrapara Autonomous College Title: Impact of COVID-19 on the Corporate Governance: A Case Study on Bajaj Finance Ltd and Infosys Abstract: Introduction: The Novel Coronavirus has been bringing various revolutionary dynamic aspects to the World. It taught us many useful lessons. The COVID-19 has an impact on almost all human and economic activities. Lakhs of people have retrenched from their jobs in the India Corporate Sectors. The Indian Corporate Sectors have been affected slightly in the Financial Year 2019- 20, but it will have a severe impact in the current and future financial years. It can also seem in the Corporate Governance of the different companies in India. It has inherent commercial risks impacting business operations due to disruptions to Meetings, Dividends, Liquidity, Disclosure, Capital Allocation, Risk Management, and Internal Control.; Research Gap: A lot of researches have been undertaken on the impact of COVID-19 in India. No remarkable studies have been conducted on the Impact of COVID-19 in the Corporate Governance of Bajaj Finance Ltd and Infosys.; Objectives: This paper attempt to study the impact of COVID-19 on the Corporate Governance of Bajaj Finance Ltd and Infosys.; Research Methodology - Nature and Sources of Data: The present study is based on secondary data. The secondary data have been collected through a well-designed strategy. These have been collected from various e-journals, e-magazines, e-annual reports of companies, and various reputed websites.; Tools of Analysis: There are various statistical tools, i.e., percentage calculations, correlation, and t-Test have used for analysis and interpretation of results.; Conclusions: COVID-19 pandemic comes with inherent commercial risks impacting business operations due to disruptions to Meetings, Administration, Business Continuity, Dividend and Liquidity management, Disclosure, Capital Allocation, and Maintenance, and lastly, risk management and Internal Control. Keywords: Corporate governance, COVID-19, Business operations, Risk management, Internal control Journal: Shanlax International Journal of Management Pages: 17-23 Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Year: 2021 Month: April DOI: 10.34293/management.v8i4.3736 File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3736 File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3736/3163 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:acg:managt:v:8:y:2021:i:4:p:17-23 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Pavol Sahadevan Author-Workplace-Name: National Institute of Fashion Technology Author-Name: Mukthy Sumangala Author-Workplace-Name: National Institute of Fashion Technology Title: Effective Cross-Cultural Communication for International Business Abstract: In today's business and pandemic scenario, working in an international team is common with remote workers, overseas offices, and inescapable cultural gaps. The diversity of co-workers may become a cultural barrier that some people don't know how to overcome. Most of the professionals do not even realize the problems of cultural differences in their work. Cultural awareness helps managers to effectively transact with their employees and other stakeholders. Understanding the diverse workforce and guiding them for effective cross-cultural communication is essential for multicultural firms, or else they may face several issues in the areas of employee relationships, staffing, attrition rates, trade policies, mergers, advertising, business stakeholder relationships, team building, and negotiations. Language, stereotypes, non-verbal signs, emotional display, ethnocentrism, anxiety, uncertainty, perception, and prejudice are the invisible barriers to enculturation. This paper discusses how to effectively communicate in a culturally diverse organization by sharing and exchanging ideas based on mutual understanding, respect, and credibility. Best practices for effective cross-cultural communication are summarized in this chapter for the use of students, academicians, and managers in intercultural contexts. This will help them to gain some insights about multicultural environments and how to get along with people by maintaining etiquette, mutual respect, reciprocal cognition, and avoiding stereotypes. The study also discusses the importance of inclusive communication, constructive transactions, cross-cultural training, and design thinking in modern organizations. The paper may be very effective to teach subjects like Organisation behavior and International business communication. Keywords: Cross-cultural communication, Miscommunications, International business communication, Non-verbal communication, Stereotypes, Design thinking Journal: Shanlax International Journal of Management Pages: 24-33 Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Year: 2021 Month: April DOI: 10.34293/management.v8i4.3813 File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3813 File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3813/3164 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:acg:managt:v:8:y:2021:i:4:p:24-33 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ramkumar Samyukth Author-Workplace-Name: Christ (Deemed to be University) Title: Impact of ESG Rating of Companies on the Portfolio Performance Abstract: Socially responsible investing is becoming more popular among people because people are becoming more concerned about the environment and society. Socially responsible investors screen the company by considering the ESG factors. The question raced is whether socially responsible investing improves the portfolio performance and how the funds perform during uncertain times like the Covid-19 pandemic. Since many critics of ESG funds say that the ESG funds' performance highly depends on Software and Service company stocks, so the relevance of Software and Service companies in the fund has been analyzed in this research. The portfolios have been formed by using the Markowitz mean-variance portfolio model, and the performance of the minimum variance portfolio has been studied. The fund performance has been analyzed using the Sharpe ratio, and the result concludes that the ESG fund performance with minimum variance has an abnormally high Sharpe Ratio of 10.8. A similar type of performance was identified during the Covid-19 pandemic. The abnormally high Sharpe ratio will encourage investors to move towards socially responsible investing. Keywords: Socially responsible investing, Markowitz's modern portfolio theory, ESG risk rating, Efficient frontier, Best in class approach, Sharpe ratio Journal: Shanlax International Journal of Management Pages: 34-42 Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Year: 2021 Month: April DOI: 10.34293/management.v8i4.3726 File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3726 File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3726/3165 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:acg:managt:v:8:y:2021:i:4:p:34-42 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: B Pradeep Kumar Author-Workplace-Name: Government Arts & Science College, Ambalapuzha Title: Changing Objectives of Firms and Managerial Preferences: A Review of Models in Microeconomics Abstract: Theoretically, producer behavior models postulate that firms have had different objectives ranging from profit maximization to setting aspirational levels. The assumption of the objective of profit maximization was shaped based on the rationality principles, which has lost relevance with the coming of the principle of behavioral economics in recent time. The present paper intends to throw some light on changes that have been made in the objective of firms over years and attempts to review some models emphasizing managerial utility as the core objective of firms. Keywords: Profit maximization, Sales maximization, Managerial utility function, Managerial discretionary powers, Slacks and salaries, Behavioral economics Journal: Shanlax International Journal of Management Pages: 43-46 Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Year: 2021 Month: April DOI: 10.34293/management.v8i4.3816 File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3816 File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3816/3166 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:acg:managt:v:8:y:2021:i:4:p:43-46 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: C Magesh Kumar Author-Workplace-Name: Annamalai University Author-Name: G Agalya Author-Workplace-Name: Manakula Vinayagar Institute of Technology Title: Effectiveness of Distribution Channel in a Co-operative Dairy Plant: A Marketing Perspective Abstract: The present study investigates the effectiveness of distribution channels in the marketing perspective of a co-operative dairy plant. The study was conducted to improve the effectiveness of the distribution channel by identifying the pitfalls in the present system. The descriptive type of research is employed, and the questionnaire method was used to collect the agents' data. Analyzing the collected data, it is understood that the distribution channel is satisfied with the service in the organization, and it is also insisted that the need for further improving the delivery service of the distribution channel would certainly lead to a better outcome. Keywords: Effectiveness, Distribution channel, Marketing perspective, Co-operative dairy plant Journal: Shanlax International Journal of Management Pages: 47-53 Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Year: 2021 Month: April DOI: 10.34293/management.v8i4.3633 File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3633 File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3633/3167 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:acg:managt:v:8:y:2021:i:4:p:47-53 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: P Ashok Author-Workplace-Name: KG College of Arts and Science Title: Gender and Behaviour Differences Influencing on Web Shopping Abstract: Despite several pieces of evidence showing the growth of Internet usage by Indian consumers. Online sales show less than 1 percent of the total retail sales in India. This may represent a great potential to grow yet some obstacles to overcome for online retailers. Many Indian consumers have low self-efficacy in using the Internet and feel shopping online to be eccentric. It seems that even for those who use the Internet regularly, the Internet is mainly for searching product information, comparing prices, and checking consumer reviews rather than making a purchase. Thus, the purpose of this study is to identify factors affecting Indian consumers' attitudes towards shopping online. This information will help Internet retailers find a way to encourage Indian shopper’s online purchase behavior. Previous studies (i.e., Bhatnagar et al., 2000; Jarvenpaa and Todd, 1997; Vijayasarathy and Jones, 2000) attempted to identify factors affecting Indian online consumers’ online purchases. However, only risk and benefit factors identified from the US studies were applied to the Indian web shopping context, failing to incorporate Indian culturespecific factors. Thus, the purpose of this study is to identify factors affecting Indian consumers’ web shopping gender behavior, specifically elucidating them in the Indian context. In addition to the previously identified factors (i.e., Convenient and time-saving, on-time delivery, availability of detailed information about the product, safe and secure while shopping online, selection of goods available on the internet is a very broad, special offer/discounted prices, convenient and time-saving, shop online from a trustworthy website, easy price comparison to online and offline stores. Web shopping only if online prices are lower than actual price etc.); this study included Indian gender-specific factors that may play an important role in determining Internet adoption for e-commerce. Also, a potential gender difference in identifying factors affecting male/female purchase behavior was investigated. Keywords: Web shopping, Gender, Online purchase, purchasing behavior, Perceived risk Journal: Shanlax International Journal of Management Pages: 54-59 Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Year: 2021 Month: April DOI: 10.34293/management.v8i4.3809 File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3809 File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3809/3168 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:acg:managt:v:8:y:2021:i:4:p:54-59 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: TT Karthik Author-Workplace-Name: Sourashtra College Author-Name: TP Ramprasad Author-Workplace-Name: Sourashtra College Title: A Study on Awareness and Opinion towards Social Entrepreneurship among Youngsters Abstract: Social entrepreneurship is derived through entrepreneurship that can also be called social changes through innovative ideas which collaborate business interest and social awareness, entrepreneurship not only considered on monitory profit it should also include social benefits, awareness towards this social entrepreneurship should develop the attitude to help social changes, it is important to know youth awareness towards social entrepreneurship which will enable the healthy development of Indian economy, in this study researcher objective is to measure the level of awareness among youth towards social entrepreneurship. Ninety-eight samples were collected from young business studies students from various colleges in the Madurai district. SPSS software has been used to find statistical inference. Keywords: Social changes, Youth awareness, Indian economy, Business interest Journal: Shanlax International Journal of Management Pages: 60-63 Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Year: 2021 Month: April DOI: 10.34293/management.v8i4.3836 File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3836 File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3836/3171 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:acg:managt:v:8:y:2021:i:4:p:60-63 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: S Senthil Kumar Author-Workplace-Name: Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education Title: Catering Students Perception on Working in Hospitality Jobs Abstract: Hotel Management Institutions are growing year after year in south Tamilnadu. More & more students are passing out every year. In recent years many of them are showing interest to join in the hotel management course because of various opportunities available in the course as well as the fastest career growth in the industry. When the students join this course, they have a very positive attitude towards this course, year by year, this positive attitude is decreasing when they are passing out/ final year of study they want to change their industry. Hence in this study, a structured questionnaire was prepared and circulate among the students to find the reason. The data scrutinize with the help of SPSS. Further, the t-test, Anova test to find out the significant differences and concluded with some suggestions to enhance the training experience of the students. Keywords: Hotel management, Internship, Perception, Tamilnadu, Hotel industry Journal: Shanlax International Journal of Management Pages: 64-68 Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Year: 2021 Month: April DOI: 10.34293/management.v8i4.3806 File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3806 File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3806/3172 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:acg:managt:v:8:y:2021:i:4:p:64-68 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: S Rajamohan Author-Workplace-Name: Alagappa Institute of Management Author-Name: J Jenefer Author-Workplace-Name: Alagappa Institute of Management Author-Name: A Sathish Author-Workplace-Name: Alagappa Institute of Management Title: Impact of COVID-19 on FMCG Sector Abstract: Coronavirus pandemic shows an unprecedented change globally, and the impact is even higher in emerging economies like India. Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) is one of the largest sectors in India with varied businesses, including household, personal care, etc., with high demand, consumed frequently, and services are provided for a low cost. This paper is an attempt to study the outbreak of COVID-19 in the FMCG sector. It shows that FMCG is affected uncommonly with many factors like Labours moved to their natives, logistics issues, and changes in the consumer basket like a sudden increase in demand for sanitary products and surged in demand for cosmetics. Keywords: Coronavirus, Pandemic, Outbreak, FMCG, Volatility, Stationarity Journal: Shanlax International Journal of Management Pages: 69-74 Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Year: 2021 Month: April DOI: 10.34293/management.v8i4.3817 File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3817 File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3817/3173 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:acg:managt:v:8:y:2021:i:4:p:69-74 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: J Duraichamy Author-Workplace-Name: Sourashtra College Author-Name: TT Karthik Author-Workplace-Name: Sourashtra College Title: A Study on Consumer's Opinion towards Packaged Instant Food Products in Madurai City Abstract: In developing countries like India both men and women are working for survival; in this tight schedule, packaged instant foods make their cooking process easy and saves time. Packaged instant food products simplify the cooking process and speed ups the cooking. Nowadays, every supermarket shelf is filled with instant food products. As customers are willing to buy more, so it is important to analyze their opinion regarding packed instant food. In a study, an attempt ah been made to analyze the customer’s level of opinion towards packaged instant food. The objective of the study is to analyze the opinion of the customers towards packaged instant food products. A sample survey was conducted in Madurai city; the sample size is 45. The questionnaire has been used to collect primary data from the respondents. SPSS software is used to analyze the data statistics. Keywords: Food products, Cooking, Instant food, Online order, Social status Journal: Shanlax International Journal of Management Pages: 75-81 Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Year: 2021 Month: April DOI: 10.34293/management.v8i4.3837 File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3837 File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3837/3168 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:acg:managt:v:8:y:2021:i:4:p:75-81 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: S Prasanth Author-Workplace-Name: Alagappa Institute of Management Author-Name: S Sudhamathi Author-Workplace-Name: Alagappa Institute of Management Title: Analysis of Indian Bank Customer's Attitude towards E-Banking Abstract: The banks acquired the capacity to efficiently cut costs through the introduction of E-banking technologies, to extend its reach to manage its everyday banking needs by way of the use of online banking platforms. This paper analyses Indian bank customer's attitudes towards e-banking. A big part of why people tend to do banking at home or the ATM is that they feel like they should go at a time that is more convenient for them, rather than coming to the branch. This paper found how the impression of banking facilities that students get is affected by choice of banks they use. The researcher has used a proportionate stratified random sampling method, which is more effective for correctly selecting respondents. The data were obtained 120 individuals applying for a bank loan in India through online banking. In this category of 120, only those who replied are cited by the report. Then the data processing was performed using the Multivariate Analysis Test, the NSQ, and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov analyses. Through this research, it was determined that youth, ethnicity, and income play a major role in online banking. Keywords: E-banking, Student perception, Online services, Indian bank E-banking services Journal: Shanlax International Journal of Management Pages: 82-89 Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Year: 2021 Month: April DOI: 10.34293/management.v8i4.3661 File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3661 File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/management/article/view/3661/3169 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:acg:managt:v:8:y:2021:i:4:p:82-89