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Talent management aims at improving the potential of employees who are seen as being able to make a valuable difference for the organization, now or in the future. Moreover, talent management should improve organizational performance. However, talent management strongly focus on (potential) leaders, which can cause organizations to ¿forget¿ the other groups of talents that are critical today. This realization had led to the use of the following definition of talent management talent management means that an organization tries to nurture and develop the people that are defined as having both a high potential and ability¿. Furthermore, talent management does not necessarily mean moving talents upwards in organizations. The most important task for organizations is to make sure talents are situated at the position that suits them best. Also, it is deemed important that talent management is embedded in the organizational culture.

Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern & Coss] is an important oilseed crop. It belongs to family (Brassicaceae) Crucifereae. Indian mustard is natural amphidiploids having 36 chromosomes (2n). It is self-pollinated but certain amount of pollination (2-15%) occurs due to insects and other factors. The largest cultivation of Brassica crops is done for edible vegetable oil production. They also play a pivotal role in world¿s agricultural economy and are recognized for their long history of cultivation and varied uses. They are widely cultivated throughout the world as condiments and spices for improved flavour of human diet and as fodder crop for livestock feeding. The oilseed Brassica crops are generally grouped as rape and mustard. Commonly cultivated species are B. compestris var. Sarson Prain. Yellow and brown sarson; B. campestris var. toria; B. juncea Czern and Coss; rai and Eruca sativa Lam.: taramira. They are second most important oilseed crops of India after groundnut in terms of area and production.

Change management is an essential practice in any organization that helps companies to deal with the transition or transformation of the normal goals, technologies, or processes. Primarily, the core purpose is to implement and enforce strategies that will help to control change, affect changes, and ensure that people adapt to any new changes. Thus, change is a reaction to specific opportunities and problems that an organization faces based on both external and internal stimuli. Given its essentiality, the concerned authorities should engage the workforce and stakeholders when implementing the changes, a move that reduce the level of resistance and enhance its intake.

In this booklet, an Author had chosen the essays that highlight the practical fields of work available in most developing countries. These essays include Article writing, Article review and Contextual Projects. The essays are constructed in such that can be used by all learners with ordinary levels of understanding and with multi-professionally diverse. The essays capture all the fundamental practical experiences and observations on the areas of the project involved in this booklet.

As a seasoned educationist and human resource manager with a vast wealth of experience, the author had observed over the years, public workers attitude to work and the key factors that can either make an employee engaged or disengaged in his workplace. These factors are also tools which employers can use to attract and retain workers. The author came to the realization that when the workplace is conducive, with adequate structures put in place, workers' effectiveness and efficiency will be enhanced. This work considered some key variables that will intrinsically spur employees into using the available resources to achieve organisational goals. This work will be beneficial to every employer whether in the public or private sector that would want to achieve organizational success and to every worker that wants to derive fulfilment and satisfaction in his job. The work will also serve as reference material to researchers and University libraries. It will also add to the body of knowledge. Therefore, this work is recommended to everyone that wants to achieve organizational success.

The author of this book has a background in law, economics, management, information technology and many years of practical experience in e-government and government informatization, understanding the global information technology development situation, participates in a number of practical research projects, and has published several related field papers. This book starts from the practical problems of technological change and government governance, analyzing and summarizing the practical experience of information technology in China. At the same time, based on the comprehensive use of literature, cases, models, questionnaires and other research methods, the concept and analysis paradigm ¿Govtech" was first proposed on the basis of the integration of technological innovation and governance innovation, and the strategic ideas and countermeasures for the development of governance technology were proposed. This book can guide the development of China's network security and informatization, promoting the government's comprehensive deepening reform, and improving the level of national governance. It has important academic value and practical significance.

The concepts of working capital have been very imperative as they are essentially required to carry out the day-to-day operations. Working capital management practices have been considered as an important part of the corporate strategy with a view to enhancing value and have always proved to be an important element of competitive advantage among the business organisations (Deloof, 2003). In reality, it has become one of the challenging issues in organisations where managers dealing with finance are struggling to identify the exact requirement of working capital with a dynamic business environment. The real challenge is on zeroing down on the triggers or drivers that accelerate the need for stocking funds and holding the appropriate amount of funds at all times so as to maximise returns minimise risk and optimize costs. This research aims at understanding the following main question, ¿Does working capital management practices and policies impact the financial performance of BSE top 500 companies¿.

Elusive would be the man¿s desire for better condition of living, self-actualization, profit and self-satisfaction etc, without a leader to coordinate and direct both human and material resources towards the attainment of these desires.Again, organizations would only be a shadow of themselves, if there were no properly set goals. These goals, would be properly set, periodically reviewed, achieved and sustained. Evidence abounds on recorded history that the failure and success of most public and private organizations were traceable to leadership in attainment of organizational goals.Effective leadership, which is a veritable tool, embodies such qualities as effective communication, coordination, honesty and motivation. It is viewed that leaders and managers should use the qualities of effective leadership in order to attain the organizational set goals within the time frame. To this end, the leadership of Financo.

Brand loyalty is considered as an essential element for sustaining in a competitive environment and for the success of any organization. It is a way of keeping customers attached to a company for longer time and for gaining competitive advantage. The brand loyalty can be attitudinal and/or behavioral. Studies were conducted to examine the relationship between brand loyalty, brand association, brand equity and brand trust. Based on the past study it is proved that brand association, brand trust, and brand equity have impact on brand loyalty. The author have conducted detailed analysis on the factors like product attributes, brand name, perceived quality, perceived risk, brand trust, brand association, consumers¿ product preference and its relationship on brand loyalty. The book will be giving insights to the researchers and brand managers to study antecedents and structure of the brand loyalty.

The spectrum of customers served by any government agency presents a puzzle of personal profiles, each with needs that evolve during life journeys that span years, career changes, and shifting economic, social, and family circumstances. Across the public sector, leaders increasingly recognize the rationale for improving customer experience ¿enhanced ability to achieve agency missions, outperformance in meeting budget goals, and more engaged employees. Yet we find many governmentleaders stumbling as they address how to unearth poor customer experiences, improve them, and piece together a complete picture of their customers and the elements of a culture to sustain improvement over time.

The study on ¿Group Dynamic Effectiveness for Entrepreneurial Success among Self Help Groups in Gir-Somnath district¿ was undertaken to find out the Group Dynamics Effectiveness Index and the association of the sub-dimensions influencing the effectiveness of the Group Dynamics of women¿s SHGs functioning in Gir-Somnath district of Gujarat. The study empathetically disclosed the deep rooted influence of Group Dynamic network among the farmer folk as influenced by their as participation, influence and style of influence, decision making procedures, task functions, maintenance functions, group atmosphere, membership, feelings, norms, empathy, interpersonal trust and achievements of SHG. The findings of the study can be served as a practical manual for organizing and managing Self Help Groups for group action and participation on a sustainable basis. The scale of Group Dynamic Effectiveness Index can be used in similar research in allied sectors. The identified interrelationships between the variables can act as catalytic points for promoting action and group empowerment.

Retailing consists of the business activities involved in selling goods and services to consumers; it is the last step in the supply chain of a product. Retailing can happen through mail, internet, door to door, vending machine, physical store and so on. Retailing is a crucial component of world commerce as nations have achieved greatest economic and social progress through a strong retail sector. For instance, Dunne and Lusch, 2005, have reported that the GDP of eastern European countries grew slowly under the communist government owing to the lack of retail structure. However, this changed with the retail transformation incipient in 1990 post-communist era; and from 1990 to 2011, Bosnia and Herzegovina were ranked third (GDP grew more than five times), Albania ¿ 16th (134% GDP growth), and Poland 20th (119% GDP growth) in the ranking of the world¿s fastest growing nations. People of all cultures value retailers that fulfil their needs and wants, thus resulting in well-being of the society i.e. social progress.