GEN 740

CA-1
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the award of the degree of
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D.)
in
MANAGEMENT

LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY

Jalandhar - Delhi G.T. Road, Phagwara,

Punjab (India) - 144411

OCTOBER-2020

Submitted by

Rahul Kumar Singh

Registration Number: 42000224

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Table of Content

Sr No Questions Page No
1 Make a list of funding agencies (5 agencies) in your area and the 3
thrust area of research identified by different funding agencies in
your discipline.
2 Make a list of prominent industries (5 Limited companies, PLCs 4
etc.) and the thrust area of research identified by these
companies.
3 Make a list of SCOPUS indexed upcoming conferences and the 6
thrust areas identified by those conferences (5 Conferences).
4 Make a list of SCOPUS indexed Journals (10 journals) that are 7
publishing the research work of the above thrust areas identified
by different agencies (Mentioned above)
5 Based on the above findings you are requested to review 5 9
research papers on broader topics and summarize their review.
6 References 11

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Academic Task 1: Thrust Area Identification - A Literature Review
Course Code: GEN740
Course Name: Foundations of Research
Q1. The list of five funding agencies in Management and the thrust area of research identified by
different funding agencies in Management discipline are
Ans1-
Sr No Name of Funding Thrust Areas
Agencies
1 ISI(Indian Statistical 1. Public Education and
Institute) Pensions
2. Employment Targeting in a
Frictional Labor Market
3. Fiscal Austerity in Emerging
Market Economies
2 AICTE(All India 1. Artificial Intelligence
Council for Technical 2. Internet of Things (IoT)
Education) 3. Block chain
4. Robotics
5. Quantum Computing
6. Data Sciences
7. Cyber Security
8. 3D Printing & Design
9. Augmented Reality (AR)/
Virtual Reality (VR)
3 DSIR(Department of 1. Green technology,
scientific and industrial 2. Clean energy,
research) 3. Industrially utilizable smart
materials,
4. Waste to Wealth,
5. Affordable Healthcare,
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Contact Details
Indian Statistical Institute
203 Barrackpore Trunk Road
Kolkata 700 108, WB, India
Adviser-II,RID Bureau, All
India Council for Technical
Education NBCC Building,
East Wing, 4th Floor, Pragati
Vihar, Bhisham Pitamah Marg,
New Delhi –110 003,Telefax
No: (011) 24369632, E-mail:
rid@aicte.ernet.in,Website:
www.aicte.ernet.in
Department of Scientific &
Industrial Research ,Ministry
of Science & Technology
Technology Bhavan, New
Mehrauli Road ,New Delhi –
110016

4 MoES(Ministry Of Earth
Science)
5 ICSSR(Indian Council
6. Water & Sewage
Management and
1. Development of a predictive
geomorphic model as a tool
for sustainable river
management
1. Education and Development
Tel. No : (011) 26960629 , Fax
: (011) 26516078
E-mail : srv@nic.in, Website :
www.dsir.gov.in
Ministry of Earth Sciences,
Government of India,
Prithvi Bhavan, Opp. India
Habitat Centre,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi -
110003
Indian Council of Social Science

of Social Science 2. Health and Development Research (ICSSR)

JNU Institutional Area, Aruna Asaf
Research) 3. New Paradigms of Livelihood
Ali Marg,
in the rural sector
New Delhi - 110067 (INDIA)
4. Social Costs of Economically
focused development.
5. Challenges to Sustainable
Development

Q2. The list of five prominent industries and the thrust area of research identified by these companies
are
Sr No Name of prominent Thrust Areas Contact Details
industries
1 Specialty Equipment 1. Identify the key purchase SEMA Headquarters, 1575 S.
Market Association segments of aftermarket parts and Valley Vista Drive, Diamond
(SEMA) services at previously Bar, CA 91765
unreachable levels of granularity.
2. Provide a deeper understanding,
beyond traditional demographics
of those who is buying what, and
where.

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 3. Link actual aftermarket parts and
service consumer behavior to
consumer segments
2 Heavy Duty 1. Connect media & psychographic
Manufacturers preferences to category purchases
Association 2. Understand the media habits and
preferences of segments for
aftermarket parts and service
purchasers
3. To have the ability to target
consumers specifically, at the
category level, alongside other
segmentation and behavioral data.
3 Automotive Aftermarket 1. Automotive parts & service
Suppliers Association consumer purchasing behavior
(AASA) during an economic downturn
4 National Automotive 1. Studies of replacement and failure National Automobile Dealers
Dealers Association rates let you determine how often
(NADA) repairs are made and the
dynamics of repair: what age,
make, type of vehicles are
experiencing parts failure
5 Alliance of Automobile 1. Production planning and Control
Manufacturers using IOT(Internet of Things)
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The Heavy Duty
Manufacturers Association
79 TW Alexander Drive
Building 4501, Suite 200
PO Box 13966
Research Triangle Park, NC
27709
Automotive Aftermarket
Suppliers Association
P.O. Box 13966
79 TW Alexander Drive
4501 Research Commons,
Suite 200
Research Triangle Park, NC
27709
Association
8484 Westpark Drive
Suite 500
Tysons, VA 22102
803 7th Street, N.W., Suite 300
Washington, DC 20001
Tel: (202) 326-5500
Q3. The list of SCOPUS indexed upcoming five conferences and the thrust areas identified by these
conferences are
Sr List of SCOPUS Indexed Upcoming
No. Conferences
1 ICEBA--EI and Scopus 2021
2021 7th International Conference on E-
Business and Applications (ICEBA 2021)--
EI Compendex, Scopus
Feb 24, 2021 - Feb 26, 2021 Singapore
2 CEBMM 2021
2021 10th International Conference on
Economics, Business and Marketing
Management (CEBMM 2021)
Feb 24, 2021 - Feb 26, 2021 Singapore
3 IEEE--ICITM--EI and Scopus 2021
IEEE--2021 10th International Conference
on Industrial Technology and Management
(ICITM 2021)--Ei Compendex, Scopus
Mar 26, 2021 - Mar 28, 2021 University of
Cambridge, United Kingdom
4 ACM--ICWRM--EI Compendex, Scopus
2021
ACM--2021 The 2nd International
Conference on Waste Recycling and
Management (ICWRM 2021)--EI
Compendex, Scopus
Mar 12, 2021 - Mar 14, 2021 Xi'an, China
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Thrust Areas
1. Business Policy, Strategy and Governance
2. Telematics and Middleware Platforms
3. Internet Monetization
4. User Interfaces and Usability
5. Internationalization and Social, Ethical and
Cultural Factors
6. Internet of Things and Sensing Enterprise
7. Business Intelligence Usability
1. Business Performance Management
2. Consumer Behavior
3. Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
4. Production/Operations Management
5. Marketing Research and Strategy
6. Resource Management
1. E-Business and E-Commerce
2. Engineering Economy and Cost Analysis
3. Information Processing and Engineering
4. Reliability and Maintenance Engineering and
their applications.
1. Environmental Pollution
2. Pollution Control Technologies
3. Solid waste management
4. Industrial waste management
5. Plastic waste management
 5 ICII--EI Compendex, Scopus 2021
2021 7th International Conference on
Information Management and Industrial
Engineering (ICII 2021)--EI Compendex,
Scopus
May 13, 2021 - May 15, 2021Cape Town,
South Africa
Q4. The list of SCOPUS indexed ten Journals that are publishing the research work of the above
thrust areas identified by above agencies are
Sr No Journal Name
1 Journal of Management (JOM)
ISSN 01492063, 15571211
Publisher SAGE Publications Inc.
H Index- 208
2 International Journal of Industrial and
Systems Engineering
ISSN 1748-5045, 1748-5037
Publisher Inderscience publishers
H Index- 24
3 Journal of International Business
Studies
ISSN 00472506, 14786990
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
H Index- 184
4 Strategic Management Journal
ISSN 10970266, 01432095
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
H Index- 269
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1. Business strategy and information systems
2. Management Information Systems
3. Business Policy and Strategy
4. Theory and Practice of Modern Management
5. E-Business Engineering and Management
6. Workflows and Transactions in E-Business
7. Management and Engineering of IT-Enabled
Services
Thrust Area
1. Business strategy & policy
2. Organizational behavior
3. Human resource management
4. Organizational theory
5. Entrepreneurship
1. Human factors/ergonomics in design
2. Simulation modelling/analysis
3. Production systems analysis/design
4. Facilities layout/design
5. Project management, decision support systems
6. Technology management/transfer
1. Business, Management and Accounting
2. Business and International Management
3. Business, Management and Accounting
(miscellaneous)
4. Management of Technology and Innovation
5. Strategy and Management
1. Business, Management and Accounting
2. Business and International Management
3. Strategy and Management
5 Manufacturing and Service Operations 1. Business, Management and Accounting
Management 2. Strategy and Management
ISSN 15265498, 15234614 3. Decision Sciences
Publisher INFORMS Institute for 4. Management Science and Operations Research
Operations Research and the Management
Sciences
H Index- 77
6 Organizational Research Methods 1. Management of Technology and Innovation
ISSN 15527425, 10944281 2. Strategy and Management
Publisher SAGE Publications Inc. 3. Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)
H Index- 104
7 Journal of Operations Management 1. Business, Management and Accounting
ISSN 02726963 2. Strategy and Management
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc. 3. Computer Science Applications
H Index- 181 4. Decision Sciences
5. Management Science and Operations Research
8 Industrial and Labor Relations Review 1. Business, Management and Accounting
ISSN 00197939, 2162271X 2. Management of Technology and Innovation
Publisher SAGE Publications Ltd 3. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource
H Index- 74 Management
4. Strategy and Management
9 International Journal of Operations 1. Business, Management and Accounting
and Production Management 2. Management of Technology and Innovation
ISSN 17586593, 01443577 3. Strategy and Management
Publisher Emerald Group Publishing 4. Decision Sciences
Ltd.
H Index- 129
10 Supply Chain Management 1. Business, Management and Accounting
ISSN 13598546 2. Strategy and Management
Publisher Emerald Group Publishing
Ltd.
H Index- 107

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Q5. The list of five Research Paper reviews based on the above findings on broader topics are

1. Research Paper:- Industry 4.0 in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: A Systematic
Literature Review, Engineering Management
Maryam Abdirad & Krishna Krishnan (2020):

Literature Review: - This paper highlights the technological trends, technology advancement and
gaps identified for using Industry 4.0 in Supply Chain Management. The author has supported his
trends and advancement through various literature reviews. Kayikci (2018) tries to minimize the
human interaction by application of the concept of Industry 4.0 and increase productivity in
companies. (Abdirad 2020) This work provides both researchers and managers with an insightful
description of the current state of research in Industry 4.0 in supply chain and related future trends in
research and practice.

2. Research Paper:- APPLICATION OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH FOR PRODUCTION

MANAGEMENT IN SKB SOFT SOLUTIONS
D. Jeyanthi Prassanna & M.Saranya (2020)

Literature Review: - The author has tried many different steps to make the product design be simple
to understand. The author has explained calculating the requirement from computer and customize
the application for getting desired satisfaction. The author has also focused on the service part which
can either be remotely handled or visiting the site. Prassanna (2020) Trofeo design and develop
education related products which is successfully running in elementary school to big universities.
The author has listed offers in college library management for the given software in more than 10
libraries. The author has also promised that with the database optimizing features, each query
performance will be increased which in turns increase the sales and visitor’s satisfaction.

3. Research Paper:- Labor opportunism as a blocking factor for the innovative development of
industrial enterprises, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues
Frolova, I. I.; Nosov, V. V.; Zavyalova, N. B.; Dorofeev, A. E.; Vorozheykina, T.
M.(2020)

Literature Review: - As per the author Frolova (2020) “The influence of factors that determine labor
opportunism and block innovative development of an enterprise:

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 - For blocking the innovative development of enterprises, labor opportunism is a prime factor;
- Due to the objective opposition of the economic interests of the employee and the employer it is not
possible to eliminate opportunistic behavior completely in the process of labor activity”.
The survey depicts that 56.4% of the employee activities are opportunistic in nature.

4. Research Paper:- Employee retention and organizational performance: Evidence from banking
industry
Kurdi, B., Alshurideh, M & afaishat, T. (2020).

Literature Review: - The needs of the employees should be marked as a top priority by the senior
managements of the organization. Highly qualified employees and employees having high level of
talents are very difficult to retain in the organization where senior managements are less involved in
generating credits for them. Samen (2015) the organization’s internal marketing and creating a
positive internal environment, it is essential for service providers to retain highly-qualified
employees. Alshurideh (2014) stated that retention of happy employees in the organization is much
more than retention of unhappy employees, moreover happy employees tends to interact more with
their immediate bosses and generate more ideas for the betterment of the organization they are
working for.

5. Research Paper:- Smart Production Planning and Control: Concept, Use-Cases and Sustainability
Implications
Oluyisola, O.E.; Sgarbossa, F.; Strandhagen, J.O. (2020)

Literature Review: - PPC Research process includes Data Analytics and BI methods and involving
IoT for PPC processes creates a “Smart PPC” which reduces the risk of creating mudas and generates
the emergence of smart manufacturing processes. The author has derived a solution of replacing
manual planners to system based planning methods which can be incorporated to reduce the losses
and gain the maximum Oluyisola (2020) listed the planning environment variables as product,
production process, and market (i.e., supply and demand processes) should dictate how industry 4.0
is approached, and consequently, each firm’s implementation of smart PPC.

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References

D. Jeyanthi Prassanna & M.Saranya “APPLICATION OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH FOR

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT IN SKB SOFT SOLUTIONS” ISSN: 1548-7741 Volume 10 Issue 6 –
2020, Journal of Information and Computational Science Volume 10 Issue 6 – 2020

Frolova, I. I.; Nosov, V. V.; Zavyalova, N. B.; Dorofeev, A. E.; Vorozheykina, T. M.; Petrova, L. I. 2020.
Labor opportunism as a blocking factor for the innovative development of industrial enterprises,
Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 7(3): 2228-2242. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2020.7.3(51)

Kurdi, B., Alshurideh, M & afaishat, T. (2020). Employee retention and organizational performance:
Evidence from banking industry.Management Science Letters , 10(16), 3981-3990.

Maryam Abdirad & Krishna Krishnan (2020): “APPLICATION OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH FOR
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT IN SKB SOFT SOLUTIONS” Journal To link to this article:
https://doi.org/10.1080/10429247.2020.1783935 Article in Engineering Management Journal; EMJ • July
2020

Oluyisola, O.E.; Sgarbossa, F.; Strandhagen, J.O. Smart Production Planning and Control: Concept, Use-
Cases and Sustainability Implications. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3791.

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