CENTRE FOR MICRO FINANCE at IFMR Business Correspondent Model: A Preliminary Exploration Report compiled by Binit Rath‚ Minakshi Ramji and Alexandra Kobishyn Published for the Microfinance India Summit‚ October 2009 Thanks are due to Dan Kopf‚ a former Research Associate at the Centre for Micro Finance (CMF)‚ and Upamanyu Dash (Summer Intern 2009‚ IIFM) who was closely involved in the Orissa case study. The entire research team expresses its gratitude to the staff at FINO‚ A Little World (ALW)
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Leadership Models University of Phoenix Leadership Models Leadership models have been used in uncountable ways to increase productivity and efficiency of organizations. This is done through various approaches‚ methods‚ and techniques. Some methods focus on specific job duties or individuals performing the job‚ whereas other methods are designed to help followers and leaders to perform their duties adequately‚ and as a group. Human’s collective knowledge has improved
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noted psychologist who came up with a human ecology model to examine the effects of various socio-economic factors that influence a child’s development. Bronfenbrenner postulated that human development followed a model akin to “nested arrangements of concentric structures each contained within the next (Cited in Thies & Travers 2009 21). These concentric circles represent a contextual level in which a child develops. The levels do not operate in isolation as there are reciprocal interactions whereby
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SWAT model The SWAT model‚ a physically based model developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)‚ operates at a daily time step. This model has been developed on a physical‚ semi-distributive‚ scale-basin basis for continuous time and with emphasis on soil surface processes. SWAT’s sub-watersheds are divided into hydrological response units (HRUs) that have unique combinations of slope‚ land use‚ and soil type within the sub-basin and form the basic land segment for computing flow
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Prison Models There are three models of prisons that have been prominent in American since the early 1940’s: custodial‚ rehabilitative‚ and reintegration. Each model is designed differently based on its overriding goal‚ and this affects the physical design‚ policies‚ and programs that are implemented within each of the models. Custodial Model Archaic Purpose: Control‚ focus is on maintaining security and order. Goal: Punishment‚ this is the best way to provide deterrence against
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Knowledge Management Models To succed‚ a knowledge management initiative must have a robust theorical fundation‚ all models present different perspectives on the key conceptual elements that form the infrastructure of knowledge management. The von Krogh and Roos Model of Organizational Epistemology It distinguishes between individual knowledge and social knowledge‚ and they take an epistemological approach to managing organizational knowledge. Knowledge resides both in the individuals of an
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South African Journal of Education Copyright © 2005 EASA Vol 25(1) 11–18 Use of the Collegial Leadership Model of Emancipation to transform traditional management practices in secondary schools P. Singh De partm ent of P ostgra duate S tudies & Edu cational R esearch ‚ Nelso n M ande la Me tropolitan U niversity‚ P O Bo x 77 000 ‚ Port Elizabeth‚ 6031 South Africa prakash.singh@nm mu.ac.za The Collegial Leadership Mo del of Emanc ipation (COLME) is used to address the concerns of transforming
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The client–server model is an approach to computer network programming developed at Xerox PARC during the 1970s. It is now prevalent in computer networks. Email‚ the World Wide Web‚ and network printing all apply the client–server model. The model assigns one of two roles to the computers in a network: Client or server. A server is a computer system that selectively shares its resources; a client is a computer or computer program that initiates contact with a server in order to make use of a resource
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With reference to the item above and your own research‚ to what extent do you think that the amount of profits earned by a business in a recession depends entirely on the industry in which it operates? An economic downturn is when the GDP of the country falls. The GDP is the Gross Domestic Product of the country and accounts for all transactions made throughout each quarter of the period. If the GDP falls for two consecutive quarters then that is classed as a recession and the government should
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HR Centre of Excellence HR Models – lessons from best practice Initial desk research October 2009 Nick Holley © Henley Business School 2009 www.henley.reading.ac.uk Contents Introduction The classic HR model Over the last decade a classic model‚ based on the work of Dave Ulrich et al‚ has emerged that has three elements (recently he has added to the model but these three remain the core). We don’t need to go into detail but we will simply highlight these three key elements: business
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