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A STUDY OF RELATIONSHIP OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT, JOB SATISFACTION AND JOB PERFORMANCE AMONGST PUBLIC FUNDED COLLEGE TEACHERS OF SURAT CITY

Due to substantial cuts in state appropriations and rapidly diminishing budgets, public institutions of higher education in particular are struggling to realign resources and programs to fulfill their educational missions and maintain academic quality, while simultaneously responding to complex external legislative and accreditation mandates (Alvin and Edna 2012). Higher education institutions in Gujarat are divided into three categories namely Public Funded and Self-finance Colleges in Public Universities and self supporting Private Universities.

PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL

Employees are important assets to any organisation. So, it becomes important for the organisation to understand and motivate the employees. In spite of all the motivations and support, the employee may not perform up to the expectations of the organisations. At such times it becomes more important for the organisations to understand the reasons of failure on the part of the employee. Such failure can be measured by using the Performance Appraisal System.When performance appraisal is conducted in an organization, an individual experiences various impacts like, behavioural and emotional.

ROLES PERFORMED BY PRINCIPALS IN SCHOOLS

Education plays a vital role in the personal growth and the social development among all of us. Education is important because it equips us with all that is needed to make our dreams come true. This could be done through three modes of education i.e. formal, informal and non- formal education. Formal mode of education comprises of school and universities. For the better functioning of educational set up effective and efficient management is required.

E-LEARNING IN INDIAN HIGHER EDUCATION

E-Learning is a modern, technology-oriented training method. It is moulding the world wide educational scenario from local to global approach. In India, the education system is based on class room lectures. E-Learning is used as a teaching and learning tool by teachers and students but e-learning courses are not usually offered by Indian Universities. Prospective of e-learning is high in India but the adoption rate is very low. A good marketing strategy, awareness and evolutionary government policy is required for this purpose.