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Navigating the Rapid: Organizational Change and Adaptation in the 21st Century
In an era defined by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA), organisational change is no longer episodicit is a continuous necessity. This chapter explores how organisations can navigate constant change in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world. It examines key drivers of change technological, demographic, environmental, and socio- political and integrates classical and contemporary theories, including Lewins model, Kotters framework, and sensemaking. Emphasis is placed on strategic foresight, organisational agility, innovation culture and role of neuroplasticity in change implementation. Real- world case studies (e.g., Microsoft, Patagonia, GM) demonstrate practical applications from organisational and neuroplasticity perspective. The chapter highlights the importance of adaptive resilience, aligning formal and informal systems, empowering middle managers, and fostering psychological safety to enable sustainable transformation and continuous learning in rapidly evolving environments. 2026 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing. -
Navigating the Ripple Effect: A Risk-Resilient Framework for Supply Chain Optimization
Supply chains around worldwide are growing increasingly vulnerable to intricate and interrelated hazards, such as localized disruptions, ie. the COVID-19 pandemic - have repercussions that affect manufacturers, suppliers, and buying habits in other geographical areas. This study offers a risk-resilient paradigm for supply chain optimization that combines cutting-edge risk mitigation and recovery techniques with conventional efficiency-driven tactics. The framework tackles both short-term operational issues and long-term sustainability objectives by fusing lean management, scenario-based stochastic demonstrating, Bayesian network analysis, and digital technologies like blockchain and artificial intelligence. In order to reduce the spread of disruptions and enhance decision-making in the face of uncertainty, this work highlights the significance of supplier collaboration, decentralized planning, and predictive analytics. This paper includes a thorough strategy for managing the ripple effect, improving supply chain adaptation, and guaranteeing continuous value delivery in unstable circumstances using comparative analysis and data from recent literature. 2025 IEEE. -
Navigating the self-service revolution with smart machines
The rise of smart machines transforms service interactions in various sectors, ushering in the self-service revolution. From AI-powered kiosks in airports to automated checkouts in retail and intelligent virtual assistants in banking, these technologies redefine convenience, efficiency, and customer expectations. As businesses adopt self-service solutions, the challenge lies in implementing the right technologies and ensuring they enhance the user experience. Navigating this revolution requires a careful balance between automation and human-centered design, where smart machines serve as tools to empower human interaction. Navigating the Self-Service Revolution With Smart Machines explores self-service technology as a transformative force in the retail landscape, scrutinizing its complexities, dualities, and far-reaching implications across diverse environments. It delves into the multifaceted nature of self-service technology, examining how its rise reshapes customer experiences, operational efficiencies, and business models in urban centers while contrasting these developments with the challenges in rural areas. This book covers topics such as machine learning, automation, consumer behavior, and is a useful resource for business owners, computer engineers, academicians, researchers, and data scientists. 2026 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved. -
Navigating the Strategic Labyrinth: Bridging Gaps in Theory, Implementation, and Adaptation
The dynamic business landscape demands agile strategists, yet gaps remain between theory and practice. This study delves into five key areas for navigating the strategic maze: Tools are needed to translate theoretical frameworks into actionable strategies for diverse contexts. Factors enabling or hindering successful implementation across organizations, as explored by Haghighi et al. (2019), require a deeper understanding. Embracing Emerging Trends: Disruptive technologies like Eissas (2018) smart grid program necessitate strategic adaptation and exploration of their potential. Humanizing Strategy: Insights from behavioral economics and cognitive psychology can guide us in understanding the human factors influence on strategic decision-making. Context-Specific Strategies: Tailoring strategies to unique challenges and opportunities faced by different sectors and regions is key to sustainable success. By addressing these gaps, the study empowers organizations to navigate the strategic landscape with greater agility and effectiveness. This journey requires embracing a human-centered approach, fostering continuous learning, and bridging the theory-practice divide. Ultimately, equipping organizations with these tools will pave the way for a more resilient and sustainable future. 2026 by Apple Academic Press, Inc. -
Navigating the transition to preschool: Understanding the experience of parents in urban india
This qualitative study explores the experiences of parents in urban india as they navigate the process of selecting a preschool for their children, particularly in light of the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, which started in March 2020. In this study, preschool refers to formal early childhood education programs for children before entering primary school (typically serving children aged 35). This research examines the factors influencing parental decision-making, including the perceived importance of play-based learning, health and safety protocols, school proximity, and teacher qualifications. The study also explores the range of parental emotions experienced during this transition, from anxiety to excitement, as their children begin their preschool education. Using narrative analysis, the study involved interviews with 12 parents of children aged 37 who had recently enrolled their children in preschool. The findings highlight the significant influence of childrens perceived responses to the preschool environment on parental satisfaction and subsequent decision-making. The COVID-19 pandemic emerged as a key contextual factor shaping both the transition process and preschool selection criteria. This research highlights the active role parents play in seeking enriching early learning environments for their children. It also suggests the need for educational policymakers to support high-quality preschool education, particularly by fostering effective parental engagement, to facilitate smoother transitions for families and bridge the gap between quantitative educational targets and the qualitative dimensions of parental experience. The Author(s) 2026 -
Navigating Towards Sustainability: The Role of Corporate Governance and AI- Driven Behavioral Interventions
The paper explores how corporate governance practices influence non- financial performance, particularly sustainability. Strong governance ensures that ESG principles are integrated into business operations, promoting long- term sustainability. The study examines the effectiveness of AI- assisted behavioral interventions in advancing sustainable practices. AI can mitigate cognitive biases and irrational decisions, pushing individuals and organizations toward sustainability. AI- driven governance frameworks can enhance non- financial performance, including environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and ethical governance. Through case studies and analysis, the paper provides insights into how AI and corporate governance can optimize sustainability strategies beyond traditional financial metrics. 2025 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved. -
Navigating turbulence: how economic policy uncertainty shapes tourism firms cash strategiesa global analysis
This paper investigates the strategies employed by tourism businesses to handle cash flow in the face of economic policy uncertainty. The study examines data from 1260 firms in 18 countries over a span of 15 years. The findings indicate that there is considerable variation among corporations when it comes to their use of liquidity, with the average corporation holding approximately 13.5 per cent of its total assets in liquid form. The analysis provides evidence that economic policy uncertainty has a positive and significant relationship to cash holdings in the tourism sector. These findings suggest that corporations increase their liquidity buffers in response to higher levels of policy uncertainty. Sectoral analysis also reveals that the sensitivity to policy uncertainty can vary significantly from one sub-sector to another. Ultimately, indicating varied factors that can lead to the differentiatingeffect of EPU on liquidity management of the tourism firms. 2025 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. -
Navigating uncertainty: how do parenting and grit influence career indecisiveness among Indian emerging adults?
This paper examined how perceived parenting styles (permissive, authoritative, and authoritarian) influenced career indecisiveness among Indian emerging adults, with grit as a mediating factor. A total of 420 Indian emerging adults (18-25 years) were administered self-reported questionnaires. Both PROCESS mediation analyses and path analysis using SPSS AMOS were computed. Both parents authoritative and authoritarian parenting styles predicted career indecisiveness. The passion component of grit emerged as a significant mediator, as supported by the PROCESS mediation analysis. These findings offer new methodological and practical insights, highlighting the significance of culturally relevant career counseling interventions, integrating both familial influences and noncognitive traits. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2025. -
Navigating uncertainty: The role of governance in shaping corporate innovation and investment amid policy uncertainty
This analysis explores the complex relationship between innovation, uncertainty, and governance, demonstrating the impact of different types of uncertainty on corporate innovation and investment strategies. Utilizing a panel dataset comprising 548 publicly listed non- financial companies from 2003 to 2023, this study elucidates the varying impacts of economic policy uncertainty, climate policy uncertainty, and geopolitical uncertainty on corporate decision- making. The results demonstrate that economic policy uncertainty and geo- political uncertainty adversely affects corporate innovation, leading companies to frequently reduce their innovative efforts in times of economic instability. On the other hand, CPU has a positive impact on corporate investment, showcasing how companies adjust their strategies to capitalize on opportunities presented by changes in policy and geopolitical factors. Firms that implement strong governance structures exhibit enhanced resilience and adaptability, successfully managing uncertainties while promoting strategic investments. 2026 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved. -
Navigating uncharted desires: a qualitative inquiry into bicurious identity conflicts among young women in 21st-century post-colonial India
Bicuriosity, often considered a fluid space of sexual identity questioning and same-gender exploration, is frequently framed as a transitional phase, especially in heteronormative cultures. This study focuses specifically on young Indian women, whose experiences are shaped by both heteronormativity and gendered expectations that intensify identity conflict and social scrutiny. Using reflexive thematic analysis, this qualitative study examined the narratives of twelve urban women aged 1825 who self-identified as bicurious. Four key themes were constructed: Wrestling with Ambiguity and Self-Doubt, Encountering Invalidation and Monosexism, Journey Towards Self-Validation, and Finding Strength in Community. Participants described emotional turmoil arising from limited representation of plurisexual identities, fear of marginalisation, and cultural expectations of heterosexuality. Yet, the process of questioning also fostered resilience, self-acceptance, and the pursuit of affirming spaces, often online. The study emphasises how cultural collectivism, familial dynamics, and gender shape identity navigation and advocating for inclusive, gender-sensitive interventions in post-colonial India. 2026 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. -
Naxalism in India: The Challenge of Child Soldiers and its Remedy
This article focuses on Naxalism, a form of communism, in India, investigating the impact on children of growing up in Naxal-affected areas and the often-overlooked issue of child soldiers in India. It also highlights the various laws, treaties and constitutional provisions in India concerning children and makes suggestions for ways of tackling the problems of child soldiering and Naxalism that can ensure more inclusive and harmonious growth and development in these regions. 2020 Melbourne University Law Review. All rights reserved. -
NDC Pebbling Number for Some Class of Graphs
Let G be a connected graph. A pebbling move is defined as taking two pebbles from one vertex and the placing one pebble to an adjacent vertex and throwing away the another pebble. A dominating set D of a graph G = (V, E) is a non-split dominating set if the induced graph < V ? D > is connected. The Non-split Domination Cover(NDC) pebbling number, ?ns(G), of a graph G is the minimum of pebbles that must be placed on V(G) such that after a sequence of pebbling moves, the set of vertices with a pebble forms a non-split dominating set of G, regardless of the initial configuration of pebbles. We discuss some basic results and determine ?ns for some families of standard graphs. 2024 the Author(s), licensee Combinatorial Press. -
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The 2025 UGC notification and the proposed caste survey, one offering legal legitimacy, the other empirical clarity, are both necessary -
Need for an Evolved Groundwater Justice in Rural Areas of Uttar Pradesh, India
As groundwater is the primary element of life, countries all over the world are experimenting with legal reforms. The degree to which law reforms combine justice and sustainability is a crucial question. In response to this question, the present article focuses on a case study of Uttar Pradesh, India. Our response is based on a content analysis of the Uttar Pradesh Groundwater (Management and Regulation) Act, 2019, and the Uttar Pradesh Groundwater (Management and Regulation) Rules, 2020. Three conclusions emerged from our investigation. First, the 2019 Groundwater Act and the 2020 Draft Groundwater Rules are primarily motivated by concerns about resource sustainability, particularly in areas where the water table is steadily declining. Still, neither the 2019 Groundwater Act nor the 2020 Draft Groundwater Rules propose any proactive groundwater justice measures. Second, we suggest that some locally defined basic elements are critical in supporting sustainability and to a lesser extent groundwater justice. These characteristics include a communitys ability to (1) recognize a crisis and show a willingness to address it; (2) establish a rule-bound community groundwater resource; (3) demonstrate leadership and a sense of community; and (4) make use of awareness, information, and knowledge. Our third conclusion is that there is a need for community practices and state-led groundwater law to co-evolve; this co-evolution has the potential to create groundwater arrangements that support both groundwater justice and sustainability. 2024 Technoscience Publications. All rights reserved. -
Need for an Innovative Method for Second Language English Learners with Special Reference to Syntax and Grammar
Educational Quest Vol. 3, No. 2 pp. 183-192, ISSN No. 0976-7258 -
Need of integrated care model for positive childbirth experience in Indian maternity care services
BACKGROUND: Integrated care (IC) models are an emerging trend in healthcare reforms worldwide, especially in the maternal healthcare system. This research focuses on the scope of an integrated model for intrapartum care of women and explores the experience of birth under two intrapartum care modelsbiomedical and midwifery models, respectively. The term positive childbirth experience (PCE) is a concept defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the recommendations on intrapartum care for a PCE. MATERIALS AND METHOD: This study is convinced to employ a qualitative approach to explore how birth is experienced by women under maternity healthcare services in Kerala. A semi?structured interview was conducted to tap into the lived reality of birthing of sixteen first?time mothers (primipara) aged between 20 and 30 years under these two models. Furthermore, five participants have been specifically interviewed after their vaginal birth after a C?section (VBAC) experience. To achieve a systematic cross?case thematic analysis, systematic text condensation (STC) has been employed as a data analysis method. RESULTS: Four main categories were identified through the analysis as follows: (1) information and knowledge, (2) confidence, (3) quality of care, and (4) health?promoting perspective. These central themes evolved from 11 subthemes. CONCLUSION: The data analysis reveals both negative and positive experiences under two care models. It emphasizes the urgent need to reframe the biomedical?focused care model and adopt an integrated approach that aligns with the global intrapartum care model proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2018 and the definition of IC mentioned in the paper. 2024 Journal of Education and Health Promotion. -
Negative consumer engagement via food delivery applications: A real concern for generation Z?
The traits of Generation Z are notable for how they define and reshape themselves in the 21st century. The current study investigates the factors that Generation Z users consider when deciding on a food application. The respondents in the current study were divided into working and nonworking groups, and the results imply that since college students are still supported financially by their parents or guardians, their main concerns are higher discounts, prices, and quantities. An in-depth and semistructured questionnaire was addressed to both groups of 15 respondents belonging to Generation Z. The stakeholders who would benefit from this research would primarily be online delivery restaurants, food application developers, academic researchers, and Generation Z cohorts. 2024, IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
Negative Domination inNetworks
We introduce s-domination in signed graphs which is based on the number of negative edges between the dominating set and its complement. The s-domination in both the positive and negative homogeneous signed graph will be studied for each value of s. As a special case, the properties of s-domination in sum signed graphs will be analyzed. The maximum value of s for a graph for which the s-domination exists is identified. 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. -
Negative-Valent Palladium-Stabilized CoPdN Thin Films as a Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
The urgent global demand for sustainable energy drives the search for durable and efficient electrocatalysts for water splitting. Cobalt mononitride (CoN) stands out due to its earth abundance, high conductivity, and corrosion resistance, but its thermodynamic instability often results in cobalt-rich secondary phases. Here, we report a scalable reactive cosputtering approach for the controlled synthesis of CoN thin films, along with palladium (Pd) incorporation to enhance activity and stability. Pd doping induces a negative valence state and promotes electron transfer from nitrogen to Pd sites, thereby refining the microstructure, redistributing charge, and shifting the d-band center away from the Fermi level. These synergistic effects reduce the overpotential from 470 to 360 mV at 10 mAcm2 in a sample coated on the ITO substrate and deliver markedly improved long-term OER stability with increased catalytically active sites. The turnover frequency showed nearly twice the intrinsic activity with Pd doping. This work establishes Pd-doped CoN as a high-performance, durable electrocatalyst, offering a scalable pathway toward efficient water splitting technologies. 2025 American Chemical Society