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Climate in the natural sense is referred to as the condition of the weather at a place over a period of years as exhibited by temperature, wind, velocity and precipitation but these features of the natural climate cannot be incorporated to define organizational climate. Organizational climate should be viewed from a total system perceptive. It is a general expression that conveys the impression people have of the environment in which. It is an abstract and intangible concept, difficult to explain. It explains how one organization differs from the other.

The twentieth century has witnessed significant transformations in making of foreign policy. Actors and institutions involved in foreign affairs have increased in number and scope as democratic ideas have triumphed in most parts of the world. In particular, direct involvement of national parliaments in the external affairs of states has increased considerably. The purpose of the present paper is to examine the recent trends on the concept of ‘parliamentary diplomacy’ and its’ potential role in shaping and controlling foreign policy.

Diabetes is a chronic health problem with devastating, yet preventable consequences. It is characterized by high blood glucose levels resulting from defects in insulin production, insulin action, or both. Globally, rates of type 2 diabetes were 15.1 million in 2000; the number of people with diabetes worldwide is projected to increase to 36.6 million by 2030. This rate is expected to increase greatly over the next half century.

The activity of the seaports is a major economic and financial challenge for the economy. They are crucial points for the transfer of cargo and passenger marine mode fluvial or terrestrial mode.

The spirituality performed by the Hindus at Senduro Village cannot be separated from the context of the relationship between the dominant culture of the Bali Hindus and the subculture of the Hindus at Senduro Village. The Bali Hindus who are stronger culturally, economically and symbolically affect the spirituality performed the Hindus at Senduro Village in regard to their tatwa (philosophy), acara (ritual) and organization.

One of the determinant factors contributing to the professional development of teachers is the school manager, since the school managers' administration manner determines the speed and capacity of development. With this study, the managerial approaches adopted at schools and their effects on teachers' professional development are aimed to be found out.

The aim of this work on cluster analysis is to provide a methodology to analyse and assess the quality of a selected partition (the best partition according to several validation indexes). In the proposed approach, the evaluation of the stability and of the consistency of the results of the selected partition (original partition) was done using the comparison between this partition and each of the partitions (with the same number of clusters that the original one) obtained by resampling.

Women Entrepreneur is a person who accepts challenging role to meet her personal needs and become economically independent. The state of Kerala is the industrially developing area in which some of the entrepreneurs excel in small scale industry. Even though the government organizes women by various associations, they are not ready to undertake the business. As compared to men, women are less motivated to start business units due to some unwanted fear and lack of motivation.

Six accessions of Amaranthussp procured from National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), New Delhi. Among the six accessions, IC 95609 was highly susceptible to root rot and stem decay disease which causes loss in productivity. Root rot and stem decay disease caused by Fusariumsolani which affects different agro-morphological traits of the crop plant. Amaranthus is a leaf vegetable.

This paper discusses about the contribution of head teacher as instructional leaders to reduce educational losses including dropout and repetition rate and promoting students learning competency in secondary education.  I discussed available literature, state my best experiences during my teaching career and field experiences of research works while preparing this paper.