Gurparkash Singh

Gurparkash Singh
  • Doctor of Philosophy
  • Professor (Associate) at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology

Higher Education & Transformative Leadership

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Introduction
Gurparkash Singh (Associate Professor) works at the L. M. Thapar School of Management (LMTSOM), Thapar University. He does research in Higher Education Management, Epistemology, Ethics and Information Systems. Their current projects are 'Corporate social responsibility implementation in Institutional Contexts', and employability & learning capacities. Working Paper: Meta-Theory for Collaborative Knowledge Building ...
Current institution
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology
Current position
  • Professor (Associate)
Additional affiliations
April 2012 - July 2020
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology
Position
  • Professor (Associate)
Description
  • Ethics, Information Systems, Higher Education Management
June 2006 - June 2008
Central Queensland University
Position
  • Research Assistant
Description
  • Technology-Supported Facilitation for Project Planning, Balanced Scorecard development, Focus groups, Brainstorming, Capturing Reflections. Groupware used was ZingThing (TM).
January 2006 - April 2011
Central Queensland University
Position
  • Lecturer
Education
June 2006 - September 2011
Central Queensland University
Field of study
  • Collaborative Knowledge Building
June 2003 - November 2004
Central Queensland University
Field of study
  • Information Systems
June 1997 - August 2000
St. Stephens College
Field of study
  • History Honors

Publications

Publications (27)
Presentation
Need for transformative leaders to propel Indian Higher Education System in 21st century, enable seamless implementation of NEP.
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With the increasing post-massification of higher education institutions (HEIs), access-providing business schools (vs elite educational institutions) continue to rank at the bottom in terms of quality. This study defines and develops a measure of quality in the context of access-providing business schools in a developing country. Access-providing p...
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Purpose This paper aims to develop an integrated model to analyse the corporate social responsibility (CSR) perception of organizations in a regulated environment. The developed model is used as a basis to analyse practice and perception of CSR using the obligation-opportunity concepts. Design/methodology/approach The paper critically reviews the...
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop and empirically test the earnings management behavior model to investigate the personal psychological factors that influence individuals’ intentions to engage in earnings management. Design/Methodology/Approach: Following a review of literature, personal psychological factors influencing earnings m...
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Like the rest of the world, corporate frauds in India have been exacting a devastating toll on the economy, and resulting in the loss of livelihoods. Crises in Jet Airways, Crompton Greaves, and Fortis-Religare are a few among the multitude of corporate downfalls in the recent years. Although regulatory and compliance mechanisms are important to ke...
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As universities across the country face tumultuous times, it is pertinent to take note of a new rhetoric around these driven by ideology. Public universities of a good standing and long history are increasingly being targeted as spaces harbouring “seditious activities.” Privatisation in higher education is making new inroads, and exacerbating coerc...
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to redefine quality in the context of “access” providing higher education institutions (HEIs), through a theoretical lens, in order to find solutions to the wicked problem of access vs quality and “inclusiveness vs excellence” debate in higher education (HE). Design/methodology/approach This theoretical paper b...
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The three-tier model of higher education given by FICCI 2030 is reminiscent of Clark Kerr’s (the erstwhile President of University of California) California Master Plan for Higher Education, which was tabled in the year 1960. The Master Plan, which integrated excellence and access, provided great research opportunities as well as open education opp...
Research
Although the most important source of information literacy, the library has been consigned to a silo. The academic librarian too, has been viewed as a mere information provider since time immemorial. However, with drastic changes in the educational landscape, it has become exceedingly important to recognize the increasingly important role of a libr...
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Ever since the evolution towards knowledge society, research interests in domains of Knowledge Management and Learning Sciences have risen exponentially. There is increased focus on understanding processes that enable groups to co-create knowledge, referred to as Collaborative Knowledge Building (CKB). This paper develops a meta-theory for CKB, whe...
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Over the past decade, management education has witnessed significant transformations towards a holistic, developmental, and value-driven curriculum. This trend has manifested in increased emphasis on value propositions, innovative and skill intensive courses, and institutional pressures to develop ‘glocal graduates’ (graduates recognizing and worki...
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An explosive demand for business and management education (ME) in India resulted in greater privatization and thus, quality issues in ME, with policy makers being coerced into compromising on either scale, quality or cost issues, a phenomenon called 'trilemma'. 'Trilemma' gave rise to 'massification', a process of greater access to higher education...
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This article describes how e-marketing is increasingly gaining interest within Islamic businesses. It is important to consider the extent to which it fits comfortably within principle notions of Islam and Sharia law. An Islamic business should ensure that its e-marketing strategy must be devoid of any contentious or exaggerated claims and there mus...
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Higher education around the world is increasingly catering to different demands and pressures. In the pursuit of fulfilling its different roles, higher education is steadily becoming highly stratified. Inclusiveness and excellence have become divergent strategies, thus, affecting the quality of higher education being provided. This paper offers a c...
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The aim of the paper is to better understand Corporate social responsibility (CSR) practice. For doing so the emphasis is on the understanding of CSR implementation in the institutional environment. The paper critically reviews the seminal literature on CSR from past few decades. On the basis of shortcomings in understanding of CSR, recent concepts...
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The presented study explains the role of Marketing Intelligence (MI) in the brand positioning of select consumer durable goods. This involves examining the usage and application of Marketing Information System (MkIS) by the various marketing professionals for formulating brand positioning strategies related to various consumer durable goods offered...
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The presented study seeks to explore the factors impacting MI of select consumer durable organizations and to know the strength of their relationship. The intention is the development of a scale and to find the role of organizational culture and process-structure in generating MI. Survey method is used to collect the responses of IT professionals o...
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The presented study explains the role of Marketing Intelligence (MI) in the brand positioning of select consumer durable goods. This involves examining the usage and application of Marketing Information System (MkIS) by the various marketing professionals for formulating brand positioning strategies related to various consumer durable goods offered...
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Purpose Collaborative knowledge building (CKB) is seen as a means for achieving desired learning outcomes as well as facilitating sharing and distribution of knowledge among community members. However existing CKB studies do not appear to identify and account for the tools used by groups (at individual and group level) as part of the CKB process. T...
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This paper describes a model for analysing collaborative knowledge building (CKB) process during a group activity. Singh et al's (2007) model of CKB process is used for analysing the process using data from an educational case. The concept of CKB activity system is developed based on the constructs of activity theory for analysing the case. The ana...
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This paper describes a model for studying collaborative knowledge building (CKB) as a group activity. We integrate the model described by Stahl (2000a) with an analysis based on the princi- ples of cultural historical activity theory (CHAT), using the analysis of a self reflective case study to guide the description. The concept of the CKB activity...
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This paper describes a model for studying collaborative knowledge building (CKB) as a group activity. We integrate the model described by Stahl (2000a) with an analysis based on the principles of cultural historical activity theory (CHAT), using the analysis of a self reflective case study to guide the description. The concept of the CKB activity s...

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