Review of literature is a critical summary of research on a topic of interest, generally prepared to put a research problem in context or to identify gaps and weaknesses in prior studies so as to justify a new investigation. A good review summarizes the state of knowledge on a well-defined manner in concise and clear ways. The review needs to be written with exceptional clarity, cohesiveness, conciseness, and comprehensiveness. A literature review is a text of a scholarly paper, that includes the current knowledge including substantive findings, as well as theoretical and methodological contributions to a particular topic. Literature reviews are secondary sources, and do not report new experimental work. A literature review surveys scholarly articles, books and other sources such as dissertations, conference proceedings etc. relevant the area of research providing a description, summary, and critical evaluation of each work. The purpose is to offer an overview of significant literature published on a topic. Most often associated with academic-oriented literature, such reviews are found in academic journals. The literature review included in a peer-reviewed journal article presenting usually precedes the methodology and results sections of the work.

A review tells the reader that the researcher knows the research in the area. A good review increases a reader ’ s confidence in the researcher's professional competence, ability and background. It also places a research project in a context and demonstrates its relevance by making connections to a body of knowledge and points out areas where prior studies agree, where they disagree and where major questions remain. It collects what is known up to a point in time and indicates the direction for future research. A good review identifies blind alleys and suggests hypotheses for replication. It divulges procedures, techniques and research designs worth copying so that a researcher can better focus hypotheses and gain new insights.

This issue ofthe journal SIDDHANT: A Journal of Decision Making presents eight research papers, focused on functional areas of management education such as HR, Marketing, Finance and Research paper with application of mathematical model has also been included in this issue. The readers will find the inputs valuable and enriching. The editorial board of the journal looks forward to the valuable suggestions from the readers for improving the quality of the articles. The board sincerely acknowledges the contributions made by the learned authors and thanks the readers for their interest.

Prof. (Dr.) Sujata Mangaraj