Management Articles
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Vision 2010 for MBAs : A to Z of Manager’s New year resolutions
(Candy Singh, Sr. Lecturer, First India School of Business, Gurgaon)
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- Not criticise a person in his/her absence.
- Not mis-use cc and bcc.
- Be a genuine consultant and advisor to the clients rather than sell what I have.
- Delegate. Give sub-ordinates space and enough exposure in front of the organisation’s leaders.
- Dont walk over others with a single focus on elevation in the organisation.
- Seek feedback and take it sportingly when provided.
- Not change jobs immediately on getting the promotion, raises and the bonus.
- Hire for attitude and train for skills.
- Not use company resources for personal use. Not inflate claims and reimbursements.
- Make genuine effort to Just help others be successful.
- Participate in trainings without my inflated ego and with an intent to learn rather than ‘show that I know’.
- Learn to not take credit for others work and point out it out as such when offered. Give credit to the team and and take blame.
- Reply to 90% of the mails within a few hours, the rest in 24 hours
- Learn something new every quarter.
- Not operate rumour mill in the garb or innocent questions or sarcasm.
- Accept promotions with humility and lack of them with maturity in my stride.
- I will question my assumptions. Not doctor data to the management. Present it as-it-is and all of it.
- Reprimand in private and appreciate in public.
- Not be afraid to hire people better than self.
- Balance being ‘true to the profession’ with ‘true to boss’s opinion’.
- Take up training others as a useful activity.
- Go prepared for meetings and play a value-adding and contributing role rather than politics or one-up-manship.
- Xplain things simply without jargon.
- Think customer and organisation before yielding to department, team and individual interests.
- Everyone is on time to meet ones MD and key clients, I will zilch the times I am late to meet service providers, juniors, trainees and everyone else too.
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An MBA student today has a very different experience compared to those who graduated a decade back or even a few years back. "The MBA curriculum has become more practical and has greater industry linkages & share of teaching from practicing managers today than in our times", says Mr. A R Kohli, who completed his education from the prestigious IIM Calcutta as its first batch student. Agrees Mr. J K Sharma industrialist and CEO of Eez group of companies and a graduate of IIM Calcutta's second batch, "There is now a greater focus on preparing managers for international careers including student -exchange programs with universities abroad and inputs on cross cultural management". Even graduates from later years from leading business schools feel the difference. According to Kamlesh Vyas, an alumnus of XLRI, "We are seeing emergence of sectoral MBA programmes in retail, telecom, BPO and hospitality sectors. There is also a trend towards executives using an MBA course as a mid-career boost and a move towards dual specialisation so that if the students later discover a change of fit with one course or the vagaries of business make one area less wanted, the student has an alternative".
The trends are universal. "There is greater use of teaching
methods like case studies and role plays", says professor Atmanand.
These thoughts were recently presented by the international
educationists and board members of First India School of business,
Mr. AR Kohi, former governor Mizoram, Mr. JK Sharma, Mr. Kamlesh
Vyas, and professor Atmanand at the inauguration of the Gurgaon
institute. Mr. Kohli, chairman of the board also inaugurated
its website www.fisb.in. First India School of Business, Gurgaon
offers full time and part time BBA and MBA programs in partnership
with Annamalai University, the largest university in the world
and the business school is the only partner of the prestigious
university for management programmes in North India. Top
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Why are MBA institutes producing glorified clerks? How many organisation builders like Dhiru Bhai Ambani and Bill Gates are our B-schools producing today? Why is there more business and less school in a business schools today?
These were the questions that prompted alumni of XLRI & IIMs, industrialists, senior professors and Government officials to get together and find answers.
Two years later, their collective thinking resulted in the launch of First India school of Business (www.fisb.in) in Gurgaon. A business school which is not a business. Where, management education is combined with modules on Spoken English, Communication skills, personality building, character building and technology orientation. Here, many of the faculty members are from Europe and America and every MBA student is required to undertake a free tour to Europe. From the very first day, the students will take their notes on their laptops which are provided free of cost to them.
Here the students from rural areas will not be inhibited and left behind because even though the Classes have not begun, they are participating in preparatory sessions.
The institute has created corporate tie-ups for internships and jobs for its students. The biggest surprise for aspiring students comes from the fact that such an education and career building opportunity is being provided to them at a fee which is very affordable even for a middle class family.
This fresh initiative has come as a blessing for the parents and students of the region. It remains to be seen how many students will be able to find admission in this innovative business school and how many First Indians will the institute give to our country providing 'local' global leaders.
First India School of Business, Gurgaon offers full time and
part time BBA and MBA programs in partnership with Annamalai
University, the largest university in the world and the business
school is the only partner of the prestigious university for
management programmes in North India. Top
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The prestigious Annamalai University, arguably the largest in the world finally has a partner in North India for management programmes. The prestigious university signed a MOU with First India School of Business, Gurgaon for BBA and MBA programs to be provided from the current Academic year at the Business School at Gurgaon. This is the first time the university is partnering with any Business School in North India for MBA/ BBA level programs.
This is a unique opportunity for students of the region and
acquire UGC recognised and Govt. Of India approved management
education. Dr. M. Rathinasabapathi, Registrar Annamalai University
and Mr. Kamlesh Vyas, Director, First India School of Business
signed the MOU at the university on May 18, 2009. Dr. S B Nageswara
Rao, Director and Dr. M. Ramanathan, Vice Chancellor of Annamalai
University were also present on the occasion.
The Annamalai University, founded in 1929, is today one of the largest of its kind in the world with 49 Departments, over 2500 faculty members, a campus spread over 1000 acres, over 30,000 students and presence in several countries including Singapore, Canada, Malaysia and Thailand. The programmes of the university are recognised by the Ministry of HRD, Govt. Of India under the UGC Act.
First India School of Business (www.fisb.in) is an initiative
of IIM- XLRI alumni, industrialists, managing directors and
senior professors with an objective of providing world class
management education at affordable cost to the students. The
governing board of the institute is headed by Mr. A. R. Kohli,
former Governor, Mizoram. Based in the corporate hub of Gurgaon,
the institute has eminent international faculty members and
has a industry integrated and international exposure based curriculum. Top
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| Dr. S B Nageswara Rao,
Director, Dr. M. Rathinasabapathi, Registrar, Dr. M. Ramanathan,
Vice Chancellor of Annamalai University and Mr. Kamlesh Vyas,
Director, First India School of Business at the signing of MOU
for MBA & BBA programs on May 18, 2009 |
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