Think Tank

When we are pushed to the wall, all of us behave in different manners. How we would behave depends on many factors. But collectively, I think it is the sum total of all our efforts before that point of time. I had had one such situation and even now I reflect on it sometimes on [...]

I felt it in some of my colleagues during my MBA. Narcissism can be defined as an exceptional interest and admiration for oneself. A study presented at the Academy of Management in Montreal approves that it is present in MBA students more than in others.   
http://alturl.com/erz4i (Redirects to Business Week website) 
The researchers measured the narcissistic tendencies [...]

Recently I read someone saying that he preferred a particular piece of software over the other because the former was more ‘robust’. That made me think for a moment about ‘robustness’ of software. Robustness of a tangible thing is easy to comprehend, but how do we understand robustness of software? And more importantly, how do [...]

MBANo more fun please…  These are times of boundary less world. These are also times of our obsession with the ‘less’. On one hand, we are trying to fill the gap by addressing sensitive issues in course curriculum, and on the other hand, we keep loosing it because of changes happening where we least expect. [...]

BooksChurchill on Leadership Winston Churchill gave this world the “V” sign for victory. Prime Minister of United Kingdom during the World War II, Churchill was a self made man who made the history the way we read and repeat today. This book tries to point out leadership traits from this great political leader, as applicable to [...]

MBACEO Series Lecture As part of our CEO Series lectures, last evening we had Mr. Keki Mistry, MD, HDFC on our campus. He spoke for about one and half hours on the requested topic “Roles of a CFO”.  He began with the traditional role of a CFO (Chief Financial Officer) in an Indian company, and then [...]

MBAHBS Vs my B-School The title may be a bit provocative, but if you believe what the students of Harvard Business School say, we are not that different from them. Here, some comments of HBS students are presented on their academics and life (taken from PaGalGuy’s Buzz book). Also, there is a brave attempt to compare [...]

MBAMass-customization: the Ice-cream wallah way There is a small but big word in marketing: “Mass-customization”. This means that the products being offered are customised for the masses, not only for some selected few customers. Examples? The Dell laptops; you can visit the Dell website; configure your laptop as per your requirements and then order. You will [...]

MBALecture by CEO, Mindshare Event:             “Enter the world of media planning”CEO Series lecture by Mr. Gowthaman Ragothaman, CEO & India Head -  MindShare, IndiaDate:               2 Nov 07, Friday (4.45 pm – 6.15 pm)Venue:            Room # 21 The CEO was around only 35, and again brought us to the realities of the world, far from [...]

MBAThere is great news. Today was the Day-1 of Summers Placement, 2008, and I return home with a placement with one of giants among Indian conglomerates. So summers of 08 is now fixed.

Hierarchy of needsMaslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a theory in psychology that Abraham Maslow proposed in his 1943 paper A Theory of Human Motivation. Maslow’s theory contended that as humans meet ‘basic needs’, they seek to satisfy successively ‘higher needs’ that occupy a set hierarchy. Maslow’s theory was regarded as an improvement over previous theories [...]

Toothpaste Market in India Synopsis (part) of our research on toothpaste market in India.  o       Toothpaste market in India is worth Rs 2200 Crore (2006).  o       In India, per capita toothpaste consumption stood at 74g in 2005, which is amongst the lowest in the world, compared to 350g and 300g in Malaysia and Vietnam respectively. [...]

Executive Program in Business Management from IIM Calcutta Dear Roshan,  I believe the program is very good.  Course content: The course content would be good and in such programs, there is always some possibility to mold the programs according to the participants’ needs. When you go to attend the classroom programs, you have the opportunity to [...]

Customers don’t forgive Kumar Rahul Tiwary I was late and in a hurry. I had to create recovery CDs for my laptop, which I had been procrastinating for a long time. I stepped in the neighbour general store and asked for a blank DVD. “How much is it?” I asked. I heard “90”! I asked him to [...]

B School Rankings in India Kumar Rahul Tiwary Anyone who aspires to be an MBA, must have searched the net for B-School rankings. Even those who have no direct interest in B Schools, browse through the newspaper and magazines reports and special features for rankings and placement figures. And the media helps by creating a hype, [...]