tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9605787.post116971196464784864..comments2023-12-24T01:23:48.970+05:30Comments on Youth Curry - Insight on Indian Youth: Email of the week - IIRashmi Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447667745099994241noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9605787.post-65663472682498561462007-02-14T20:19:00.000+05:302007-02-14T20:19:00.000+05:30hey rashmi whether i agree with you or not.but mus...hey rashmi whether i agree with you or not.but must appreciate ur guts.in dtime when pple cant stop talkin abt IIMs you say they r not the only great ecoles.true to some extent coz of the new batallion of top notch B-schoolsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272017218848239258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9605787.post-70870714952278643422007-02-02T14:47:00.000+05:302007-02-02T14:47:00.000+05:30So in effect, are you saying that an IIM MBA is go...So in effect, are you saying that an IIM MBA is good only for those largely middle-class students who have aspirations of a secure job with a slightly higher-than-average salaries?<br /><br />Is there nothing about an IIM MBA that would build perspectives in future entrepreneurs? Or even a network of people? Or ummm - the confidence? Or the ability to put it all together and work with calm in stressful situations?Pranavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10477107055610304596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9605787.post-1170188288091751932007-01-31T01:48:00.000+05:302007-01-31T01:48:00.000+05:30hi... rashmi bansal...I knew I had heard the name ...hi... <BR/>rashmi bansal...<BR/>I knew I had heard the name somewhere... what a coincidence to drop by your blog.<BR/>how are things with the magazine...can't wait for the issue to come out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9605787.post-1170156853251076772007-01-30T17:04:00.000+05:302007-01-30T17:04:00.000+05:30This blog is a tasty curry which will sweeten and ...This blog is a tasty curry which will sweeten and strenghthen the tongue. In this modern world the art of Management has become a part and parcel of everyday life, be it at home, in the office or factory and in Government. In all organizations, where a group of human beings assemble for a common purpose irrespective of caste, creed, and religion, management principles come into play through the management of resources, finance and planning, priorities, policies and practice. Management is a systematic way of carrying out activities in any field of human effort.<BR/><BR/>Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their weaknesses irrelevant, says the Management Guru Peter Drucker. It creates harmony in working together - equilibrium in thoughts and actions, goals and achievements, plans and performance, products and markets. It resolves situations of scarcity, be they in the physical, technical or human fields, through maximum utilization with the minimum available processes to achieve the goal. Lack of management causes disorder, confusion, wastage, delay, destruction and even depression. Managing men, money and materials in the best possible way, according to circumstances and environment, is the most important and essential factor for a successful management.<BR/><BR/>Management guidelines from the Bhagavad Gita<BR/>There is an important distinction between effectiveness and efficiency in managing.<BR/><BR/>Effectiveness is doing the right things. <BR/>Efficiency is doing things right. <BR/>The general principles of effective management can be applied in every field, the differences being more in application than in principle. The Manager's functions can be summed up as:<BR/><BR/>Forming a vision <BR/>Planning the strategy to realize the vision. <BR/>Cultivating the art of leadership. <BR/>Establishing institutional excellence. <BR/>Building an innovative organization. <BR/>Developing human resources. <BR/>Building teams and teamwork. <BR/>Delegation, motivation, and communication. <BR/>Reviewing performance and taking corrective steps when called for. <BR/>Thus, management is a process of aligning people and getting them committed to work for a common goal to the maximum social benefit - in search of excellence.<BR/><BR/>The critical question in all managers' minds is how to be effective in their job. The answer to this fundamental question is found in the Bhagavad Gita, which repeatedly proclaims that "you must try to manage yourself." The reason is that unless a manager reaches a level of excellence and effectiveness, he or she will be merely a face in the crowd.<BR/><BR/>Old truths in a new context<BR/>The Bhagavad Gita, written thousands of years ago, enlightens us on all managerial techniques leading us towards a harmonious and blissful state of affairs in place of the conflict, tensions, poor productivity, absence of motivation and so on, common in most of Indian enterprises today – and probably in enterprises in many other countries.<BR/><BR/>The modern (Western) management concepts of vision, leadership, motivation, excellence in work, achieving goals, giving work meaning, decision making and planning, are all discussed in the Bhagavad Gita. There is one major difference. While Western management thought too often deals with problems at material, external and peripheral levels, the Bhagavad Gita tackles the issues from the grass roots level of human thinking. Once the basic thinking of man is improved, it will automatically enhance the quality of his actions and their results.<BR/><BR/>The management philosophy emanating from the West is based on the lure of materialism and on a perennial thirst for profit, irrespective of the quality of the means adopted to achieve that goal. This phenomenon has its source in the abundant wealth of the West and so 'management by materialism' has caught the fancy of all the countries the world over, India being no exception to this trend. My country, India, has been in the forefront in importing these ideas mainly because of its centuries old indoctrination by colonial rulers, which has inculcated in us a feeling that anything Western is good and anything Indian, is inferior.<BR/><BR/>The result is that, while huge funds have been invested in building temples of modem management education, no perceptible changes are visible in the improvement of the general quality of life - although the standards of living of a few has gone up. The same old struggles in almost all sectors of the economy, criminalization of institutions, social violence, exploitation and other vices are seen deep in the body politic.bhattathirihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09142082349506392967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9605787.post-1170150179110232412007-01-30T15:12:00.000+05:302007-01-30T15:12:00.000+05:30Hi Rashmi,I am visiting your blog for the first ti...Hi Rashmi,<BR/><BR/>I am visiting your blog for the first time and found the topic very useful. I was researching whether an MBA would be needed for becoming an entreprenaur with my wellwishers and the knowledgeable people i know. The views of many coincided with yours. Thank you for educating us about the short term management study plansManjunathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977510925534490819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9605787.post-1170061969333556092007-01-29T14:42:00.000+05:302007-01-29T14:42:00.000+05:30We are still waiting for the goan account , Rashmi...We are still waiting for the goan account , Rashmi!AKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694645855563092043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9605787.post-1169883673904514942007-01-27T13:11:00.000+05:302007-01-27T13:11:00.000+05:30This e-mail of the week was better than Part-I as...This e-mail of the week was better than Part-I as it was on the positive note.ankurghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14585848328409507571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9605787.post-1169878436575078032007-01-27T11:43:00.000+05:302007-01-27T11:43:00.000+05:30Frankly I have started founding your posts boring....Frankly I have started founding your posts boring. Always wandering around MBA, IIT and IIM and some movie reviews.<BR/><BR/>Please come up with something refreshing.<BR/><BR/>Shailesh<BR/> <A HREF="http://theignorant.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">http://theignorant.blogspot.com</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9605787.post-1169871648291932982007-01-27T09:50:00.000+05:302007-01-27T09:50:00.000+05:30".....I don't think a pay of that kind (8 lacs per...".....I don't think a pay of that kind (8 lacs per annum) would offer me much financial security." What kind of a lifestyle is this person aiming for? Does this person want to own a stable of Ferraris!!!Prashant Varmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16858813344714536789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9605787.post-1169861300524004252007-01-27T06:58:00.000+05:302007-01-27T06:58:00.000+05:30Amidst high media hype we generally tend to forget...Amidst high media hype we generally tend to forget that an IIT or IIM have several hundreds of students to place and only a small portion of them land up in these super dream type of jobs. In some cases people end up in jobs that pays even lesser than non IIT engg colleges. I agree this a comparison between the best from one place to the worst from other. But it still proves the point that the notion of only IIT and IIM giving a plum job and rest all crap is wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9605787.post-1169812780310730802007-01-26T17:29:00.000+05:302007-01-26T17:29:00.000+05:30MBA is not imperative for enterpreneurship but cer...MBA is not imperative for enterpreneurship but certainly for those coming from middle class background ,don't have that kind of capital to start their own enterprise. At that moment, an MBA from IIMs & all makes it a bit less tedious to get loans sanctioned ,to make people believe and invest in your idea.Toon Indianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675962505129911588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9605787.post-1169729824177218692007-01-25T18:27:00.000+05:302007-01-25T18:27:00.000+05:30Rashmi, agree with you. What an MBA does is give y...Rashmi, agree with you. What an MBA does is give you a certain perspective on business and indeed life.<BR/><BR/>However, i've always believed that individual passion, knowing what excites you in life, plus a little bit of faith are far greater drivers of success than any MBA... <BR/><BR/>And true that you can get an MBA at any stage of life, especially if you want to pursue an entrepreneurial careerNeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00558343869971646114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9605787.post-1169717859717462182007-01-25T15:07:00.000+05:302007-01-25T15:07:00.000+05:30Hi Rashmi,I agree with Jay - very clear and unambi...Hi Rashmi,<BR/><BR/>I agree with Jay - very clear and unambiguous.<BR/><BR/>Also, whats good to see is that the emails being featured here are not restricted to negative ones (i had feared after reading Part 1 of this series that only grossly negative emails would be featured here, with you playing critique).<BR/><BR/>Regards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9605787.post-1169712376221709302007-01-25T13:36:00.000+05:302007-01-25T13:36:00.000+05:30Very very nicely put...clear and unambiguous...:)Very very nicely put...clear and unambiguous...:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com