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| The new middle manager |
| - Prof S Raghu Raman |
Studies, both international and national, highlight the ability to be a successful team player, the capacity to be relentlessly focused on the customer, preaching and practicing empowerment as some of the new roles that have been added to the repertoire of successful middle managers. Read on..
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| The road less travelled… |
| - Reshmi Majumdar |
Women today are glorying in marriage, motherhood and career, but on their own terms. It’s no longer a choice amongst the three. Rather it is all about fulfilling the needs of diverse demands. A growing number of women are creating a middle ground for themselves by taking a sabbatical and then trying to reboot their careers with a lot of cooperation from the organisations.
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| MBA: What it is and what it is not |
| - Lt Col Venkat Raman (Retd) |
Welcome to the age of the MBA! Today, in our country as well as all over the world, this is one course that every student who has just completed graduation is vying for as it is considered a gateway to success in the corporate world. It is therefore, essential, to clearly understand what this course is all about and more importantly, to know what it is not as many proclaim it to be, as it involves investing a large amount of money, effort and time. This article attempts to clear the air on many issues that are associated with this course and try to give a clear dashboard for assessing the various options available in tough but exciting journey.
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In today’s times, expectations from an MBA graduate are aplenty, and varied. This article
offers an insight into a few expectations of the corporate world – or the industry, from a fresh MBA they have recruited.
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In their bestselling book, Fish, authors Stephen Lundin, John Christenson and Harry Paul emphasise on how one can re-energise the workplace. With the basic theme revolving around the functioning of fisherfolk at the Pike Place fish market in Seattle (USA), the ‘Fish’ philosophy oozes inspiration and encouragement in an easy to adopt story for present day organisations and their employees.
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Achieving an MBA degree can be a phenomenal experience! The very fact that you are surrounded with a talented group of diverse peers will leave you amazed with what you can accomplish. And while the course is quite intense, it also teaches how to be more structured, all the while focussing on tasks with high priority - skills that are highly important for all post-MBA jobs. This section offers a glimpse into Summer Internship experience of students from Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, IIT-Bombay.
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| Value-Based Management:An integral part of Corporate Social Responsibility from Ancient Wisdom perspectives |
| - Prof. Suhas Chavan, Management Faculty |
Management has become a challenging task in today's global village. Electronics and telecommunication revolution has changed the whole scenario. Information explosion and rapid development in technology has made the situation more difficult. Present global business scenario is distinguished by high levels of turbulent changes, uncertainty, and keen competition. As we have entered into 21st century, we are involved in the most crucial and most difficult of all the transitions so far, the transition to the global society. Moreover, management as applied science is also advancing very fast in its every aspect.
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| Business Ecology: Rediscovering Sustainable Natural Systems |
| - Prof. Suhas Chavan, Management Faculty |
Humanity in 21st century is posed with serious challenges of rapid population growth, fast depletion of resources, severe environmental pollution and damage to fragile ecosystems through which life on Earth survives. Increased level of industrial activity to meet the demands of humanity has caused irreversible damage to pristine ecosystem that earth once had.
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| Lessons from Consumer Behaviour
During Recession |
| - Surinder Singh |
Many in the market feel that consumers stop buying products during a recession and the market is generally stuck or rather slow. Often, the marketing team uses "recession" as an excuse to account for lower revenues. On the other hand, marketing executives, who actually take recession as an opportunity to enhance their marketing efforts and get the most out of typically changing consumer behaviour during a downturn are able to build long term profitable relationships with them.
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| Banking on the
Bottom-of-Pyramid |
| - Shruti Koley |
Forty percnt of the adult population in our country, comprising mainly the low income group without any collateral, is unable to access any form of mainstream finance. They turn to informal credit markets often on exploitative terms and exorbitant interest rates. Nearly 73 percent of farmer households are excluded and cannot access any source of formal credit.
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| Rise of Private Labels |
| - Sanjoe Tom Jose
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Private label goods refer to products manufactured for sale under a specific retailer's brand. They are often designed to compete against branded products, offering customers a cheaper alternative to national brands.
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