3 weeks into the b-school and u r told...u have exams, Mid terms. And the best part, this torture is bound to repeat every 3 weeks for 11 months.....what the hell.
subjects : business statistics, managerial economics, accounting and marketing.
first day first show: business statistics.....The seating arrangement, i was given a seat right behind the one of the HOTTEST girls in the batch. What the hell, i need to concentrate, when i wanted to be in her study group, they put her with all married guys and girls, and during exams they found this innovative way to say " here boy this B-School gives u what u want". HOW the hell do u expect me to concentrate, with 95% confidence i can say that only 5% of the times i could actually read the questions in one go...The stats guy set a WONDERFUL paper..no matter what score i get...but i loved it. The counter side of it, after 5 years of not having seen books or given exams, suddenly when i was forced to do so.
Midway through the exam, i didnt feel like reading the questions, and of course the other factors were there to divert my concentration.
Mangerial eco.....didnt read a single word, didnt do a single assignment (they were voluntary..i have never volunteered for such things), and neither did i take notes, books to exam (it was an open book exam)...and the tragedy. The classic question " Who wrote the article nature of the firm".....The twist, i had all the slides of this article except the one carrying the name of the author, i read each line twice, footnotes, those conditions apply start if i could find the name hidden somewhere....I COULD NOT....even better, this carried a 10% weightage..i couldn't help laughing at myself...
Accounting again open book, open notes...i took all of them, learnt from previous experience. And spread them all over the desk..only to realize that the 50% paper i knew i dont see them, and for the other even if i do..that does not help. "so here i was again."
Marketing: my my.....i thought marketing was all fundas and i made sure all those i meet i convince them of this...and i did. If it is fundas " a drunk guy can convince you faster and better than a sales guy" so we will give gyaan right there...whisky helps..so we took its services, only to realize...the paper has 90% numerical calculations and whisky is making it difficult to understand the numbers.......somehow managed to finish all and have a big hearty laugh at the way we screwed up this so called "MID TERM"...folks by the time i graduate i make sure..that these aren't any different from engineering exams..wish me luck
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
1st group case study
CLICK.....SMILE...... IT'S A KODAK MOMENT....
Yups the Famous...Kodak case.... they wanted us to solve the woes of kodak.
The kind of faith they have in us, is worth appreciating. 3 weeks into "Core terms and around 4 classes of mktg lecture....we are expected to prepare a strategy for KODAK..."
And guess what We did it.
How it happened:
Our group...probably amongst the only uniquely diverse group...which has till date not been present all together....the 5 have never met at one time.
STILL...yes still we jotted down each individuals opinions..in the first meeting...not much discussion. Probably all sane guys have come together who have too conflicting plans, and if they do...they are even lesser eager to fight or push them. They are happier to let somebody else give idea, plan and take the initiative to go ahead and prepare the write up..
Ya writeup...It is unfortunate that we don't have a single lady in out study group. Probably Isb is aware how unsafe it is to have a girl form a group with an oil industry background guy....safety first.
Kodak, had he still been alive, would have been happy to see the kind of effort the others have put in. And, if he would have mistakenly seen us..the guy would have banned the case study from being given in ISB, the way we were making fun of him.
"Kya bhaiya, kodak bhai sahab yeh bhi nahin jaanta ki fuji usko danda de raha hai...ab yeh pata karne ke liye bhi usko hamaari jaroorat hai"
the best one was " Lo ho gayi basanti, khinch gayi photo, ban gaya kodak moment"...
I don't know what attracts ppl to opt for case study method ...indians only know one way to learn....the masterji teaches and bachalog listens...so jango mat bano..do what u know best... not what the world says is the best way to ..
Yups the Famous...Kodak case.... they wanted us to solve the woes of kodak.
The kind of faith they have in us, is worth appreciating. 3 weeks into "Core terms and around 4 classes of mktg lecture....we are expected to prepare a strategy for KODAK..."
And guess what We did it.
How it happened:
Our group...probably amongst the only uniquely diverse group...which has till date not been present all together....the 5 have never met at one time.
STILL...yes still we jotted down each individuals opinions..in the first meeting...not much discussion. Probably all sane guys have come together who have too conflicting plans, and if they do...they are even lesser eager to fight or push them. They are happier to let somebody else give idea, plan and take the initiative to go ahead and prepare the write up..
Ya writeup...It is unfortunate that we don't have a single lady in out study group. Probably Isb is aware how unsafe it is to have a girl form a group with an oil industry background guy....safety first.
Kodak, had he still been alive, would have been happy to see the kind of effort the others have put in. And, if he would have mistakenly seen us..the guy would have banned the case study from being given in ISB, the way we were making fun of him.
"Kya bhaiya, kodak bhai sahab yeh bhi nahin jaanta ki fuji usko danda de raha hai...ab yeh pata karne ke liye bhi usko hamaari jaroorat hai"
the best one was " Lo ho gayi basanti, khinch gayi photo, ban gaya kodak moment"...
I don't know what attracts ppl to opt for case study method ...indians only know one way to learn....the masterji teaches and bachalog listens...so jango mat bano..do what u know best... not what the world says is the best way to ..
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