What is the average work experience that MBA schools generally look for in prospective students? Three to four years is the average, although all schools differ. Business schools are heavily focused on peer to peer education, where the strength and experience of the MBA students is as important as the...
Read MoreCore area of interest for MBA applicants 2008 2007 Strategy 46.1% 43.2% General Management 44.0% 42.3% Finance 43.8% 40.9% International Management 43.3% 45.5% Leadership 36.0% 37.0% Entrepreneurship 34.4% 31.6% Marketing 30.8% 31.9% Technology Management 19.6% 22.1% Operations Management 18.5% 22.1% Corporate Social Responsibility 14.1% 14.9% E-commerce 9.8% 12.2% Source: QS...
Read MoreI can remember the first time I got involved in working with a distance-learning MBA course, many years ago. At the time, each student received the usual weighty pack of books and teaching notes. Assignments had to be completed and attached to a cover note made of four sheets of...
Read MoreThe tough economic environment has left many questioning what this will mean for MBA and executive MBAs applications, particularly from women. The challenge of increasing the number of female candidates has been tough for business schools in happier economic times let alone as the fear of recession hangs in the...
Read MoreThe events were then kicked off with the first competition, ‘Concept 2 Creative’, organized by MAXI, Marketing Association of XLRI, featured five teams from MDI, MICA, XLRI, S.P. Jain and IIM Ahmedabad. Team Moninjas from XLRI and Team Mastikhor Kids from MDI came first and second respectively, winning a total...
Read More‘Converge’, the Panel Discussion, will include the following speakers:1. Prof Dipankar Banerji, Trustee & Professor, Eastern Institute of Management.2. Mr Tarit Bhowmik, Global Head HR, Fi-Tek Private Ltd.3. Mr RP Yadav, CMD, Genius Consultants Ltd.4. PK Chatterjee, Senior Vice President, Duncan Group Ltd.5. SC Dhole, General Manager, UCO Bank. Besides...
Read MoreHe discussed the subprime crisis and gave insights as to what managers and leaders should do in this constantly changing and uncertain environment. His speech included two important concepts. First, the Chaos theory in which he described how an initial small change may have a huge impact at the end....
Read MoreThe Delhi meet held at the India Habitat Centre witnessed over 400 alumni including Mr Rajeev Karwal (CEO & Founder, Milagrow Business and Knowledge Solutions), Mr Subhinder Singh Prem (Managing Director – Reebok India) and Mr Prabhat Unmat (Vice President a Marketing, Vodaphone). The Mumbai meet was attended by 130...
Read MoreDr Kondap, an M.Tech, Masters in Marketing Management and Ph.D, commended his career as a Sales Engineer at ABB and rose to become Sr. Vice President, entered into academics by being a Visiting Faculty at JBIMS, Sydenham, Chetna, Somaiyya and NMIMS. Later, he joined NMIMS as Professor of Marketing, where...
Read MoreThe CapstoneA Business Simulation Challenge is a global online competition held in the spring and fall semester each year. The competition is hosted by Capsim Management Simulations, IncA, a provider of business simulations to college graduate and undergraduate students. The competitions are open to all students who have used a...
Read MoreMore than 32 pc students chose the financial sector as their preferred vertical. The major I-Banking/ PE firms in this sector included Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, Baring Private Equity Partners, O3 Capital, 2i Capital, Seedfund, JP Morgan Chase, and Goldman Sachs. Also, banks like Citigroup, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered...
Read MoreThe theme for Ensemble 2008 is Magis: Delivering Excellence. The major events of Ensemble 2008 are the Idea Summit, the flagship game, Olympians, and a special event sponsored by the Principal Partner, Aditya Birla Group. The Idea Summit is a panel discussion on the theme of Entrepreneurship with participants including...
Read MoreThe event was started with speeches by Dr Ramana and Prof Banikanta Mishra, faculty members at XIMB. They pointed out that corruption has now become rampant in our society and that it is up to us to make sure that we weed out this disease once and for all. A...
Read MoreView results of PaGaLGuY.com B-school Rankings 2009Rankings by Women | Alumni | MBA Students | Freshers | Aspirants with Work ExperienceExcusive Insights and Opinions | Methodology used by the Rankings Watch UTVi business news channel for a special half-hour show on PaGaLGuY.com B-school Rankings 2009, featuring b-schools such as IIM...
Read MoreThe average stipend for the internship period stood at over Rs 85,000 for the duration of the internship, representing an increase of 60% from the figure recorded last year. Over 45 students will draw a package in excess of Rs one Lakh for the internship period this year. The highest...
Read MoreThe first day of placements saw global banks and consulting firms on campus. The banking sector, represented by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Rothschild and UBS made international offers. Among the consulting firms, Booz & Co, a first time recruiter in the summer process, made three...
Read MoreProf Schwass said a70% of all businesses, whether in North America, Europe, Middle East or China, are family owned. In India, around 95% of all registered companies are family businesses or founded by entrepreneurial families. Therefore it becomes imperative that the nuances of relationships be understood and worked upon so...
Read MoreThe game has three levels. In the first level, players were challenged to develop a small provider of express services into a national champion through sound management decisions. The interactive application asks for strategic and operational decisions and simulates their effects on the business in a realistic manner. The Great...
Read MoreThe Advanced Diploma harnesses the resources, knowledge and networks built up over ten years of producing various programmes in entrepreneurship and helping fledgling entrepreneurs develop their wings. The Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) brings expertise in delivering programmes designed to assist career development. The programme is applicable to postgraduate students...
Read MoreElectronic Commerce is a blend of technology and application oriented approach. It has multi-tiered architectural framework in explaining e-commerce. The book is strong on internet security issues and electronic payment concepts and provides examples from India proving Indian orientation. The role of electronic commerce in the world of business cannot...
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