| Q1. |
What do B-Schools
look for in an MBA aspirant? |
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They look for
students who are innovative, proactive;
one who's willing to take risks. They
look for leadership skills and check
their commitment levels. |
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| Q2. |
"MBA:
A mandate for future managers."
Comment. |
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A career is a
two-phase thing: the educational qualification
is the passport and the performance
is your visa.
MBA gives you just that initial push.
Your future depends on how well you
perform thereafter. |
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| Q3. |
What skill
sets do MBAs acquire during the course? |
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Communication
skills, analytical skills, leadership
skills, aptitude, mature thinking, emotional
maturity, risk taking and decision making
abilities. B-school teaches students
two things: knowledge and skills. They
attempt to teach them attitude…but
sadly most of them learn it the hard
way. |
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| Q4. |
One offbeat
career path you would like to suggest
the future managers to take up? |
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One career that
the future managers can look at is in
the rural sector. It is full of opportunities
and companies are looking at exploiting
it to the fullest. Companies like HLL,
Brooke Bond, Pepsi, Coke and others
are going rural big time. |
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| Q5. |
Women make
better managers than men. Comment. |
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Well, statistics
say that more females are joining the
B-schools. From the ratio of 2:60 in
1992, it's now become 40:60. Females
have begun looking at management as
a career option, but whether they are
better managers is for one to find out. |
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| Q6. |
Is there
an overflow of MBAs in the job market? |
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There are close
to 1500 + B schools. And every year
the B-schools churn out close to a lakh
MBAs. The figure though looks large…
but in a country where the population
runs close to billions… the numbers
are relatively very small. There is
a large market that's yet to be tapped.
So there is absolutely no overflow of
MBAs. But yes… there is shortage
of good faculty. |
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| Q7. |
While selecting
an institute, what should students look
for: faculty or placements? |
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Faculty and placements
are not mutually exclusive. Faculty
is the bloodline… and it's the
quality of the faculty that determines
the quality of the students. |
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| Q8. |
The ideal
age to do the MBA is… |
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In our country
the educational values are different
from the West. Students wish to complete
their education before they join the
rat race. "25" is the ideal
age for getting into a B-school. MBA
is understood and delivered better if
you have worked for a minimum period
of 2 years. An MBA provides the working
manager growth prospects. |
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| Q9. |
One myth
about MBA that you would like to break? |
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A word of caution
to the MBA aspirants…don't get
the feeling that you have arrived into
the scenario once you get a ticket to
a good B-school. There is no substitute
to hard work. Learn, work hard and perform. |
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| Q10. |
Your message
to the future managers… |
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Mangers should
have a sense of belonging. The key
to success is commitment. Indians are
more suited to the Japanese kind of
lifetime employment. Grow with the organization…grow
the organization. |
