tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199140232012-02-10T15:08:55.440-08:00This Blog contains the best of PagalGuy.com, a popular portal among MBA aspirants and business/management graduates and practitioners.Go Coolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02360258717864385516noreply@blogger.comBlogger371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19914023.post-1141209127815178402006-03-01T02:25:00.000-08:002006-03-01T02:35:10.920-08:00

Leadership qualities always have two dimensional characters; XLRI Leadership Expedition upholds this motto. First of its kind in India, XLRI Leadership Expedition aims at developing leadership traits among its participants both at the individual as well as at the societal level. Individual dimension of leadership traits appear in the following ways:Strength of character (In XLRI Expedition,

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The interactive session organised by IIM, Lucknow on 28th of January with Mr.Gopalakrishnan captured much attention for the speaker's novel approach towards the issues in management. Mr.Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, Tata Sons, spoke with verve and passion often taking examples from animal kingdom to substantiate his points. This refreshingly different perspective in management was welcomed

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Here are some tips for those who await interview call for Oxford MBA1) You will receive an interview call just a couple of days prior to the deadline mentioned on Oxford web site.2) The interview is telephonic and you will be interviewd by a single person.3) It's less of an interview and more of a discussion. In the interview the interviewer will try to compare your pattern of thinking in the

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For the first time in its history, DoMS, IITians (Madras) received offers from international recruiters for their Summer Placements this year. However, in their debut venture, many foreign recruiters like Bloomberg, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, JonesLangLasalle and Indigo Futures and RTL Hedge Funds had to compete with many Indian recruiters even as the students witnessed a substantial

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Hult International Business School, Boston cuts down its tution fees from $40000 to $22500. Whoever joins the one-year MBA program here in August needs only to pay the revised amount which is less than the fee for MBA program in ISB. Sumit Sood, a student in Hult International, shares his experiences with forum participants in Pagalguy. Including pre-MBA expenses and living expenses in Boston,

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IIM C is not really concerned about your performance for undergraduation. On the other hand, the admissions here gives weightage to your CAT performance, says Prof Anup K. Sinha of IIM Calcutta. Narrating the admission process in IIM C, he says: "We do give a little weightage for work-experience. For taking CAT, which is the first round of admission, the undergraduate subject of study doesn't

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It seems the IITs are giving their IIM counterparts a tough competition on placement and salary expectation levels. As per pagalguy reports, the average domestic salary offered this year to various intakes from Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi underwent a marked rise of 15% compared to the figures of 2005. While the average salary has touched Rs.7.44 Lakhs per annum, the average

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What are your chances of securing an admission at SIMSR? Why is it recommended to take guidance while selecting a programme at SIMSR? HR, Marketing or Finance; which one has maximum prospects? What is the difference between PGDBA and MMS course? Is PGDBA course recognized by AICTE? Are the course-curriculum similar for both these programmes? Finally, since the freshers in SIMSR are low in

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Students want to know whether they stand a chance of getting admitted to Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur with their individual profiles. When one's profile is considered, what would be the weightage given to the JMET rank while considering applications? Students also want to know more about the placement week coming up in VGSOM.Click here to go to the original thread

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How to go about preparing GMAT? What should be the pattern of preparation for working persons? How can you easily crack the Verbal Part, Math Part etc. of GMAT? Go to this page to learn more.

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"Ikshaa – The Marketing Summit" hosted by ISB brought into limelight various concerns over the emerging business/economic conditions. There were insightful analyses about the growingly powerful Indian customer who has already become a deciding factor of any business venture. At the same time Indian customer has proportionally higher number of business cycles, as high as 5 a year, another analysis

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Marking an end to many a CAT taker's anxious waiting, all the IIMs have published the shortlist of CAT first round winners. Group discussion and Personal Interviews are the next obstacles infront of these candidates. Candidates may view the results at the following links: IIMC shortlistIIMA shortlist IIML shortlist IIMB shortlist IIMI shortlist IIMK shortlist About 1,55,000 students appeared for

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Is community service experience a necessary prerequisite while applying to Schools abroad? If not what can substitute them to give a human face to your work experience?Click here to read expert opinions

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What are the current opportunities for MBAs from NUS and NTU?A student answers in PagalGuy forums:"Last year I chatted with alumni's of NUS and Insead. The problem with Singapore is that:a) You wont find IT jobs in abundance and that is why the NUS placements are not really to be spoken off b) There is a major problem of work-permit. It is hard to get.With Insead, you definitely need to have 4-5

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Why should not an applicant’s GMAT (high) score be used as his/her differentiator while applying to top B-Schools abroad? And what are the other ways to differentiate your application. A student, who secured admission in Wharton, clarifies this point.Click here

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Here's a fresh discussion on pagalguy.com. It was intiated by a student, who secured admission in Wharton, recalling his/her experiences of applying abroad. The student explains how the essays became decisive in the application. From his/her experience s/he states that the admission committee is most interested in the applicants’ communication abilities and verbal skills. Is it true? You can

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Here is the wishlist of an MBA-Study Abroad aspirant who has scored 700 in his GMAT:Right now only ISB, Said and Manchester are in my apping horizon. I am investing some time this week researching on other places. My criteria are:(a) Preferably 1-year course. (b) Should have good job opportunities in that geography after passing out(c) Visa should not be an issue once I passout. Preferrably my

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Do the IIMs show a bias towards the IITians and NITans along the admission process especially at the time of GD and Interview. It is a fact that high number of IITians and NITians are admitted for PGP in IIMs every year. Is it only because large number of IITians and NITians ace CAT every year. And if they get a preference in the post-CAT phase, is it only because these institutes have proven

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Job aspirants who have cleared the Infosys (Mysore) Test and attended the interview are eager to find out whether they will receive a call letter. The test and interview were in the end of November.Click here for the post on Pagal Guy forums

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B-Schools create leaders of tomorrow. But the syllabus and curriculum they follow teaches about yesterday. They often forget what is needed for the day after tomorrow. B-Schools have to thoroughly focus on the upgradation of skills in students to bring in this element. At present, many recruiters from India and abroad have realised that Indian B-School products do not have a global perspective on

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Those who would like to know about the application process, written exam details etc. or the interview experiences of successful candidates of XAT & XLRI, log on to:Click here for the post in Pagal Guy Forums

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Whenever a student cancels his admission to Schools like SCMHRD, NITIE, Symbiosis Institutes etc. the deposited amount is not refunded to the student. The whole confusion is caused because some students want to join better Schools, leaving the ones they had joined earlier. How can a management aspirant/ applicant resist such B-School tendencies of minting money from students?Click here for the

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There is a simple and easy way to find out your percentile for CAT 2005. Click on the link below and find out your percentiles done by the eminent score analysts of PagalGuy.com. You will also learn how to find out the expected Percentile Score corresponding to your Section wise score in CAT 2005 and your chances of getting into your dream B-School.Click here for the post on Pagal Guy forums

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-summary of an article by SowmyaPublished: May 7, 2005Here the authoress discusses some major differentiating factors in studying for an MBA in India Vis-à-vis abroad. An MBA abroad keeps you away from your loved ones and not seeing one’s family for 2 years or more may prove to be challenging for some. But at the same time, living in a foreign land, shopping for groceries and being independent

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A bunch of books on management and related stuff recommended for a B-School aspirant:1. Tom Peters - Circle of Innovation2. Maverick - Ricardo Semler3. Managing Radical Change - Sumantra Ghoshal4. Every Business is a growth business - Ram Charan5. Getting to Yes - William Ury6. Getting past NO - William Ury & Gang7. The Fifth Discipline - Peter Senge8. Made in Japan - Akio Morita (A very

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If the preparation starts well in advance, say one year in advance it's better to brush up the basic first.1. Calculations - Tables, Squares, Cubes, Reciprocals, Shortcuts, Vedic Maths etc.2. Brush up the NCERT books upto class X3. Start reading, reading a lot. Novels, Books, Newspapers, Magazines anything you get your hands on and make a sincere effort on improving your reading speed and

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Hi Delhiites,You have a rare chance to meet one of our friends, Mr.Puneet Kapur, who is doing a full-time MBA programme in University of Glasgow. From his experience, "It has been excellent so far and its my biggest opportunity to guide the students who have interest in this university."He is in Delhi from 15th to 23rd December 2005"Therefore, in case you are interested in knowing more and

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B-schools which do not accept 15 yrs education in US are:MichiganUCLA (Anderson)North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)Indiana (Kelley)University of Minnesota (Carlson)Texas (McCombs)Washington UniversityGeorgetownVanderbilt

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B-schools which accept 15 yrs education in US are:KelloggWhartonStanfordHarvardCornell (Johnson)ColumbiaDartmouth (Tuck)Fuqua (duke)VirginiaNYU SternEmory (Goizueta)Southern California (Marshall)MITChicagoYaleBerkeley...

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Hi everybody,MBA (SYSTEMS) and MBA (IT) would be two good choices for those with Engineering background. Which one is better for you, it needs to be decided by you only. Please read the details below.MBA in IT is preferred the placement percentage of this MBA is better than that of MBA-systems. The salaries of MBA (Systems) may be typically higher though. Which are the good institutes for these

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Ravi R. Menon, who is a student in IIM-(Kozhikode), says: IIM-K "doesn't have very good placements in Finance as of now. So i am keeping my options open - probably take a shot at moving into consultancy - though that isn't hot at K(ozhikode) either.." By the way the comment was posted on June 2003. What's his opinion now about IIM-K? Did things change while he was there?

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The HSBC loan scheme is not available for 2006 Oxford applicants. So make sure that you have financial resources available before you apply. Oxford is now likely to find another bank to ensure loans that are given out to the meritorious students. Contact Oxford admissions office to figure out what they have done about the loans. Click here for the post on Pagal Guy Forums

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(Automotive, Technology And Internet Sectors Most Vulnerable To Foreign Competition; Apple Computer, Google and 3M Top List Of Most Innovative Companies)The results of a quarterly “Fast Track Leadership” survey of business professionals released today (Nov 29, 2005) suggest that China and India are likely to gain significant market share from the US in the information technology, automotive and

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What are the biggest mistakes applicants do in their application?The biggest mistake is that some of the applicants don’t take the application process as seriously as the admissions committee does. Since the admissions process is new to our country, we get to see that applicants don’t spend much time on writing their essays and many weaknesses of the candidates get picked up during the evaluation

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Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad offers a one-year business management degree and specially designed executive education programmes. It also has links with the Kellogg School of Managament and the Wharton School in the US. In this exclusive interview with Pagalguy.com, Mr. V.K Menon, Director of Admissions at the Indian School of Business debunks some myths about the application process

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FMS Annual Convention, Corporate India’s touchpoint with the country’s best budding managerial talent, has become a brand in itself and helps students to stay in touch with the best practices, changing rules and path-breaking innovative ideas in the corporate world so that they can be constantly trained to be a part of the dynamic market-oriented global economy they are soon expected to join. The

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Indian students are on the rise at The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University at Durham, North Carolina, due to increasing demand for MBAs back home to serve infrastructure building and entrepreneurial ventures. Megan Lynam, Associate Director for Marketing and Admissions for Fuqua's full-time MBA program says that the School's vision of cultivating people who seek to create something bigger

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