So what was B Division – It is a potpurri of different flavors yet one color. Dahling’s of some teacher’s (read Business Law and OR) and nemesis of others (read HR). Managed to score zero as a group in one silly Eff-See-Que of RM, and managed to bail ourselves out of it too.  Certain old men give new dimesions to how HR was studied, and then there were others(certain loud mouths) who beat the CLO in explaining HR concepts. Were to the forefront of giving timely submissions and also about not caring for Foundation exams (Oh yes! some of us have still not appeared for a few of those!). 

Singles, engaged, committed and married you name it and we have them…oh yes some of us even changed these stages while being a part of the gang. Blessed with singers, and guitarists we even have people who could put Janice(remember F.R.I.E.N.D.S) to shame. College toppers to exam floppers, from the tallest of the tall to the shortest of them all. From pure Punjabi fun to Man madrasa, from pernnial hard workers to sleephyheads(favorites of Pathak Sir) we have seen it and done it all. We have had cake officers to certain non resident students surprising even Prantosh.

…but then how did this cacophony of contradictions ended up giving perfect music? I’ll never know, sometimes things just given an impression of being impossible…but then for B division things have always been possimpible!

A typical IT Services company life Infy, Wipro etc…may not offer you free soda; cookies; work from home; Internet freedom and even a lower salary than a product company like Sun, M$ or G00gle which offers you immense freedom in terms of dress code; work from home policies; fun at work; food and beverage and of course better pay.

But people tend to ignore the fact that both these types of firms work differently. A services company thrives on process based best practices; large workforce (10,000+) and strict SLA linked time lines; and perhaps little innovation. On the other hand, a product company strives on Innovation, may go against processes and all this thrives under a free environment. Pay packages are higher because the rewards are too; an IT services firm may train and improve efficiency of employees and keeping costs low is what drives profits (atleast in an outsourcing destination like India).

Imagine me paying for softdrinks for 10,000 employees everyday and me paying for softdrinks for 1000 employees everyday!

The bottom line is that a conducive and relaxed environment is critical for employees to perform in innovation driven companies with much smaller workforce; while basic hygiene factors are more relevant to a Services firm.

I had done this research as the part of my coursework for Marketing Research course.

I need help, am doing a survey for Online Buying Behaviour of consumers. If you have ever shopped online, then please follow the link below and help me with my MBA coursework:

http://buyerbehaviour.survey.sgizmo.com

 Hey, the survey is now closed. Shall be putting up my report soon

Here’s the MR report http://ankurwrites.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/mr-report.doc

I have banged the door over 15 minutes, managing to wake up my neighbours and not my roomate. He has even switched off both his cellphones…I bet he is drunk or something.

Am now a refugee in one of the rooms of my friend’s here…sigh even after a day’s work it just doesn’t end, does it?

Months of work has gone in, and its really satisfying to see it finally start up. NEEV is a thematic business festival, this year the theme is CULT.

Spread over 3 days from 15th – 17th of December, the festival has a plethora of events which shall test the mettle of the best business brains in India.

The key differentiators are the last man standing game, Branding game, Nibiru, Transhumanism…well…I like all of them. I still wonder whether I could live upto the challenge, had I participated!

Do visit http://www.scmhrd-neev.com for further details.

Now, I have been able to suggest and motivate people who weren’t going anywhere as well. But, last two days with over 18 companies not really interested in me has just made me feel the reality. I have just lost that positive attitude with which I could help others, because I can’t help myself either.

I had joined this B School assuming that I was good at certain things, I studied a few topics assuming that I can do a good job at them. However, with two days of disappointment I believe that I assumed wrong things. All my preferred organizations have come and gone without me. Now it doesn’t matter when and in which place I get to, I have to just accept what I receive.

It isn’t only me facin this situation, there are others too. Some blame the system and others evaluate the ones who have been selected. It doesn’t matter to me who got selected, I am no judge of other people. The bottom line to me is that I am still waiting. Tomorrow I would go back and try again, maybe get selected too, but I know I won’t be happy because it wouldn’t be my own efforts which would take me there, it would also be the pity of others underperforming so that I can make the cut.

Today, the B school education I am recieving has changed my perspective, now all I am able to focus is the next day’s classes, or the dreaded FCQs! What went missing here was the goal to devote time to understand things on a broader perspective. Perhaps even develop new plans/ideas for tomorrow….but I can’t see it happening in the near future….let the status quo be maintained!

Anyways, its good to have atleast one free class! BTW I have created a new blog on my torturous stay here, the link is http://snapshotsfromhell.wordpress.com

1. Identifying the problem
2. Finding solution alternatives
3. Evaluating and analysing the alternatives
4. Implementing the best alternative

Yes, this same sequence of operations is a part of Case Analysis, Orgy Behaviour,