exam time!
Management of Organizations and Strategic Analysis of Information Technology go on trial tomorrow... both closed book devils that have to be tackled first!
Saturday, September 27, 2003
group formation dynamics draw to a close...
This is an interesting phase of life at bschool... spam mails floating around asking for groups... people cold calling asking to be part of groups... "have you found a group?"... "Mind joining me in forming a study group for this course?"... we have two exms only this time around... the other two were just assignments and take home... the existing study groups and sections will get automatically disbanded and new sections and groups will take over... those groups that have managed to work together very well, are probably sticking together as much as possible... those that did not manage to work out all that well are going thru the motions of getting their last assignments done before taking leave... when it comes to new groups, its your chance to get to know new faces and personalities... courses become more dispersed with some taking only 3 courses and some 5... all of a sudden, life has changed...
the citibank scholarships were announced today... 2 scholarships, $12500 each... the essays and resumes have to be done over the term break after the exams on monday... dont know if I will make it, given my lack of interest and background in finance... fingers crossed...
This is an interesting phase of life at bschool... spam mails floating around asking for groups... people cold calling asking to be part of groups... "have you found a group?"... "Mind joining me in forming a study group for this course?"... we have two exms only this time around... the other two were just assignments and take home... the existing study groups and sections will get automatically disbanded and new sections and groups will take over... those groups that have managed to work together very well, are probably sticking together as much as possible... those that did not manage to work out all that well are going thru the motions of getting their last assignments done before taking leave... when it comes to new groups, its your chance to get to know new faces and personalities... courses become more dispersed with some taking only 3 courses and some 5... all of a sudden, life has changed...
the citibank scholarships were announced today... 2 scholarships, $12500 each... the essays and resumes have to be done over the term break after the exams on monday... dont know if I will make it, given my lack of interest and background in finance... fingers crossed...
Thursday, September 25, 2003
A new unexpected wave sweeps the community...
Today, the section lists for the 5th term courses were out... and that means two things... an emotional last day with our sections A, B and C... and new dynamics with the new section... and the dynamics include forming new groups... since now we all know each other very well, we have been left to form our own groups... and thats something lot of people werent ready for... except for some smart ones... there is some selection happening... all the ones who have given an impression that they are free riders (ppl who dont do their work in group work for whatever reasons) are being isolated... those who are known to be good in acads are in demand... as the groups are being formed, there is clear segmentation and self selection happening... in a way, i dont think its right... though free riders dont deserve any sympathy, it is important to have ppl who are not very good in acads but are hard working, sincere and bring in interesting thoughts... anyways, i did not take any efforts to form a group... i thought i can just let people approach me and i will have a group in place... and by the time it was 7 in the evening and no one approached me, i was beginning to feel weird... i was wondering if I was being isolated until the first mail came with an offer to be part of a group... i began to feel better and finally, it did work out and within an hour, i had all the study groups done for the different courses... hope this doesnt sound haughty but thats the laid back lazy bum that I am... it was an interesting exercise... new groups, new dynamics and new people to work with... its another means to get to know different people... lets see how it goes...
Response to a comment: Kanishka's blog: http://www.livejournal.com/users/kanishka_sinha/
Just today I realised that i have tonnes of pending mail and comments here to respond to... planning to do so over the next week...
Today, the section lists for the 5th term courses were out... and that means two things... an emotional last day with our sections A, B and C... and new dynamics with the new section... and the dynamics include forming new groups... since now we all know each other very well, we have been left to form our own groups... and thats something lot of people werent ready for... except for some smart ones... there is some selection happening... all the ones who have given an impression that they are free riders (ppl who dont do their work in group work for whatever reasons) are being isolated... those who are known to be good in acads are in demand... as the groups are being formed, there is clear segmentation and self selection happening... in a way, i dont think its right... though free riders dont deserve any sympathy, it is important to have ppl who are not very good in acads but are hard working, sincere and bring in interesting thoughts... anyways, i did not take any efforts to form a group... i thought i can just let people approach me and i will have a group in place... and by the time it was 7 in the evening and no one approached me, i was beginning to feel weird... i was wondering if I was being isolated until the first mail came with an offer to be part of a group... i began to feel better and finally, it did work out and within an hour, i had all the study groups done for the different courses... hope this doesnt sound haughty but thats the laid back lazy bum that I am... it was an interesting exercise... new groups, new dynamics and new people to work with... its another means to get to know different people... lets see how it goes...
Response to a comment: Kanishka's blog: http://www.livejournal.com/users/kanishka_sinha/
Just today I realised that i have tonnes of pending mail and comments here to respond to... planning to do so over the next week...
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
Presentation skills
The IT course in this term concludes today with another set of presentations... the last 3 sessions of the course have been allocated by Prof.Banker to presentations by students... We have been allowed to choose a topic that we believe will help IT add value to the business... Yesterday was the second such session... my presentation went thru ok... i wasnt really happy with myself... thought I did not manage to keep all in the audience interested enough... though many came up to me and said they liked it, and i still am discovering ways to keep everyone clued on when I am talking in a presentation...
my presentation skills have improved a lot after I have come here... in the first term leadership development course, there was some useful feedback... i had done many presentations in past life, even to clients abroad and have always felt comfortable... but i have learnt some new things I did not know about myself here... that has helped me improved further but i do have a long way to go before I can perfect this one...
In general, the presentations have been good... nobody has had stage problems, and have been fluent in talking... some used video clips, flash scoured off the web to enhance the presentations... the best aspect has been how alomost everyone managed to manage their time effectively... if ever some overshot time, it was not by much... i have been impressed...
isb has revamped its alum site... we all got a mail asking our profiles to be updated... the carrot has been job postings from alums... :) i liked the site though it has just opened and alums are yet to completely visit it... i am going to watch out to see how this develops...
The IT course in this term concludes today with another set of presentations... the last 3 sessions of the course have been allocated by Prof.Banker to presentations by students... We have been allowed to choose a topic that we believe will help IT add value to the business... Yesterday was the second such session... my presentation went thru ok... i wasnt really happy with myself... thought I did not manage to keep all in the audience interested enough... though many came up to me and said they liked it, and i still am discovering ways to keep everyone clued on when I am talking in a presentation...
my presentation skills have improved a lot after I have come here... in the first term leadership development course, there was some useful feedback... i had done many presentations in past life, even to clients abroad and have always felt comfortable... but i have learnt some new things I did not know about myself here... that has helped me improved further but i do have a long way to go before I can perfect this one...
In general, the presentations have been good... nobody has had stage problems, and have been fluent in talking... some used video clips, flash scoured off the web to enhance the presentations... the best aspect has been how alomost everyone managed to manage their time effectively... if ever some overshot time, it was not by much... i have been impressed...
isb has revamped its alum site... we all got a mail asking our profiles to be updated... the carrot has been job postings from alums... :) i liked the site though it has just opened and alums are yet to completely visit it... i am going to watch out to see how this develops...
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
In the middle of some extremely busy work, there was a mass dunking today... Dunking is throwing people into the pool... and every birthday baby is dunked in the pool at midnight... its a tradition among ISB students... Today, there was a major dunking when people went for their friends and before u could realise almost everyone who had come to just see the burthday babies get dunked was in the pool... mass dunkings have been more popular in our batch... many mobile phones and wallets have lost their color and life in the process... ;)
have a presentation in the IT class tomorrow and I am the only IT guy in my group... so it falls on my head... have to go...
have a presentation in the IT class tomorrow and I am the only IT guy in my group... so it falls on my head... have to go...
Sunday, September 21, 2003
A village party after long...
There are 2 student villages in ISB... SV2 and SV3... there are supposed to be 4 according to the original plan and sv1 and 4 will be coming up as ISB grows... as of now, SV3, my village, has the reputation of being the kewler of the two... parties, loud music are routine while the mood at SV2 seems sober all the time... (I only hope those guys arent reading this stuff;))
Last night we had a village party after a long long time... it had been in the waiting for a while... and all the pent up energy was let out as the music rocked the village and the booze flowed... The depression of the exams and the stress of the past few weeks had to be discarded some way... it was a real good party that went on and on until 4 in the morning... Rajat Seth, fellow student and our in house DJ, was at his best with a damn good cross selection of music... everything from english to hindi to regional... jazz tracks to hard rock to love songs... it was total fun... we even paused to celebrate a birthday when the clock struck midnight... it was fun and the best saturday night for a long time...
today, we have a informal "beer and chips" session with Gurcharan Das... The "beer and chips" sessions were started to get all of us to have a more relaxed and informal session with profs and visitors... The first one was with Ravi Bansal, discussing economics, India and China... Today, I assume its going to be everything from P&G to nishkama karma... its going to be interesting...
There are 2 student villages in ISB... SV2 and SV3... there are supposed to be 4 according to the original plan and sv1 and 4 will be coming up as ISB grows... as of now, SV3, my village, has the reputation of being the kewler of the two... parties, loud music are routine while the mood at SV2 seems sober all the time... (I only hope those guys arent reading this stuff;))
Last night we had a village party after a long long time... it had been in the waiting for a while... and all the pent up energy was let out as the music rocked the village and the booze flowed... The depression of the exams and the stress of the past few weeks had to be discarded some way... it was a real good party that went on and on until 4 in the morning... Rajat Seth, fellow student and our in house DJ, was at his best with a damn good cross selection of music... everything from english to hindi to regional... jazz tracks to hard rock to love songs... it was total fun... we even paused to celebrate a birthday when the clock struck midnight... it was fun and the best saturday night for a long time...
today, we have a informal "beer and chips" session with Gurcharan Das... The "beer and chips" sessions were started to get all of us to have a more relaxed and informal session with profs and visitors... The first one was with Ravi Bansal, discussing economics, India and China... Today, I assume its going to be everything from P&G to nishkama karma... its going to be interesting...
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