http://whymba.blogdrive.com/ MBA Education Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:55:03 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2005. http://whymba.blogdrive.com/archive/31.html Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:54:22 GMT I came across this blog which mentions the story carried by Los Angeles Daily News about the changing business models of B-schools. Faced with sharply declining enrollment, more experienced and demanding students, slowed MBA hiring, schools from top to bottom are re-evaluating their programs from top-to-bottom. Attracting foreign MBA students from the world's developing economies is certainly one option, but only a stop gap measure, a way to keep the money coming in while the strategies are overhauled. If US schools want to keep US students interested in the MBA and thus be... (more) http://whymba.blogdrive.com/comments?id=31 http://whymba.blogdrive.com/archive/30.html Mon, 03 Oct 2005 06:19:15 GMT Original Source Number of students from small towns have gone up from 25 in 2001-02 to 92. Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, has dared to tread a path that no other business school in the country has walked. It is promoting itself across the country to attract students for its one-year MBA programme. Roadshows are being held in various cities and towns to promote the MBA programme taught, among others, by experts from well-known business schools such as Wharton and Kellogg. The towns where the roadshows are being held include Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore,... (more) http://whymba.blogdrive.com/comments?id=30 http://whymba.blogdrive.com/archive/29.html Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:22:13 GMT Came across this article through an email on ISB yahoogroup. Original Source unkown but acknowledged. By Farhad Manjoo April 5, 2005 | "Business books are boring," Martin Kihn writes early in "House of Lies," a book that, the inside flap informs us, the Library of Congress catalogs as a business book. But no matter; irony is Kihn's métier. So let's let him continue the thought: "Business books are boring. They are bloated compendiums of half-baked ideas committed in fourth grade prose. Their purpose is to transform a commonsense concept or two into a consulting... (more) http://whymba.blogdrive.com/comments?id=29 http://whymba.blogdrive.com/archive/28.html Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:39:51 GMT Came across one of a good post about "What to consider before jumping into full-time MBA" A Wharton grad's caveat emptor for prospective MBAs Everyone goes through a bit of an identity crisis in their twenties. In college, we all enjoyed the luxury of ignorance and optimism. The contestants on The Apprentice seem to be making it big, so why can't we? Unfortunately, once we finally make it into the real-life workforce, those dreams are quickly dashed by the corporate machine. As anyone at the bottom of the corporate ladder can tell you, the first few years of a business career will... (more) http://whymba.blogdrive.com/comments?id=28 http://whymba.blogdrive.com/archive/27.html Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:21:50 GMT I just recently saw the following link in one of the ISB yahoo group. http://www.essaylever.com/isb_essays3.htm The application asks for following essays 1. Evaluate your application and provide a critical assessment of it. Outline factors that might differentiate you from others from a similar background. (500 words) 2a. Assess your career progression till date and elaborate on your career plans post ISB. (300 words) 2b. It is said that successful leaders learn as much from their failures as they do from their successes. Discuss a situation... (more) http://whymba.blogdrive.com/comments?id=27 http://whymba.blogdrive.com/archive/26.html Tue, 16 Aug 2005 19:51:55 GMT This guy rocks.. blogs with a weired theme of I the absolute. I have rarely came across blogs which provides some munching to your grey cells. Most blogs provide information (like my blog) rather than thought process. This guy is one of the few bloggers which command a high-respect in my eyes... So here is a nice post taken from the blog about few articles read by him : 1. Managing Oneself – by Peter Drucker. He explains how people waste time by trying to overcome weaknesses. He says focus instead on strengths. That is where our maximum improvement will come from. 85 % time should be... (more) http://whymba.blogdrive.com/comments?id=26 http://whymba.blogdrive.com/archive/25.html Mon, 08 Aug 2005 19:49:45 GMT Josh list the 40 titles that cover the general MBA topics in efficient manner. As per him, his selection was based on Valuable Content Acceptable Time Commitement Reference Value The original link of the article is here : Mastery by George Leonard Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton Getting Things Done by David Allen The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey What the CEO Wants You to Know by Ram Charan Profitable Growth Is Everyone's Business by Ram Charan On Competition by Michael Porter Blue Ocean Strategy... (more) http://whymba.blogdrive.com/comments?id=25 http://whymba.blogdrive.com/archive/24.html Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:58:50 GMT Simba is truly amazing !! I dont have words to explain the kind of respect I hold for her and not only respect but a feeling of 'awe'. (www.dictionary.com defines "awe" as -> A mixed emotion of reverence, respect, dread, and wonder inspired by authority, genius, great beauty, sublimity, or might). Just to mention, personally I have never got the opportunity to meet her, but with all the online interaction (which was 99.99% uni-directional as all the gyaan coming from her to me) I believe she definitely has to be a multi-dimentional person with loads of gyaan and she should be cool... (more) http://whymba.blogdrive.com/comments?id=24 http://whymba.blogdrive.com/archive/23.html Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:45:19 GMT Prof. T.T.Ram Mohan has suggested one book which every B-school student must read, Peter F Drucker's book -- Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices. Searching it on google, gives this link Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices by Peter Ferdinand Drucker"This book," in Peter Drucker's words, "tries to equip the manager with the understanding, the thinking, the knowledge and the skills for today's and also tomorrow's jobs. http://whymba.blogdrive.com/comments?id=23 http://whymba.blogdrive.com/archive/22.html Sun, 03 Jul 2005 17:09:43 GMT Simba is amazing !! Here is another part of the excellent series she has been producing regularly... If you want to read this article from Part I , click here An International MBA - Part 5 Now that you have set your eyes on the ‘right’ schools, you should not waste even a single moment…leap onto the bandwagon of essay-writers! One of the biggest deciding factors in the entire Application Game is the ‘Application Essay’. Jeez, what is an ‘essay’? Each school abroad, no matter how big or how small, places a lot of emphasis on the admission essays. Your undergrad and GMAT scores... (more) http://whymba.blogdrive.com/comments?id=22