Wednesday, November 28, 2007

MBA Education and Taking Risk in the Business

MBA Education and Taking Risk in the Business:
There are many who are skeptic about MBBS, Bachelor of Engineering, and now MBA degree.
All the MBBS cannot become surgeons.
All BE cannot become Technicians, Scientists, or Rocket Technologists.
Similarly, All the MBA's cannot become independent businessmen.
Though now a day, opting for these courses itself has become the biggest risk as there is no guarantee of anything in life. Hence, you can’t say students pursuing MBA are not taking risk.
Another factor, at every moment everyone among us take risk. E.g. While crossing a road, or drinking some roadside fruit juice you take a risk. Thus, in life every person takes a risk. While doing a job also you take risk of some minor level. This smaller risk of every employee is then cumulatively added up to the employer who thus faces the biggest risk.

Further more, doing business in developing countries has become a bit easier now a day than few years ago. However, mindset of common man is 'taking least risk to earn just lively-hood' has not gone. Businessmen take calculated risk, as they either know how to come out of some situation or have links or have confidence in them that they will come out of any crisis, in case.

Another school of thought in some part of world is that, Formal Education makes you slave if you put your head constantly in there. While, to become entrepreneur you need to develop certain skills which can be groomed right from early childhood by taking plunge into some kind of business.

Then, there are few who balance both – formal education and business skills.

Then there are few who in fact are forced to become entrepreneurs because household traditional business.

Then there are some who are highly passionate about the work and business they do. The passionate people like Bill Gates even leave the Formal schools.

Other school of thought talks about only two skills those are required in Business, First being Human dealings and Second being Money dealings, hence, many businessmen coach/ guide/ or become facilitator to their pals on these fronts right from early childhood.

There are many schools of thoughts on this issue; another thought could be that risk taking in business is a quality / trait which can be taught by a methodology which could be called as Dhirubai Ambaniji Methodology. He taught Risk taking to his children and his fellow businessmen and their children. He even taught it to many Indians. He taught / influenced many while he was in the Business.

Thus, observations, implementing and learning is open to all, it does not require MBA.

With due respect, I can quote at least 100 multi-billionaire businessmen examples from India. I had directly talked with some of them over this issue and they were humble enough to say that they only know how to do business they don’t know how to study/ take formal education.

MBA essentially teach you the details of the Business and Risks involved but ultimately it is an individual who has to take that Risk and Do the Business, hence, those who take lesser risk land in job and those who take wise decisions involving some amount of risk enter into Business.

To your kind consideration there are many Entrepreneurship development institutes around India and thus obviously around the world, who so ever wants to pursue MBA they teach candidates how to overcome risks in the business. However, again to pursue such MBA (Entrepreneurship) degree requires some amount of risk to be taken from the individual.
Presently the Risks before the Indian Businessmen and Fresh Business Entrants are put over here for the Readers:
Risk 1. Formulating and Implementing Strategy,
Risk 2. Managing Cross Cultural Issues,
Risk 3. Talent Management,
Risk 4. Costing and Investment,
Risk 5. Kind of Business Activities Processes and the Systems,
Risk 6. Stretch, Place, Depth and Span of Business,
Risk 7. Competitors,
Risk 8. Kind of partnership,
Risk 9. Technology Evolution.

If Readers have some thoughts they may put over here. All the best. Life is short let us give it for the great cause.

Dr. Ashish Manohar Urkude

Sunday, November 18, 2007

I am going to Contribute, Contribute, Contribute (Poem)(Possible Movie)

I am going to Contribute, Contribute, Contribute (Poem)
Whether you praise me,
Whether you hate me,
I am going to Contribute, Contribute, Contribute.
Whether I win the game of life,
Whether I lose the game of life,
I am going to Contribute, Contribute, Contribute.
Whether I am living,
Whether I leave this abode,
I am going to Contribute, Contribute, Contribute.
Whether you allow me,
Whether you do not,
I am going to Contribute, Contribute, Contribute.
Whether I am in good mood,
Whether I am not,
Still, I am going to Contribute, Contribute, Contribute.
My contribution is positive,
My contribution is ethical,
My contribution is for humanity,
My contribution is for truth,
My contribution is for sustenance,
My contribution is to take humans to Multiverse,
My contribution is for welfare of all,
My contribution is for betterment of lives,
My contribution is for delighting every entity,
My contribution is for enlighting self;
Hence, I am going to Contribute, Contribute, Contribute.
Dr. Ashish Manohar Urkude (Already published poem)

Possible Movie: Characters: In ten different languages around the world:
Socrates,Mahatma Gandhi,Lord Buddha,Henry Ford,Jesus Christ,Lord Shrikrishna,Lord Ram,Albert Einstein,Florence Nightingale,Galileo,Mohammad, Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam, Akihito, Bhakt Prahlad, Mother Teresa, Edison, etc.
Dr. Ashish Manohar Urkude

Friday, November 16, 2007

Education Reforms are possible only through dedicated teachers

Education Reforms are possible only through dedicated teachers:

YES. Education should make every individual independent, physically and emotionally strong, intellectually alert, and to abide all the rules and regulations. It must make every civilian a good citizen.
As Swami Vivekanand said it must awaken soul to perfection and realization. It is possible, 100% possible.
Few Gurukul schools have shown it in the past and made it possible to make every candidate become great at each of above mentioned areas.
It is possible only if everyone in this world become truthful, honest and walks the talk. Otherwise, poverty, greed, corruption will destroy us. Already humanity is on the verge of extinction due to very many reasons, improper education will add fuel to it.
I agree with Vishwa, Kishor, Parul Mittla, Albert, and Tabi on there positive Answeres on http://qna.rediff.com/Main.php?do=getanswer&catid=5&questid=4252707&pageno=1 over the Question asked by N. S. Thomas i.e. "do we need an educational reformation in india?"
As a Professor I tried to inculcate all these characters in my students since last 13 years and till date 60 students X 13 years = 720 students of mine to whom I taught full length have become what they wanted to be.
Not everyone is Bill Gates (I read his speech on http://www.ie-india.com/ as suggested by Parul), PM or rich and famous but they are very much satisfied with their life and at social places and work places.
Yes Reform is possible if Teachers work 12 hours a day for students like I do, my mother did and my grandfather (three generation teachers did) and balanced work and life.
Everyone among above three treated their students like their own children, that is the crux of their success.
In fact I have lot of Research on this issue up to UNESCO level but that could be disclosed only if some one is interested.
Dr. Ashish Manohar Urkude

YES. Education should make every individual independent

YES. Education should make every individual independent, physically and emotionally strong, intellectually alert, and to abide all the rules, systems and regulations around the world. It must make every civilian a good citizen.
As Swami Vivekanand said it must awaken soul and must lead to self-realization. It is possible, 100% possible.
Few Gurukul schools have shown it in the past and made it possible to make every candidate become great at each of above mentioned areas.
It is possible only if everyone in this world become truthful, honest and walks the talk. Otherwise, poverty, greed, corruption will destroy us. Already humanity is on the verge of extinction due to very many reasons, improper education will add fuel to it.
As a Professor I tried to inculcate all these characters in my students since last decade and half and till date 60 students X 13 years = 720 students of mine to whom I taught full length have become what they wanted to be.
Not everyone is Bill Gates (I read his speech on http://www.ie-india.com/), PM or rich and famous, which they think is not everything in life, and hence, they are very much satisfied with their life, with their social status. They are also successful at their work places.
Also, Reforms are possible if Teachers guide selflessly to students.
Dr. Ashish Manohar Urkude

उपकार की अनुभूति

उपकार की अनुभूति
माता अपना सर्वास्वा लगाकर बच्चे का निर्माण करती है
पिता कठिनतम परिस्थितियों में रक्षा को तत्पर रहते हैं
माता रात दिन परमार्थ सेवाभाव से पालन पोषण करती हैं
पिता अपना सर्वस्व बच्चे के विकास पर न्योच्छ्यावर करते हैं
जहाँ माता करुना भाव से बच्चे को लड़ प्यार से बढाती हैं
वहा पिता कठोरता से अनुशासन का पाठ पढाते हैं
माता अपनी इच्च्चा आकांक्षाएं त्यागकर सदैव सेवामग्न रहती है
पिता अपने भविष्य का ख्याल रखे बिना आकांक्षाएं पूरी करते हैं
माता उत्तम नागरिक बनाने का सपना संजो संस्कारित करती हैं
पिता अपनी सफलता उसके भविष्य में देख ऊंची उदान भ-राते हैं
क्या बताऊँ यारो, माता-पिता के उपकार कभी उतारे नही जा सकते,
कई-कई जिंदगियाँ जीकर उनके पैरों की ज्यूतियाँ बनकर भी !
+++++डाक्टर आशीष मनोहर उरकुडे

Automobile Technologies beyond 2050 A. D.

There is an article in the NYT on the Green Technology after seeing the Concept cars in LA Auto 2007. I had a comment on it. See URL:
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/14/la-auto-show-how-green-is-my-valley/index.html?ex=1352869200&en=3a7e066ee0a95a45&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Still if your URL doesnot ckick then message is here.
In this era of hyper-competition where there are people who always think ONE-Up, I have one suggestion. SWOT analysis shows that this foolish competition will lead us to disaster in the Automobile Market. No organization can win the war if the business will be over let us predict, by 2070 A.D.
Let us not be myopic. Have thought what our next generation will do in case oil is extinct on earth? Think,Year 2050 A.D. no oil for 5 billion vehicles, small or big, a vehicle in USA, Russia, Brazil, South Africa, China, Japan or in India, a vehicle of rich and famous or vehicle of a poor. These are omnipotent issues apart from one universal god. Yes, don't laugh, they are. Hence let us think them at the level of 'Humanity as a whole'. A classical situation for Scientists like me.What next? Since childhood I am thinking, why can’t Oil be manufactured from the Carbon that is re-circulated, recycled or thrown to atmosphere, earth and air. There are many more methods and technologies which are possible. We are racing against time but we are racing against the pace of oil getting depleted as every year multi-million vehicles are added on earth. Thus, it is a hyper contrasting situation. Nobody is thinking what we will do with those 5,000,000,000 vehicles whether to throw in dump yard or to make them convertible to some other technology. Hence, we need to think very seriously about diminishing the size of Fuel Cells and making it available at cheaper cost. We need to think seriously, vehicles running on compressed air, alternative fuels, some advanced Mechanism to run bicycles faster, and some more technologies. That is why I always suggest that we need more and greater cooperation among all the organizations around the world irrespective of country of origin and all kinds of barriers. Especially at the front of Vehicle technologies what ever it is Space Age Vehicle or Vehicle running on Earth. Otherwise humanity is on the verge of a greater catastrophe, we’ll go back in the age and all our efforts and so called advancement in the Technology will get stalled. Commuting on earth and in air using “Oil/ Petroleum” is greater mode of communication and getting work done faster and expanding horizons. In 2050 and/or later only few could travel, in case, only left medium would be Mass Transport or MRT for traveling. Hence, it is my request to GM, Ford, Toyota, Honda, Tata, Mitsubishi, Proton, Fiat, and all the Automobile companies in the world, to think it seriously otherwise suddenly all the business will come to stand still, in fact will perish, at the deadline scientists are putting. In fact, if we make another technology as Engine of growth then we must think about its next generation technology in advance so that extinction and obsolescence of one technology will not hamper the growth and expansion of human civilization and technology advancement for the benefit of humanity.What next? Let us think. In my advanced research, I am talking about human civilizations going to interstellar places, but here on earth I know the ground realities, hence this effort. Survival of Humanity and Human being is beyond consideration of national and other artificial boundaries created by us. Hope, patent war on this issue, consumerism on this issue, barriers on this issue, rivalry in business on this issue will come to stand still. I hope it will motivate efforts to develop alternative strategies to commute. I believe it will come up with our humble small micro-level efforts.
Dr. Ashish Manohar Urkude