Saturday, 7 December 2013
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT FROM MAHABHARATA ....5
7 Concepts of Strategic Management
An interesting Management Case Study
Illustration from Mahabharata
(5) SWOT Analysis
Kaurav - They converted their strength into weakness as they use to indulge in war with other kingdom which caused both loss of men and creation of enemies.
Pandav - They utilized their exile period in which Arjun acquired Divyastra and Yudhisthira formed the strategy of war by taking teaching from different Gurus. Thus they converted their weakness into strength.
(6) Commitment
Kaurav - There was lack of commitment from Kaurava's .Their main warriors like Bhishma and Dronacharya didn't wanted war and promised not to kill any of the Pandava's. Karna was fighting the war just to be loyal to Duryodhana but wasn't fully involved in the war as he promised not to kill any Pandava except Arjun.
Pandav - Everyone was assigned a role and they did it with their limited capabilities. Abhimanyu and Ghatotkatch sacrificed their life for their team. Both of them contributed a lot as Abhimanyu fought with 7 Maharatis single handed and Ghatotkatch took away half of Kaurava's army with him.
Friday, 6 December 2013
LATERAL THINKING ...1
This legend, the truth of which is not necessarily related
to its value, concerns a question in a physics degree exam at the University of
Copenhagen:
"Describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer."
One student replied: "Tie a long piece of string to the neck of the barometer, then lower the barometer from the roof of the skyscraper to the ground. The length of the string plus the length of the barometer will equal the height of the building."
This highly original answer so incensed the examiner that the student was failed immediately. He appealed on the grounds that his answer was indisputably correct, and the university appointed an independent arbiter to decide the case. The arbiter judged that the answer was indeed correct, but did not display any noticeable knowledge of physics.
To resolve the problem it was decided to call the student in and allow him six minutes in which to provide a verbal answer which showed at least a minimal familiarity with the basic principles of physics. For five minutes the student sat in silence, forehead creased in thought. The arbiter reminded him that time was running out, to which the student replied that he had several extremely relevant answers, but couldn't make up his mind which to use.
On being advised to hurry up the student replied as follows: "Firstly, you could take the barometer up to the roof of the skyscraper, drop it over the edge, and measure the time it takes to reach the ground. The height of the building can then be worked out from the formula H = 0.5g x t squared. But bad luck on the barometer. "Or if the sun is shining you could measure the height of the barometer, then set it on end and measure the length of its shadow. Then you measure the length of the skyscraper's shadow, and thereafter it is simple matter of proportional arithmetic to work out the height of the skyscraper. "But if you wanted to be highly scientific about it, you could tie a short piece of string to the barometer and swing it like a pendulum, first at ground level and then on the roof of the skyscraper. The height is worked out by the difference in the gravitational restoring force T = 2 pi sq root(l / g). "Or if the skyscraper has an outside emergency staircase, it would be easier to walk up it and mark off the height of the skyscraper in barometer lengths, then add them up. "If you merely wanted to be boring and orthodox about it, of course, you could use the barometer to measure the air pressure on the roof of the skyscraper and on the ground, and convert the difference in millibars into feet to give the height of the building. But since we are constantly being exhorted to exercise independence of mind and apply scientific methods, undoubtedly the best way would be to knock on the janitor's door and say to him 'If you would like a nice new barometer, I will give you this one if you tell me the height of this building'."
The student was Niels Bohr, the only Dane to win the Nobel prize for Physics.
"Describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer."
One student replied: "Tie a long piece of string to the neck of the barometer, then lower the barometer from the roof of the skyscraper to the ground. The length of the string plus the length of the barometer will equal the height of the building."
This highly original answer so incensed the examiner that the student was failed immediately. He appealed on the grounds that his answer was indisputably correct, and the university appointed an independent arbiter to decide the case. The arbiter judged that the answer was indeed correct, but did not display any noticeable knowledge of physics.
To resolve the problem it was decided to call the student in and allow him six minutes in which to provide a verbal answer which showed at least a minimal familiarity with the basic principles of physics. For five minutes the student sat in silence, forehead creased in thought. The arbiter reminded him that time was running out, to which the student replied that he had several extremely relevant answers, but couldn't make up his mind which to use.
On being advised to hurry up the student replied as follows: "Firstly, you could take the barometer up to the roof of the skyscraper, drop it over the edge, and measure the time it takes to reach the ground. The height of the building can then be worked out from the formula H = 0.5g x t squared. But bad luck on the barometer. "Or if the sun is shining you could measure the height of the barometer, then set it on end and measure the length of its shadow. Then you measure the length of the skyscraper's shadow, and thereafter it is simple matter of proportional arithmetic to work out the height of the skyscraper. "But if you wanted to be highly scientific about it, you could tie a short piece of string to the barometer and swing it like a pendulum, first at ground level and then on the roof of the skyscraper. The height is worked out by the difference in the gravitational restoring force T = 2 pi sq root(l / g). "Or if the skyscraper has an outside emergency staircase, it would be easier to walk up it and mark off the height of the skyscraper in barometer lengths, then add them up. "If you merely wanted to be boring and orthodox about it, of course, you could use the barometer to measure the air pressure on the roof of the skyscraper and on the ground, and convert the difference in millibars into feet to give the height of the building. But since we are constantly being exhorted to exercise independence of mind and apply scientific methods, undoubtedly the best way would be to knock on the janitor's door and say to him 'If you would like a nice new barometer, I will give you this one if you tell me the height of this building'."
The student was Niels Bohr, the only Dane to win the Nobel prize for Physics.
மூளைக்கு வேலை ....29
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F(IV)E
PRAYER ...4
Heal All Nations
Heal all nations, heal us Lord
Heal each
suffering soul
Calm all fears, dry all tears
Touch us and we shall
be whole.
Thou hast healed the withered hand
and made the
blinded to see
The cripple walk the speechless talk
Lord let Thy
healing still be.
There are wars and rumors of
wars...
Holy Scriptures reveal
Times of terror and
violence
Still Thy love is so real.
There are those who
have not heard
Thou art Lord of all lands
Open all eyes to
realize
The world is held in Thy Hands.
Bless All Leaders
- give them strength
Walk with them every day
Let terror cease and
let there be peace
Lord Heal All Nations
We Pray
Amen.
Thursday, 5 December 2013
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT FROM MAHABHARATA ....4
7 Concepts of Strategic Management
An interesting Management Case Study
Illustration from Mahabharata
(4) Decision Making
It is the art to take right decision at the right time. One should grab the opportunity at the right time to gain advantage over the competitors.
Kaurav - To take good decision one should have great level of concentration and low level of anxiety and their CEO was completely opposite of that. He was a man of low concentration, high level of anxiety and believed in unfair practices.
He believed in finance more than Human Resource. He chooses Krishna's army over him which was his biggest mistake.
Pandav - Arjuna was a person of great concentration and was much focused. He chooses Krishna over his army which came to be a masterstroke. He use to set example for others.
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