SamiR Thakkar (SRT): November 2014

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Exam Review Game #2

Dear All,

It is time for you all to get some tips and hints about your final exam. Here are some suggestions.

First of all, read the question properly. Try to understand what is asked in the question. Many times students commit mistake in understanding question, and hence give wrong answer.
You will have good amount of time to write your answer. 180 minutes for 70 marks, that makes 2.57 minutes (approximate) for 1 mark. As per this, for a 15 marks compulsory question you will have 38 minutes, and for a 10 mark question, you get 25 minutes. So, there is no chance that you should feel that paper was lengthy.
Use bullets and combination of black/blue pen and pencil to make your answer more attractive.
Highlight important points in your answer.
Draw diagrams and figures to explain your points.
While preparing answers, keep the question in mind as well. So that you don't mix two answers.
Use small and correct sentences. This is important for those students whose English is not very good.
Pray! May God help you in achieving your dreams!

Dear Students,
I do not have audio of last three chapters, Power and Politics, Conflict and negotiation and Organizational culture. So I am just uploading power point presentations.

Conflict & Negotialtion
Organizational Culture

Politics for power or power for politics?

If you wish to be success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

-Napoleon Bonaparte

Politics is an integral part of any organization as well as our day to day life. Nothing is wrong if the politics is played within the rules. But when politics is played only to get power, it corrupts. Just as shown in the picture below (this image may disturb you).

PPT

Teamwork- together we are an ocean

We often prefer to work in teams. And why not? As we humans are social animals, we enjoy living and working in teams. Teams give us a feeling of society, friendship and belonging.

Working in teams is more effective than working alone, unless of course you have a highly introvert persona.

Ppt of Understanding Work Teams
Audio of Lecture 1 taken on 5th Nov 2014
Audio of lecture 2 taken on 7th Nov 2014

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Leaders - by words, by actions and by blood!

Leader is a concept that largely depend on perception of individual. But, yet many are accepted as leaders by most. These leaders have some distinctness in them which make them special. May that be their appearance, life style, words, works or name! Something in them makes them special!

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the USA

Say for example, Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the USA is a man with fighting spirit. His story is known and often retold to tell people about his persistence of efforts in spite of heavy losses. Nervous Breakdown to losing elections at various level, he had plenty of failures. Yet he succeeded in becoming the US President.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. on the other side never had a big title officially, yet he rules the heart and mind of people across the world. The African-Americans did not have voting rights till late 1960's when Martin Luther fought for the equality and won the battle, at the cost of his own life.

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Bharat Ratna, Missle Man of India and 11th President is a man of actions! He comes from a village which had no one flew in a plane before him. He worked with DRDO and ISRO for several years. Yet he became the President of the largest democracy in the world!

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

There are many notable leaders, who became leaders by virtue of their actions (Kalpana Chawla for example) or by their words (Swami Vivekanad for example) or by their blood (Indira Gandhi for example). You too can be one of them. Why not to give it a shot?? I strongly recommend you to read a book by Robin Sharma, "The Leader Who Had No Title".