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CCL Session on ‘The Art ofPossibility’Sept 11, 2009 Sept 12, 2009Dr. Anitesh Barua of McCombsSchool of Business visitscampusPeople and Performance (P&P) course of PGDM Batch of2009-2011 ended with an enlightening talk from Prof. TZipiRadonsky and her associate Ms. Philomena Rego, acertified Compass coach from CCL (Centre for CreativeLeadership), Greensbrow, U.S.A. Prof. TZipi Radonsky hasbeen a longtime adjunct coach at CCL and holds a Ph.D.from the University of North Carolina at Greensbrow, USA.Across the world, CCL offers unparalleled expertise onleadership education, research and the leadershipchallenges across the world.The session started off with the understanding of theconcept of “The Art of Possibility” that can be acquiredthrough a growing mindset as against a fixed or a rigid one.The importance of a growing mindset stems from the factthat it enables an individual to bring future into thepresent and empower it to heal and learn from mistakes.Citing the instance of the acclaimed movie “SlumDogMillionaire”, Prof TZipi further elaborated on the conceptof “self-awareness” or consciousness to live in the present.In other words, even in the worst of the situations, we havethe choice of opting for an attitude, that would direct ourgrowth.The interactive session winded with Ms. Philomena tellingthe participants about the ‘Wheel Of Life’ exercise that canenable the youth of today to discover facets of theirpersonality that can bring out the creative leader in them.Consumer Behavior gets aglobal perspectiveJune, 2009Dr. Meera Vankatraman from SawyerBusiness School, Suffolk University,Boston visited SPJIMR to take a halfcredit course on Consumer Behaviorwith PGDM second year participants.Dr. Meera has rich academic andresearch experience in consumerbehaviour, especially the adoption ofinnovative products and crossculturaldifferences in consumerbehaviour.Dr. Anitesh Barua addressing the SPJIMR faculty & participantsDr. Anitesh Barua, Director of the MBA - InformationManagement programme at the McCombs School ofBusiness at the University of Texas at Austin (UTA), visitedSPJIMR. Dr. Barua intended to explore possibilities ofacademic collaboration between SPJIMR and UTA. He isWilliam F. Wright Centennial Professor of InformationTechnology, Stevens Piper Foundation Professor andAssociate Director for the Center for Research in ElectronicCommerce at the McCombs School of Business at UTA. Hereceived many awards for his research and teaching. 75 ofhis research articles have appeared in prestigious academicjournals, refereed conference proceedings and edited bookchapters. Dr. Barua made a presentation on“Deconstructing or Destroying Your Value Chain throughOutsourcing”.Dr. Barua explained how the focus of InformationTechnology Outsourcing (ITO) and Business ProcessOutsourcing (BPO) has evolved from pure cost savings todiverse strategic objectives. He opined that strategicoutsourcing, which is characterized by higher levels ofbusiness uncertainty and complex coordination involvesgreater contractual risks compared with transactionoutsourcing. He also talked about how the capital marketsmay not be privy to such information when an outsourcingdecision is announced, and hence there may be long-termabnormal returns from such outsourcing decisions.Dr. Barua concluded that outsourcing deals of the 'one-sizefits-allkind' do not work. To make an outsourcingrelationship successful, a firms need to understand thegovernance choices available and customize them keepingin mind the complexity, independence and the strategicimportance of the tasks to be outsourced.6 SPJIMRnews
PGDM participants win IIM-B'sINGEN-B Plan ContestAugust 15-16, 2009PGDM participants (2009-2011) of SPJIMR walked awaywith the first place at the prestigious INGEN- B Plan Eventorganized by IIM Bangalore, Nearly 400 teams fromvarious B-Schools across the country participated in theevent.The team, befittingly named 'Dare2Soar', comprisedMohammed Irfan Kabir, Harit Rawal, PriyankaPriyadarshini and Preethi V from PGDM-09. The theme forthis year was 'Small is Big' and the team did make it bigwith the winning plan primarily focusing on the SewageSystem.PGDM participants walk awaywith top spot at the NITIE Sync-Quest Case studyAugust, 2009PGDM participants of SPJIMR proved their mettle onceagain as they aced the prestigious SYNC-QUEST case studycontest at LITMUS, an event organized by NITIE. Litmusessentially provides a platform for B-school participants totackle the most crucial issues the business faces today.Santhosh Kumar C and Palaniappan Narayanan of the 2008-2010 batch formed team “Endeavour" which battled it outwith the best brains across Indian B-schools. Theirinnovative solutions to problems faced by the industry in ITmanagement impressed the eminent jury and fetchedthem the coveted first place among the five participantsshort listed for the final round.Team ‘Dare2Soar’ of SPJIMR at INGEN-B Plan EventTeam Kleos wins Genesis'09: The GE Day Campus ChallengeSeptember 16, 2009SPJIMR team Kleos, comprising Amitoj Singh, ArchitSinghal, Lisa Maria John and Palaniappan N, won Genesis2009, an inter-campus contest organised by GE. Thecontest provided the B-school participants with achallenging task, that tested their imagination, analyticalskills and clarity of thinking.The competing teams were asked to pick one of the twothemes: "India Security – Integrated BuildingSecurity/Surveillance Systems" or "Integrated RenewableEnergy Solutions for India". Team Kleos picked "IntegratedRenewable Energy Solutions for India".Nearly 50 teams from top Indian B-schools, including 8teams from SPJIMR, reached the quarter-finals of thecontest. Of these, 26 teams, including four from SPJIMR,advanced to the semi-finals. The semi-finalists had topresent their ideas before an eminent judging panelcomprising GE's senior leadership across businesses.The contest was hosted as part of the GE Day at HotelNovotel, Hyderabad. GE Day is a business exhibition thatshowcases GE's innovative products and services, andprovides a forum for people to share ideas and strategicinitiatives. The teams were judged on five criteria:Innovation and Novelty, Depth and Clarity of Thought,Feasibility of the Solution, Compilation and the Quality ofPresentation.In the finals, all the teams put up a great show, enthrallingsenior business leaders and other employees of GE with aconfident and clear pitch. The judges were thrilled with thequality of research and analysis done by all the teams. But,in the end, it was Team Kleos of SPJIMR, which emerged thewinner, sidelining Team Helios of ISB and Team InsightVentures of FMS.Team Kleos of SPJIMR at Genesis 09SPJIMRnews7
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