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		<title>Management Lesson Series &#8211; Part iii</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>monica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who was faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a route and started off the race. The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time. Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, he thought he&#8217;d sit under a tree for some time and relax before continuing the race. He sat under the tree and soon fell asleep. The tortoise plodding on overtook him and soon finished the race, emerging as the undisputed champ. The hare woke up and realized that he&#8217;d lost the race. The moral- &#8220;Slow and steady wins the race. This is the version of the story that we&#8217;ve all grown up with.&#8221; But the story doesn&#8217;t end here &#8230; The hare was disappointed at losing the race and he did some soul-searching. He realized that he&#8217;d lost the race only because he had been overconfident, careless and lax. If he had not taken things for granted, there&#8217;s no way the tortoise could have beaten him. So he challenged the tortoise to another race. The tortoise agreed. This time, the hare went all out and ran without stopping from start to finish. He won by several miles. The moral [...]


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		<title>Mind Your Language</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>monica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were these 4 guys, a Russian, a German, an American and a French, who found this small genie bottle. When they rubbed the bottle, a genie appears. Thankful that the 4 guys had released him out of the bottle, he said, &#8220;Next to you all are 4 swimming pools, I will give each of you a wish. When you run towards the pool and jump, you shout what you want the pool of water to become, and then your wish will come true.&#8221; The French wanted to start. He ran towards the pool, jumped and shouted &#8220;WINE&#8221;. The pool immediately changed into a pool of wine.  The Frenchman was so happy swimming and drinking from the pool. Next is the Russian&#8217;s turn, he did the same and shouted, &#8220;VODKA&#8221; and immersed himself into a pool of vodka. The German was next and he jumped and shouted, &#8220;BEER&#8221;.  He was so contented with his beer pool. The last is the American. He was running towards the pool when suddenly he steps on a banana peel. He slipped towards the pool and shouted, &#8220;SH**!!!!!!!&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;IT&#8221; MORAL OF THE STORY: Mind your language; you never know what it will land you in Related posts:Case [...]


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		<title>Management lesson Series-part ii</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>monica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never ever jump to conclusion without knowing facts. The amazing video video below explains why&#8230; Related posts:Management lesson Series-part i Management Lesson Series &#8211; Part iii Mind Your Language Insight into Decision Making Lateral Thinking &#8211; Money lender and pebbles


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		<title>Management lesson Series-part i</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>monica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up  her shower when the doorbell rings. After a few seconds of arguing over which one should go and answer the doorbell, the wife gives up, quickly wraps herself up in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next door neighbor. Before she says a word, Bob says, &#8220;I&#8217;ll give you $ 800 just to drop that towel that you have on&#8221;. After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob. Bob has a close look at her for a few seconds, hands over $800 and quietly leaves. Confused, but excited about her good fortune, the woman wraps back up in the towel and goes upstairs. When she gets back to the bathroom, her husband asks from the shower &#8220;Who was that?&#8221; &#8220;It was Bob the next door neighbor,&#8221; she replies. &#8220;Great,&#8221; the husband says, &#8220;did he say any! thing about the $800 he owes me?&#8221; MORAL OF THE STORY: Share critical credit information with your stakeholders to prevent avoidable exposure! Related posts:Management lesson Series-part ii Management Lesson Series &#8211; Part iii [...]


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		<title>Lateral Thinking &#8211; Money lender and pebbles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>monica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many years ago in a small village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The Moneylender , who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer&#8217;s beautiful daughter. So he proposed a bargain. He said he would forgive the farmer&#8217;s debt if he could marry his daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the Proposal. So the cunning money-lender suggested that they let providence decide the matter. He told them that he would put a black pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would have to pick one pebble from the bag. 1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father&#8217;s debt would be forgiven. 2) If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father&#8217;s debt would still be forgiven. 3) But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into Jail. They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer&#8217;s field. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked [...]


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		<title>Focusing on solutions and not problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>monica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Problem When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn&#8217;t work at zero gravity (ink won&#8217;t flow down to the writing surface). To solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C. Solution And what did the Russians do&#8230;? They used a pencil . &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Problem One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soapbox, which happened in one of Japan &#8216;s biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soapbox that was empty. Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soapbox went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its engineers to solve the problem. Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soapboxes that passed through the line to make sure they [...]


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		<title>Insight into Decision Making</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>monica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational track. The train is coming, and you are just beside the track interchange. a) You can make the train change its course to the disused track and save most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be sacrificed. b) Or would you rather let the train go its way? Let&#8217;s take a pause to think what kind of decision we could make&#8230; &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child. Most  think the same way, I guess. Exactly, to save most of the children at the expense of only one child was rational decision most people would make, morally and emotionally. But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place? Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends who chose to play where the danger was. This kind [...]


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