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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>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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		<title>Hi from monica gupta</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>monica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I have got my online unique web identity on http://monicagupta.com/ and It&#8217;s such a nice feeling to own a blog for myself. I am not a writer&#8230;so expect some informal expression of my views and random thoughts on various topics ranging from day to day life, india , current affairs and life in general. I am a HR manager by profession, so you&#8217;ll also find interesting articles and my interpretation on various human resource related issues. These  may be from my own experince gained over all these years and some gyan shared by my collegues (ex and current) , peers , management books and but off course internet Anyway to cut it short, all of you are welcome to share the thoughts of monica gupta. No related posts.


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