IBM India and the Indian School of Business (ISB) announced the signing of Open Collaborative Research agreement in Asia aimed at improving the competitiveness of the services sector in the region.
This research will support companies to redesign their project management structure, reduce attrition, and also help the high performance groups to move up the value chain. The research to be led by the Centre for Global Logistics and Manufacturing Strategies at the ISB and the Indian Research laboratory at IBM India, will focus on Indian companies to begin with and later extend to Asian companies.
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Monday, May 12, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
Accenture Management Development Academy launched
Global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company Accenture and the Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB) have launched Accenture Management Development Academy (AMDA), an online, classroom and on-the-job training programme designed to develop and nurture leaders from Accenture's mid-level management in India.
AMDA will offer 18-24-month programmes for the first three levels of the Accenture's middle management in India; team lead, associate manager and manager.
ISB's Centre for Executive Education and the Centre for IT and Networked Economies (CITNE) have partnered Accenture to develop the curriculum for the academy. The curriculum for each programme covers strategic and tactical aspects of management and has been designed to enable Accenture employees to develop a strong foundation in key delivery management skills as they work on career advancement.
AMDA will offer 18-24-month programmes for the first three levels of the Accenture's middle management in India; team lead, associate manager and manager.
ISB's Centre for Executive Education and the Centre for IT and Networked Economies (CITNE) have partnered Accenture to develop the curriculum for the academy. The curriculum for each programme covers strategic and tactical aspects of management and has been designed to enable Accenture employees to develop a strong foundation in key delivery management skills as they work on career advancement.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
ISB to offer new courses at Punjab campus
The Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, is planning to offer four new specialisations at its upcoming campus in Punjab. The new modules will be in healthcare management, manufacturing, public policy and physical infrastructure management. The Punjab school will also offer finance and marketing and other basic courses.
“It will take about four years to commence operations at Punjab. Starting a new campus is like starting a new factory,” said ISB deputy dean Ajit Rangnekar.
The Punjab wing of ISB will only be an extension of the existing school at Hyderabad. The admission norms and criteria will be the same as the Hyderabad school.
ISB may also go for internal exchange of faculty and students between the two schools. “We are planning to allow students to do six months of their course in Hyderabad and the remaining six months in Punjab,” he said, adding a final decision was yet to be taken on this front.
“It will take about four years to commence operations at Punjab. Starting a new campus is like starting a new factory,” said ISB deputy dean Ajit Rangnekar.
The Punjab wing of ISB will only be an extension of the existing school at Hyderabad. The admission norms and criteria will be the same as the Hyderabad school.
ISB may also go for internal exchange of faculty and students between the two schools. “We are planning to allow students to do six months of their course in Hyderabad and the remaining six months in Punjab,” he said, adding a final decision was yet to be taken on this front.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Mid-stream career change not unthinkable
A mid-stream career change for many is unthinkable. Students at the Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB), however, thought differently. The students, who came with prior work experience, used the skills learnt during the one-year course to move on to new areas.
For instance, Neeraj Mehta was a practising dentist before he took to management education. Now, he will not wield the scalpel anymore. Instead, he will dabble with markets, numbers and charts for making informed decisions at Grail Research in Delhi.
Why give up a chosen career? Neeraj answers: “Making an impact matters.” He opted for a career change for both personal and professional reasons. “I felt I was not doing enough by just attending to patients,” he said, adding he often wondered what happened to those who could not afford his treatment. In his new role, though away from dentistry, he will still be connected with life sciences — his mainstay.
“There is need for an efficient and affordable healthcare system,” said Neeraj, who believes that public-private partnership is the main tool to build health infrastructure. He has no regrets for calling it quits for the apron. “There is no scope for change if I continue to be a doctor, ” said the ISBian, who equipped himself with advanced computer and research skills in the year’s stay at the ISB.
Prakruti Singh, a software engineer, put an end to a career with TCS Limited to join ISB. And during the recently concluded placements, she made up her mind to turn a consultant. The decision to swap domain areas, she says, is part of her larger plans to move towards a diverse profile. “We should be tuned to learn continuously,” she says on why she took up work in a new domain in West Asia.
There are also people like Jitesh Shah, a native of Raipur and an alumni of IIT Guwahati, who see career shift as a tool to break the monotony of a job. He felt that his career was stagnating. In his earlier stint, he worked on chip designing, coding and testing. Now, he will be a consultant with a reputed firm. “A job in the IT sector stops exciting you after two or three years,” he says.
ISB dean M Rammohan Rao says career shifts are a regular practice at the institute. This trend started in 2001, when the school was set up. Initially, corporations were slow to respond.
In the last few years, however, they have responded very well. All the 10 doctors who joined ISB have sought a change in profession. Eighty per cent of the total 422 students achieved career shifts, according to Bhuvana Ramalingam, director, Communications, ISB.
But how does the industry see this trend? D Rajappa, president of Everest Brand Solutions, the Mumbai-headquartered advertising agency says: “Advertising thrives on lateral thinking and innovation.
Cross functional roles create opportunities.” Everest has had many people moving into new roles--from servicing to creative and creative to planning, he said in an email-interview on career shifts.
Infact, companies like Webdunia, a multi-lingual portal, actively support role changes across industry segments for gaining new perspectives, according to the portal’s director Vinay Chhajlani.
For instance, Neeraj Mehta was a practising dentist before he took to management education. Now, he will not wield the scalpel anymore. Instead, he will dabble with markets, numbers and charts for making informed decisions at Grail Research in Delhi.
Why give up a chosen career? Neeraj answers: “Making an impact matters.” He opted for a career change for both personal and professional reasons. “I felt I was not doing enough by just attending to patients,” he said, adding he often wondered what happened to those who could not afford his treatment. In his new role, though away from dentistry, he will still be connected with life sciences — his mainstay.
“There is need for an efficient and affordable healthcare system,” said Neeraj, who believes that public-private partnership is the main tool to build health infrastructure. He has no regrets for calling it quits for the apron. “There is no scope for change if I continue to be a doctor, ” said the ISBian, who equipped himself with advanced computer and research skills in the year’s stay at the ISB.
Prakruti Singh, a software engineer, put an end to a career with TCS Limited to join ISB. And during the recently concluded placements, she made up her mind to turn a consultant. The decision to swap domain areas, she says, is part of her larger plans to move towards a diverse profile. “We should be tuned to learn continuously,” she says on why she took up work in a new domain in West Asia.
There are also people like Jitesh Shah, a native of Raipur and an alumni of IIT Guwahati, who see career shift as a tool to break the monotony of a job. He felt that his career was stagnating. In his earlier stint, he worked on chip designing, coding and testing. Now, he will be a consultant with a reputed firm. “A job in the IT sector stops exciting you after two or three years,” he says.
ISB dean M Rammohan Rao says career shifts are a regular practice at the institute. This trend started in 2001, when the school was set up. Initially, corporations were slow to respond.
In the last few years, however, they have responded very well. All the 10 doctors who joined ISB have sought a change in profession. Eighty per cent of the total 422 students achieved career shifts, according to Bhuvana Ramalingam, director, Communications, ISB.
But how does the industry see this trend? D Rajappa, president of Everest Brand Solutions, the Mumbai-headquartered advertising agency says: “Advertising thrives on lateral thinking and innovation.
Cross functional roles create opportunities.” Everest has had many people moving into new roles--from servicing to creative and creative to planning, he said in an email-interview on career shifts.
Infact, companies like Webdunia, a multi-lingual portal, actively support role changes across industry segments for gaining new perspectives, according to the portal’s director Vinay Chhajlani.
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