Month: August 2012

Management

What they don’t teach you at Indian B-schools

Source: The Hindu, India This last Sunday, I watched a show on CNBC called Lessons in Marketing Excellence. Essentially, it featured the final round of a competition for B-School students across India conducted by CNBC and Hindustan Unilever Limited. The four finalist teams were asked to address the problem of how to help the Indian Railways innovate. As the bright students in their dark suits made … Continue reading What they don’t teach you at Indian B-schools

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Management

MBAs, you can learn from Mani Mama, the master chef

Source: The Hindu, India In Indian marriages, a common factor which determines the performance rating is food, its varieties and taste. With my experience of having attended more than 800 marriages, I always wonder how caterers manage to make hundreds of guests happy. My curiosity made me venture on a project to study the challenges involved in the management of mega marriages where thousands are … Continue reading MBAs, you can learn from Mani Mama, the master chef

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Chemistry

Chemistry in Poetry

 Source: Mala Radhakrishnan, assistant professor at Wellesley College, has written a book on poetry chemistry, called “Atomic Romances, Molecular Dances.” Her aim is to use poetry, but also easy-to-understand analogies to teach about thermodynamics, kinetics and molecular reactions. Source I used to sleep ‘ til my electrons would drool At P-32 element-ary school. The things we were taught were just totally boring. A mole of us atoms would … Continue reading Chemistry in Poetry

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Technology

Why are so many Americans single

Source As reliably as autumn brings Orion to the night sky, spring each year sends a curious constellation to the multiplex: a minor cluster of romantic comedies and the couples who traipse through them, searching for love. These tend not to be people who have normal problems. She is poised, wildly successful in an ulcer-making job, lonely. He is sensitive, creative, equipped with a mysteriously … Continue reading Why are so many Americans single

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Management

The Personal MBA

Source Josh Kaufman is the author of The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business, an international bestseller with translations in 12 languages. Josh specializes in teaching professionals in all industries and disciplines how to master practical business knowledge and skills. The Personal MBA has sold over 75,000 copies worldwide to date, and has been in the top 0.1% of all business books sold on Amazon.com since its publication in … Continue reading The Personal MBA

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Management, Sustainability

Sustainably sourcing UK Roses

This was the topic for the Marks & Spencer and Cranfield University school of Management’s sustainable retailing challenge 2012. This video was made by the Warwick Business School’s distance learning MBA students and  students have to address the issue of sourcing roses keeping the triple bottom line (people, planet and profit) in mind. What I found interesting is the way in which the issue was addressed … Continue reading Sustainably sourcing UK Roses

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Research News, Sustainability

A new oxidant in the atmosphere identified

Source: The Hindu, India It is time that the authorities evolve strategies to contain the emission of green house gases since the vehicle population is increasing at a rapid pace. Scientists have for the first time found unequivocal evidence of another oxidant playing a vital role in the formation of gaseous sulphuric acid in the atmosphere. Until now, it was thought that the combination of … Continue reading A new oxidant in the atmosphere identified

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Health

Olympian Vegetarians

Source: The Guardian 30 July 2012 Lizzie Armitstead was just 10 years old when she told her parents she wanted to become a vegetarian. Yesterday, she won Great Britain’s first medal of the Olympic Games, taking silver in the gruelling 87-mile road cycling race, no less. I was brought up as vegetarian from birth and have been a long distance runner for most of my adult … Continue reading Olympian Vegetarians

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