Friday, March 14, 2008

Everything about M.B.A

Gone are days when M.B.A stood for just Master of Business Administration, it has extended to Making Big Achievements!

Well what’s an M.B.A?
M.B.A is a versatile art and a Manager which works on PODSCoRB principle:
P-Planning
O-Organizing
D-Directing
S-Staffing
Co-Coordinating
R-Reporting
B-Budgeting

Another important tool is the SWOT Analysis Evaluate your:Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. So friends know your plus and minus really well, work on them and make sure that your plus usurps your minus;-)

You have a palette of exams qualifying which will take you to GD’s and PI’s
1. CAT
2. XAT
3. GMAT
4. JMET
5. MAT
6. SNAP
7. FMS
8. ATMA
9. CET
10. TANCET and …

Tips to crack your management exams-5steps to success:

· Analyze about the exams well in prior so that you can plan your strategy
· Make your fundamentals very strong; the unbreakable questions are merely a jugglery of these
· Have all formulae, shortcuts and important results written and afresh your memory with these everyday.
· Solve many sample papers and make a note of areas where you ace and areas where you need to improvise.
· Identify and answer easier questions first, tackle tougher ones next. When you go with this approach the probability of you answering more questions is higher.
“M.B.A = ( Hard + Smart ) Work”

Start up books that I would suggest for every aspirant: Word power by Norman Lewis and R.S.Agarwal.

Coming to the next level –GROUP DISCUSSIONS:
Play your role:
Ø Opener
Ø The first mover
Ø The example giver
Ø Discussion expander
Ø Mediator
Ø Late entrant
Ø Closer
Your body language and content plays a vital role here.

The final test – PERSONNAL INTERVIEW:
PI is all about "YOU"-be honest and be yourself!
Some of the FAQ’s are:
Ø Tell me about yourself
Ø Why an M.B.A?
Ø Discuss about your short/mid/long term goals
Ø Questions from your core subjects
Ø What makes you unique to take you?

-To strike the right cord, create a first impression by answering ‘Tell me about your self well’
-Match your USP with theirs.
-Scan the website of that institution as a pre requisite.
-A way to answer queries is by P-R-E-P way that is Point, Reason, Example, and Point. Here the first ‘point’ refers to ‘the general’ and the next refers ‘parallel to your life’

The race is already on – Bell the CAT – Meao :-)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Raji...

U rock!!! Very informative tips...All the very best for ur MBA prep..Always u will have ur channu to help u out with ur SWOT analysis..ha ha...

Rajalakshmi said...

Hey Channu thank you so much dear!
Yup I shall trouble you with SWOT soon ;-)

Anonymous said...

Quite Informative...
nice de:)

Rajalakshmi said...

Hey thanks Indru..