Nitte School Of Management

‘Ten Commandments’ for Management Students It is not enough if you have great qualities; you need have a great management of them too. In a span of two years, a management student may study about 30 independent subjects in Indian context. Looking at the volume of inputs that goes into the management course , it is well nigh impossible to assimilate that voluminous text all in one frame of time.   You can add value to your management education by valuing the following aspects/pursuits. Follow the content as a story and even enjoy it! When a new area of knowledge is introduced, force yourself into considering it as precious and important. Be in touch with news items touching upon your subject. Your text is not up to date but news that provide context is!  Jot down talking points that you come across in dailies, news channels and other sources. Participate and make your presence felt. Make every session an event to participate. Ask questions, seek clarification...

Executive PGDM:  A shot in the arm for aspiring professionals Many a brilliant graduate may have joined their dream companies leaving behind aspirations for a master degree in management.   Once you start working you get into hum drum of corporate life with no time to reflect back or think ahead. Many professionals with excellent academic record do not flex themselves further once they find their feet in work place. We have to question this status quo syndrome and break ourselves free to do what we always wanted to do.   Resolve today that you will live your dream every day and every way.   Abraham Maslow once said,’ If you settle for anything less than what you can be, you will repent the rest of your life’. Executive PGDM is one such management course which every working professional ought to take up at the earliest. It costs you not really much but helps you grow professionally like never before. Today IIMs are also in the race in offering Executive PGDM...

When it comes to seeking admission for a full-time management course, the confusion among parents and students calls for clarity. Being a senior professor for well over 12 years and having taught both MBA and PGDM students for at least half the time each, I see sense and substance in both the courses. I have seen my students in either of these two streams doing extremely well in terms of job prospects, pay package, employability and job satisfaction. Students who are industrious will do well in any industry!  As Abraham Maslow once quipped,’ If you have a hammer in the hand you will see every object as a nail’. To be equipped for future is a matter of an individual choice and commitment and in that sense a management course is as good by any other name.  However, I see PGDM course stealing a march over MBA in the following areas: PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management) is designed and driven by the Institute offering it. The name of the Institute and its im...