‘We are what we do repeatedly’


This quote by Aristotle should be the watchword for our management students.  Excellence in life is a matter of  not just one act or even a few of them. Resorting to multiple actions should become your habit such that it is impossible to separate it from your life time goals. Goals are best achieved when you play multiple roles and activities. An alignment among goals, roles and performance is enabled though habitual good work, persistence and ‘stick-to-itiveness’. We at Nitte School of Management, Bengaluru are committed to drive you towards your cherished goals through our ‘A-S-K’ approach.  Through our undivided attention we help  strengthen your Knowledge, Skill and Attitudes. The fourth dimension is Performance which will be the by-product of ASK. 


How do you develop such winning habits as students? Habits are to be formed with direction, dedication, discipline and deadline. Habits should lead to positive focus, thinking, attitudes and performance.  I would like to offer a few tips in the form of seeds which you have to sow during this Lock-down period so that you can show your teachers the seedlings when you are back.

·     Open a textbook on Management, HRM, Financial Management, Marketing Management or any other. You will invariably find a glossary of terminologies at the end. Go though it even if they sound dry and make a crisp note out of it. Collect at least  200 key words. In course of time, it will come handy to you for examination, placement or as talking points.  When your teacher introduces these terminologies, you should feel happy that you know them already! You may have written them mechanically but still you are far better than those who did not do this!

·     If you like to specialize in finance areas, you may try doing the following.  Learn how  various markets – money, capital, and security – function. Make a list of about 20 money market instruments and get to know their mechanism. Initially you may find the exercise a little boring but do not give it up.  You will reap the benefits in future as finance professionals. Visualize that you are the most liked public speaker in finance areas. Today’s activities will firm up as tomorrow’s assurances.

·     Go through the web sites of at least 10 public sector banks in India over next 6 months. To start with, enter the site of a bank right today. You will see the whole world of that bank dancing before you.   Make notes on key aspects of the bank – deposit products, loan products, Loan policy, customer service policy, risk management practices, International operations so on and so forth.

Dr. N Jayarama Shetty,  Ph.D, M.Com, MBA, MA( Psy), LL B, CAIIB, D. TD, PG. DHRM, PG. DMM, Pragya,  Visiting Professor, Nitte School of Management, Bengaluru


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