One sixth of the distance is covered. It was not long back when we were unsure of this journey, with quizzled minds and puzzled looks, thinking about where we end up. Not many have seen some light atop the 6th mountain but it sure has given them its source. As we reach the peak, the fog settles down and it starts becoming clearer. The tough and strenuous climb is all been accounted for, when we take that final step on top. Covering the mountain takes us one step ahead in the hexagon, gaining knowledge in all six dimensions.
To start off was Financial Accounting. It is like a new language that we can use to decipher the Economic Times newspaper. The double entry system, which raises a lot of doubt in the engineer's mind on grounds of obviousness and common sense is not so easy as it seems. It has lots more to it and followed by all top organizations in the world. Thus to assess any organization, we must assess their financials. And that is precisely what it has taught us, to diagnose and treat the organization financially.
Next up was for the creative bunch of Marketing. Almost none of the crew knew there was more to marketing than sales. A visionary of a leader and many were inspired right away. The classes that were strictly as per the book, and yet so knowledgeable and interesting. Not to forget, creating our own business on paper and projecting it 5 years down the line.
The majority of learning and transformation comes in the brains. The subjects that affected this the most was OB. The propensity to think, evaluate and transform has a whole new meaning. It touches some profound and deep concepts of the human brain without touching the deeper philosophical aspects of morality. Though all learning on this boat is directed to make us better individuals first and anything else, post. The direction and transformation of the decision making is what will help us strategically after our journey is complete.
God will not be on your side, unless you have data. And simply possessing the data is not enough. What is even more important is how you take it up and what it implies. Statistics not only give a mathematical definition for most of the problems today but is the prime forecasting tool today. However irritating the weekly quizzes and marks may be, we all knew that a sailor must know swimming. Excel was another discovery for most of us with its wide range of features and implications.
To speak up is to have courage, confidence and charisma. Though lack of it does not mean it cannot be acquired. The Saturdays and Sundays were on campus speaking sessions where we spoke and more importantly we listened. We listened to what each of us had to say. To know your fellow man is the greatest asset you can find. You listen and you know more. The individual presentations in the Manegerial Communication not only made us aware of our batch but the feedback given gave us some useful insights and challenges to overcome. We could even see most of it applying it practically already.
Finally, we must overcome our fears. Personally for me it is reading and I had to face it in Written analysis and communication. Though its an irony that we had to read more in the written class, but the analysis is where many falter. The analysis of data that had no apparent meaning and writing briefly about things you have no idea about are some of the main take aways.
There is no end to this journey. For what we take out of this shall continue to live on, with us, for the rest of our lives. It is this cycle of knowledge which makes the propellers rotate and the ship move.
To start off was Financial Accounting. It is like a new language that we can use to decipher the Economic Times newspaper. The double entry system, which raises a lot of doubt in the engineer's mind on grounds of obviousness and common sense is not so easy as it seems. It has lots more to it and followed by all top organizations in the world. Thus to assess any organization, we must assess their financials. And that is precisely what it has taught us, to diagnose and treat the organization financially.
Next up was for the creative bunch of Marketing. Almost none of the crew knew there was more to marketing than sales. A visionary of a leader and many were inspired right away. The classes that were strictly as per the book, and yet so knowledgeable and interesting. Not to forget, creating our own business on paper and projecting it 5 years down the line.
The majority of learning and transformation comes in the brains. The subjects that affected this the most was OB. The propensity to think, evaluate and transform has a whole new meaning. It touches some profound and deep concepts of the human brain without touching the deeper philosophical aspects of morality. Though all learning on this boat is directed to make us better individuals first and anything else, post. The direction and transformation of the decision making is what will help us strategically after our journey is complete.
God will not be on your side, unless you have data. And simply possessing the data is not enough. What is even more important is how you take it up and what it implies. Statistics not only give a mathematical definition for most of the problems today but is the prime forecasting tool today. However irritating the weekly quizzes and marks may be, we all knew that a sailor must know swimming. Excel was another discovery for most of us with its wide range of features and implications.
To speak up is to have courage, confidence and charisma. Though lack of it does not mean it cannot be acquired. The Saturdays and Sundays were on campus speaking sessions where we spoke and more importantly we listened. We listened to what each of us had to say. To know your fellow man is the greatest asset you can find. You listen and you know more. The individual presentations in the Manegerial Communication not only made us aware of our batch but the feedback given gave us some useful insights and challenges to overcome. We could even see most of it applying it practically already.
Finally, we must overcome our fears. Personally for me it is reading and I had to face it in Written analysis and communication. Though its an irony that we had to read more in the written class, but the analysis is where many falter. The analysis of data that had no apparent meaning and writing briefly about things you have no idea about are some of the main take aways.
There is no end to this journey. For what we take out of this shall continue to live on, with us, for the rest of our lives. It is this cycle of knowledge which makes the propellers rotate and the ship move.
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