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This book gives you a summary of the struggles of small town entrepreneurs who have made it big. It is a nice, simple and straight read that you will enjoy. Rashmi stands out as an author who has written exemplary books in the entrepreneurship genre. You will 'live' the challenges, the stumble blocks, the speed breakers and the glory of the 20 entrepreneurs whose entrepreneurial journey has been described in great detail in this work. It is a must read for all the "wannabe" business-folk who want to start their ventures in small towns. The best part of this book is that it doesn't contain technical details and data that may boggle you down, at the same time it does not give plain vanilla description of the success stories. The author is able to strike a fine balance between detail and brevity and presents the audience just as much as they can digest. Businessmen from different regions, religions, linguistic and educational backgrounds co...

“Don’t judge a book by its cover”. This book has a brilliant cover design. But then, the writing has simply made the cover seem over-rated. It’s refreshingly different in many ways. It’s a unique narration of the Mahabharat-One of the most debated works of Indian mythology. A tinge of retrospective thinking and a vivid role description makes this book stand out from the rest in the book stand. Sharath Kommaraju manages to tickle the right brain of the readers by giving multiple shades to characters like Ganga. Instances, like the rise of Satyavati have been dealt with, innovatively. The readers are bound to ponder over several key points of the story line.   While some parts of the book may seem strange, considering that Mahabharat has several interpretations varying with regions, religions and even castes in India the book surely does not disappoint when it comes to presenting the ‘alter ego’ of the women folk. It may be wrong to compare two different literary works of an...

The Sino Japanese word Kaizen refers to ‘good change’ or ‘positive change’ in any process or system. It’s used in the world of business to denote “continuous improvement” and also development. However, there are several pundits who believe that Kaizen is more often than not, used to denote all kinds of efforts to improve quality thereby making ‘kaizen’ a broad umbrella of change indicators. Evaluation of course delivery in the higher education landscape is largely a matter of debate and subjective opinion. Though we would like to wish off the disagreements and the deliberations in this aspect, a conscious effort on the part of academicians, administrators and policy makers is called for, with respect to the variables that are many a times taken for granted. Course delivery is often under-evaluated and in some cases, considered as a mere documentation exercise. The customer centricity part is largely missing. In several instances, the course delivery evaluation will only inc...

"Where all think alike, no one thinks very much." - Walter Lippmann While conflicts may have several pros and cons, they cannot be completely avoided. Decision making, strategy formulation, process execution and  reviews always have a conflict element in them. While organizations look forward to disruptive innovation and up-gradation, maybe the 'conflict management' aspect is something that needs a re-look. People across disciplines have their take on conflict management. Ex: http://donnacardillo.com/articles/sevenstrategies/   details strategies  suggested by Donna Cardillo, an inspiration Guru. While the behaviour of people cannot be controlled by the organization, the organization can surely think of testing people on their conflict management skills in the recruitment and selection process. Probably a matrix marking structure can be used, where vertical heads are involved in deciding the ideal responses versus the actual responses and a score can be...

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one." This quote by George Martin is an excellent insight into the motives of habitual book buyers. I know several habitual book buyers and most of them have an amazing level of intellectual stock. Conversations with these people are always interesting and engaging vis-à-vis others who mostly talk like newspaper echoes or television news analyzers. The advantages of reading books (not restricted to a specific genre) are many. The most distinctive advantage is the ability of such people to build rapport with people from diverse cultures, tastes and interests. It’s also a proven fact that reading has many positive cognitive consequences. ( http://www.csun.edu/~krowlands/Content/Academic_Resources/Reading/Useful%20Articles/Cunningham-What%20Reading%20Does%20for%20the%20Mind.pdf ). Further, reading books is a safe bet and can help you enhance your career prospects to a great extent...