At 10:46 PM -0700 6/7/06, Rajib Das wrote: >Besides, wasn't he on his Dad's quota there?
** Of course, what else? Unfortunately such "MERIT" is needed by these elite institutions to survive and prosper. Tuition fees won't do that. And a 'Central Govt.' does not fund them. So the bottom line is: The brand name is just that! It does not guarantee a high-quality end product! One could get a lemon in a shiny and glittery wrapper. > >--- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Certainly not mine. >> >> >> Admission to or graduation from even the most elite >> and/or exclusive >> of institutions do not NECESSARILY mean one is >> either accomplished, >> or able or even above average . One could be highly >> accomplished in >> one area, while being below average or thoroughly >> incompetent in >> another aspect of life. >> >> >> I would submit we don't need to go far for proofs. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> At 7:55 AM -0700 6/7/06, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: >> >Does that make a difference in your opinion about >> George Bush? >> > >> > >> > >> >----- Original Message ---- >> >From: mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >Cc: [email protected] >> >Sent: Tuesday, June 6, 2006 9:32:42 PM >> >Subject: Re: [Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: >> Michael Porter on >> >ReformingHealthcare; India Arrives on the Global >> Stage ?? >> > >> >Then came a state visit from U.S. President George >> W. Bush (HBS MBA >> >'75) in March, the same month HBS inaugurated its >> global >> > >> >Really? He a HARVARD MBA? >> > >> >mm >> > >> > >> >From: umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >To: [email protected] >> >Subject: [Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: Michael >> Porter on >> >ReformingHealthcare; India Arrives on the Global >> Stage ?? >> >Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 01:51:48 +0100 (BST) >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >HBS Working Knowledge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > >> >To: >> >Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 10:07:01 -0400 (EDT) >> >From: HBS Working Knowledge >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Subject: Newsletter: Michael Porter on Reforming >> Healthcare >> > >> > >> >><http://tracker.ease.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=znwrbbrs9_1-1783x3178fx165142&;> >> >More About HBS Working Knowledge Changes >> > >> >Dear HBS Working Knowledge reader, >> > >> >As we've >> >mentioned in this space for the last several weeks, >> HBSWK will >> >launch a redesigned product in early July. 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Faculty-based research and ideas will be >> the core of the >> >new HBSWK, and written to offer practical insights >> and advice for >> >managing yourself and your business. >> >* New content will be posted on HBSWK most days of >> the week, not >> >just once a week. >> >* A section will be devoted to HBS working >> papersoften the first >> >place where tomorrow's mainstream ideas become >> accessible to the >> >public. >> > >> >Some things won't change: >> >* The weekly newsletter will continue to be sent to >> subscribers as >> >it is today. >> >* HBSWK will remain free of charge. >> >* The content will be chosen and written to deliver >> our readers >> >practical advice as well as cutting-edge ideas on >> the subject of >> >business management. >> > >> >Our last issue of the current HBSWK will be June >> 19. The new product >> >is scheduled to debut July 5. We will be excited to >> hear what you >> >think! >> > >> >HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK >> >Using Competition to Reform Healthcare > > >The Soft Skills of Global Managers >> >India Arrives on the Global Stage >> >Readers respond to Jim Heskett: How Important Is >> the "Service Sector >> >Effect" on Productivity? >> >The Bottom Line: Masterly Management >> > >> > >> >Plus: Book reports >> >======================== >> > >> >NEW ON THE SITE >> >Using Competition to Reform Healthcare >> >><http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5369&t=strategy>http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5369&t=strategy >> >In their new book, HBS Professor Michael Porter and >> Elizabeth >> >Olmsted Teisberg argue that the very structure of >> U.S. healthcare >> >must be redesigned to create value and effective >> competition >> >throughout the system. An excerpt from Redefining >> Health Care: >> >Creating Value-Based Competition on Results. >> > >> >The Soft Skills of Global Managers >> >><http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5370&t=leadership>http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5370&t=leadership >> >While top performance usually is what gets global >> managers their >> >international assignments, soft skills may be more >> important. An >> >excerpt from Harvard Management Update. >> > >> >India Arrives on the Global Stage >> >><http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5366&t=globalization>http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5366&t=globalization >> >Economic reforms and a young, entrepreneurial >> workforce have lifted >> >India into the global economy and raised its hopes >> for social >> >development. Harvard Business School alumni talk >> about doing >> >business in a country that has captured the world's >> imagination. >> >From HBS Alumni Bulletin. >> > >> >Readers respond to Jim Heskett: How Important Is >> the "Service Sector >> >Effect" on Productivity? >> >><http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5374&t=heskett&oid=5362&rid=5374&hid=-1&aid=-1>http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5374&t=heskett&oid=5362&rid=5374&hid=-1&aid=-1 >> >In the cost-driven U.S. service economy, are worker >> benefits being >> >sacrificed in the name of lower-cost services to >> customers? Are >> >these social costs more than offset by the benefits >> of job creation, >> >the consumption stimulus that >> >spurs job creation, and lower unemployment? Others: >> please respond >> >by Tuesday, June 13 at 10:00 a.m. EST. >> > >> >The Bottom Line: Masterly Management >> >><http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5371&t=dispatch>http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5371&t=dispatch >> >You don't have to complete a master's program to >> become a masterly >> >manager, says Jonathan Byrnes. But understanding >> the process of >> >obtaining a master's degree will help you think >> about how to improve >> >your skills. >> > >> > >> >=== message truncated ===> >_______________________________________________ >> assam mailing list >> [email protected] >> >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
