For most of us, MBA is the ultimate course to do. Most consider that as a panacea of all the career troubles. Once Mech Madhusudhanan asked me - Are you planning to do MBA? If yes, when? - I declared, "I dont know when I will do it. But I will ensure those three letters will be there in my cemetery plaque". Hmmmm !
Recently I have decided not to give so much trouble for those who would be kind enough to build my cemetery. I am planning to slowly learn the management concepts taught in the course in alternative methods.
One interesting option was this.
http://www.personalmba.com/
Personal MBA Manifesto starts like this:
MBA programs don’t have a monopoly on advanced business knowledge: you can teach yourself everything you need to know to succeed in life and at work. The Personal MBA features the very best business books available, based on thousands of hours of research. So skip b-school and the $100,000 loan: you can get a world-class business education simply by reading these books.
Read more: http://personalmba.com/manifesto/#ixzz0SQoxjufG
Read more: http://personalmba.com/manifesto/#ixzz0SQoxjufG
For most of the Indians, the word 'manifesto' is worse than an expletive, given the way political parties treat their manifestos. Hopefully this will be different!
Of course, this is not going to give the personal experience you can only get when you meet excellent people. Still it can be one approach for those who don't have enough time /money (most importantly energy to bell the CAT)! - like me..
Will ping updates on how things go. First task is to see what books I can get in india and ask someone to transport it, if there is a cost differential (Do I need an MBA?) ;-)
