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RC DIGEST by maverick ID-02

2007-08-07T13:11:00.000+05:30

In addition to their military role, the forts of the nineteenth century provided numerous

other benefits for the American West. The establishment of these posts opened new

roads and provided for the protection of daring adventurers and expeditions as well as

established settlers. Forts also served as bases where enterprising entrepreneurs could

bring commerce to the West, providing supplies and refreshments to soldiers as well as to

pioneers. Posts like Fort Laramie provided supplies for wagon trains traveling the

natural highways toward new frontiers. Some posts became stations for the pony

express; still others, such as Fort Davis, were stagecoach stops for weary travelers. All

of these functions, of course, suggest that the contributions of the forts to the

civilization and development of the West extended beyond patrol duty.

Through the establishment of military posts, yet other contributions were made to the

development of western culture. Many posts maintained libraries or reading rooms,

and some – for example, Fort Davis – had schools. Post chapels provided a setting

for religious services and weddings. Throughout the wilderness, post bands provided

entertainment and boosted morale. During the last part of the nineteenth century, to

reduce expenses, gardening was encouraged at the forts, thus making experimental

agriculture another activity of the military. The military stationed at the various forts

also played a role in civilian life by assisting in maintaining order, and civilian officials

often called on the army for protection.

Certainly, among other significant contributions the army made to the improvement

of the conditions of life was the investigation of the relationships among health,

climate, and architecture. From the earliest colonial times throughout the nineteenth

century, disease ranked as the foremost problem in defense. It slowed construction of

forts and inhibited their military functions. Official documents from many regions

contained innumerable reports of sickness that virtually incapacitated entire garrisons.

In response to the problems, detailed observations of architecture and climate and their

relationships to the frequency of the occurrence of various diseases were recorded at

various posts across the nation by military surgeons.

Q&A:
1. Which of the following statements best
expresses the main idea of the
passage?
(A) By the nineteenth century, forts
were no longer used by the
military.
(B) Surgeons at forts could not
prevent outbreaks of disease.
(C) Forts were important to the
development of the American
West
(D) Life in nineteenth-century forts
was very rough.
2. The word “daring” in line 3 is closest
in meaning to
(A) lost
(B) bold
(C) lively
(D) foolish
3. Which of the following would a
traveler be likely be LEAST likely to
obtain at Fort Laramie?
(A) Fresh water
(B) Food
(C) Formal clothing
(D) Lodging
4. The word “others” in line 8 refers to
(A) posts
(B) wagon trains
(C) frontiers
(D) highways5. The word “boosted” in line 15 is
closest in meaning to
(A) influenced
(B) established
(C) raised
(D) maintained
6. Which of the following is the most
likely inference about the decision to
promote gardening at forts?
(A) It was expensive to import
produce from far away.
(B) Food brought in from outside
was often spoiled
(C) Gardening was a way to occupy
otherwise idle soldiers.
(D) The soil near the forts was very
fertile.
7. According to the passage, which of
the following posed the biggest
obstacle to the development of
military forts?
(A) Insufficient shelter
(B) Shortage of materials
(C) Attacks by wild animals
(D) Illness
8. The word “inhibited” in line 24 is
closest in meaning to
(A) involved
(B) exploited
(C) united
(D) hindered
9. How did the military assists in the
investigation of health problems?
(A) By registering annual birth and
death rates
(B) By experiments with different
building materials
(C) By maintaining records of
diseases and potential causes
(D) By monitoring the soldiers’ diets
10. The author organizes the discussion
of forts by
(A) describing their locations
(B) comparing their sizes
(C) explaining their damage to the
environment
(D) listing their contributions to
western life

JUST LISTEN series by maniac ID-02

2007-08-07T13:00:00.000+05:30

Management Fundamentals in Kautilya’s Arthashastra - II

The Topic of Training

When we study the lives of great businessmen and some of the most productive managers, we note that very few of them have had a formal education in management. Both Bill Gates, the richest man in the world. and Warren Buffett, the second richest man in the world have had no formal management education. Many others like Walt Disney or Akio Morita, the creator of Sony, too never went to business schools. How is it they could manage such huge business empires? When and how did they achieve these great managerial skills?
Even though formal education is very important, it is not everything in management.

‘knack’ of effective management that consists of quick decisions, strategic movements, a quick insight into the crux of any problem is not just acquired by a formal management training.
Management is a ‘Mindset’
As we study the lives of these great leaders of society, we observe that they have developed an ‘intuitive’ insight into situations that demand their attention. Today our generation has started considering management as a subject that is learnt in various colleges and institutions. However , management is not just a subject, but a ‘mindset’. This mindset can be developed by anyone with basic education and a long period of trial and error methods, continuous learning and years of experience.

The good news is that these great leaders can transfer their managerial skills and years of experience to the next generation through a process of systematic training.
Training deals with selecting the right candidates, mentor-ship, management of the senses and continuous learning. Most importantly, it requires a lot of patience. Training is not a quick-fix solution. It is a long-term gain. It is looking at the larger picture in spite of short term loss or failure. Today many companies are focusing on this training aspect in a big manner. Large groups like Tatas, Infosys, Wipro, Mahindra and Mahindra etc. have their own full-time training centres.
All great leaders of history have emerged from a long process of training. Mahatma Gandhi took 21 years in South Africa before he returned to India to fight for our freedom. Shivaji was trained right from his childhood before he formed his own army to defeat the Mughals. Pujya Gurudev himself spent ten long years with Swami Tapovan Maharaj before he came down to the plains to build the worldwide Chinmaya Mission. Even in the case of

Kautilya, who wrote the Artha-shastra, it took him years to train Chandragupta Maurya to conquer the cruel Nanda King.
Just like the ‘Law of the Farm’, in training too, we have to go through the whole natural process. Selecting the right seed, sowing it, watering it, waiting for it to sprout, providing it the right amount of sunlight, letting it grow in the right environment – none of the stages can be avoided. Only in the right season and right time do we enjoy the harvest.
Training deals with imparting an understanding of some of the deeper secrets of the human mind. Most importantly, training is a matter of disciplining the mind. We will examine a few verses that deal with the topic of training, in Kautilya’s Arthashastra.
Selection of Trainees
In one of his lectures to MBA students, Sri Rajesh Kamath, the Deputy General Manager (H.R. Department) of the Mahindra and Mahindra Group, said, “If I have to fire someone for non-performance, it is due to my mistake, not his.

I have to be careful during the selection process.” Selection of trainees is the key to any effective training programme. Otherwise we end up frustrated, with huge loss of time, energy and money.
Kautilya, in his Arthashastra, deals with the aspect of training in a detailed manner. The first book of Arthashastra itself is titled Vinayadhikarikam meaning ‘Concerning the Topic of Training’.
Kautilya says that selection of the right candidate to be trained is very important. During those days in the fourth century B.C., when the caste system was prevalent, Kautilya selected Chandragupta Maurya, who was not a kshatriya, to become the next emperor and take over the Nanda dynasty. This shows that the choice of a right candidate for management or leadership training should not be limited to birth, caste, colour, creed, religion or country.
In the following verse, he defines the qualities that we need to look for in a person, before taking him as a trainee. This verse is very important for the H R departments who have to continuously keep recruiting management trainees. The training disciple is the one whose intellect has the qualities

of desire to learn, listening, retention, thorough understanding, reflection, rejection of false views and intentness on truth and not on any other person.
(1.5.5)*
Thus a ‘trainable’ person is the one who has the following qualities:
1. Desire to learn
2. Effective listening ability
3. Ability to reflect (think from all angles)
4. Ability to reject false views
5. Focus on truth, not on any person.
1. Desire to learn – Thetrainee should be keen to
acquire more knowledge. Hisfocus should not be on immedi
ate monetory or material gains.He should keep himself sur
rounded by and learn fromexperienced people underwhom he can learn more.
2. Effective listening ability Listening is ‘hearing plusthinking’. At a higher stage of
listening, the mind itself calmsdown. It is a total receptivestate. The trainee should focus on listening more and try to get*(1.5.5) - Book 1, Chapter 5, Verse 5. This same method will be followed throughout, while referring to the verses in Kautilya’s Arthashastra.

a deeper insight into the words of his teacher. He should not get into arguments trying to prove his point.
3. Ability to reflect (think from all angles) – After listening to the viewpoints of various people, he should be able to sit back and reflect on his own. He should consider all angles before coming to a conclusion. Both logical thinking and creative thinking are qualities of the mind that are required.
4. Ability to reject false views – Rejecting false views does not mean being rigid. He should come to his own conclusion, after correct thinking and analysis. He should be able to reach his own decisions with intellectual conviction.
5. Focus on truth, not on any
person – A trainee should not
just get carried away by the
viewpoints of different people.
He should be able to arrive at
the truth after careful analysis.
He should look at the situation
objectively. He should be able
to see the problem as separate
from the person.
The selection of the right trainee is the first step. This is like checking the quality of the seed before we sow it.

Mentorship
Once the right trainee is selected, he has to be nurtured with the help of a senior who is experienced in that particular skill. This system of mentorship has taken strong roots in today’s corporate training structure. Even experienced people have now started calling themselves mentors more than leaders. Narayana Murthy is now officially designated the Chief Mentor of the Infosys Group. A mentor is more like a catalyst who guides the process without taking part in the reaction.
Training and discipline are acquired by accepting the authoritativeness of the teachers in the respective fields.
(1.5.6) We need to have an attitude of surrender to our mentor, our Guru. This will lead to discipline. We should be able to accept that our mentor understands the subject better than we do. Even though at certain times we find it difficult to accept certain decisions of his, we still need to follow his orders. The full picture will become clearer to us in due course of time.
Swami Tejomayanandaji once said, “At times I used to wonder why Swamiji used to take certain tough decisions. However, in spite of not totally agreeing with him, I never lost faith in him. Today when I am in his position (leading the worldwide Chinmaya Mission), I understand why he did so.”
Management of the senses
Without managing the senses, no leader can progress. As you keep going up the ladder of success, temptations keep coming your way. Often, the downfall of great leaders happens when their senses take over. Sex scandals, shattering decisions taken in a fit of anger, over-indulgence in power, etc. are due to handing over the reins to the senses.
Control over the senses, which is motivated by training, should be secured by giving up lust, anger, greed, pride, arrogance and over-excitement.
(1.6.1) Control over the senses is initially motivated externally by proper training. It is a process of disciplining of the mind. However, no external pressure can help one to maintain this discipline for long. Initially it may be out of fear imposed by seniors, but slowly it has to be-

come a self-discipline. The mind has to be trained through regular practice. One should be able to handle lust, anger, greed, arrogance of knowledge and power and should not get overexcited due to sudden gain or dejected due to unforeseen loss.
A king, behaving in a contrary manner and having no control over his senses quickly perishes, be he the ruler right up to the four ends of the earth.”
(1.6.4)
Lack of sense-control will surely ruin a leader in the long run. Greed for power and position comes out of lack of sense-control. We have seen so many children from wealthy homes and big business empires ruining the hard-earned wealth of their forefathers, due to lack of sense-control. Though one may possess great wealth and power, it will all be slowly lost if one does not handle the senses well.
Continuous Learning
Learning is a continuous process. You have to keep yourself updated with the latest happenings around. The most important part of continuous learning is to associate yourself with persons who are more experienced and knowledgeable than you.
He should have constant association with elders in learning, for the sake of improving his training, since training has a root in that.
(1.5.11) The root of training lies in associating oneself with seniors. It is by being around with them that we come to know the way our seniors look at certain situations with a deeper insight than we can obtain on the surface. Once, a person who was climbing the corporate ladder fast was asked, “How do you keep getting promotions so fast?” “I keep observing what my boss does and learn to acquire his skills,” came the reply.
From continuous study ensues a trained intellect, from the intellect comes practical application, and from practical application, self-possession.
(1.5.16) Kautilya, in this verse, gives us the three steps of acquiring expertise in any field.
1. Continuous study
2. Practical application
3. Self possession
Continuous study – Study is

not just gathering more and more information. As Swami Vivekananda said, “If knowledge was available in books, all the libraries in the world would have been sages!” Information collection is just the first step. Nowadays information is readily available through the internet, television and various other sources, thanks to the technological revolution. However, information gathered has to be converted into knowledge by a process of thinking, analysis and reflection.
Even knowledge is not the final step. Knowledge has to evolve into wisdom. A wise man is greater than a knowledgeable man. He can look into the crux of any problem within a split second.
Practical application – Our knowledge has to have some usefulness. Hence, Kautilya says its practical application is very necessary. Otherwise it just remains a mere theory, with no usefulness either to the person or to the society around. This application has to be for the good of others. It has to be useful to take the society to a productive state and to a higher level of consciousness.
Self possession - By applying in the practical world theconcepts a person has developed by thinking, he comes to have a higher level of confidence in himself. The success of his theory in the practical world also crowns him with many other worldly benefits like appreciation, money, honour, etc. He thus becomes an expert in the very area or field he has been working on for so long.
Self possession is a ‘state of being’. He has become one with his subject. He has perfected the art. From this point onwards his work is just a sport for him. He develops an intuitive wisdom.
Pass It On To Others
Management training is a continuous process. One learns and teaches. One does not have to wait to become an expert to teach others. There are seniors who know more than you; at the same time there are juniors who know less than you. Keep learning from the seniors, and with your own experience, keep teaching the juniors. Thus the circle of life will get completed. Many people wait for a golden moment to start training their

juniors. That golden moment never comes. You have to start it here and now.
When I was in CIF (Chin-maya International Foundation), studying the Arthashastra, I asked Swami Advayanandaji, the Acharya in charge of CIF, “Swamiji, in our Chinmaya Mission the various Acharyas get transferred every now and then. When do you decide when to start training the others to take over, while you may have to go to some other centre?”
Swamiji’s reply gave the gist of training in the most beautiful manner –
“Training your juniors starts the moment you join. It is being ready to leave the position at any given point of time. The system has to run by itself.”
Training is working in a detached manner and yet giving your best to it. Its an understanding that no one is indispensable. You realise that you are not the owner but just a part of the whole. Like the Guru-Shishya Paramapara, the wisdom has to flow from one generation to the other.

DS DOSE by jingoist ID-02

2007-08-07T12:54:00.000+05:30

1. In parallelogram ABCD above, what is the measure of ∠ADC?

(1) The measure of ∠ABC is greater than 90^o.

(2) The measure of ∠BCD is 70^o

2. Is x² equal to xy?

(1) x² – y² = (x + 5)(y - 5)

(2) x = y

3. Was 70 the average (arithmetic mean) grade on a class test?

(1) On the test, half of the class had grades below 70 and half of the class had grades above 70.

(2) The lowest grade on the test was 45 and the highest grade on the test was 95.

4. What was John’s average driving speed in miles per hour during a 15-minute interval?

(1) He drove 10 miles during this interval.

(2) His maximum speed was 50 miles per hour and his minimum speed was 35 miles per hour during this interval.

5. Is ΔMNP isosceles?

(1) Exactly two of the angles, ∠M and ∠N, have the same measure

(2) ∠N and ∠P do not have the same measure.

options:
A. If you can get the answer from (1) ALONE but not from (2) alone
B. If you can get the answer from (2) ALONE but not from (1) alone
C. If you can get the answer from BOTH (1) and (2) TOGETHER but not from (1) alone or {2) alone
D. If EITHER statement (1) ALONE OR statement (2) ALONE suffices
E. If you CANNOT get the answer from statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER but need even more data.
**********

CAT 98.6 percentiler Talks on CAT CAPITAL

2007-08-06T11:03:00.000+05:30

Hi people,

I am happy to tell you that Ms.Deepshika will be talking on our blog.
She is a 98.6 percentiler in CAT 2005 in first attempt and now is pursuing her MBA from FMS Delhi.

She will speak in the thread named "ADAGE"

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ADAGE

2007-08-06T09:52:00.000+05:30

KMAT and PGCET discussion by Yash.

Hai folks,

Let us see some interesting aspects about these two exams.

KMAT and PGCET are two different entrance exams conducted for both MBA and MCA seats in Karnataka. KMAT is management aptitude test is for management seats conducted by Karnataka Private Post-Graduate College's Association. PGCET is for government seats conducted by Government of Karnataka (Central PG Admission Committee).

The exams are conducted for all the colleges affiliated to different universities in Karnataka and also some of the autonomous colleges. Some of the universities accepting PGCET score are Bangalore University, Visveswaraya Technological University, Mysore University etc.

KMAT and PGCET both contain four sections - Verbal ability, Quantitive ability, Logical reasoning and General awareness. The exams are comparitively simple and much easier than any other entrance tests. The exams look for the basic knowledge requirement in the student. One with complete basic can easily score higher in these exams.

Some of the good colleges offering MBA through KMAT and PGCET

Acharya Institute Of management (Bangalore University), 90 seats
Alliance Business Academy (BU), 120seats
Christ College (autonomous), 60 seats
Acharya Institute of Technology (VTU), 120 seats
PES institute of Technology (VTU), 120 seats
Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College Of Engineering (VTU), 60 seats
M S Ramaiah Arts, Science and Commerce (BU), 60 seats

*Most of the colleges take candidates from all india MAT score.

Disclaimer:The views and discussions will be purely regarded as the speaker's opinions and the admin of this blog doesn't support or authorise his words.

TIME MOCK CAT 05/08/2007 paper

2007-08-06T09:22:00.000+05:30

Hai all,

We are looking for TIME MOCK CAT paper (05/08/2007). Contributions are generously welcome.

Send them to: contribute.cc@gmail.com

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DS DOSE by jingoist ID-01

2007-08-06T09:02:00.000+05:30

1. If today the price of an item is $3,600, what was the price of the item exactly 2 years ago?
(1) The price of the item increased by 10 per-cent per year during this 2-year period.
(2) Today the price of the item is 1.21 times its price exactly 2 years ago.

2. By what percent has the price of an overcoat been reduced?
(1) The original price was $380.
(2) The original price was $50 more than the reduced price.

3. If the Longfellow Playground is rectangular, what is its width?
(1) The ratio of its length to its width is 7 to 2.
(2) The perimeter of the playground is 396 meters.

4. What is the value of x –1?
(1) x + 1 =3
(2) x – 1 < 3

5. Is William taller than Jane?
(1) William is taller than Anna.(2) Anna is not as tall as Jane.

OPTIONS:
A. If you can get the answer from (1) ALONE but not from (2) alone
B. If you can get the answer from (2) ALONE but not from (1) alone
C. If you can get the answer from BOTH (1) and (2) TOGETHER but not from (1) alone or {2) alone
D. If EITHER statement (1) ALONE OR statement (2) ALONE suffices
E. If you CANNOT get the answer from statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER but need even more data
***********************
key:1.D 2.B 3.C 4. A 5.E

DS DOSE by Jingoist

2007-08-06T08:43:00.000+05:30

Hai people,

Today we are starting a new series with the name DS DOSE.
It will be contributed by an MBA aspirant codenamed Jingoist.

We at CAT CAPITAL hope you will like it.

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PGCET AND KMAT DISCUSSION by Yash

2007-08-06T03:57:00.000+05:30

Hai people,

We here at CAT CAPITAL are happy to inform you that we have Mr.Yash a PGCET 2007 TOPPER to talk on our blog.

He will be discussing about these tests and their results. As the seat selection process is going to start soon, This is the topic of highlight.

So grab this oppertunity and share knowledge.

Disclaimer:The views and discussions will be purely regarded as the speaker's opinions and the admin of this blog doesn't support or authorise his words.

RC DIGEST SERIES by maverick ID-01

2007-08-06T03:35:00.000+05:30

The conservatism of the early English colonists in North America, their strongattachment to the English way of doing things, would play a major part in the furniture that was made in New England. The very tools that the first New England furniture makers used were, after all, not much different from those used for centuries – even millennia: basic hammers, saws, chisels, planes, augers, compasses, and measures.These were the tools used more or less by all people who worked with wood:carpenters, barrel makers, and shipwrights. At most the furniture makers might havehad planes with special edges or more delicate chisels, but there could not have beenmuch specialization in the early years of the colonies.The furniture makers in those early decades of the 1600’s were known as “joiners,”for the primary method of constructing furniture, at least among the English of thistime, was that of mortise-and-tenon joinery. The mortise is the hole chiseled and cutinto one piece of wood, while the tenon is the tongue or protruding element shapedfrom another piece of wood so that it fits into the mortise; and another small hole isthen drilled (with the auger) through the mortised end and the tenon so that a whittledpeg can secure the joint – thus the term “joiner.” Panels were fitted into slots on thebasic frames. This kind of construction was used for making everything from houses to chests.Relatively little hardware was used during this period. Some nails – forged byhand – were used, but no screws or glue. Hinges were often made of leather, but metalhinges were also used. The cruder varieties were made by blacksmiths in the colonies,but the finer metal elements were imported. Locks and escutcheon plates – the latter toshield the wood from the metal key – would often be imported.Above all, what the early English colonists imported was their knowledge of,familiarity with, and dedication to the traditional types and designs of furniture theyknew in England.

1. The phrase “attachment to” is
closest in meaning to
(A) control of
(B) distance from
(C) curiosity about
(D) preference for
2. The word “protruding” is
closest in meaning to
(A) parallel
(B) simple
(C) projecting
(D) important
3. The relationship of a mortise and a
tenon is most similar to that of
(A) a lock and a key
(B) a book and its cover
(C) a cup and a saucer
(D) a hammer and a nail

4. For what purpose did woodworkers
use an auger
(A) To whittle a peg
(B) To make a tenon
(C) To drill a hole
(D) To measure a panel
5. Which of the following were NOT used
in the construction of colonial
furniture?
(A) Mortises
(B) Nails
(C) Hinges
(D) Screws
6. The author implies that colonial
metalworkers were
(A) unable to make elaborate parts
(B) more skilled than woodworkers
(C) more conservative than other
colonists
(D) frequently employed by joiners
7. The word “shield” in is closest
in meaning to
(A) decorate
(B) copy
(C) shape
(D) protect
8. The word “they” in line 25 refers to
(A) designs
(B) types
(C) colonists
(D) all
9. The author implies that the colonial
joiners
(A) were highly paid
(B) based their furniture on English
models
(C) used many specialized tools
(D) had to adjust to using new kinds
of wood in New England
10. Which of the following terms does the
author explain in the passage?
(A) “millennia” (line 5)
(B) “joiners” (line 10)
(C) “whittled” (line 15)
(D) “blacksmiths” (line 21)

FOREWORD ABOUT RC DIGEST SERIES

2007-08-06T03:15:00.000+05:30

Hai folks,

I will be posting 2 types of RC stuff.

1.The passages from all types of areas you can expect on CAT. These will be only passages and no Q&A.
2.The normal passage,followed by Q&A.

Hope you will find these useful.

Dont forget to leave comments to improve the services that CAT CAPITAL provides you.
Admin folks are planning to introduce each and every aspect related to CAT in this blog.

I have been told that they are hunting for best minds to deal with QUANT,DI,VERBAL and LOGICAL REASONING sections on this blog.

RC DIGEST SERIES BY MAVERICK

2007-08-06T03:02:00.000+05:30

Hai folks,

I am a software engineer and I am working for an Indian multinational.
Okay,coming back to my name, I have been codenamed maverick.

I was invited to post on CAT CAPITAL.
I have planned some time from my schedule and agreed after coming to know about the download stats and the number of hits in first 2 days of blog inception.

My series has been named as THE RC DIGEST SERIES

It starts with the series ID - 01.
Read and apotheosize yourself !

FOREWORD BY MANIAC

2007-08-06T02:13:00.000+05:30

Hai people,
I am from Indian Business Acadamy (IBA), Bangalore.
and I was codenamed MANIAC by the admin.

It was nice to know that there were about 500 unique hits on this blog and more than 1200 downloads in the first 55 hours of its inception.

With this inspiration,the admin has started a series of posts named:
THE JUST LISTEN SERIES.

I was invited to speak on CAT CAPITAL about the richness of our history pertaining to the "Arthashashtra".

For the following days I will be speaking about Arthashashtra by kautilya in THE JUST LISTEN SERIES.
My series starts from ID - 01.
I hope you people will find it useful and interesting.

JUST LISTEN series by Maniac ID-01

2007-08-06T00:37:00.000+05:30

Management Fundamentals in Kautilya’s Arthashastra – I

Management is a subject that olved as a science starting mid-20th century. Peter Drucker crowned with the title of ther of Management’ and is also called a Management Philosopher. Today we find that ngers including ‘managent trainees’ are in high mand in the corporate world d it is the highest paid pro-sion across the globe. We can the large number of students o are racing to do MBAcourses from best possible institutes due to this demand. A company or a corporation today is much more than a business machine. They are employment generators, wealth creators and socially responsible entities. No doubt most of the Fortune 500 companies are ‘Semi-Governments’ by themselves. They have a large say in decision making and policy formation at both national and international levels. Therefore Management and managershave direct and indirect import on our daily lives.

The quality of managers being produced at Management institutes and the output of managers in various organisations is an essential area that we need to monitor on a regular basis. Countries are getting compressed and the world is becoming a global village. Only if our generation can generate value based and principle-centred leaders, can we look forward to a peaceful, co-operative and productive world which is the dream of great visionaries.
Good and effective managers are required in most fields and not just in business enterprises. The areas of politics, science, law, health, defence and even spiritual organisations are looking forward to good managers and to opinions and suggestions of management thinkers.
Indians are occupying top positions in some of the best companies across the globe. They are in high demand to run companies productively and efficiently. Many of them have also started companies which show tremendous growth rates year after year.

India has always been a country of ‘thinkers’. Bharat means a country that revels in
‘knowledge’. We have contributed some of the greatest theories and concepts in all fields which had helped in the development of human civilisation.

Today, most of the companies are run, based on concepts that evolved from the West, mostly America, and Japan. Every country has its own unique culture and so its Management style also has to be unique to fit into its own culture. Americans developed their own management system, so did the Japanese. So, what is the Indian Management System and how is it different from other systems and theories?
Do we have anything ‘unique’ to contribute to the evolving thought of Management research and study? This is an area of discussion in most of the Management forums, seminars and conferences.

When such questions crisscross our minds, we need to ask ourselves a fundamental question – is Management just a 50-year-old science? What are the Management principles due to which India was such a prosperous nation for over 5,000 years of history?
To understand this we need to look back into our ancient Scriptures. While digging thetreasures of knowledge our Rishis left for us, we come across a unique book called Kautilya’s Arthashastra.
Background of Arthashastra.

Kautilya’s Arthashastra is the oldest book on Management available to the world. It was written by Kautilya (also known as Chanakya and Vishnugupta) around 350 BC. When literally translated, it means ‘Scripture of Wealth’. The main focus of the book is on the creation and management of wealth.

However, the book is a masterpiece which covers a wide range of topics like statecraft, politics, military warfare, law, accounting systems, taxation, fiscal policies, civil rules, internal and foreign trade etc. It also covers various technical subjects including medicine, gemmo-logy, metallurgy, measures of length, tables of weights and divisions of time, among many others.
No wonder scholars down the centuries have time and again described Kautilya as a rare mastermind who could be an expert in so many varied and specialised fields.Kautilya was responsible in bringing down the Nanda dynasty and establishing hisable student Chandragupta Maurya on the throne as the emperor. Hence he is called a ‘King Maker’. He is also credited to have masterminded the defeat of Alexander in India when the latter was on his march to conquer the world.

As a political thinker, he was the first to visualise the concept of a ‘nation’ for the first time in human history. During his time India was split into various kingdoms. He brought all of them together under one central governance, thus creating a nation called ‘Aryavartha’, which later became India.

He documented his lifelong work in his book Kautilya’s Arthashastra. For ages, rulers across the world have referred to the Arthashastra for building a nation on sound economics, based on spiritual values. Emperor Ashoka is supposed to have built and expanded his kingdom on the principles described in this book. Shivaji, the ruler of Maharashtra, is said to have studied this book in order to plan and defeat the Mughals. The forts that he built and the navy he created stand till today as an example for all of us to be proud of.

Even though India and Indians never forgot theArthashastra, the study and practical application of the book lost its importance for quite a few centuries.
However, apart from being seen as a scholarly work, this book today needs to be once again presented to all, for practical application in today’s world. The book has many principles and techniques, which once applied, can cause a tremendous improvement even in our day-to-day management of things and situations.

Kautilya’s Arthashatra:

We find the roots of Artha-shatra in the Rig Veda. The Artha-shastra deals primarily with Economics, Politics or Statecraft and Punishments; therefore it is also called Dandaniti. The Arthashas-tra is a book based on pure logic, Anveshiki. Most of our ancient Indian books start with the invocation of a deity before the writing of a book – in most cases, Ganesha, the Lord who removes obstacles, and Saras-wati, the Goddess of Knowledge. However, in Arthashastra, we find that Kautilya begins by invoking Sukracharya and Brihaspati.

Om Namah Sukra-brihaspatibhyamOm. Salutations to Sukra and Brihaspati

There is an important insight we can get from this. Kautilya invokes the two great Acharyas (Gurus) of the Asuras and the Devatas. We find in the Puranas that the Asuras and the Devatas were enemies and hence had two different viewpoints. This means that, Kautilya has considered both the differing viewpoints of the extremes before reaching any decision. Edward de-Bono, the world-renowned thinker of ‘Lateral Thinking’ said, “The most intelligent man is the one who can look at two different contradictory viewpoints at the same time and arrive at his own decision.” This is the quality that a leader has to develop when there are people coming to him with contradictory viewpoints. The book is based on logical discussions taking into consideration all kinds of ideas of various Acharyas.The Arthashastra contains nearly 6000 sutras divided into 15 books, 150 chapters, and 180 sections. The 15 books contained in the Arthashastra can be classified in the following manner: Book 1 on ‘Fundamentals of Management’, Book 2 dealing with ‘Economics’, Books 3, 4and 5 on ‘Law’, Books 6, 7 and 8 on Foreign Policies, and Books
9 to 14 dealing with ‘war’. Book 15 deals with the methodology and devices used in writing the Arthashastra.

Another interesting and note-worthy fact is that Kautil-ya’s Arthashastra is not the first Arthashastra. From a number of quotations and references in later works, we know that there were at least four distinct schools and thirteen individual teachers of Arthashastra before Kautilya. Throughout the book he makes references to these various Acharyas who include Bharadvaja, Visalaksa, Parasara, Manu, Pisuna and Kaunapa-danta, among others. The greatness of Kautilya was that he made the principles contained in his Arthashastra so applicable that probably the previous Arthashatras got lost with passage of time. The very reason that this book has come down to our generation after over 2200 years shows that he had really fine-tuned each concept in such a detailed manner that it survived the test of time. This shows the farsightedness of Kautilya. He has worked on the psychology of the human mind that never changes with time.

Management Aspects:

Though the book covers various topics, in the following series of articles, we will be limiting ourselves to the Management areas in the Arthashsatra. Book 1, ‘Concerning the Topic of Training’, is taken up, as many aspects of the Fundamentals and Foundations of Management are contained in it. It has 500 sutras, divided into 21 chapters and 18 sections. We will also be making a few references to the other books of Arthashatra where topics of Management have been dealt with.

The areas covered under Management include - training, management education, leadership skills, selection of employees, consultation, crisis management, risk management, strategic management, corporate governance, information systems, intelligence network, competition, mergers and acquisitions, etc. among many others.

We will be taking an overall view of all these topics in the following articles.
Some may ask, ‘Is this book written over 2200 years ago still applicable in today’s Management world?’ To this, great thinkers have responded, ‘TheArthashastra is a book about the management of the ‘human mind’, which has remained quite the same over the ages’. Who can benefit from the Management insights from the Arthashastra? They could be business leaders, managers, politicians, chartered accountants, human resource personnel, management trainers, man-agement consultants, intelligence agencies, public/civil servants, government officials, military personnel, students of various fields, etc. In fact Kau-tilya’s Arthashastra is a must for every intelligent person irrespective of which profession he belongs to.

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IIFM to rename degree, introduce 3 specializations

2007-08-05T17:40:00.000+05:30

Starting this batch, premium environment focused b-school Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal will introduce three specializations in Development, Environmental and Forest Management to its flagship two-year program.

The Post Graduate Diploma in Forest Management (PGDFM) will subsequently be renamed to Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) and depending on the specializations that students choose, they would be awarded PGDM-Environmental Management (PGDM-EM), PGDM-Developmental Management (PGDM-DM) and PGDM-Forest Management (PGDM-FM) degrees, the institute's Director Prof DK Bandopadhyaya informed news papers.

The institute is also looking at a possible change of name to Indian Institute of Environment and Forest Management, though it is not confirmed yet.

The first year would be common to all 60 students in the PGDM and the option to choose a specialization would be given in the second year, Prof Bandopadhyaya further said. The specializations would be freely available and would not be subject to merit, he added.
"PGDM-EM will be for students looking to join the Clean Development Mechanism, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Accounting, Waste Management and Corporate Social Responsibility sectors. Those looking for jobs in the Rural Sector in microfinance, marketing, products or processes would take up the PGDM-DM specialization while the PGDM-FM specialization would be targeted towars jobs in the Forestry sector," he explained.

The program increased its intake to 60 students in the batch admitted in 2007. Further expansion would depend on whether the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota is implemented, said Prof Bandopadhyaya.

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Some noticeable trends in CAT

2007-08-04T08:09:00.000+05:30

The following trends are clearly noticeable in CAT in the last few years.The weightage of Math based questions has increased. Until 1998, we would have 85 out of 185 questions that were Math based. This is about 45%. In 2002, 2003 and 2004 almost 81-90 out of 150 questions. This is between 55-60%!!The Problem solving section would constitute 1 out of 4 sections in the test until 1998.

In the last 6 years, it has been 1 out of 3 sections. The importance of this section has therefore tremendously increased (from 24% of the total paper to 33.33% of the total paper)CAT has been getting progressively tougher and thereby low scoring by the year. You no longer need fantastic scores of 100+ to clear the CAT. Over the years, SharpMinds students who have cleared the CAT and made it to the IIMs have had in the range of 75-90 attempts in the paper.

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