Aegis People Support Talk

We had a Aegis People Support Talk at Shangrila, It was a good experience, first time I had a dinner talk. While the Aegis management were talking we were served good food.

They wanted us to consider Aegis while searching for a job.

FM Quiz and Exams

Finally Financial Management 1 got over this weekend, There were 4 quizzes and a final exams. I was satisfied with my learning in finance. With my interest in stocks, it helped me related properly with this subject. The exam was 5 hours with 5 question and was open. The topics covered where working capital, capital budgeting, cost of equity, WACC and financial analysis.

entrepreneur management course

TEM is an entrepreneur management course in HBS. Importance of entrepreneur is to drive economies and to create jobs.

There are four distinguishing characteristics of entrepreneur’s environment

1. Great uncertainty

2. High impact

3. Radical change

4. Limited resources

Entrepreneur’s are different from manager’s   in the sense that

1.        Entrepreneurs are opportunity driven
2.     Entrepreneurs focus on cash and the need to conserve resources.
3.     Entrepreneurs use flexible organization, structures and approaches.

Underlying goals for TEM

1. 1.       The course will help you understand how entrepreneurs think about and approach challenges of new venture creation.
2. 2.       It will familiarize you with broad range of settings.
3. 3.       It will familiarize you with the major sources of capital available to entrepreneurs and the expectation of those investors.
4. 4.       How to grow business.
5. 5.       Help you to decide entrepreneurship as a career.

Course is divided into four modules.

1. 1.       Introduction
2. 2.       Launching New ventures.
3. 3.       Managing growth and transition
4. 4.       Conclusion

Specific questions will be answered in each module. The question will be regarding the size, environment and other factors that affect Entrepreneurs.

OM game

This was the last OM game. It was called diaper game .it was about supply chain
The objective was minimize cost for all four customer,retailer, distributor and manufacturer. Prof gave customer orders which was varied accordingly. there was  panelty as
inventory - .5 pesos and back order- 1 pesos.


There was weekly cadence and 1 week delay from one box to another. this was a simple supply chain and we could see the issues with demand fluctuation, We always had back orders or inventory build up.

date: 19th march

Business Models, Strategy, and Tactics are different

• Strategy. The company decides which business it wants to be in and how it will compete, creating a “unique and valuable position involving a distinctive set of activities.” It’s another way of saying, I think, here is what we can do better than anyone else and how we can defend our position in a competitive marketplace.
• Business Model. I like the authors’ description of the business model as the “logic of the company.” This is how the firm organizes and operates, how it delivers value to customers, and how it captures value for stakeholders. It must align with company goals.
• Tactics. Tactics are the steps used to compete in the marketplace, and they are defined largely by the business model. If your business model is built around direct sales, your tactics won’t involve incentives to retailers, for example.

The authors turn to the auto industry for an analogy. For them, strategy is designing and building the car, the business model is the car, and tactics are how you drive the car.

Transition Challenges

10 key transition challenges

1. Promote yourself
2. Accelerate you learning
3. match strategy to situation
4. secure early wins
5. negotiate success
6. achieve alignment
7.  create coalition
8. keep your balance
9. expedite everyone
10. build your team.

Mentor Scale

I had taken this test, I had to answer 40 questions and was classified into sociability, dominance and Interpretation.
I have almost equal scores among column, so according to Mentor Scale, I am moderately sociable or moderately reserved depending on the situation.

I have almost equal scores at dominance among column, so according to Mentor Scale, I am neither highly dominant nor highly submissive. Can control moderately or not at all, depending on the situation.

 I have almost high score at openness in   column A, so according to Mentor Scale I am cautious, guarded and reluctant to show feelings.

test taken on 2/2/11