Lesson 1 - The Value of Time!!

Why does a day have only 24 hrs? This is the dilemma of any mba student and most students doing a post-graduation. 24 hrs is just not enough.

A management course is designed to teach the essential skill of managing the resource in shortest supply - Time!!
Management = Manage + Men + T where "T" is Time. Essentially, MBA (or PGDM or whatever other name the course goes by) teaches the art of prioritising and getting the most done in the shortest time period.

Now this probably sounds like greek to a lay person, it did to me when I first heard it. But very few people actually realise the value of planning tasks beforehand. I wish I had listened to those talks on time management! But the truth is that you cannot adopt any pratice staight out of a book. Different people have different needs and you need to tailor those approaches to suit you.

The first thing that we heard at our induction programme at ASB was our course director telling us to plan our day. At that time, no one realised the full import of his words. But things are heating up here now. Sleep is becoming a rare commodity as deadlines become a regular feature. But that's the fun of a B-school exprience!! I am sure enjoying it!! :)