Jest in Time @ PGPX!!!

It is that time of the term when you are just running from one exam to another with little reprieve in between. So, yes, the good news is that my first term as a back-to-school student is nearing its climax. But the anticlimax that has made this already harrowing end-term experience even more difficult is our institute’s philosophy of examination rigor, which can be summed up in as little words as this: “A system designed to fail, fails if it fails to fail”. If you think this hardly makes any sense, it can mean only one thing. You are not in touch with the most recent advancements in Operations Management and Just in time (JIT) concepts. But don’t worry. Help is very much at hand. My dear friend Raju has got you covered.

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Currently I am very busy chalking my poor performances against this POOR (Philosophy Of Over Rigor) pedagogy. And needless to say, this whole system has put the most of us in Deep JIT and we can’t wait for this ordeal (err… Sorry, I meant to say the rewarding learning experience) to get over. But to be fair, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Once this term gets over, we will have one full day’s worth of scheduled break before the next term starts. But that is also because it happens to be a Sunday. So all in all, things are looking pretty smooth for the next round of onslaught (read ‘term’) to start. With the next term, our first module of Building Blocks will come to an end. It is a totally tangential matter that I myself, have been more focused on Building Blogs; but for everyone their own.

From the way the IIMA machinery is quietly working in the background, I can already feel the sequential pull that is being exerted on the Academic Materials Supply Chain Management (AM SCM) system, all across the world, to bring in the thickest of books and the longest of cases for our next term. And to play my part in this AM SCM and counter balance this pull, I am already planning on exerting some push technology to get my old books and study materials out the door onto the streets so as to free up some valuable shelf space. And more importantly, we are also planning to apply some similar space freeing strategies to our mind by engaging in some spiritual pursuits, all as part of our knowledge management best practices. After all, unless you get rid of your old knowledge how will you acquire new knowledge? And by looking at our course outline, it is quite clear that there is a lot more that remains to be acquired. So the least we can do is to say cheers to that…