management digest feb 2016

Management Digest

Feb 15, 2016 [MANAGEMENT DIGEST – ISSUE - 31]

Editorial of the Month

WHO IS THE ENEMY OF INNOVATION ?

HERE is HBR south asia: December 2015 issue. I was searching for an article on "Negotiations" as I was to conduct a session few days later. The title was also attractive : "How to win before even the bargaining begins Page 45. While flipping through the pages, I bumped on page 73 to find out a scholarly script on "Who is theenemy of Innovation ?"Before reading the article my estimate was that the author will say: "You are your enemy"

However as the luck would have it, author gave very nice description of "functional fixedness", "design fixation" and "goal fixedness". The author came out with a smart way of brain storming.

THE example of Titanic given by the author is amazing. Let me quote a few lines to illustrate. "On the evening of 12th April 1912 RMS Titanic colluded with iceberg in the North Atalantic and sunk two hours and forty minutes later " All of us know that out of 2200 passengers only 705 could survive. Author continues.." Imagine how manymore could have been saved if crew members had thought of iceberg not as just the cause of disaster but a life saving solution. The iceberge rose high above the water and stretched some 400 ft in length."

IT is really a brilliant idea that life boats might ferried people there to look for flat spot. true. The Titanic itself was navigable for a while and might been able to pull close enough to the iceberg for people to scramble on."

FRIENDS, have you understood who is the enemy of innovation ?

THINK...think...think.Happy reading

Dr. S.G.BapatChief Editor

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Event of the Month

Startup India – Standup IndiaOn Saturday, the 16th January 2016, Vigyan Bhawan, the Convention Centre

in New Delhi was jam-packed by more than 1300 your persons braving the winter morning chill. No, they had not gathered for a rock concert or some similar entertainer, but had come to witness a landmark day for the startups. They were the

startup founders, innovators, investors and would be entrepreneurs who had come for an initiative rolled out by the Government.

It had its genesis in the startup India Campaign announced by Shri. Narendra Modi in his Independence day sppech on the 15th

August 2015, in order to accelerate the pace of creating jobs since the employment growth had slowed down.

Startup is a new and smart concept of an industrial activity / business or service unit which is based on an innovative idea and technology. Having explored the traditional methods of industrial activity, a new era of startups has emerged all over the world. Considering the large number of youth and available opportunities for employment, India too, couldnot stay away from this concept.

The 19 point action plan announced by Shri. Modi unveiled various measures, some of them are as under.

- Criteria for a startup entity has been clearly defined.- Creation of a corpus of Rs. 10,000 Crores.- Setting up a credit guarantee fund of Rs. 2500 crores.- Self certification ending the inspector raj.- Facility of startup mobile app and portal.- 3 years tax exemption and exemption from capital gains tax.- Single point contact for all the necessary formalities.

The launch was attended by some prominent Indian startups such as Inmobi founder Naveen Tewari, Mapmygenome CEO Anuradha Acharya and global giants such as Uber founder Travis Kalanick and Softbank Chairman and CEO Masoyoshi Son, etc.

The entire government machinery of concerned ministeries and departments had been present to guide the people & promised all the help & assistance to them. This looks very promising for emerging business and sets the right tone for the development and growth.

Dr. A.M. Joshi

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On Business Ethics Foundation Front

MBA Oath Program at Symbiosis, Lawale

Business Ethics Foundation was invited to conduct half day program on MBA oath at Symbiosis, Lawale Campus on 3rd Feb 2016. The program was attended by 150 students of MBA and faculty members.

Mr. Narayan Gune, Chairman sang “Ethics Prayer – नि�र्म�णोंके पाव� युग र्मे हर्म चरि�त्र नि�र्मा�ण � भूले” and explained its implications. This was followed by film on “Corporate Governance : Polyhydron Case – study” The group was then divided into three teams of 50 students to discuss the case study of “Ethics on Cross Roads – Ram Narayan”. Three Discussion leaders presented their findings. Students digested the idea that it is better to be ethically strong & wait for long term success than to take short cuts.” Mr. S.H. Rairikar Chairman – elect took “Management Oath” and illustrated its implications as “matured observer” of industrial scene for last 30 years” as Dy. Director of

Mahratta Chamber. Dr. S.G.Bapat

Founder President gave concluding remarks. Dr. Pournima Tapas co-ordinated the program.

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Brahman Business Conference (BBC)Feb 13 and 14, 2016 at Hotel United 21, Pancard Club,

Baner, Pune8 am to 11 pm and 8 am to 5 pm

…………………………………………………………….15 delegates of Business Ethics Foundation attended this conference


Poem of the Month

पु. ल. देशपांडे लिलखि त एक सर्वो�त्कृष्ट प्रार्थ�नाहे प�र्मेश्व�ा...र्मला र्माझ्या वाढत्या वयाची जाणिणव दे. बडबडण्याची र्माझी सवय कर्मी क�.आणिण प्रत्येक प्रसंगी र्मी बोललंच पानिहजे ही र्माझ्यातली अनि�वाय� ईच्छा कर्मी क�.दुसर्‍यां�ा स�ळ क�ण्याची जबाबदा�ी फक्त र्माझीच व त्यांच्या खाजगी प्रश्नांची दखल घेउ� ते र्मीच सोडवले पानिहजेत, अशी प्रार्माणिणक सर्मजूत र्माझी होऊ देऊ �कोस.टाळता येणा�ा फाफटपसा�ा व जरु� �सलेल्या तपशिशलाचापाल्हाळ � लावताशक्य निततक्या लवक� रू्मळ र्मुद्याव� येण्याची र्माझ्यात सवय क�.इत�ांची दुःख व वेद�ा शांतपणे ऐकण्यास र्मलार्मदत क�च, पण त्यावेळी र्माझे तोंड शिशवल्यासा�खे बंद �ाहुंदे. अशा प्रसंगी र्माझ्याच नि��ाशा, वैफल्यांचे �डगाणे ऐकवण्याची र्माझी सवय कर्मी क�.कें व्हा त�ी र्माझीही चूक होउ शकते, कधीत�ी र्माझाही

घोटाळा होऊ शकतो,गै�सर्मजुत होऊ शकते, ह्याची जाणीव र्माझ्यात ठेव.प�र्मेश्व�ा,अगदी शेवटपयKत र्माझ्यात पे्रर्माचा ओलावा, गोडवा, लाघवीपणा �ाहू दे.र्मी संतर्महात्र्मा �ाही हे र्मला र्माहीत आहेच, पण एक निबलंद� बे�की खडूस र्माणूस म्हणू� र्मी र्मरू �ये, अशी र्माझीप्रार्माणिणक इच्छा आहे.निवचा�वंत होण्यास र्माझी �ा �ाही, पण र्मला लह�ी करू �कोस. दुसर्‍याला र्मदत क�ण्याची इच्छा आणिण बुद्धी जरू� र्मला दे, पण ग�जवंतांव� हुकूर्मत गाजवण्याचीइच्छा र्मला देऊ �कोस.शहाणपणाचा र्महा� ठेवा फक्त र्माझ्याकडेच आहे, अशी र्माझी पक्की खात्री असू�सुद्धा, प�र्मेश्व�ा, ज्यांच्याकडे ख�ा सल्लार्मागता येइल, असे र्मोजके का होई�ा पणचा� मिर्मत्र दे.एवढीच र्माझी प्रार्थ��ा...

- पु. ल. देशपांडेसौजन्य : सौ. संगीता कुलकर्णी#

TED Talk of the Month

TED TALK :What your doctor won’tdiscloseDuration; 15: 42 min:secFilmed in: Sept 2014

Brief:

Wouldn’t you want to know if your doctor was a paid spokesman for a drug company? Or held personal beliefs


incompatible with the treatment you want? Right now, in the US at least, your doctor simply doesn’t have to tell you about that. And when physician Leana Wen asked her fellow doctors to open up, the reaction she got was … unsettling.

Bio of the speaker:

Dr. Leana Wen is the Baltimore City Health Commissioner. A physician and public health advocate, she has travelled the world listening to patients’ stories. Born in Shanghai, she was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, a reporter with The New York Times’ Nick Kristof, a fellow at the World Health Organization and the Director of Patient-Centred Care Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University.Inspired by struggles during her mother’s long illness, she wrote When Doctors Don't Listen, a book about empowering patients to avoid misdiagnoses and unnecessary tests.As an outspoken leader among a new generation of physicians, she served as President of the American Medical Student Association and as Chair of the International Young Professionals Commission. She also helped create Who’s My Doctor, a campaign for radical transparency in medicine. Read her own transparency statement, and find more resources on TEDMED.In October 2015, she wrote a blanket prescription, or "standing order," in Baltimore City which covers anyone trained to administer naloxone, a medication that reverses the effects of drug overdoses. Under the order, medication will be available on demand to everyone with the proper training to use it, potentially saving many lifes that might have been lost to overdoses.

Web-link:https://www.ted.com/talks/leana_wen_what_your_doctor_won_t_disclose?language=en

Master Web-Link:www.ted.com

Note: Video & Transcript available in 25 different languages but not in MarathiIf you wish to Translate it – Refer to the web-link:http://www.ted.com/participate/translate/get-started

J.G. Bapat9823317398

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Some Useful Online courses of the Month

Technology and Ethics :Course at a Glance: 3-5 hours/week

EnglishThe meteoric rise of technologies used in our everyday life for profit, power, or improvement of an individual's life can, on occasion, cause cultural stress as well as ethical challenges. In this course, we will explore how these multifaceted impacts might be understood, controlled and mitigated.InstructorsRobert Bailey The Ohio State University


http://www.ted.com/

https://www.ted.com/talks/leana_wen_what_your_doctor_won_t_disclose?language=en

https://www.coursera.org/osu


Categories :Information, Tech & Design : Humanities ; Social SciencesAbout the CourseWhen everyone begins pursuing their rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness we are bound to step on each other’s toes. This begs the need for regulations. And this leads to the question as to “what is moral behaviour”;

and what are the ethics that emanate from the selected definitions of moral behaviour. There is no dearth of defined moral behaviour created by religions and their leaders, business persons, politicians, philosophers, and in some cases “the everyday person on the street”. / Example technologies at play today include nuclear energy; biological manipulations for warfare; robots for taking care of the elderly, and enhancing human capability; the use of technology for surveillance; the cultural changing power of the media which can create unlimited arrays of images real and virtual to support a point of view; and the internet with its world wide connectivity. / We need to look into social/technology assessment, the transfer of the technology as it is placed into practice, and the techniques/processes that are available for control within the legal, political, institutional and attitudinal environment within which the technology is placed as a way of protecting our rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Course SyllabusWeek One: Introduction to Technology, Ethics, and CultureWeek Two: Expressing Your EthicWeek Three: Technology Impact AssessmentWeek Four: Social Impact AssessmentWeek Five: Technology Diffusion and TransferWeek Six: Controlling Technology Diffusion and TransferWeek Seven: Course ReflectionSuggested Readings :Professor Bailey will share online resources here and there throughout the course. To get you started, here are a few articles The Ethical Implications of Global Climate Change The Islam-Online Crisis: A Battle of Wasatiyya vs. Salafi Ideologies? Hindu Ethics Islamic Law Allows Husbands to Divorce Their Wives on Facebook Good and Evil in Technology as a Question of Christian Values

Course Format: The class will consist of brief lecture videos. There will 2 small peer review writing projects along with 4 quizzes throughout the course.FAQWill I get a statement of accomplishment after completing this class?Yes. Students who successfully complete the class will receive a statement signed by the instructor.Other than an Internet connection, what resources will I need for this class? You will only need to obtain required reading materials (note: these will be provided online as well).

What is the coolest thing I'll learn if I take this class? You will learn how to understand possible impacts of technology and ways to control them in your society and around the world.

J.G. BapatOn Granthsanvad Front

डॉ. अनिनल अर्वोचट यांच्या हस्ते गं्रर्थसंर्वोाद २०१६ चे प्रकाशन झालेपुणे ३१, जा�ेवा�ी २०१६

डॉ. अनि�ल अवचट यांच्या शुभहस्ते ‘गं्रर्थसंवाद’ या वार्षीbकाचा प्रकाश� सर्मा�ंभ नि�वा�ा सभागृहात झाला. ‘र्माझी आई ९५ वर्षीा�ची आहे. पण ती भ�पू� वाच� क�त े व आपले स्पष्ट र्मत सांगते. प�वा त� इत� र्मंडळींशी बोलता�ा र्मला ती

https://www.coursera.org/instructor/bailey


म्हणाली ‘र्माझ े आपले ह े कौन्सेलिलंग’. र्मी चनिकतच झालो. वाच�ाचा इतका चांगला परि�णार्म र्मला घ�ातच दिदसू� आला.’ अस े भावपूण� उद्गा� डॉ. अनि�ल अवचट यां�ी काढले. याच नि�मिर्मत्ता� े जेष्ठ शिशक्षणतज्ज्ञ डॉ.�.र्म.जोशी यांचाही र्मा�पत्र देऊ� सत्का� क�ण्यात आला. ते म्हणाले, ‘ जे काय� सानिहत्य परि�र्षीदे�े केले पानिहजे, ते तुम्ही गं्रर्थसंवाद प्रकाशिशत करू� क�ीत आहात. याचा र्मला निवशेर्षी आ�ंद होत आहे.’ गं्रर्थसंवादचे नि�यमिर्मत लेखक व वाचक अशा श्रोत्यांरु्मळे सभागृह पूण� भ�ले होते. सौ. निवदुला टोकेक� यां�ी तया� केलेल्या ‘गं्रर्थसंवाद’च्या ई-आवृत्तीच े प्रकाश�ही डॉ. अनि�ल अवचट यांच्या हस्त े क�ण्यात आले. ‘र्माझा व्यशिक्तर्मत्व निवकास र्मीच क�णा�’ या र्म�ाठी पुस्तकाच्या इंग्रजी आवृत्तीचे प्रकाश�ही झाले. काय�क्रर्माच्या प्रा�ंभी सौ. संगीता कुलकणb यां�ी गं्रर्थसंवाद निवर्षीयी र्म�ोगत व्यक्त केले. गेली चा� वर्षीw सातत्या�े प्रकाशिशत होणा-या या गं्रर्थसंवादर्मुळे एक स्�ेह्वतू�ळ नि�र्मा�ण झाले आहे त्यार्मुळे वाच�संस्कृतीला हातभा� लावण्याचा आर्मचा प्रयत्� यशस्वी होत चालला आहे, याचा निवशेर्षी आ�ंद आहे. अंकाचे एक वैशिशष्ट्य म्हणजे अ�ेक उत्तर्म पुस्तकांच्या परि�चयाब�ोब�च सार्माजिजक काय� क�णा-या चा� सार्माजिजक संस्थांची निवशेर्षी र्मानिहती देण्यात आली आहे. सार्माजिजक सहसंवेद�ा वाढावी हा यार्मागील उदे्दश आहे. हा अंक र्मोफत असू� तो पुढील पत्त्याव� उपलब्ध आहे – करि�अ� शिसद्धी, ३१/अ, इंदुलाल कॉम्प्लेक्स, लाल बहादू� शास्त्री �ोड, पुणे – ४११०३०, संपक� – ९७६४४६१५६७ / ९४२२०३१९९

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