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| Employees’ Corner |
| Books etc. |
| In this section, we hope to feature reviews, mainly
of books, but also of events, CDs, cassettes etc. |
| Ramkumar Shankar |
| Vice President-Finance, Sanmar Engineering Corporation. |
| If you want to make God really laugh,
show him your business plan - by Barry J Gibbons |
 A
business book written by a practitioner (the author was the
Chairman and CEO of Burger King), this is an amazingly good
read. As the title itself indicates, the author takes a “tongue
firmly in cheek” look at business situations. The first universal
law, according to this modern day Hammurabi, is that “When you
have completed, bound, and presented your business plan to the
appropriate audience, it contains the one and only scenario
that is guaranteed not to happen” (who in business can argue
with that?!!). Universal Law 36 states, “If you hit a marketplace
hurdle badly, it doesn’t really matter whether you are the Titanic
or the iceberg. You’re not going anywhere fast.” (the first
time that anybody has ever looked at the iceberg’s point of
view). Mostly irreverent, but never irrelevant, this book would
have anybody in management nodding in acceptance at the truth
of most of what is written. |
| Beyond the humour (and believe me, there’s
a lot of it), there are a number of serious takeaways, distilled
from the experience of someone who has run a large corporation.
Definitely worth a read. |
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| Tuesdays with Morrie - by Mitch Albom |
 A
totally different genre from the book reviewed above, this book
is a touching narration of the author’s interaction with his
old school professor, who is on his deathbed. The title refers
to their practice of meeting every Tuesday and discussing various
aspects of life, relationships etc. Not pretentious, as some
books of this type tend to be, this book really is thought provoking,
and makes one take a hard look at priorities. But be warned,
this could get a bit heavy at times. |
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