Well, starting to write something to express about how you feel has been regarded as something rude when not taken in the right sense. " The world is stage" said Shakespeare and I see everyone is an actor and pretty good too! Everyone talks about Terrorism, Economic Slowdown, Global warming and none turn into actions. In fact even I am doing the same thing sitting here in front of my laptop. Amidst all the chaos we create and planning to create, there is the underlying fear of failure in everyone of us. I ask this question to myself that 'fear creates failure or failure creates fear' & I stay puzzled even to this date. I think understanding the factors that contribute to the 'fear of failure' would help us clear the fog. Most of the B Schools try to control rather by giving control to students. My good friend Srinath has always been asking this question that " Why has been there no consensus between management and students?" but i fail to answer him. Studying in a Business School has always been compared to working in a company, at least thats what they want us to understand. On the contrary its been otherwise, maybe its the perception game we all are playing. I think its the understanding between the students and the values of the B Schools that contradict each other most of the times. It reminds me of the idealogical differences that existed between Russia and the U.S. of A. When a chap gets placed the name goes to the college and when he doesn't he is blamed for it and up to an extent it holds good but I guess its debatable. Now that the fog has been clearing up over the years, its been clear that 'yetha raja, thadha praja' which means that the king is responsible for people of his kingdom. Relating the above quote to the present scenario the values of B Schools is what makes the student's value in the market. But in reality the students want most of everything without making an effort and their arises the conflict, On the other hand Schools fail to be sensitive towards students' feelings.
In the last entry I raised a few issues regarding bschool cultural clashes between students and management. To begin with, I'd like to thank all those who posted comments on that. Your comments inspired me to think further. I was talking about students and management not supporting each other. On this point, I got some interesting insights about other management schools. Most good colleges have something called a student's union. They are the major interface between management and students. They have certain liberties of imposing rules and regulations of students in the form of fines and disciplinary actions. The point I'm trying to make here is that, while I'm not a fan of fines and rules, I could accept it if it were imposed by elected representatives of the student community of the college. Because in some way I'd feel that I was involved in this too. Like a democracy in its true sense. Maybe that is what is lacking here. Apart from this I would think if Management schools wanted to prepare us for business scenarios of tomorrow, they should begin by creating a professional environment. While I do agree that students also need to contribute to creating this, I think that if B-schools want students to behave professionally , they must be treated professionally as well. If rules are imposed, there should be feedback mechanisms too. Not only for professors but for those very rules laid down by management. Why not incorporate give respect and take respect?