B-school trends come and go, but one that seems to have legs is the creation of specialized MBA programs, particularly by second-tier schools. The schools find them useful for attracting students and cementing their brand identities at a time when competition among schools for the best students is intense. In recent years, they’ve becoming increasingly common (BusinessWeek.com, 7/19/07) even at high-profile schools. Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management, and the Wharton School now offer specialized MBAs, majors, or dual degree programs in areas like real estate, sports management, biosciences, electronic commerce, and health care.

But is a specialized program always a good choice for an MBA student?

Not necessarily. While established programs have placement records on par with those of their general MBAs, many newer programs have not yet established the kind of recruiting relationships that guarantee students high-paying jobs at graduation. And graduates always run the risk of getting hamstrung by their specialties later in their careers, when an industry downturn forces them to look outside their specialties for opportunities.
Chart Your Own Path

Some who have gone through the specialized programs say they are best for those with a firm idea of their future goals, and who are keen to chart their own path. “I knew what I wanted to do,” said Carrie Stern Rathod, who received her MBA from Wisconsin’s Brand ‐ Product Management Center in 2005 and now works for Procter & Gamble (PG), which recruits regularly from the program. “There’s a range of people for whom this program is ideal. If you have an entrepreneurial bent but are not sure you’re ready to take the leap yet, the program might be right.” But, she added, “I think it would be tough if you wanted to go into consulting or something like that.”

For students who aren’t comfortable breaking away from the pack or seeking out professional contacts in unconventional ways, a specialized MBA might not be the best choice. This is especially true at less well-known schools, where big companies often don’t recruit. Students in these programs agree that making industry connections can require a lot of initiative from the student. “If you have a very specific company in mind, you might need to be a trailblazer in making relationships with those companies,” says Rathod.

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Walk through the halls of the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business during the school year, and along with students cramming facts for macroeconomics and operating strategy you may encounter some students stretching their bodies and doing something really unusual for business school students: relaxing.

They’re members of Chicago’s yoga club, a student group founded earlier this year by two GSB students and which last term attracted 15 to 35 regular attendees to classes in the school’s Harper Center. The classes are “time to shut your brain off,” says Jody Kirchner, one of the group’s founders.

The Chicago GSB yoga classes reflect a growing popularity of yoga in the U.S., with about 16 million Americans engaging in the practice, according to statistics released by Yoga Journal. The publication said $5.7 billion is spent annually on yoga classes and products, nearly twice as much as four years ago.
Indian Odyssey

During a school-sponsored trip to India last year, Kirchner and fellow student Doug Neal bonded over a mutual interest in yoga. Kirchner and Neal, who both had been practicing yoga for years before they met, eventually decided to start a group dedicated to the practice on campus—after Kirchner noticed that other business schools had yoga groups, but Chicago didn’t.

In midyear, Neal, a 2008 MBA graduate, and Kirchner, a rising second-year student and co-chair of the club, conducted an interest survey for the group. Of the 1,100 students attending the school, about 200 expressed interest.

Kirchner said she was surprised at the large response the survey garnered, finding that a sizable portion of the student population already practiced yoga, at least to some extent. “People I know outside of school say the same thing,” she said. “After a stressful day, it’s time they can do something easily to take their mind off their stress.”

Neal says yoga isn’t just for stress relief. “Yoga is very multifaceted, and the benefits of yoga are different for each person,” he said. “Some use it for exercise, for meditation poses, some for relaxation, some for injuries.”

There were 22 MBA Vietnamese graduates and eight BA Vietnamese graduates in these first classes receiving the degrees of the University of Bolton. The degrees are recognized by the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training.

Speaking at the graduation ceremony, Deborah Clarke, British consul general in HCMC, said there would be plenty of opportunities for Vietnamese graduates as Vietnam’s economic success and integration into the global economy is fuelling demand for well-educated managers who are able to operate in a global market-place.

She added education is one of the five key pillars of the UK’s relationship with Vietnam and that the collaborative partnership between the two universities will help to create a critical mass of skilled professionals with an international outlook in Vietnam as well as further strengthen educational links between the UK and Vietnam and promote understanding between the two countries.

Working in partnership with HCMC University of Banking, the University of Bolton has delivered the programs in HCMC since 2006. The programs include Bachelor of Accounting, Bachelor of Business Administration, and transfer program for Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration.

An enrolment seminar for these programs will be held at 8:30 a.m. on July 19 at Kim Do Hotel, 133 Nguyen Hue Boulevard, District 1, HCMC. For details, contact the Center for International Cooperation of the HCMC University of Banking (2nd floor, 39 Ham Nghi Boulevard, District 1, tel: (08) 821 4660, ext: 101).

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You don’t have to have an MBA to know the value of basic business skills. Just ask Greg Shaw, 22, and the 54 other recent graduates of the Carolina Business Institute at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

These new biologists, psychologists and arts majors added the business course to their resumes before stepping out into the real world. Many think it will give them a competitive edge in the workplace. Some think such skills are necessary if they want to one day run their own businesses. And others want the confidence of knowing how to manage personal finances.

UNC’s Friday Center has offered a 41/2-week business boot camp to non-business students for 16 years. The intense course covers basic business practices including marketing, accounting, finance and operations management.

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In today’s highly competitive corporate world, working professionals are keen to upgrade their skills and qualifications like never before. SP Jain Center of Management, a business school that offers programs of intensive management business, both working for executives as well as full-time students, recently sought applications for its Executive MBA second batch of sixty and was overwhelmed by the response.

SP Jain Center of Management, located at Knowledge Village, Dubai has a legacy of being at the cutting edge of management education. Its parent campus, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), ranked seventh by Asia Inc, the Singapore based business magazine, and India’s top business school for job placements, has been constantly innovating not just the curriculum and pedagogy but also the imparting methodologies employed in business education. These advances are now available at Dubai’s SP Jain campus for the region’s business management aspirants to benefit from.

The government wrote to the training center to initiate the coast of Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Mangalore.

G. Giridhar Prabhu, president of the Chamber of Commerce Kanara and head of the Committee on sectors Coastal Agenda Task Force (CATF), said the Hindu on Friday that the Minister for large companies, RVDeshpande a meeting with representatives of LUCF in this context, on Thursday.

Mr. Prabhu, thanked the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada, AKMonnappa, and the president of LUCF, N. Vinaya Hegde said IDECK Ltd had proposed three sites in Baikampady in Dakshina Kannada, Padubidri in Udupi District, and Agsoor near Ankola in Uttara Kannada district.

The government has shown interest in it “in principle” to the draft authorisation for private sector participation.

The government would only play a mediator. The government is not interested in what the circle and management KCCI area to recognize and develop, in collaboration with the CATF.

Mr. Prabhu said that there were now mandatory for the Centre to ask their own countries SEZ Act. He said the CATF, a copy of the Bill of Maharashtra SEZ on the Prime Minister and LUCF, he assured that the State of extending “legal cover” for the formation of the SEZ. However, on the coast SEZ is unique.

The coasts of the belt of Karnataka was known for his immense reservoir of human resources and have a huge potential for SEZ in the area of trade and services.

The OECD countries and developed countries had a lot of NIC in the services sector, which could be replicated in Mangalore, if these SEZs born here, the concept paper on the SEZ said.

The SEZ in Mangalore would be first to find trade and service companies. But it would also have an area of production, conservation, taking into account regional differences in the chemical industry.

Units could clean SEZ.

The approach paper KCCI, said the work units, such as clothing, toys, paper conversion, change packaging and specialty packaging, value-added in agriculture and cultivation of plants Horticulture, spices, rubber, coconut and arecanut based products should preferably be in the of the SEZ. Production units specialized in all entries to the Indian cuisine as masalas, finished preparations of dried vegetables, ingredients for and entrances, maize, sugar, rice and rice, wheat, potatoes and onions, vegetables dried and other processed foods and be considered for SEZ. The approach document cites the target markets of SEZ in West Asia, East and West Africa, Asia-Pacific and Russia.

The Government in its letter, said the CSEZ would be ideal for a port based on the establishment in the medium term, highlighted in the Export Strategy 2002-07.

The Union Ministry of Industry and Commerce noted that NMPT as a strategic location for the port of India in the implementation of the study Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi.

The National Academy of Sciences, a private organization established by Congress in 1863 to advise the Federal Government, has elected 60 new members. The election brings the number of active members to 1,683.

The academy also named 15 nonvoting foreign associates, bringing their total to 298.

Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded an American scientist or engineer. The academy said election recognized “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”

Following are the new members and their affiliations at the time of the election. New Members

Yakir Aharonov, professor of physics, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and University of South Carolina, Columbia.

Paul G. Ahlquist, professor, Institute for Molecular Virology and department of plant pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Bishnu S. Atal, head, speech research department, A.T.& T. Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J.

Bruce S. Baker, professor of biological sciences, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.

Ransom Lee Baldwin Jr., professor of animal science, University of California, Davis.

Denis Baylor, professor and chair of neurobiology, Stanford University.

Malcolm R. Beasley, professor of applied physics and electrical engineering, Stanford University.

Klaus Biemann, professor of chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.

Claude R. Canizares, professor of physics, head of the astrophysics division and director of the Center for Space Research, M.I.T.

Charles P. Casey, Helfaer Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin.

C. Thomas Caskey, chief of medical genetics; professor of medicine and biochemistry; director, Institute of Molecular Genetics; Henry and Emma Meyer Chair in Molecular Genetics, and investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.

November 1 (PTI Economic Service): NIIT, the name is synonymous with information technology services and solutions providers so far, has recently diversified in the training of managers and professionals Banking. To that end, the company has three new schools - - NIIT Imperia for the training of management personnel; NIIT Litmus qualified personnel for human resources companies and hunger IFBI ITES (Institute of Finance, banks and insurance), to meet the exponential growth of financial services sector in India and overseas markets. NIIT has already announced an investment of about Rs 27 crore in the next three years for all new businesses. Under the IFBI and Imperia, it is first six centres, which would be increased from 15 at the end of next year and 75 in 2009.

In the first phase of strengthening Litmus, NIIT, four specialised centres in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore. In the next three years, Litmus centres in about 150 cities. With NIIT Imperia, a person does not need a break from the bid management graduate of the Indian Institute of Management (IIMS). Three IIMS - Ahmedabad, Calcutta, Indore and the executive are now its development programmes at the disposal of six distance-learning Center in the country on the technology available to NIIT. NIIT has recently announced a public-private partnership with three IIMS to start Imperia, the management of labour market training frameworks for synchronous learning with technology. The content, teaching and certification and knowledge of the area is one of IIMS, while technology, synchronization classrooms across the country and managing the education system are distributed by NIIT. “Currently we have six advanced learning centers in six cities (the four metros and Bangalore and Hyderabad) for an investment of 5 crore business in the next three to five years, we hope to reach 75 cities of RS 20 crore investment, ”NIIT Chairman Rajendra S Pawar said.

First, two programs each participant IIMS would be proposed. It includes three general management programmes for professionals with a minimum of three years experience, six or 10 years, Indore IIM, Ahmedabad and Calcutta, respectively. A strategic programme of Business Communication of IIM Ahmedabad, a course on finance Applied IIM Calcutta and a programme of sales and marketing management of IIM Indore are available. The programs are pricing in the field of R-54000-R 2.00000. The content, teaching and certification programs under the Imperia is one of IIMS and technology synchronous classrooms across the country and management of education system would be distributed by NIIT, he added . — Learning synchronous technology allows remote access to classrooms to live with the Faculty teaching establishments. The classes will be run after working hours and weekends, allowing students to continue their work and education simultaneously. Under the system of the Faculty, an internal studio is located inside the campus of the IIMS and students, through meetings, interactive two-way video and audio and other software to replicate face-to - face teaching. The diversification of hunting activities in the head of the company, NIIT has also recently a new institute, NIIT The court, which would have qualified personnel human resources ITES hunger.

Der Entrepreneur Of The Year (r)-Programm vergibt, gegründet und produziert von Ernst & Young LLP, nationaler gesponsert und von USA Today, CNN bekannt gegeben und CNN, Nasdaq und der Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Auszeichnungen Unternehmer, deren Einfallsreichtum, Fleiß Ausdauer und haben, erstellt und nachhaltig erfolgreiche, wachsende Business Ventures, begann Alles im Jahr 1986 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Der Erfolg der Entrepreneur Of The Year-Programm hat dazu geführt, dass ihre Expansion in den USA und international. Inland, das Programm hat sich von einem Jahr im Bereich Vergabe 1986 auf 46 im Jahr 2000. International Programme werden in Kanada, France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italian, den Niederlanden, Irland, Südafrika, Austria, Japan, Schweden, Schweiz, Indian, Brazil, New Zealand, dem Vereinigten Königreich, Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad und. Es ist unser Ziel, in 30 Ländern bis zum Jahr 2002.

Die Anzahl Qualität und der Kandidaten hat sich von 1100 im Jahr 1987 auf mehr als 4200 im Jahr 1999.

Ein Kandidat muss ein Eigentümer / Manager in erster Linie verantwortlich für den jüngsten Performance der ein in Privatbesitz befindliches Unternehmen, das mindestens zwei Jahre alt. Gründer von Unternehmen sind öffentlichen förderfähig, soweit Gründer der ist noch aktiv im Top-Management.

Unabhängige Beurteilung von einzelnen Panels Vergabe Bereich wählen sieben bis zehn Entrepreneur of the Year Award in mehreren Empfänger Kategorien.

Nach dem zu urteilen, Finalisten Preisträgern und sind angekündigt und präsentiert mit Plaketten regionaler und auf Trophäen Vergabe Bankette im Juni.

Die Auszeichnung Empfänger werden life-time-Mitglieder von The Entrepreneur Of The Year Hall of Fame. Die Hall of Fame, in Verbindung mit der Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, führt Erhebungen über seine Mitglieder, die als Grundlage für Trend Analysis, Prognosis und das Verständnis Unternehmern und ihren Unternehmen. Es gibt derzeit mehr als 6,000 Mitglieder. Award-Preisträger sind die inducted in Hall of Fame in der Entrepreneur Of The Year International Conference im Herbst. 1999 Die Veranstaltung nahmen mehr Menschen als 2,000. USA Today CNN und bieten umfangreiche Berichterstattung in den Medien für die Veranstaltung.

National Entrepreneur of the Year Award Empfänger werden von einer unabhängigen Jury in mehreren nationalen allgemeinen Kategorien und Industrie, sowie die allgemeinen nationalen Entrepreneur Of The Year. Alle regionalen Unternehmer. Of The Year Gewinner sind die für die Ehre national. National Finalisten und Preisträgern in allen Kategorien bekannt gegeben werden Entrepreneur Of The Year-International Konferenz in Mitte November. Alle von der National Entrepreneur of the Year Award Empfänger werden in einem der speziellen Abschnitt USA Today, in den jährlichen Ausgabe von Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year-Magazin, als auch auf und CNN CNN bekannt gegeben. Vergangene National Entrepreneur Of The Year honorees haben Michael Dell, Chairman und CEO von Dell Computer (1989), Robert Levine und Craig Benson, Gründer von Cabletron Systems, Inc. .. (1990), Cecil Ursprung, Präsident der Reflexite Corporation (1991), Jerry Ehrlich, Gründer und CEO von Wabash National (1992), Robert EM Nourse, Präsident und CEO von The Bombay Co. (1993), Robert Basham, Tim und Chris Gannon Sullivan von Outback Steak House (1994), Allen Rasse von Rasse Technologies, Inc. .. (1995), Henry Yuen der Gemstar International (1996), Jack Taylor Andy und von Enterprice-Rent-A-Car (1997); lacobucci Edward von Citrix Systems, Inc. .. (1998), und Richard M. Kaufen Best of Schulze (1999).

Supporter of Entrepreneurship

Privatpersonen haben, die einen Beitrag zum herausragenden unternehmerischen Geist in Amerika oder dazu beigetragen, ein erfolgreicher Unternehmer geworden Geschäfts-oder durch Hochschulen sind für die National Supporter of Entrepreneurship Award von der Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Diese wird Auszeichnung erkennen, eine individual hat dazu stets beigetragen, Zeit, Geld, Ermutigung und / oder die Entwicklung von Fähigkeiten, um die Ursache of Unternehmertums, und haben gezeigt, Kreativität und der Lehre Innovation in oder die Unterstützung des Unternehmertums. Supporters of Entrepreneurship Bewusstsein haben ein für die Herausforderungen und Vorteile of Unternehmertums durch direkte Teilnahme an der Prozesse unternehmerischen betont und haben, ein “hands-on” Ansatz-und Methodik. Ein Supporter of Entrepreneurship können oder nicht haben eine Firma gegründet und kann aus der Welt der Unternehmen oder jede der Ebene Hochschulen.

Singapore-based Contact Center consulting firm Omni Touch today announced the launch of its activities in India.

The company had in the Indian market earlier this year by setting up an office in New Delhi, a company release said.

Omni Touch, which is affiliated to several world organizations such as the International Customer Management Institute (ICMI) and the Call Center Industry Advisory Council, provides access to benefits worldwide standard for implementation at the local level.

He finished the examination of India one of the main centres of contact as Convergys, Scope International Avaya Global Connect, HDFC, IDEA Cellular and Bharti Tele-ventures, he said.

“India is an excellent market position, which with its customers worldwide. However, the key to expirience excellent services and clients are still low … The need for training and consultancy specializing in the organization, contacts Centre sector, with solutions is now very clearly, “Omni Touch South Asia director Mahesh PUNIA said.

The company is confident in creating a strong pillar in the sub-continent in the coming months, he said.