After a long gap I am returning on this blog page. By far this was quite nightmarish time. Qtr 3 and 4 both got over, even a month long vacation after 4th quarter completion is on verge of getting over and I will be back with the grueling time again.
For whole quarter 4 not even a single day gone by without a thought of quitting from this madness and rest in peace. But it is a tough call to quit. I guess many of the batch-mates would probably be sharing the same thought. It is not that there was no casualty and no one called it quit. So far have seen 1 each quarter quitting after having enough of it. I guess they have mastered the concept of sunk cost in entirety. Or may be others and I are still continuing as we are still thinking mechanically.
Won't go in much details for Q3 as I already had a post on that. but few noteworthy things were the 8 hours and counting QM-2 end term exam, me scoring 4/4 GPA in one subject (Law it is). Don't ask me how I got 4/4, but I know this will look like anomaly in my grade sheet. It will be impossible to replicate this again ever in life. Don't ask me why vouching for 'Life'. PGSEM made one thing very Clear, very very clear, studies and me won't go together anymore. I will be DONE with studies after this course. QM-2 paper was not lengthy nor it had too many questions that it took 8 hours + to crack the paper. QM-2 end term had just 5 questions, very 'simple' one with open book, open internet, and well within the course limit but based on real-life scenario. This will be one paper which I will never ever forget like Cell Biology paper during engineering days. Telling the paper tough would bean understatement. Prof did the justice of being a Karmakar's pupil. The linear programming and the network program just seemed liked those of Ramanujam Problem's which will be left unsolved for centuries to come. Anyways, Q3 ended and I was very happy man.
Q4 looked very easy considering 3 subjects compared to 4 what I had in Q3, but the reality hit very quickly. Subjects were very interesting but that's where the interesting part ends. 'Corporate Finance', 'Operation Management' and 'Managing People & Performance in Organization'. Short detail as below -
Corporate Finance - I got why people called it as Coffin and not CorpFin, it is truly a hell hole. No matter how much you read IRR, NPV, PVGO and feel you have mastered the concept, but then the concept just doesn't seem to work in the real-life problem scenario with high probability of making a mistake.
Operations Management - This subject was another of those subjects which I was eagerly waiting and wanted to study since pre-MBA era. Even this was in my specialization plan, but guess now I am better off with the so called 'General' management.
Managing People & performance in Organization - this was one of the course which seemed too easy but was very demanding. Moreover what could go wrong with OMHRM subjects? But innovative presentations requirement, 'n' number of surprise quiz notice in 1st class itself, a real-life case term paper and loads of reading ensured that we are engaged with the subject all the time. It was truly a interesting subject and I would say this is one of the best subjects which I have done so far in past 1 year. Those who are looking for answers to questions like where I lag, what I need to improve and may be purpose of life (if you attentive enough) and what to expect at each stage in corporate career this is one course which can give 'some' idea.
I am not writing detailed account for the Q4 subject nor making a grammar check. May be once I get some time to come back on blog page will be making the updates. For now short account should give soem idea at later point.
Q5 starting in another week time with me taking electives as 'Consumer Behavior', 'Product Management', 'Leading Change & Organization Renewal' it is going to be a busy time.