http://www.managedecisions.com/blog Compete, Thrive & Sustain with better business decisions Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:44:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Highlighted below are some of the leadership practices and questions on which I reflected upon at the end of the course. -self-awareness (centering, TR) When I started working on self-awareness, I had absolute lack of knowledge about my own inner self and all my actions were driven by utter disregard for other’s ... http://www.managedecisions.com/blog/?p=377 Managing interest rate risk is very crucial for any institution whose balance sheet has a mix of Assets and Liabilities with different maturities. The recent financial crisis has demonstrated the grave interest rate risks that play havoc with the financial health of a company. The capital formation class has really helped me establish a ... http://www.managedecisions.com/blog/?p=372 Risk management application provides the ability to identify risks, determine characteristics of risk emergence, allow measurement through control systems, and apply enhanced project management methods for improved achievement of project and stakeholder goals throughout the life of a pipeline project. Risk reduction and risk management both are the key to ... http://www.managedecisions.com/blog/?p=365 This a classic case that is predominantly faced by global project managers who work with culturally diverse project teams with whom they share no similarities. According to PMBOK, a global project manager must require an ability to communicate, facilitate, negotiate, plan, budget, organize, motivate, manage, measure, monitor, think laterally and ... http://www.managedecisions.com/blog/?p=361 According to PMBOK guide, Project quality management includes “all activities of the overall management function that determine the quality policy, objectives, and responsibilities and implements them by means such as quality planning, quality assurance, quality control, and quality improvement, within the quality system”. Quality planning has quality policy, scope statement, ... http://www.managedecisions.com/blog/?p=357 As part of our term paper in Business Ethics, we researched the Satyam Scandal, the largest corporate accounting scandal to date in India, to find out the ethical and moral collapses that occurred, the psyche of the key executives and what we can learn from it. It is amazing to know ... http://www.managedecisions.com/blog/?p=348 Values and ethics are a part of our everyday lives. We wake up to these values and beliefs each day as they are the "rules" that govern us. Ethics is not just about morality; it is a complex dimension of personal and corporate life that can lead to higher ... http://www.managedecisions.com/blog/?p=344 As part of our course exercise on business sustainability, I went to Banshee Reeks again to capture some of the species diversity existing in the preserve. I had to identify an ecological enterprise and report on its ecological footprint and role in the community. I was fortunate enough to capture some ... http://www.managedecisions.com/blog/?p=332 My goal in the business program has been to see how individual endeavors undertaken by companies eventually rollout at the macro level and contribute to the overall business growth in challenging and competitive environments. I have been really excited with the ongoing debate about the ethics and moral reasons behind running ... http://www.managedecisions.com/blog/?p=328 This paper is intended to be a reflection of my learning experiences so far and there is no question that that the course has left a deep impact on my critical understanding of emotional intelligence, embodied presence and organizational leadership. We had clear expectations from the class and it was ... http://www.managedecisions.com/blog/?p=324