Normally in a GD session we are all given a blank piece of paper. You can use this blank piece of paper as your mind map or use it as a note pad. Transforming paper as a mind map makes things a wee bit easy when your turn comes. But more often than not people stumble and just fail to put their point across. I just came across an article about ‘prep card’, which can actually help you curb this tendency. I am not too sure about its effectiveness but, …

IMI has released the list of shortlisted candidates for admissions to PGDM 2008-2010 and PGDM(HR) 2008-10 interviews. The lists are in pdf format and are available on following links.
Interview Shortlist for PGDM 2008-10 | Interview Shortlist for PGDM (HR) 2008-10The cut-off is 96 percentile with a minimum of 50 percentile in each of the 3 sections of the CAT examination.

http://www.ximb.ac.in/start1/admres.php
Click on above link to see if you were shortlisted.

When I wrote SIOM : leader in the making, my focus was entirely on placements. Now, I wonder if should have looked into more aspects.
A good leader is one who is keen to learn from mistakes others have made. And it seems SIOM has vowed not to repeat SIBM, SCMHRD, SNAP and SIIB result declaration fiasco. Thats why, they have already put a notice on their website which reads
Look here for GDPI short list at 5:00 pm, 28 jan 2008 onwards.
Isnt that nice. Good for PG moderators. The notice means …

list of candidates shortlisted for admissions to PGPM 2009 is out. I am not too sure about the admissions year. Shouldnt it be Admissions 2008. Anyways, list is available at here.

TAPMI’s GD PI shortlist fr 2008 is out. The list is available at TAPMI’s website

NMAT 2007 results will be declared tomorrow. Results would be available at www.nmims.edu after 5 pm.
Results declared. Available at http://www.nmims.edu/mba2008/Login.htm. Use Internet explorer to see the result.

1. Schroeder Inc. - Business Planning, Growth Planning, Organizational Instruction, Integrating Acquired Companies, Operational Planning, etc.
2. Times 100 Case studies based on some of the major names in business.

Will keep updating the list as and when I come across something interesting.
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The Phase II of the selection will consist of Group Discussion,Personal Interview,Group Activity & Written Communication Test. The Group Discussion will be based on a case study, which will be followed by personal interview. The Group Test would evaluate the soft skills required in a managerial position and the written communication would evaluate the ability to write concisely & coherently. Final Selection:The final selection of students will be based on the performance in Phase I and Phase II.The weightage will be as follows:SNAP Test-30%Group Discussion-25%Interviews-25%Written Communication-10%Group Test-10% …

As anticipated GD&PI shortlist for SIIB admissions 2008 has followed the same guidelines as 2007. For open category the cut off for GD PI calls for SIIB admissions 2008 is 81.25(IB) and 51.75 (AB) .
SIIB 2007 Methodology | SIIB 2008 GD PI Shortlist
Congratulations to everyone who is through.
-rahul