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Dr Debjani Banerjee

The decade ahead is expecting millennial generation to comprise three-quarter of the work force. Millennials like any other generation have their own set of natural talents and develop some skills which they need. Some are innate and some are consequence of the environmental impact. In this new wave of globalized approach this generation looks towards leadership from a different approach then been perceived by the previous generations. This new generation traits are asking these captains to steer the boat with disparate approach which justifies their rationale. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other” as rightly been quoted by John Kennedy. The B-school being one of the anchors guiding them path of journey needs to grasp, where to focus the effort of nurturing and grooming which would suit the traits of new generation leaders. This place of wisdom has to realize that a “square peg in a round hole would not fit”. Thus the unique talent should be identified and nurtured in such a way that it churns out a “Next-Gen leader.”

B-Schools nurturing Millennial Leaders Developing Next-Gen Leaders

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Dr Sandeep Bhardwaj

Mumbaikars are often taken by surprise at the early morning scenes around their locality where they find about 50 to 100 workers, hanging together on the sidewalk for no apparent reason. On close investigation, one realizes that these workers are plumbers, electricians, masons, carpenters etc., skilled in their particular profession waiting for work. Soon enough, the contractors arrive and hire them for a fixed contract at the contractor’s site. The rates for the services rendered are generally pre-decided, usually on time-based remuneration. Every day, all but few are ‘hired’ and they leave for work. The contractor is free to hire anyone based upon the skills he needs while the worker is free to work for any contractor whose working conditions are better. The worker can work for more than one contractor at a time and yet not be bound by any organizational diktats.

Welcome to the world of Gig Economy where people work without a job.

MBA 2.0: Joining Workforce without a Job

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Dr Sandeep Bhardwaj

The dead bodies keep on mounting. It started with the Secretary, she was the first to be killed. Then came the Postman and the Travel Agent, they too was murdered mercilessly. After this there were an avalanche of professions who were found dead in cold blood. The serial killer in each case was same - Technology. It is Gigantic, Omnipotent and Ruthless. It is coming over for you, me and everybody!

Will Technology Kill the Salesman

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Dr. Pradeep Kumar Mitra

In the last one year the stock market has witnessed a huge downward swing where the bench mark index (NIFTY 50) has provided a negative return of almost 4.2%. The carnage in the Midcap index (-21.70%) and Small cap index (-28.70%) returns is now too heavy for the common investors who joined the zeal of market in the financial year 2017-18 and continued to pour funds in the market. The common investors are generally risk averse but they get many times carried away with the bullish fever in the market and ultimately repent on it. Risk aversion means that investors naturally try to avoid risky investments and when they are put into a risky situation they demand for more return. As such equity investment is a high risk instrument but the risk can be lowered if an investor invests in low volatility stocks. A low volatile stock means fewer fluctuations in its daily charts and normally has lower beta which is close to 1 or less. So pertinent question is whether investing in low volatile stocks can save investors from these swings and give a better sleep in the night with a handsome equity exposure in their portfolio. The portfolio at the same time should provide a better risk adjusted return that outperforms the index return.