Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Monday, 4 November 2013
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Experiences from the VOX POPULI.
Vox populi! Vox populi! Vox populi! as goes the name of the
karaoke event held on 22nd Oct. 2013. I have loads to talk about this event.
One fine day Mr.Umesh informed us about the karaoke event
which would be a part of assessment of our internals. I was suprised and excited on hearing this but
i wondered how singing would make any difference or add value to communication
skills. I could not find any relations to it. We were to sing in a pair one
hindi and a tamil song and days passed i
started taking this event for granted as i found this was not going to help me
by any means. Later after days i questioned why not a try? Selected the song
and downloaded the lyrics and the karaoke. Initially i began singing along with
the song. It was fun. I had never made an attempt to learn a song till date. It
was first time i actually put an effort to learn it. Days passed, the event was
being postponed due to various reasons and finally it was decided to be held on
22nd oct 2013. It was pleasant to see all my colleagues putting in their effort
and singing so well. We assembled together for the rehearsal. It was then i
realised the benefits i could gain from this event. Stage fear, confidence and
team work was one of the most important factors i learnt from this event. We
worked as a team right from the planning, organising, assigning roles and
responsibilities to each. I had taken up the stage decoration task. Each and
every one of them were involved in their respective tasks. Few things i learnt
from my task was making the maximum
utilization of the resource available. The stage actually turned out well
better than expected. i also got an opportunity to compere. i am very thankful
to Mr.Umesh for the amount of trust he had on us that we would make this event
a success. Success of any event is the result of hardwork.
Few of the important learnings from this event are as
follows:-
TeamWork, Planning, Organising, Coridinating, Creativity(stage
decoration), Overcoming Stage fear, Gained confidence, Never giving up, Hardwork,
Voice modulation, Eye contact when at stage and finally learnt a song
completely.
A.L.MOHAMMED RAMEEZ RAJA.
A.L.MOHAMMED RAMEEZ RAJA.
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
SUMMARY ON THE NEW EMERGING MARKET MULTINATIONALS
The New Emerging Market Multinationals
The book, new emerging market multinationals started with explaining Taiwan’s HTC-the highly anticipated smart phones in 2011 with revenue of 600 million. The author mentioned that the large multinationals are not from United States, Europe or Japan but are from China,India, Brazil, Russia, Turkey and South Africa whose per capita income is about $US10000 when compared with income of $34000 elsewhere.
The book pinpointed the challenges forced by the EMNC (Emerging Multinational companies) whether to build global business model or develop global brand. Developing a global brand with no business model is waste of time and resources.The author researched 39 multinationals and came up with 4 strategies that drive the growth of the companies in emerging countries,
They are as follows by the author’s words,
• COST LEADERS leverage existing low-cost structures and large-scale volumes to extend their reach into developed markets.
• KNOWLEDGE LEVERAGERS tap their existing resources and knowledge of home consumers and the market to build branded businesses in other emerging markets.
• NICHE CUSTOMIZERS combine their cost advantages in manufacturing with newly developed low-cost R&D capabilities to develop customized niche-segment branded offerings in
• GLOBAL BRAND BUILDERS use their low-cost manufacturing and R&D capabilities to build branded businesses in developed markets— but limit their focus to specific products and segments through a process of focused innovation.The companies went international to learn about global standards to learn about global standards to be able to fight the encroaching local rivals .For instance, the Taj Group needed to portray itself as international in its home market to compete against the new global entrants.Praveen Jaipuriar, Dabur's Senior General Manager for Marketing, who had this to say when questioned about global: "We know if we do not have a certain capability, we can acquire it or even pay and get the best in the field to do the research for us.
As per extensive study done by author, the main reason that the companies went global is that the EMNC have
1. AMBITION
2. VISION
3. CONFIDENCE TO BECOME GLOBAL GIANTS
WHY DO BRANDS MATTER?
A brand first increases the volume and secondly improves the margins. To quote Husamettinonac of Turkey’s Vitra: ”Brands are very important. If you are not a brand, you cannot capture the value added sufficiently. There are enough commodities in the world. At the moment you can buy similar products from China at half price .They are nice imitations. There are always people who make them cheaper than us.That’s why it’s a 100% must for us to be a EMNC’S typically have the skills and the size to be able to manufacture height-quality products at a relatively low per unit cost. The EMNC company’s costs are also lower. EMNC can more easily afford to create customized products for particular market segments.While these EMNC ‘s have access to cheaper R&D human talent ,they are usually not yet at the high technical level and scale to pioneer really high end technical capabilities. They naturally lack the large global organizations.
The book on a whole puts forward its emphasis on the emerging economies as being hotspots of upcoming multinational firms rather than the wide held conception of European and Japanese saturated markets. It also tends to change the reader’s assumptions about international economic competition and his views on the ultimate winner of Corporate Wars, which on its personal note is more inclined towards a contradictory answer.
The book, new emerging market multinationals started with explaining Taiwan’s HTC-the highly anticipated smart phones in 2011 with revenue of 600 million. The author mentioned that the large multinationals are not from United States, Europe or Japan but are from China,India, Brazil, Russia, Turkey and South Africa whose per capita income is about $US10000 when compared with income of $34000 elsewhere.
The book pinpointed the challenges forced by the EMNC (Emerging Multinational companies) whether to build global business model or develop global brand. Developing a global brand with no business model is waste of time and resources.The author researched 39 multinationals and came up with 4 strategies that drive the growth of the companies in emerging countries,
They are as follows by the author’s words,
• COST LEADERS leverage existing low-cost structures and large-scale volumes to extend their reach into developed markets.
• KNOWLEDGE LEVERAGERS tap their existing resources and knowledge of home consumers and the market to build branded businesses in other emerging markets.
• NICHE CUSTOMIZERS combine their cost advantages in manufacturing with newly developed low-cost R&D capabilities to develop customized niche-segment branded offerings in
• GLOBAL BRAND BUILDERS use their low-cost manufacturing and R&D capabilities to build branded businesses in developed markets— but limit their focus to specific products and segments through a process of focused innovation.The companies went international to learn about global standards to learn about global standards to be able to fight the encroaching local rivals .For instance, the Taj Group needed to portray itself as international in its home market to compete against the new global entrants.Praveen Jaipuriar, Dabur's Senior General Manager for Marketing, who had this to say when questioned about global: "We know if we do not have a certain capability, we can acquire it or even pay and get the best in the field to do the research for us.
As per extensive study done by author, the main reason that the companies went global is that the EMNC have
1. AMBITION
2. VISION
3. CONFIDENCE TO BECOME GLOBAL GIANTS
WHY DO BRANDS MATTER?
A brand first increases the volume and secondly improves the margins. To quote Husamettinonac of Turkey’s Vitra: ”Brands are very important. If you are not a brand, you cannot capture the value added sufficiently. There are enough commodities in the world. At the moment you can buy similar products from China at half price .They are nice imitations. There are always people who make them cheaper than us.That’s why it’s a 100% must for us to be a EMNC’S typically have the skills and the size to be able to manufacture height-quality products at a relatively low per unit cost. The EMNC company’s costs are also lower. EMNC can more easily afford to create customized products for particular market segments.While these EMNC ‘s have access to cheaper R&D human talent ,they are usually not yet at the high technical level and scale to pioneer really high end technical capabilities. They naturally lack the large global organizations.
The book on a whole puts forward its emphasis on the emerging economies as being hotspots of upcoming multinational firms rather than the wide held conception of European and Japanese saturated markets. It also tends to change the reader’s assumptions about international economic competition and his views on the ultimate winner of Corporate Wars, which on its personal note is more inclined towards a contradictory answer.
A Day in the Life of Mr.Shantu Kumar.
A day in the Life of.....
A person gets all kinds of service from fellow-human being
while he is alive but what after death. Most of people do not get even a proper
funeral. How many are there to serve those people who have passed away?
Very few social organisation, people with loving hearts are
rendering service to them. Mr.Shantu Kumar, a middle-class man who owns an
event management business on small scale. This person and a group of 5members dedicate
services like funeral to the unclaimed bodies. He arranges funerals to the
unclaimed bodies like persons died in the Govt. hospitals; Aged persons died in
the street, train accident victims, unknown persons dies in road accidents,
persons died due to AIDS. So far they
have arranged funerals for more than 1650 bodies with the permission of
corporation and public authorities. They are inculcating this kind of social
service in the mind of college students , school students and to all in public
through media and events. He is doing this service since 2004, When asked what
inspired him to do this service, he replied quoting “HELPING HANDS ARE MUCH
BETTTER THAN PRAYING LIPS”. This statement of his touched us. The reason behind
he doing this service was when he once saw a body affected by AIDS laying
untouched for days at the Govt. hospital where none took efforts to do the cremation.
Since then he is being doing this service.
It was a immense pleasure having met this social personality
who has been awarded the “THE REAL HERO” from Reliance group at CNN-IBN news
channel from the hands of Mukesh Ambani. He has also received several awards
for doing this service.
Sunday, 18 August 2013
MY IDEAL SPOUSE
Marriage is the most important and difficult thing in one’s
life, so we have to choose our life partner prudently. As I think of my
ideal spouse, many traits and qualities come to my mind. Of many
qualities, I am going to give 3 most important things that I would look for my
ideal spouse.
First of all my spouse should be very faithful. I want my
spouse to make me trust her that she will love me forever. Trust between each
other is an important thing, once a person back down on one’s trust, it’s
almost impossible to regain it.
Secondly, I want my spouse to love me more than that I do. I believe
on the quote “Love the one who loves you than the one you love”
Thirdly, I want my spouse to take decision from heart than
brain. She should be very soft-hearted.
These are the three most important things i would like to see
in my spouse.
A.L.Mohammed rameez raja.
My Ideal Spouse
I would like my ideal spouse to be an absolute
knock-out, she should be compassionate, she should be a helpmate, and she should
encourage me. She should stand behind me in my hard times and in my decisions. She
should be a trustworthy friend, a wonderful lover, a loving mother to my children
and a great cook. She should love me when I'm lovable and even when I'm not
lovable. She should be open minded. She should be outgoing. She should dress
like a princess. I could go on but enough said she would always be my precious
wife...
Sriram Ragunath
Monday, 29 July 2013
letter of discontent
Mr. A.L.Mohammed
Rameez Raja,
I-PGDM, PSGIM,
29-JULY-2013
Mr.
Tulsi Tanti
THE
CEO,
SUZLON
TECHNOLOGIES,
Subject:
Comments on the financial report of 2011-12.
Dear
Mr. Tanti,
Any market situation is
indeterminate and rests on the speculative interests of its stakeholders.
Investors though hold high regards on the reputation of the organisation they
venture to invest. With myself having been associated with your organisation
for the past 3 years engaging in extensive share support at every fiscal have
arrived with a sense of discontent on your company’s financial returns for the
year 2012-13. The Net Sales/Income from operations have dropped drastically
from Rs.1,254.43 crore to Rs.493.68 in crore establishing a wave of uncertainty
among investors to appeal in the future proposals of the company.
The equity share policy could be
considered for revision to encourage capital from investors for future
endeavours but definitely through more effective and promising projects. The
overall increase in the operational expenditure and the rate of depreciation
have been the factors affecting the growth of the organisation, these issues
require immediate attention. I think this objective will benefit the growth of
the company as well as the requisites of the stakeholders. I look forward
towards a continuous association with your organisation and request you to do
the needful.
Sincerely,
Rameez
.
Sunday, 28 July 2013
Business Letter
Sriram Ragunath.J
Tirupur
29 July 2013
Mr. Aditya Puri
ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd
Dear Mr.Aditya Puri,
Sub: Financial performance of ISGEC
It gives me immense pleasure to be a shareholder of ISGEC Heavy
Engineering Limited. I have gone through the annual report of the company’s performance.
The results of the company satisfied me since the share price has been
increased in the BSE. A little of a more effort will be helpful in developing
the share of the company, which will flood the company with more players.
As
an investor ranging between 300001-40000, which has upset me since the price
value has been decreased in an inconsistent manner, which led to a depreciation
of 22 Rs per share. Since the investments made by me is of large volume which
literally faced losses. By analysis of the liabilities in the balance sheet ,
which gave me a sigh of relief .But the profit margin attained by the company
is less compared to that of the Q4 profits last year and especially in the
month of February the company ‘s work was appreciable. The auditor’s report is
transparent, but the tax report is blurring and requires precise information.
Since the company is heading towards the profit, I request to increase the
dividend, particularly the stock dividend which will encourage the mid-volume
share holders to invest bulk.
I am happy with company’s performance a little more effort is to be put
so that it will help boost the company’s capital from the share holder’s side.
Thanking You,
Your’s
truly
Sriram
Ragunath.J
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