[Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: Michael Porter on ReformingHealthcare; India Arrives on the Global Stage ??

Thu Jun 8 05:28:15 PDT 2006

At 10:46 PM -0700 6/7/06, Rajib Das wrote:
>Besides, wasn't he on his Dad's quota there?

** Of course, what else?

Unfortunately such "MERIT" is needed by these elite institutions to 
survive and prosper. Tuition fees won't do that. And a 'Central 
Govt.' does not fund them.

So the bottom line is: The brand name is just that! It does not 
guarantee a high-quality end product! One could get a lemon in a 
shiny and glittery wrapper.

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>--- Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>
>>  Certainly not mine.
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>>
>>  Admission to or graduation from even the most elite
>>  and/or exclusive
>>  of institutions do not NECESSARILY mean one is
>>  either accomplished,
>>  or able or even above average . One could be highly
>>  accomplished in
>>  one area, while being below average or thoroughly
>>  incompetent in
>>  another aspect of life.
>>
>>
>>  I would submit we don't need to go far for proofs.
>>
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>>  At 7:55 AM -0700 6/7/06, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
>>  >Does that make a difference in your opinion about
>>  George Bush?
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >----- Original Message ----
>>  >From: mc mahant <mikemahant at hotmail.com>
>>  >To: umesh.sh05 at post.harvard.edu
>>  >Cc: assam at assamnet.org
>>  >Sent: Tuesday, June 6, 2006 9:32:42 PM
>>  >Subject: Re: [Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter:
>>  Michael Porter on
>>  >ReformingHealthcare; India Arrives on the Global
>>  Stage ??
>>  >
>>  >Then came a state visit from U.S. President George
>>  W. Bush (HBS MBA
>>  >'75) in March, the same month HBS inaugurated its
>>  global
>>  >
>>  >Really? He a HARVARD MBA?
>>  >
>>  >mm
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >From:  umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com>
>>  >Reply-To:  umesh.sh05 at post.harvard.edu
>>  >To:  assam at assamnet.org
>>  >Subject:  [Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: Michael
>>  Porter on
>>  >ReformingHealthcare; India Arrives on the Global
>>  Stage ??
>>  >Date:  Wed, 7 Jun 2006 01:51:48 +0100 (BST)
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >HBS Working Knowledge <workingknowledge at hbs.edu>
>>  wrote:
>>  >
>>  >To:
>>  >Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 10:07:01 -0400 (EDT)
>>  >From: HBS Working Knowledge
>>  <workingknowledge at hbs.edu>
>>  >Subject: Newsletter: Michael Porter on Reforming
>>  Healthcare
>>  >
>>  >
>>
>><http://tracker.ease.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=znwrbbrs9_1-1783x3178fx165142&>
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>>  >HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK
>>  >Using Competition to Reform Healthcare
>  > >The Soft Skills of Global Managers
>>  >India Arrives on the Global Stage
>>  >Readers respond to Jim Heskett: How Important Is
>>  the "Service Sector
>>  >Effect" on Productivity?
>>  >The Bottom Line: Masterly Management
>>  >
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>>  >Plus: Book reports
>>  >========================
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>>  >NEW ON THE SITE
>>  >Using Competition to Reform Healthcare
>>
>><http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5369&t=strategy>http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5369&t=strategy
>>  >In their new book, HBS Professor Michael Porter and
>>  Elizabeth
>>  >Olmsted Teisberg argue that the very structure of
>>  U.S. healthcare
>>  >must be redesigned to create value and effective
>>  competition
>>  >throughout the system. An excerpt from Redefining
>>  Health Care:
>>  >Creating Value-Based Competition on Results.
>>  >
>>  >The Soft Skills of Global Managers
>>
>><http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5370&t=leadership>http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5370&t=leadership
>>  >While top performance usually is what gets global
>>  managers their
>>  >international assignments, soft skills may be more
>>  important. An
>>  >excerpt from Harvard Management Update.
>>  >
>>  >India Arrives on the Global Stage
>>
>><http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5366&t=globalization>http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5366&t=globalization
>>  >Economic reforms and a young, entrepreneurial
>>  workforce have lifted
>>  >India into the global economy and raised its hopes
>>  for social
>>  >development. Harvard Business School alumni talk
>>  about doing
>>  >business in a country that has captured the world's
>>  imagination.
>>  >From HBS Alumni Bulletin.
>>  >
>>  >Readers respond to Jim Heskett: How Important Is
>>  the "Service Sector
>>  >Effect" on Productivity?
>>
>><http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5374&t=heskett&oid=5362&rid=5374&hid=-1&aid=-1>http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5374&t=heskett&oid=5362&rid=5374&hid=-1&aid=-1
>>  >In the cost-driven U.S. service economy, are worker
>>  benefits being
>>  >sacrificed in the name of lower-cost services to
>>  customers? Are
>>  >these social costs more than offset by the benefits
>>  of job creation,
>>  >the consumption stimulus that
>>  >spurs job creation, and lower unemployment? Others:
>>  please respond
>>  >by Tuesday, June 13 at 10:00 a.m. EST.
>>  >
>>  >The Bottom Line: Masterly Management
>>
>><http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5371&t=dispatch>http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5371&t=dispatch
>>  >You don't have to complete a master's program to
>>  become a masterly
>>  >manager, says Jonathan Byrnes. But understanding
>>  the process of
>>  >obtaining a master's degree will help you think
>>  about how to improve
>>  >your skills.
>>  >
>>  >
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