3C Report (SIP Project)

The Company: You should understand the company as a whole by going through various departments of the company. In addition, also understand the position of the company vis-à-vis the industry in which the company is operating. In trying to understand the position of the company, the following aspect may be studied:

Marketing: Product Portfolio, Distribution Network, Sales force, Pricing, Promotion strategies, Customer service, Market share, Market structure, Competition, Measurement metrics etc.

Human Resources: Organization structure, Organization chart, Senior management, Departments and functions, Staff strength, Recruitment, Training and Development, Appraisal and Retention practices, Retention issues, Measurement metrics etc.

Operations: Functions, Processes, Facilities, Measurement metrics etc.

Finance: Capital structure, Financial ratios, Performance metrics etc.

The Customer: You should understand the products of the company and the customer profile. Efforts should be made on various aspects of understanding the customers, their segmentation, product positioning, buying pattern etc.

The Competition: You should understand the competitor for the products marketed by the Company

SWOT Analysis: You should study the economic environment in which the company is operating, understand its progress in the past and based on the same; analyze the strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to the company. The SWOT analysis should provide insights into the company’s future prospects and the strategic directions.

Who’s Who: You should know and prepare a report on

(a) The immediate operations team including the company guide and supervisors

(b) Departmental heads at the SIP company

(c) Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director and other top management team members of the company.

Motivating Quotes-2

• The beginning is the most important part of work - Plato
• Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have and underestimate the value of what they can gain by giving that up - James Balesco and Ralph C Stayer
• Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
• Achieving starts with believing - Anonymous
• People who enjoy what they are doing invariably do it well - Joe Gibbs
• Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail - Ralph Waldo Emerson
• The unlimited power that lies sleeping within you; let it slumber no more - Anthony Robins

Motivating Quotes-1

Vision helps us see the possibilities of tomorrow within the realities of today, and motivates us to do what needs to be done

• Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless you can imagine it. (George Lucas)
• Superstar Wayne Gretzky holds more hockey records than anyone in the history of the sport. When asked about his success, season after season, Gretzky said, “I skate to where the puck is going, not to where it’s been.”
• Peak performers want more than merely to win the next game. They see all the way to the championship. They have a long-range goal that inspires commitment and action. (Charles A Garfield)
• The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never scoring. (Bill Copeland)
• When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. (Seneca)

Question Bank for MBA-Healthcare students

1. Explain the Von Neumann Model in detail.
2. Differentiate between-
a. Primary & Secondary Memory
b. Hardware & Software
c. Program & Algorithm
3. Explain the computer generations in detail.
4. Write a short note on the need of operating system.
5. Explain the functions of an Operating System in detail.
6. Explain the different categories of operating system.
7. Differentiate between Menu driven & command driven shell.
8. Explain the following functions of an operating system in brief-
a. Memory Management
b. Device Management
c. File Management
9. Differentiate between Application software & system software.
10. Differentiate between Packaged and customized software.
11. Differentiate between Machine language & Assembly language
12. Differentiate between Interpreter and compiler
13. Differentiate between Procedural and non-procedural language
14. Write a short note on-
a. Batch Processing
b. Real time processing
c. Online processing
15. Explain System Development Life Cycle in detail.
16. Explain FLOWCHART in brief.

17. Explain the following constructs of a programming language
a. Sequence
b. Selection
c. Iteration
18. Define following terms
a. Syntax
b. Semantics
c. Pragmatics
19. Define following terms
a. Field
b. Record
c. File
20. Explain the following File organizations
a. Heap
b. Sequential
c. Index Sequential
d. Direct
21. Explain database and different categories of DBMS.
22. Explain the basic operations of a RDBMS.
23. Define following terms in context of a database-
a. Tuple
b. Relation
c. Domain
d. Attribute
e. Primary Key
f. Foreign Key
g. Cardinality
h. Degree
i. Composite Key
j. Data Dictionary
k. Database Administrator
l. Integrity constraints
24. What is Network? Explain its advantages in detail.
25. Explain the different types of networks in detail.
26. Differentiate between Point to Point and broadcast networks.
27. Explain the different types of network topologies in detail.
28. Write a short note on network protocol.
29. Differentiate between simplex, half duplex, & full duplex transmission technology.
30. Explain the key features of MS-Word.
31. Explain the key features of MS-Excel.
32. Explain the key features of MS-PowerPoint.
33. Explain the key features of MS-Access.
34. Explain the concept of E-Commerce, its advantages and disadvantages in brief.
35. Write a short note on EDI.
36. Explain the different categories of E-commerce transactions.
37. Explain the concept of Information System in detail.
38. List down the different categories of Information Systems.
39. Explain the quality attributes required for a good IS.
40. Explain TPS, MIS and DSS in brief.
41. Explain Hospital Information System.
42. Explain the concept of Tele-medicine in detail.
43. Explain the concept of EMR in detail.
44. Write a short note on the role of IT in hospital management.
45. Explain the concept of Tele-consultation in detail.

Classroom Management Tips-5

Part V: End Procrastination

By now you have received a number of tips to help you become an effective classroom management teacher. The whole basis of these tips, and this report, is to teach you how to take a proactive approach to classroom management.

However, even if you are using all these tips, even if you are using the "all-write" strategy and the "pair-share" strategy, even if you are using video, critical thinking questions, and making connections to student's interests, even if you are making your objectives clear, and checking for understanding, and even if you are giving very specific directions...you still have problems.

The problem is it doesn't matter how proactive you are or how many tricks you use to try to get students involved, some students still just don't do anything, they simply procrastinate as long as they can.

Don't get me wrong, these students are more than capable, they just simply procrastinate. They are the ones that say, "I don't get it" as an excuse for "not doing it".

The trick to solving this frustrating problem is in how you "monitor" the room after you give a set of directions.

First of all, you need to understand that teaching today does not involve the teacher sitting, or even standing, in one place. An effective classroom management teacher is constantly moving about the room. How else can you truly monitor student work?

Now, there is a tendency for teachers to want to go to their less-abled students first. This is natural, but it is also a mistake.

If you go to your less-abled students first, who require more time, your procrastinators will simply procrastinate longer. Instead, you want to go to your procrastinators first with a quick "hit and run".

Here are the steps:

First, give a set of directions.

Next, go immediately to your procrastinator and tell him, "I'll be back in 30 seconds (or whatever specific time you choose), and I want to see you do this". Be very specific. For example, "Amit, I asked you to answer questions 1 through 5 based on the reading. I want to see you answer question number 1 right now. I'll be back in 30 seconds to see how you did."

Third, make absolutely sure that you return to the procrastinator in the time you specified and continue in this manner. For example, "Great Amit, now answer the next three I'll be back in 1 minute and thirty seconds."

Procrastination is planned or intentional stalling. Getting these students on task doesn't take much, it just takes persistence.

Do this a few times and you will see your procrastinators stop procrastinating.

The simple fact is they would rather do the classwork than have you keep bothering them.

By getting the procrastinators started on the task they will now be involved in the classwork, and therefore, much less involved in any mischief.

Not only that, but now you can actually spend "more" time with your less-abled students.

Classroom Management Tips-4

Part IV: Be Specific

In Classroom management tips-3, I discussed the connection between student confusion and classroom management. Another way teachers can reduce student confusion is by "being specific" with their directions.

For example, there is a big difference between these two statements:

"Take a few minutes to answer the questions."

And...

"Take 3 minutes to write down answers to questions 1 through 5 on your own."

See the difference.

Now, of course, the next step would be to check-for-understanding (classroom management tips-3) by simply having a student repeat back the directions.

Actually, I would have one student repeat back how much time the students have to complete the task, another student to repeat which questions they are going to answer, and I would ask a third student who they were allowed to work with on the assignment.

Speaking of being specific, did you notice that I attached a very specific time limit to the task? This is important. Whenever you put students on a particular task make sure to attach a very specific time limit. In other words, you are putting your students "on-the-clock".

Classroom Management Tips-3

Part III: Increase Class Participation

As part of any strong instructional plan you must know effective ways to increase class participation. You see, class participation and classroom management are directly connected. The more you have students actively and constructively participating in your class the less discipline problems you are going to have.

In fact, your ultimate goal should be to get 100% class participation.

Think it's impossible? It's not.

There are many simple strategies that you can use to drastically increase the percentage of students who participate in your class.

**Just keep in mind, good class participation does not only consist of students raising their hands and volunteering information. **

A great way to increase class participation is by combining two simple teaching strategies known as the "all-write" and the "pair & share".

For example, instead of asking a question and having the same handful of students respond by raising their hands, I'll ask a question and tell all my students, "You have 3 minutes to write down an answer to..." After their three-minute time limit is up, I will then tell all students to take 2 more minutes to discuss their answer with their partner or group.

In this way I have taken what would have been less than 10% class participation and turned it into 100% class participation. And, those students who would have raised their hands anyway have now had a chance to develop even stronger answers.

By keeping students actively involved the teacher is being proactive.

The teacher is limiting the opportunity for classroom management issues to arise in the first place by keeping the students involved in the lesson.