How did you learn ?

By Explanation

By Experience

To Walk

To Talk

To Read & Write

To do Arithmetic

To speak a Foreign Language

To get a date for a party

To Negotiate for a Contract

To make a Sale

Post College Education

Academic ProfessionalGoal Understand and expand a

body of knowledgeDevelop a set of skills, practices and ethical standards

Example Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Sociology, History, Language, Economics (PhD)

Medicine(MD),Law (ML),Management (MBA),Engineer or Architect (B E, B.Arch)

Focus of Training

Theory Analysis DiagnosisExecution of Plan

Typical Work Product

Research Documents Action Plan

Thought Process

AbstractDeductive

RealityInductive

Method best suited for learning

Lecture

Master to Student

Discussion

Practitioner to Apprentice

What is a Case?

A Management Situation- Decisions to be Made- Plans to Develop- Programme for ExecutionRealistic Alternatives that are

- Mutually Exclusive A Good StoryA New Experience for Student

Approach to the Case Individual Preparation with Commitment to a Position Small Group Discussion (10 groups each of 6 students

duration:10 minutes)

- Test ideas

- Not to get a consensus

Large Group Discussion - Debate and Contentions

-Commitment to Various Alternatives -Persuasion of Peers

Reflection , Personal Generalisation , Experiential Recollections and Learning

A fall before Rising:“The Story of Jai Jaikumar”...Takeaways…. “A debt to repay”…lucky to have jumped to the right side and

survived; lucky to have walked in the right direction after his slide; lucky to have stumbled upon the hut and its incredibly generous occupant and lucky to have recovered well as he did… ”luck extended beyond the accident”…’the parents and family who raised him and the education he received…’Jai resolved to do something to improve the “luck” of the villagers and build a school

“Outliers”-Malcolm Gladwell… Warren Buffet… ”Ovarian Lottery Ticket”...impelling him to give back liberally;

”In Life be sincere, not serious about yourself and others”.. .Jai encouraged students to relax and through his own example, enjoy and celebrate life,recognise their advantaged positions and fulfill obligations to the less fortunate in society

Albert Einstein: “ Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts”

(sign which Einstein used to hang outside his office in Princeton University)

Fortunate people’s responsibility: To give back to Society ‘Success is born in good fortune and

obligation is born in success’