2008-10 Batch Induction

Dear Students,

A warm welcome to ASB - your second home for the next two years.

As you have been briefed, the ASB's PGPM programme is challenging and demanding. To ensure that all incoming students have as smooth a start as possible, ASB has designed an  Induction Programme.

There are two major components of the programme - (1) Business Numeracy, and (2) Reading, Listening, Comprehension and Writing. Besides these, you will also get a general introduction to ASB, your faculty members, the business world, etc.

Keep visiting this page for updates and please work out the exercises suggested by the faculty. You are free to contact us. Just send in your messages/queries using the box provided at the bottom of this column.

Looking forward to the two years of enriched learning experience with you all :-)

Mercy Mathew

 

18 Aug 2008

10:30 - 12:00  Inaugural Programme

• Prayer

• Welcome : Director, K Ramakrishnan
  

• Lighting of the lamp

• ASB,  future plans: G Vijaya Raghavan
  Learning at ASB: Dean (PGP)
  Vote of thanks: Chair (PGP Admin)
  

12:00 – 12:30  Break/ finish admission formalities

12:30 – 1:00   Brief on induction:

                       Chair (PGP Administration)

2:30 onwards   ASB Anniversary and

                           Welcoming Batch 4 by the seniors

 

19 Aug 2008

9am to 12 noon: Diagnostic Test on Communicaton and Numeracy.

Business Numeracy

(Co-ordinator: KG Satheesh Kumar)

Dear Student,

We could use the time till the formal commencement of our session, to revise some basic stuff. The suggested topics are listed below. I will also put some material and provide links. You may use high school text books or similar material to suppliment the information provided at the links.

If you need to interact with me at any stage, you are welcome to do that over email or chat. Just send me a message using the box provided at the top of the column to the left.

I would also suggest that you have a look at business magazines and try to understand the different aspects discussed there in terms of numbers - like sales revenue, growth, trends, distributions, ratios and so on. You could also look at graphs and charts on the performance of different sectors and companies..
 

KGS

Topics for revision

Order of magnitude - millions, billions, trillions, crores etc. Calculations, approximations. Being comfortable with numbers. Work Board.

Class: 19 Aug 08; 2pm to 3pm

Exercises: 20 Aug 08; 9.15 to 10.15

Powers and roots; business applications. Work Board.

Class: 20,21 Aug 08; 2pm to 3pm

Exercises: 21,22 Aug 08; 9.15 to 10.15

Ratio and proportion; business applications

Class: 22 Aug 08; 2pm to 3pm

Exercises: 25 Aug 08; 9.15 to 10.15

Percent, per thousand, per million and so on. Work Board.

Class: 25, 26 Aug 08; 2pm to 3pm

Exercises: 26,27 Aug 08; 9.15 to 10.15

Profit, loss, discount, mark-up and mark-down

Class: 27,28 Aug 08; 2pm to 3pm

Exercises: 28, 29 Aug 08; 9.15 to 10.15

Links: 1 2 3.

Linear Equations in one variable

Class: 29 Aug 08; 2pm to 3pm

Exercises: 30 Aug 08; 9.15 to 10.15

Links: 1 2 3.

Simultaneous equations

Class: 29 Aug 08; 2pm to 3pm

Exercises: 30 Aug 08; 9.15 to 10.15

Links: 1 2.

Linear Inequations

Class: 30 Aug 08; 2pm to 3pm

Exercises: 01 Sep 08; 9.15 to 10.15

Plotting (graphing) equations; reading graphs

Class: 01, 02 Sep 08; 2pm to 3pm

Exercises: 02, 03 Sep 08; 9.15 to 10.15

Set Theory: Venn Diagrams

Class: 03 Sep 08; 2pm to 3pm

Exercises: 04 Sep 08; 9.15 to 10.15

Statistics and Probability

Class: 4,5,6 Sep 08; 2pm to 3pm

Exercises: 5,6,8 Sep 08; 9.15 to 10.15

Reading, listening, comprehension, writing

(Co-ordinator: Mythili Kesavasamy)

"No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”  ^{- Confucius}