Fare Thee Well

JUN23

Ms Anjali Manda conducted one of her - in our opinion - most brilliant classes. A class which in a way was a mixture of what we should have done and what we should do to improve our lot on retirement from the services. The prognosis was so- so in our favour.Practical hints with regard to investments were given in a very clear and concise manner and this was one class which was of practical use for our future existence. By the time the class was over we were able to formulate a hazy picture as to how we would go about planning the 'life after'... At the end of the class we also got another shock when Sandhya stopped us from going for lunch and announced that Ms anjali had shot her last arrow and this was her last class. In the short time that she was with us she endeared herself to one and all. We decided that not having enough warning time we could only give her a send off by clicking photographs which would remind her of the last class in ASCI. We take this oppurtunityto wish her all the best in her life and hope that she will be a beacon of knowledge wherever she goes...

DR Grover fell ill and Ms Subhashini, her replacement , started off the class on organizational behaviour. And like all her collegues , she is also a highly qualified person who is working on her doctorate in psychology. The class was a a different kettle of fish from the previous one . One among us asked her in a lighter vein if this was not her last class too. on being assured that this was not the case we settled down to unravelling mind games which people play to prove their worthiness to the companies for establishing themselves in the heirarchy. It came to light that loyalty played little or no role in this process as long as the person concerned raked in the moolah.While the Family neighbourhood ,school and peer group played an important role in the determination of the suitability of an individual for a job it was also left unsaid that it is not difficult to beat the system to get accepted. Pedigree also played a role in judging a person . the second half of the class was spent in working out the desired qualities in a person to see his ability in performing a job. It proved to be a difficult task till we superimposed our services  method to ascertain task orientation . Surprisingly this made the exercise easier to perform. The services method is to look for qualities in a person in an alphabetical order eg: A- Ability, B- Bravery C- Competence, Courage of conviction , D- Determination to see the job through.....etc E- Efficiency....