Thursday, June 9, 2011

Reduced Cost

DMOP- yes that's what a course in the current term is called. DMOP is a little tougher than mopping though. The difficulty level is such that it has become more a test of my english writing/speaking skills than the quantitative ones.

So here is one of those mindblogging terms: Reduced Cost. The issue with this was that it no ways relates to reducing costs or achieving cost incentives, however it is merely representing opportunity costs. My trysts with English and the challenge such terms pose in my various MBA courses doesnt end there. Even though I secured good scores in my mid terms I realised most of the places I got wrong answers were where the question was hinting at something else that was not really conveyed by the sentences. The same thing would have repeated in the end terms, but I was watchful. As a friend of mine said, "for the examinations here Masters in English would have been good."

It has been fun, to be introduced to so many subjects from every corner of business training/management. As we delve deeper the intricacies of english are also likely to improve our understanding of the language. This is precisely why I have started to believe, come what may a smart manager convinces his management or shareholders about the intentions, he was trained to do so. It was his command on the language that can have different connotations of the same writing probably...

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