Management without books with Dr. C.T. Abraham

The Corporate Interaction Division at FORE School of management conducted its first ‘Anubhuti’ session for the batch of 2013-15 on June 20, 2013. The very first session was graced by the Finance and Admin Head (India) at Asian Development Bank, Dr. C. T Abraham, who addressed the students on the topic “Management mantras beyond books”.

Dr. Abraham’s started his session by telling how every individual’s world can be divided into three spheres: personal, professional and partnership. He told the students how the three differ and how their roles in those spheres vary accordingly. He then highlighted a very important fact that passion is the main driver for anything to happen, and it is passion only that can lead to positivity which ultimately leads to perfection.

                   

Another important point that he highlighted was that it was very necessary to understand an ‘organization’s soul’ if one wants to function well in an organization. According to him, in order to be happy, the mantra is to not only exude but also absorb positive vibes in the work place.

Another thought that Dr. Abraham stressed upon was that students have to be more than just good employees. They have to see the importance of and thus be effective human resources in the organization. The first requirement for that is appropriate temperament to work, along with the basic skill set and the ability to work in teams. Lastly he discussed the topic of transparency wherein, there was a lot of interaction with the batch and the enthusiastic response was just an indication of how he had engaged the audience throughout.

Dr.C.T.Abraham Finance and Admin Head (India) at Asian Development Bank

At the end of the session there was a highly informative and entertaining question and answer session and the response of the audience could be felt in auditorium. It was a highly successful session, to say the least and the inspiration that it imparted the batch. All in all, the session was highly informative and fruitful. The students were inspired and participated actively throughout and in fact it was definitely an experience to gain from.