[Assam] Harward MBA Newsletter: Should You Outsource Your Marketing? ---DC trip--atlast soem advice

[umesh sharma]

Hi,

 

For the past 3 days I have been struggling with this evry question. esp since yesterday morning when I was rudely awakened by a phonecall from a Teacher Job placement company I had applied to --saying that they cannot invite me to the July 7th Job fair at Baltimore near Washington DC since I am not a US citizen -even though I have permission to wrok here for one year.. I had already packed everything and was busy till 2am with that -and nearly dropped the idea of coming to DC. Just now I got another mail that the same company cannot consider me for another teaching position in Virginia near DC . I had checcked the School districts website last night --and found that they never mentioned that they require only US citzens.

 

I guess that teaching is like the creative side of marketing -- as in the article below -- and there are many takers in US. For research or analyticla skills - is what I have trained for at Harvard - so now I am really "driven" to get any position - even internship -- and I am not leaving out World Bank or any other organization --just becos it is consoidered anti-poor by some in the developing countries --as I again learnt at the Summer Program at Harvard's Internation Education Group a week back.

 

I guess all the H1 visa guys are all into analtyical stuff --and targetted at Blue collar jobs -which might draw union ire -- it seems school teaching is alos considered a blue collar job in US , India and elsewhere- has unions. India also does not allow foreigners to become govet teachers either , however.

 

However, I did take the Amtrack train yesterday , with 7 items of luggage - the porter said that a few of them weighed 100 pounds. Infact my biceps and abdomonal muscles and back are still aching from lifting and pulling the heavy luggage. However my heaviest stuff - the books  I had alreaddy sent by post - to a senior's address. It took me 3 trips to get the package weigh below 70 pound limit - had to take half the books out - I wonder what it weighed before! The post office was half a mile away and it was the hottest day of the season. Thankfully I found a tree with ripe mulburries growing in the graeyard - haging over the footpath -- God quenched my thirst and gave me something to eat.

 

More later.

 

Umesh

 

PS: Saw the US Capitol from the Union Station at DC - now realized why in "Mr Smith goes to Washington" - the hero ran to see that building after leaving the train station. It is exactly opposite the station. I ofcourse had too much luggage.

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Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 14:09:10 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: Newsletter: Should You Outsource Your Marketing?

HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK
Should You Outsource Your Marketing?
Getting New Managers Up to Speed
Making the Cost-Migration Decision
Heskett: How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?
Byrnes: Manage Paradigmatic Change

Plus: Book and Web reports
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NEW ON THE SITE
Should You Outsource Your Marketing?
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=4883&t=marketing
Few companies own all the marketing expertise they need, especially of the left-brain, analytic variety. Professor Gail McGovern outlines the pros and cons of turning over your marketing activities to outsiders.

Getting New Managers Up to Speed
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=4884&t=leadership
The usual employee-orient! ation process needs to be retired. In this article from Harvard Management Update, savvy companies explain how to jump-start the success of new managers. Tip: Set up meetings, use technology, and coach newcomers.

Making the Cost-Migration Decision
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=4885&t=operations&iss=y
Executives see golden opportunities to move costs to low-labor-cost countries. But the decision making on what, how, and where to move is complex. Here is a framework for making those decisions effectively. From Supply Chain Strategy.

Heskett: How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=4886&t=heskett&oid=4886&rid=-1&hid=-1&aid=-1
Are business schools overemphasizing r! esearch at the expense of practical experience in the classroom? Are they preparing graduates in useful ways for careers in management? Professor Jim Heskett asks, What do you think?

Byrnes: Manage Paradigmatic Change
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=4887&t=dispatch
Managers who rise to run a company choose to maximize the long-run health of the company by managing fundamental, paradigmatic change, says Jonathan Byrnes.


BAKER LIBRARY SUMMARIES
BOOK REPORTS
Becoming a Strategic Leader: Your Role in Your Organization's Enduring Success
by Richard L. Hughes and Katherine Colarelli Beatty
Jossey-Bass, 2005
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/book-review.jhtml?t=strategy&id=4888
"Everyone is a leader"and now a strategic leader, too.

The Flig! ht of the Creative Class: The New Global Competition for Talent
by Richard Florida
Harper Business, 2005
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/book-review.jhtml?t=career_effectiveness&id=4889
The wealth of nations is actually in its people.

Innovation That Fits: Moving Beyond the Fads to Choose the RIGHT Innovation Strategy for Your Business
by Michael Lord, Donald deBethizy and Jeffrey Wager
Prentice Hall, 2005
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/book-review.jhtml?t=innovation&id=4890
What we learned from innovation trends during the Internet bubble.

ON THE WEB
Upcoming.org
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/web-review.jhtml?id=4880&t=career_effectiveness
A guide to conferences, written by you and me.

MOST POPULAR STORIES
Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=4869&t=leadership

People Power: How to Measure It
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=4871&t=finance

Creating a Positive Professional Image
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=4860&t=career_effectiveness

Don't Listen to "Yes"
http://hbsworkingknowledge.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=4833&t=leadership

The Potential Downside of Win-Win
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=4870&t=strategy&iss=y

NEW RESEARCH AT HBS
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/new-research.jhtml
A listing of the latest research papers, publications, and cases written by Harvard Business School faculty.

BEST OF FACULTY Q&As
It's India Above China in New World Order
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/facultyQAs.jhtml?t=facultyQAs
Can India overtake China? That was the title of an influential article in Foreign Policy magazine in 2003. A Q&A with authors Yasheng Huang of MIT and Tarun Khanna of HBS.

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Finance for Senior Executives
HBS Executive Education program
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/fsewk/index.html
July 10-16, 2005

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HBS Executive Education program
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/lpdwk/index.html
July 11-15, 2005

Driving Corporate Performance: Aligning Scorecards, Systems, and Strategy
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http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/dcpwk/index.html
July 17-22, 2005

Making Corporate Boards More Effective
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http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/mcbwk/index.html
July 17-20, 2005

Delivering Information Services
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July 24-30, 2005

Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations
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http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/bcaowk/index.html
July 31-August 5, 2005

Burning Questions: The Return to Growth
Harvard Business School Publishing Conferences
http://www.burningquestions.com
October 5-7, 2005


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