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AIPMA TimesNewsletter Vol 02, 2011

this issueBehaviour Styles P.1 Management Mantras P.2 Case Study P.3 World News: At a Glance P.4

IBM ComputersFounded on June 16, 1911 Key People

Samuel J. Palmisano(Chairman, President and CEO)Employees 426,751 (2010) First Product IBM 5150 PC, 1981 Other Products ATMs, Floppy Disk, Hard Drive, DRAM, Watson AI

Corporates JargonsAOP - Annual Operating Plan CAO - Chief Administrative Officer CSA - Customer Service Advisor EDD - Estimated Delivery Date ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival FY - fiscal year IRO - In Respect Of JD - Job Description MOM - Minutes of Meeting NDA - Non-disclosure agreement OOO / OOTO - out of (the) office PFA Please Find Attachment PP - payback period PTO - Paid Time Off QPR - Quarterly Performance Report R&D - Research and Development ROI - return on investment SVP - senior Vice president TBC - to be confirmed USP - Unique Selling Point WEF With Effective From WRT - With respect to

Behaviour StylesThe diagram above shows our day-to-day behaviour is a mixture of

pace (how fast we are) and the balance between getting tasks done and conducting relationships with others.

The diagram also lists the range of qualities - both good and bad associated with each colour. It shows there is no right or wrong colour, just different colours reflecting the differences in personalities.

Source: www.tallrite.com

MANAGEMENT LESSONSKnown is a Drop, Unknown is an Ocean

A GOOD DEEDHis name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death. The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up where an elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved. "I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life." "No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied. The noble man saw the farmers son and asked, "Is that your son?" "Yes," the farmer replied. "I'll make you a deal", the nobleman said. "Let me provide him with the level of education my son will enjoy.The farmer consented. Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools in London, and went on to become known as Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin. Years afterward, the son of that same nobleman who had saved young Fleming from the bog was stricken with pneumonia. What saved his life this time? Penicillin. The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.

_Story 1_

the pool. and shouted, VODKA and

A junior manager, a senior manager and Next is the Russians turn, he did the their boss are on their way to a Meeting. same On their way through a park, they come immersed himself into a pool of vodka. across a wonder lamp. They rub the The German was next and he jumped lamp and a ghost appears. The ghost says, Normally, one and shouted, BEER. He was so is contented with his beer pool.

granted three wishes but as you are The last is the American. He was three, I will allow one wish each so the running towards the pool when suddenly eager senior manager shouted, I want he steps on a banana peel. He slipped the first wish. I want to be In towards LESSON : THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU SAY SOMETHING, BECAUSE SOMETIMES the pool and shouted, the Bahamas, on a fast boat and have SHIT!!!!!!! no worries. Pfufffff. And he was gone. Now the junior manager could not keep quiet and shouted I want to be In and cocktails. Pfufffff. And he was also gone.

Florida with beautiful girls, plenty of food ACCIDENTS DO HAPPEN

_Story 3_Standing in front of a shredder with a

The boss calmly said, I want these two piece of paper in his hand, Listen, said bastards back in the office after lunch at the CEO, this is a very sensitive and 12.35pm. LESSON: ALWAYS ALLOW THE SPEAK FIRST important document, and my secretary has left. Can you make this thing work? BOSS TO Certainly, said the young executive. He turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button. paper disappeared inside the

_Story 2_

There were these 4 guys, a Russian, a Excellent, excellent! said the CEO as German, an American and a Frenchman, his they rubbed the bottle, a who found this small genie bottle. When shredder machine. I just need one genie copy. NEVER ASSUME THAT appeared. Thankful that the 4 guys had LESSON: released him out of the bottle, He said, NEVER, will give each of you a wish. When you run towards the pool and jump, you shout what you want the pool of water to become, then your wish will come true. The Frenchman wanted to start. He ran towards the pool, jumped and shouted, WINE. The pool immediately changed into a pool of wine. The Frenchman was so happy swimming and drinking from Next to you all are 4 swimming pools, I YOUR BOSS KNOWS EVERYTHING.

Someone once said: What

goes around comes around. Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.

Interesting Factshttp://www.newtechnology.co.in 1. Just days before the World Cup of 1966 in England, the trophy was stolen and then later retrieved by a dog. 2. India never invaded any country in her history. 3. If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white 4. Chewing gum while peeling onions will reduce your tears. 5. A snail can slide over a razor blade without being hurt. 6. The Germans tried to copy CocaCola and came up with the drink Fanta. 7. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. 8. The Mona Lisa used to hang on the wall of Napoleons bedroom. 9. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off. 10. Eating a packet of crisps a day is equivalent to drinking five liters of cooking oil a year. 11. The two famous actors who portrayed the Marlboro Man in the ads died of lung cancer. 12. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. 13. The first Computer was ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer, unveiled on February 14, 1946. 14. The largest living thing on the face of the Earth is a mushroom underground in Oregon, it measures three and a half miles in diameter.

Case StudyKritarth Carriage Company has a fleet of trucks toroad transport its incoming materials as well as outbound finished products from / to various parts of the country at regular intervals. The crew per truck comprises of one driver and one helpercleaner who are hired by the contractor. The loading/unloading of materials from the truck is to be carried out in joint presence of the Dispatch / Receiving Section In-charges, Security representative and contractors representative in the appointed points with the help of overhead cranes, weighing machines and other gadgets. Since the contractor is interested in getting the materials quickly loaded/unloaded, he has to keep good relations with company staff. Things were going on well till last Monday, when the contractor complained to The Works Manager, Naman, at noon that the crane driver, Kanu threatened to drop the materials from a height during loading/unloading Operations damaging the truck unless he was given Rs.20/per trip. He added that the Security Inspector KP was demanding Rs.10/- per trip to expedite clearance from the works gate. He further informed that earlier he was disbursing Rs.5/each to the driver and the Inspector to avoid delay. He organized a trap, signed some currency notes and the Contractor was to pass them on demand. The loaded truck was escorted out of gate. While the named persons were about to leave they were stopped & searched at the gate and the signed notes were recovered from them.

KCPL Case

Case Study Question Q. How would you handle this case?

EditorialAIPMA with the standing motto of striving towards excellence presents the second volume of AIPMA newsletter named as

World News At A GlanceArctic Warming : Yes, the Arctic is warming up - time to panicThe report in the Washington Post illustrates that the Arctic is indeed in terminal decline thanks to global warming. Those damn oil companies and the carbon dioxide their customers emit have a lot to answer for. The Arctic ocean is warming up, icebergs are growing scarcer and in some places the seals are finding the water too hot, according to a report to the Commerce Department from Consulafft, at Bergen, Norway.

AIPMA Times. The second issue consists of general concepts with small humor articles and world news in brief. We would like to request our clients and members for their valuable support and feedback to improve our future issues.

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Indians have more than $2.5 Billion in SWISS BANKSIn the first-ever disclosure of money held in various Swiss banks by Indians, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) said such deposits amounted to 1.945 billion Swiss francs ($2.5 billion) at the end of 2010. Giving a break-up, Walter Meier, spokesperson for the SNB president, said the sum included $2.1 billion in savings and deposits by Indian individuals, financial institutions and corporates. The remaining $400 million was of fiduciaries, largely operating for private individuals from India.

CHINA: Bullet Trains Derail, 35 DEADA bullet train crashed into another high-speed train that had stalled after being struck by lightning in eastern Beijing, causing four carriages to fall off a viaduct and killing at least 35 people and injuring 191 others.

Forklift Dumps $1m Worth Of Wine All Over Australian PortTalk about a bad day. Australian wine maker Sparky Marquis is reeling from the loss of 461 cases of McLaren Vale Shiraz that were shattered after a forklift dropped them 20 feet, reports The Australian.The forklift glitch left $1 million worth of red wine on the ground and Marquis with a third less of his annual wine stock. The bottles weren't cheap either; they sell for around $185 each. They were being shipped from Adelaide to the U.S. According to The Telegraph, the bottles fell with such an impact that they punctured the tops of the cartons they were being transported in. Sparky Marquis told The Australian, "So how do I feel? Gut-wrenched, shocked, numb." He's reportedly working with his insurers to be compensated for the loss.

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In Death: Amy Winehouse Becomes The Latest Member Of Music's "27 Club"The cause of singer Amy Winehouse's death officially remains under investigaton. But what's certain already is that the blues songstress joins the ranks of some of music's greatest talents who died at the untimely age of 27. And the nature of their deaths -- often murky, never-quite-explained matters -has given the 27 Club an aura of sad lore like Hole bassist Kristin Pfaff, Blues musician Robert Johnson, Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain to name some.