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Following are some of the comments by participants, from
India, on Capstone® Business Simulation workshop:
This is the best training I ever had. The training is so real world
simulation. I encourage & urge all leaders to take this training. Dharam
gave real world examples that helped grasp things better. I must admit
his energy, patience and attitude. -
Vivek Hippargi, Wipro
“I
attended a CAPSTONE® Business Simulation course where Dharam was the
moderator. The way Dharam moderated the course was exemplary. He led the
groups through the simulation with the kind of ease that only a seasoned
professional and business manager can achieve. Those 3 days of training
added value to me and it possibly would not have been half as effective
without Dharam.” -
V
Prasad, Tata Interactive Systems
It was a great learning experience and this is one the best
trainings ever I have come across. It kept us on our toes all time after
few rounds like we were running a real life business. Dharam had been a
constant source of inspiration all the time with his expert guidance and
die hard attitude. -
Harish Shivanani, Wipro
We had a whale of a time and outstanding inputs. I can assure you that
all of us have brought back to the workplace some thoughts, some
insights which should hopefully make us better managers in the days to
come. -
Anish Roy, Pepsi
The program was really an excellent one. We learned those complex
concepts in a very interesting and funny way. In fact immediately after
coming to office I started doing some rehearsal with the 8th
round results as I couldn’t control myself the temptations.
I need to mention here about the first day morning session which was
very interesting. The LIVE examples (I want to stress this word as the
examples are from the current business environment) were really good and
added value to our understanding. In short, you and capstone gave us a
fantastic and excellent program.
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Ahamed Mydeen, Wipro
Will
take this opportunity to thank you for your really great sessions. It
has been particularly helpful to me since I dint know much of the
jargons.-
Jitin
Agarwal, TCS
Yes, really we enjoyed the program and it was challenging, fun and
educative. I was analyzing the strategies even in my dreams for the last
two days… -
Sairam Ramaswamy, Wipro
Dear Dharam, We never knew learning could be so much fun. Until we
met you. Thanks for the wonderful experience. -
Participants, Feb ’05 Capstone® Open Workshop, India
‘I second all the nice feedback from our colleagues. For me too it was
one of the best trainings. In terms of hands-on, it was the best ever.
Thanks to everyone for all your contribution. My special thanks to
Dharam and his colleagues who made it happen.’ -
Dhananjayam Selva, Wipro
Hi Dharam, What an amazing delivery and facilitation you have made
during the Capstone® workshop. The Capstone® content, course delivery
and medium of delivery, course material – everything about Capstone® is
sensational, exciting. Through out the rehearsal and competition rounds,
I was unknowingly biting my nails out of eagerness to win, perform
better and compete with others round after round. I felt I was loosing
real money, real market…. When I won, I simply was overjoyed… when I
lost, I was determined to perform better. In one sense I can say, I
hardly thought it was a simulated market and I was part of a simulated
company…
Thank you so much for delivering an extraordinary course in an exclusive
way. It has nourished my soul and mind. This course has made me
CAPSTONE® addicted. First I thought it would be hectic and boring to
have intense 3 day workshop and soon I realized I was wrong, infact no
one in the entire team complained about the long hours as we were
engrossed…..
Wow, how in simple way this workshop taught us concepts of Marketing,
Costing, TQM, HR, Production and Finance. We also learnt about team
dynamics … What more? We learnt so much in 3 days … how market reacts to
various scenarios…..
In
one sentence I can again repeat..., no words would be enough to express
my sincere appreciations for the program delivery of Capstone® by you. -
Suparna Shankar, Infosys
Hi dharam: It was a memorable experience. You guidance, tips and (of
course) the style of conveying messages is remarkable.-
Chirag Dhebar, TCS
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An
interesting exchange of emails:
From A.
Yeah on relative ranking yes but on absolute terms I think Andrews
was much better. I must agree this round of simulation was a great
experience and full of learning. By round-3 it was very clear that
it was just going to be myself & Yogesh to compete for the top slot
which took the sheen out of the real competition that we actually
had in the original classroom round. However I used it (which isn’t
guaranteed in real world) to experiment out many theories and learnt
from the simulation. The capacity expansion game really took the
pricing advantage off the table, look at Andrews’ capacity; I have
left behind an asset-rich company with huge capacity. Mid-way
somewhere I felt the simulation should have had provisions to
takeover other companies so that we could have taken over Baldwin or
Ferris, maybe that a suggestion for future release. With due credits
to Dharam & Capstone® I think I am now able to appreciate the finer
points of business management better. This has been a terrific
learning and will go a long way in shaping my real-world
understanding of business and strategy. Thanks for this great
software.
Reply from B.
I too enjoyed my experience and the
learning – and I’ll let Anand enjoy his run putting shareholders
money into buying capacity and not getting any returns.
Anand: You’ve got a Frankestein monster, which only gives you market
share at cheap prices. Big AL has become a good friend of yours too.
This game really clarified all those concepts – thank you for
sticking on till the end.
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Thanks for organizing this training. As mentioned by all it was a great
learning & gave new dimension about how to look at business. The reason
is oblivious excellent facilitation by Mr. Dharam Pal. He made training
more interactive & interesting. He gave good industry examples to have
more clarity. It was excellent way of delivery on his part.
Finally all team members were all co-operative & shown high enthusiasm.
This also helped training to be more informative & participative. -
Santosh Dhavalikar, Wipro
Please include my name in this happy campers list: yes the
training was very productive for all 3 days (8 AM - 9 PM. The way the
training structured is amazing, after spending almost two full week ends
for it, the results and knowledge gain is amazing.
I guess learning through simulation is more productive way of learning,
over all Mr. Dharam Pal was constant knowledge source during complete
tenor of the training, thanks to him.
It’s the world in which we are living and most of the consultants are
not aware of real working nature of it. After doing this simulation, I
experienced the interest it generates in you about the subject. -
Prasad Deshpande, Wipro
It was a great
exp I have ever realized. The best training program I have ever
attended. All the credit goes to you and the Capstone® team!!! -
Pramod Prakash
Panda, Infosys
It has been a great learning experience. Thank you for organizing
this training and to Dharam for his great mentorship throughout this
simulation session. His commitment to this program is amazing. Last but
not the least, thanks to entire team for great participation. -
Vijay Matta, Wipro
Dear Dharam, The experience was indeed excellent. Thanks for a great
time.... -
Gaurav, TCS
Hi Prof Pal, It was great working with you for the sessions of Business
Simulations. This training has certainly added an extra dimension to our
understanding of management decisions.-
Ashish Chandra, Wipro
I look at things differently now and am eager to see the quarterly
results of various companies which made little sense earlier :) -
Nishant Agarwal, Wipro
Hi Dharam, I thoroughly enjoyed this training and learnt really a lot.
Hope we are able to have such similar courses periodically. Thanks once
again for conducting an excellent workshop.
Ravindra Karanjkar,
Wipro
'Simulation provides a holistic experience of running a company.' -
J A Chowdary, President & CEO, Portal Player
Hi Dharam, Our (Erie) team thoroughly enjoyed the three days of the
Business Simulation Program. It has been great experience working on
such a simulated program and the retention capacity of information has
been a lot better than earlier finance programs attended for a day or so
by me. I would strongly recommend such a program for my friends and
colleagues. We enjoyed working with you. -
Anitha Rajesh, Wipro
A few more:
'Relevance to IT sector would have made a lot of difference. Overall,
dam good experience, keep it up!'
'A good program immensely helped me in stimulating thought process to
make my official assignments more meaningful'
'Simulation experience was very good.'
'Especially for software R&D companies, simulation helps decision
making.'
'It would be good to have an Infotech industry flavor to the
simulation.'
'An amazing experience. Simulation would have been more interesting, had
we all gone through the reading material.'
'A really excellent package, gives a lot of inputs w.r.t. group dynamism
and team work.'
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