Corporates Cancel Candour

Greetings,

Posting after what seems like an eternity makes me feel refreshed. Today I post about how it is very difficult to be diplomatic in the corporate world.

For most of us, the door to enter corporations is a premier institute which offers a well designed MBA programme. And all Indians who are aware of the education scenario in our country certainly vouch for the stringent admission process employed by all the top tier B-Schools located in different states which essentially consists of an enterance exam which tests your aptitude followed by a group discussion or a case study and a personal interview (which can be very grilling for a few unlucky souls!)

My armchair criticisms about the obsoleteness of the aptitude tests and the irrelevance of grilling interviews will be elaborated later as presently I am trying to point out the boring and ubiquitous reasons parroted out by all MBA aspirants who somehow get to trudge on till the personal interviews. Many of us are trained by the omnipresent coaching classes which ensure that we end up attending atleast 10-15 mock GDPI sessions where we the real reason for most of us to pursue an MBA, the moolah, is systematically wheezed out of our brains and is replaced with gems such as 'to expand my horizons', 'to broaden the scope of my skills', 'to morph me into an employable asset' and my favourite - ' to be of relevance in the industry'. As if being a human being aint relevant! And it is ok if we forget about these lines, but it is absolutely imperative that we downplay the monetary element which is a prime factor for more than 98% of all those who are aspiring to pursue an MBA. It is an agnostically sacrilegious deed to be candour and express the true motivation behind pursuing an MBA.

Ahh! An MBA can be a better diplomat than those in the IFS!