First written on August 11, 2009 Revised on Sunday, November 22, 2009 Education - Free membership is necessary to access articles in this folder. All articles are written by Madhavan Gopalachary. Action or Experiential Learning - The concept of 'Action Learning' (AL) was propounded by Professor Reg Revans. Pioneered by him and developed worldwide over the last 40 years, it provides a well-tried method of accelerating learning which enables people to handle difficult situations more effectively. This theory is not new. It has been in existence from the days of the great Chinese philosopher and thinker Confucius Career choices of young MBAs - I happened to come across an article on the internet about the career choices of young MBAs in India. This article covered a survey done as at end 2005 by India's Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry, more commonly known as ASSOCHAM. The findings of the survey are Education in the workplace 2000 - The importance of education and literacy of its citizens, has long been understood by practically all countries. In this age of globalization, the nation which has a better qualified and trained workforce is going to dominate. The reason why Japanese dominate is due to the fact that, an average Japanese worker is far better educated than his counterpart in other parts of the world. Redefining business education - Getting an MBA degree has always been an obsession of most ambitious young people. The huge supply demand gap has led to plethora of institutions and colleges whose credentials are suspect. Is it education or a money making racket? GOIs policy of tinkering with education - The GOI has always had a myopic vision as far as its education policy is concerned. The first was caste based system of reservation of seats which should have been also based on means. This denied quality education to people who belonged to so called upper castes but were very poor. The views, opinions and interpretations are personal. Sponsorship does not mean that the sponsors endorse them. © Copyright, Nov-09 . MMG Communications. Without prejudice. All rights reserved