Musings 'n scribblings of a philanthrope ..

A train of thoughts and writings on development, technology and the economy focusing on the socio-techno-economic-cultural surge of developing economies to regain and partake in leadership of the world. Written by George Easaw, member of the faculty of Business Administration of Allliance University, Bangalore, India. (This is purely an academic site, no commercial use is allowed. Photography rights lie with the respective organisations). Mention credits as needed.

Monday, December 09, 2013

Caterpillar - another great manufacturer .. Caterpillar Production System ..

This is a good video which tells about the Caterpillar Production System ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MAasmr6cvg

Thursday, December 05, 2013

Being creative and Innovative..

Preparing for the Managing Innovation and Technology class for MBA students of Alliance University, I have been trying for material which will help me to deliver an original class to students.

Make it a point to go to www.class-central.com and see whether any of the great Universities of the world are offering a course on improving and managing innovation in the modern world.

Here are a set of evercises for training and building creativity and innovation for everyone..

http://www.mytopbusinessideas.com/exercises-training-for-creativity-innovation/

Comparitive costs of national space agencies ..

Some interesting statistics on costs of national space agencies.

ISRO works on a budget of $860mn with 15800 employees, China National space agency with $ 1.3 bilion, employees undisclosed, Japanese Aerospace exploration agency (JAXA) with $2.5 billion budget (employees not known), European Space Agency works on $5.5 bilion and 2000 employees, and NASA works on a budget of $18 billion with 20,000 employees..

Father of Indian space program Dr Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai (in pic).