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Management skills of our Management Science Dept

aamikahn — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 11:59:15 +0000

Today, a dark day in the history of our country, I woke up knowing that our fascist army and corrupt politicians would unethical and immorally elect Mr. Musharraf the president for the term of next five years, already elected from the same Parliament for a term of five years. No where it would be even thoughtout or practiced but i will experience it today on 6 October 2007.

I called the university where I work as visiting faculty, asking about the govt notification of announced holiday for education institutions so that to keep students at home. Our university managed it so beautifully that after confirming telephonic-ally that there is no holiday, students and faculty came to the university. Astonishingly saw the circular on the notice board announcing the holiday. Isn’t it strange. The circular must have travel a long way to reach at 3.00 pm to our dept. Why always the academics are so efficient in their approach to manage simple task. Any way as usual I went back to my home after spending my time and money for nothing. Comparing this event to the one mentioned in the first few line is negligible. I specially pray to God in the blessing month of Ramadan to protect us from the fascist and the corrupt.

Plot for sale in the city of Zinga Dilan Lahore

aamikahn — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 11:05:55 +0000

a 10 marla plot is for sale in Army Welfare Trust Phase II on canal road, contact aamir +92 300 8157117

Responsible Leadership edited by Thomas Maak and Nicola M. Pless

aamikahn — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 10:57:41 +0000

This book is collection of different studies and articles about leadership and integrity of leaders in business world. This book tries to introduce the concept of responsible leadership which has not been focused greatly by researchers and theorists. Whose has mostly identified effective leaders either by their traits or behavior or the situational variable but never has anyone really focused the integrity associated with the leadership. It takes ethics and responsibility as serious and central components of leadership. Leading is a responsibility as history has shown us the faces of different irresponsible and unethical leaders like Changez khan and Adolph Hitler who have incur great harm to the societies and with them also those responsible like Luther King and Gandhi whom have benefited their societies and followers. In business an effective leader is someone who motivates their subordinates to get things done efficiently and effectively and to take the organization toward success. It’s a great responsibility on the part of leaders to show integrity and being ethical as the fate of so many people depends on them. A lot has been written on the effectiveness of leadership but nothing on responsible leadership.This book also focuses ethics and integrity of leaders who act responsibly and tries to define responsible leadership and contrast it from others. It explains that leaders are not born with ethics but it’s their upbringing and education that make them ethical or unethical. It sees ethics as core and integral to leadership and also focus on the relationship of leaders in a stakeholder’s society where leaders interact with the multitude of stakeholders. With such interaction how effective leaders emerges ethically and responsibly. Due to the cases of management and leadership misconduct in Enron, WorldCom, Bhopal etc, those involved in business leadership have become increasingly aware that one of the core challenges, if not the challenge, in business today is leading responsibly and with integrity. But what exactly is responsible leadership? What makes a responsible leader? And how can responsible leadership be developed? The three part of this book focused the abovementioned key questions. Part I aims at identifying the crucial dimensions of responsible leadership in business, laying the foundations for better understanding of its roots, requirement and the relationship it is based on. Part II of this book contributes on the capabilities, virtues and competences that individuals need as responsible leaders globally. Part III of this book look at the innovations in ways and means of developing responsible leaderships through transformational programmes.

Book Reviewed by Aamir Khan

Effect of Television Advertisements on Children susceptibility towards advertised brands by Rabia Khan and Aamir Khan

aamikahn — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 10:51:18 +0000

Abstract

The paper analyzes the effects of television advertisements on susceptibility of children toward advertised brands. It is concerned about their ability to understand the advertising messages that in turn influence their behavior. These messages induce the intended (by marketers) behavior in the children i.e. influencing their parents. Samples of 300 students from different schools in Islamabad were selected using stratified random sampling to assess behavior of children towards four brands of candies. In this trial, preschool children were examined by offering them four brands of candies to choose from, according to their preferences. Then they were offered to view a videotape of a popular children’s cartoon with commercials. Children were then asked to identify their preferences from pairs of similar products, one of which was advertised in the videotape with embedded commercials. The behavior of children was examined by offering them these brands firstly without seeing that videotape and than after their exposure to that videotape. The children were exposed to the said advertisement for three consecutive weeks to asses the impact of specific advertisement on their susceptibility towards advertised brands. This study concluded that children, as susceptible audience, have the ability to learn and retain advertising information which strongly influences their behavior to choose a particular product. Young children with their limited ability to know about particular use of product are strongly influenced by bright colors, graphics, music and humor of television ads to buy these products.

Plots for Sale

aamikahn — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:14:04 +0000

Plots for Sale in Islamabad

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aamikahn — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:45:34 +0000

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