B - School Events

 

ENSEMBLE - The Management Concourse
At XLRI JAMSHEDPUR
From 19th - 20th October, 2002

A landmark event on the XLRI calendar, "Ensemble" aims to bring the best of industry and the student community together on a purposeful and mutually enriching platform. Through this mega "management festival", XLRI envisage to provide a common forum for graduates of the finest Business Schools across the Asia Pacific region to apply the theoretical knowledge they have gained on the campus to real life cases and situations.

A set of events has been planned for this year, all of which relate to the various faculties of management. This enterprising concourse, spread over 3 days later this year, aims to draw participation from all spheres of management study - Finance, Marketing, Strategy and Operations, Information Technology, Human Resources and Industrial Relations.

With wide participation from industry and the IIMs, among the finest B Schools, XLRI hopes to make this event one of its kind.

ASTERIX

  • Paper Presentation competition
  • SCM Game
  • Business Consulting Game
  • New Ventures Incorporated

Case Analysis Contest
The Case-Analysis contest hopes to provide an insight into business, by presenting the students with a business problem to grapple with. The topic of the case should be contemporary and have a wide scope of interpretation. The objective of the competition is to encourage students to adopt a structured approach to solving a case, and to come up with suggestions that are innovative yet implementable within the given constraints.
Details
Duration: 1-1.5 hrs for case presentation followed by a break of 5-6 hrs followed by Case Presentation by students (4-5 hrs).
No of participants: teams of 3-4 each.

Paper Presentation Competition
This would entail a presentation on a topic already given to the participants. The topic would be something contemporary and relevant.
Details
Duration: 5-6 hrs for the presn
No of participants: teams of 2-4 each.

BRIDGES

Lekh
Designed to tap the originality and creativity of MBAs across India, Ensemble presents 'Lekh', the forum for all future leaders to display their academic and conceptual brilliance. Through 'Lekh', the paper presentation contest, Ensemble invites management students to share their views and insights on the latest trends in the corporate world. The topics offered will cover the entire gamut of functional areas, namely:
* Strategy
* Marketing
* HR & IR
* Economics
* Finance
* IT

DRACULA - Dramatics and Cultural Association of XLRI

This society aims at providing the fun and entertainment to the three days of Ensemble where students from various business schools can explore a little more than just their case cracking abilities!

  • Rock Show - The grand finale where people can let their hair down and thump with the country's most popular rock band/s.
  • Ex-Quizzite - XLRI'S quizzing extravaganza, where we plan to have Siddhartha Basu to come down and give us a nerve wracking and nail biting experience.
  • Rang Manch - At end of day one of hectic events, a soothing play to calm you and ease your minds, which will be preceded by a fun filled one act play competition.
  • Shoot - In collaboration with PIXEL, an event to please your aesthetic sense, we invite photographs taken over the three days of Ensemble encompassing all those unforgettable moments... so get focused!
  • Note - A perfect opportunity for all those aspiring singers to show off their talent and make merry music.
  • Medley
EXTERNAL LINKAGES

Print Campaign (A newspaper page, magazine, journal format though not exceeding a page if it is the former and 5 pages if any of the others)

Audio Visual Campaign (A short film, documentary, music video form , it is totally flexible. Maximum Duration: 10 minutes)

Audio Campaign (Radio show, Interview-based chat , Audio novel. Maximum Duration: 10 minutes.

Website Design (Using the internet to have as interactive as experience about your Institute as possible)

Creativity and Originality will be rewarded. Length is not a criteria. Novelty of approach and difference in handling matter will be crucial. We invite you to experiment as much as possible within the given parameters.

FINAX

Mergers and acquisition game
The Merger & Acquisitions Game is an aggressive, merger-oriented business simulation that focuses on how firms deal with the aftermath of a merger.
Traditionally, companies bought competitors to gain market share or market access. Then, they promptly cut costs to recoup the often-inflated purchase price, too frequently destroying much of the value they had acquired.
In this time of transition, the reasons for mergers are often different. Companies focusing heavily on the capabilities and culture brought about by a merger can drive the combined business forward.

Winners of the Mergers & Acquisitions Game seek to:
* Unlock new economy value;
* Deal with business and financial risk;
* Sell surplus assets;
* Downsize;
* Integrate IT;
* Develop flexible relationships; and
* Hire key talent.
Finax will also be presenting the derivative game wherein a virtual derivative market based on stocks will be created. The participants will be required to write and buy various derivative instruments.

FIRE@X

The Forum for Industrial Relations at XLRI
What is required is exposure to the industrial relations arena where things happen that tax the resources of the best of brains and strategists. For students, there cannot be a better way to do this than by interacting with practicing managers and by imbibing and building upon their experiences. It is with this intention that FIRE@X conducts various workshops with the active participation of practicing managers and people closely related to the industrial scenario All efforts are being made to ensure that we keep this spirit of entrepreneurship up by organizing a case competition for ENSEMBLE this year. The structure of the competition will be as given: Teams will be in pairs, one enacting the role of management, and one that of the union; each pair will be given a case and they will argue it out and they will be judged on that; the winners go on to the next round where they follow the same structure. the purpose is to see how well the teams bring out their knowledge of labour law, industrial relations, their ability to handle tough and problematic situations and plain common sense; the simulation will not only provide good practice, but will also be thoroughly enjoyable for the participants.

MAXI

"Change is the only constant" is dead. Long live change. In today's turbulent times, one blink, one slip and your company ends up at the bottom of the pile. "Lead or perish" is the anthem of the times. Increased consumer awareness, dwindling PLCs and stiff challenges from round the corner have forced companies to have a relook into their traditional solutions. S..T.. R.. E.. T..C.. H yourselves and stretch the paradigms, is the new mantra. If u got the idea there's no stopping you.
We at MAXI this year propose to pit the best b-schools against each other in a fight to the finish race of market superiority and leadership. We propose to bring out the Kotlers and the Ogilvys, test their fundaas, creativity and market savviness; evaluate their mettle to run the obstacle course, and win, by churning out the best solutions.

The following events have been designed to test the mettle of the competitors in Ensemble: -
1. Advertising and creative marketing contest
2. Case simulations
3. The marketing game

SAPPHIRE - (Student's Association for the Promotion of Personnel Management, Human Resources and Industrial Relations)

The society that has contributed to the HR dimension of XLRI for 14 years since it's inception, has the onus of organizing workshops, simulation exercises, showcases, debates, paper writing and case study competitions on campus each year. And not to forget the National HR Conference organized every alternate year (involving participation from industry experts).
For Ensemble 2002, SAPPHIRE intends to organize two events. Both the events aim at learning through fun. Hence are structured in the form of games involving group participation, presentations, rebuttal sessions, and of course attractive prizes.

SOCRATES

Interactive Sessions -
* IT Consulting Game : Wherein a real life problem in form of a case will be invited from the industry and the students will be required to analyze and suggest solutions for the problem. The participants will be required to submit their analyses in advance after which the short listed candidates would be invited to present their solutions before a panel of judges.
* A Software Project Management Game : This game will simulate the execution of a real life software project. While the customer, all members of the project, and the emerging documents will be simulated, the role of the head of a project will be taken by a team of players. In the beginning and during the game, the players would receive messages regarding the project, and will be required to use their time and resources (employees etc.) in a way such that the project is finished successfully.
* A Supply Chain Management Game : The participants would be required to solve a complex supply chain problem taking into account details, such as complex schedules, consumption profiles, customs clearance and transportation delays, optimum campaign and batch sizes, etc.
* IT Services/Product Marketing Game : The participants would be required to formulate a marketing strategy for a given IT service/product. The problem definition will be invited from the industry in form of a case. The participants will have to submit their reports in advance and the short listed candidates will have to make a presentation before a jury of experts.

XLNC

XLRI's Nature Club takes you on a 'Hike through Life'. It redefines the responsibility of future managers towards the environment and the community. XLNC strives to encourage XLers to realize a unique harmony not only with the environment but also with their inner-self. With this focus, XLNC is committed to activities that help XLers develop sensitivity towards the environment, and aid in their self-development.
For Ensemble this year, XLNC plans to make you see both sides of the issue by organizing a turncoat debate. Play Socrates, where not only do you raise questions, but also search for answers. And maybe along the way we'll discover that there are seldom any right or wrong answers.

Contact for details -
Jinu Jose, General Secretary, XLRI.
Email: gensec@xlri.ac.in, jinu.03@astra.xlri.ac.in, jinu_jose2001@yahoo.com