Saturday, November 06, 2004

MBA and Re-engineering

Most Banal Administration? Over 1000 institutes offering the famed PGDM certifications, the regulatory/accreditation bodies range from AIU, AICTE, NBA, NAAC [But, We talk of the single window system]. Hope majority donot turn into finishing schools.

Currently I am working on IBM products. DB2 Warehouse Manager, OLAP Kit and Visual Age for Java. Incidentally, IBM has withdrawn support for Visual Age and now is asking us to migrate to Web sphere. Is IBM Rational Rose and UML kit a genuine Reverse Engineering Tool? Talking about Re-engineering.

One question always props up, why do humans design systems with valueless processes. The otherday I was in desperate need of cash while travelling on a Sunday. I rushed to the ATM, and to my dismay I had just the bare minimum balance of Rs.5058.90. Now the ATM does not give me Rs.50 or even Rs. 10. All those talk of Customer Relationship management [CRM] came tumbling down. I could always go to the local bank branch and withdraw even the last rupee. The teller will oblige with a smile. Now, the moronic machine was [mocking!] flashing a Cadbury Chocolate advertisement. You neither get a rupee nor the chocolate. When will our banks realize that ATMs have to be designed for the customer and not the banker? I should be able to withdraw even a rupee if I have some money left. It is my right to do what I want with my money. If the bank feels that it is not a cost effective option then forget the customer. Is banking technology so averse to re-engineering its process. All it takes is value engineering. The Japanese did it with customisation of technology.

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