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Assumption - art of handling the uncertainity

Assumption is one basic method of handling the uncertainty. Ideally, person should be working along the Facts. But the truth of human existence is in the limitations of having all the Facts of this world at his disposal. Indeed, we all are composed of two sub-types - Facts and the Beliefs. That is, all the knowledge a person has is constituted of Facts and the Beliefs, combined. Beliefs vary from person to person, whereas facts can only be hidden or revealed , person to person.       In all this comic-tragedy, assumption is one of our methods to proceed-on in our lives whenever the uncertainty arises. Assumptions have a nature of their own, complex enough to be spared a thought on what are they. In mathematics and other natural sciences we are often trained on how to make an Assumption in order to reach to the solution-finding of a the challenge before us. In Jurisprudence, Assumptions are a must to be prevented in order to reach the balance Judgement. In criminal justic...

More on Jugaad

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Here is collection of different views on Jugaad, primarily, how Jugaad has been perceived by Ratan Tata and By Anand Mahindra Frugal Engineering is fine , but not Jugaad  by Anand Mahindra http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-04-12/news/31331403_1_r-d-facility-chrysler-s-r-d-r-d-centre/2 Jugaad innovators don't plan, they improvise  by  Navi Radjou, Jaideep Prabhu and Simone Ahuja http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/jugaad-innovators-dont-plan-they-improvise/476165/ Is Jugaad same as innovation?? Are we Indians truely Innovative http://arewelik ethisonly.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/is-jugaad-the-same-as-innovation-are-we-indians-truly-innovative/                                                             Ratan Tata's comparison of Tata Nano with Jugaad: Anand Mahindra's views: ...

Leadership style, Decision-making and the Anti-Corruption Campaign

          For all those among us who have ever wondered how the Team Anna's Anti-corruption campaign has connection the B-School Business Management lessons, here is some link I have attempted to draw between Leadership Style, Decision-making, the cultural climate in India and the Anti-Corruption Campaign.             When making their personal fight against corruption in the Indian Society, many people must have faced the enquiry of how deep is the root of corruption in our society. Indeed there is a generation born and living for over half a century now which has seen Corruption as the only right way of life. This generation of corruption-DNA Indians discards the ideals, the seminary thoughts as some fantasy ideas, and conducts out with full confidence all the mal-practises which conform to the definition of Corruption.            To this philosophical enquiry, the truth-seekers, therefore, must hav...

Our uncertainity avoidance cultural Attitude ..

Reference the post of Nice Guy http://niceguy251.blogspot.com/2011/09/do-we-know-what-next-moment-holds.html Sir, u blogs are truely very enlightening, and not just for what u write but also for reading the responses u get which help me build an insight on how our Indian masses feel. I am the 31st responder to this blog. And before I make the response, may i tell that I am also a Safety Officer on merchant ships and I am often given a training to attend to this kind of accidents too. U know what, the training course, often designed by the foreigners says that " Indian culture has less uncertainity-avoidance disposition. " U should refer to the Geerte Hofstede study on cultural dimensions, which are easily available on internet, to learn more on this. All the thrity responses I read have expressed sorry on the accident, and all including yourself have expressed a complete incapacitation on human beings to avoid such events. Abroad, there are often times books a...