Book Review: TATA LOG

TATA LOG tells 8 stories from Tata group of companies. Though it is written by a Tata insider, it is not a book that only praises Tata way of working. Rather it takes a critical view of happenings and that is a strength of this book. Written in a very lucid language, this book is both entertaining and informative. I think all eight stories given in this book can become excellent case studies for discussion in MBA classes and corporate management training programs.   

These eight stories are as follows:

1. Launch of TATA Indica car
2. CSR work by TATA Chemicals 
3. Making of Tanishq brand
4. Trouble at Tata Finance
5. Tata Second Career Program
6. Development of EKA - an Indian supercomputer
7. Acquisition of Tetley by Tata Tea
8. Winning of Deming Prize by Tata Steel

Highly recommended book for business book lovers!

 

Book Review: Never Stop Learning

"Never Stop Learning" is a collection of 14 lessons in which business leaders have shared their learning/opinions/advice about learning. These lessons could be inspiring for the ones who generally question the need for continuous learning. I didn't find anything new to learn from this book though. If you are firm believer in continuous learning then you need not read this book. For others, it will really help!

I have now become TOGAF Eertified Enterprise Architect!

Last week, I appeared and passed the exam for TOFAF Part 1 and Part 2 Combined! So now I can call myself TOGAF Certified Enterprise Architect!

Though I attended the four-day course in last year, I kept on postponing appearing for exam due to work pressure. Finally, I decided to give it a shot and it worked. Though I couldn't score 100%, I could pass with comfortable margin.

The biggest benefit of giving this exam is that it forced me to read TOGAF document from cover to cover. I hope I can utilize this knowledge in some assignments in near future!