The article
intends to emphasize on the process of change in behavior, attitude and outlook
of the fresh minds who graduate out of professional courses especially MBA.
I would like
to name this shift towards profession from academia as a ‘shift from dreams to
reality’
When I was
a student in a management institution where only infrastructure was good and
nothing else, I saw many outstanding dreams and dreamers in my first year of
the MBA course. However, when the same students opts for their specialization
(with passion or through any other judgments) in the second and the final year
of their curriculum I noticed increased attachment towards their chosen fields.
This actually formed the basis for their careers.
When
students enroll in to MBA program they come with lot of enthusiasm & the
same was apparent as they are the budding management talents. However down the
line towards the end of their curriculum students’ level of enthusiasm got
reduced and the real sense of market reality took over. As a result, mountain
of dreams flattened & the balanced dream started taking a shape towards the
end of their academia.
After a
little difficult break young and budding corporate enter the business
environment with high hopes & unnourished attitude and behavior. Off-course
corporate houses are well aware of this as these folks are fresh and their
talent needs to be nurtured over a period of time.
With the above
case it is important for a corporate organization to know and analyze what goes
on the minds of these young talents who in the years to come become a talented professional
employees and employers.
As I
noticed, initially fresher’s observe every minute factor in the organization
and they follow their immediate supervisors as their role models to grow in the
organization. At this point, I would rather say it is in the hands of their
immediate supervisors to develop attitude and outlook of their fresh
subordinate.
Once the
new talent feels secure or comfortable and adopted to the new style of living
he/she develops group or team etiquettes. It is like any employee who belongs
to the particular team would like to show his team’s overall attitude with
himself. At this time these young talents are no longer fresh talents but
become a professional talent or an expert in their respective areas.
Mean time we
should know the fact that, these young people also think of leaving the
organization for many reasons. Some of them may leave because of inadaptability
or because of growth opportunities elsewhere and a few of them develop in the
same organization and those few become a central figure in the organization or
at least in their respective deportments.
Some
employees because of pressure or their talent think of an entrepreneurship as
an option. But a few of them who go through this process will really quit the
job to start their own or group businesses.
We have
many good examples to prove and uphold the above stage of ‘shift to entrepreneurship’
Namely, Mr. Narayana Murthy current mentor of Infosys, Subroto Bagchi, gardener
of Mind tree solutions etc…
Ultimately,
a few young talents who go through vigorous thought process and held their
nerves till the end will become successful intra-preneurs. We have many
instances to support the above sentence.
If the
process of dream to reality and finally leading to successful careers need be
more effective and agile; there should be a regular interaction between
academia & corporate houses regarding current trends, researches etc…
I wish a
great journey to all the young talents who aspire to become successful
professionals in the corporate world and I hope that the above story helps them
all to get an idea of the journey towards excellence which never has an end to
it.
