What is the degree online – is better than a traditional degree?

There are many reasons why you may want to consider getting a degree online rather than obtaining a degree by attending a college or university campus in person. Some of these reasons may be a choice (it has the flexibility of programming in order to drive to a nearby school on a regular basis) and some of them may be due to the fact that we really have no other option. (Its well gets the online degree or gets a degree at all). The question many are asking these days is whether or not a degree online in any better way to get a traditional degree by attending live and in person at a university campus or real.

An online BCA degree is flexibility. It is catering to their needs. It’s all about making schools fit into your busy schedule, rather than trying to fit into the programming of the school. When taking classes in person on campus is limited by geographic distance from the school for times and dates of classes are offered. If you must work during the hours the class is offered, you have to make a difficult decision. But an online degree decouples scheduling conflicts or geographical. You can take classes online at anytime from anywhereyou want as long as you have Internet access.

In this age of Internet, the complete paradigm of education and learning has undergone a seismic shift. Older people, especially the baby boomer generation, attended school decades ago when no Internet and no computers in schools. Today’s high school student born and raised with the Internet as a normal part of life. From secondary school children of today was a child, he or she has been able to Google and learn about any topic known to mankind in a matter of minutes. It is quite natural that students would now be able to adapt easily to learning through an online degree.

Global online Executive MBA degree is your one-stop site for all your online degree. Degree online world has all the information you need to continue your education online or on campus in a flexible and affordable. If you want to change or advance your career, we can help you find schools and education programs to meet your goals. Read our blog to find information relevant and timely for students online and check out our top rated online degree programs to determine which school offers the best training for you.

Are high achieving professionals neurotic?

Remember the awkwardness of the empty dance floor from college socials or office parties? When everyone stands on the fringes waiting for someone else to take the lead? The best dancers don't necessary go first, because that would mean putting on a show.

The most popular or most senior don't go first either because they have the most invested in their image. Alcohol consumption shoots up as people try and muster up the courage to take the plunge. Some never do - they remain passive onlookers on the sidelines and eventually leave the party vaguely unsatisfied, envious and critical of those who took the leap.

In his new book Flying Without A Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success, Harvard Business School's (HBS) Thomas DeLong uses the dance floor as a metaphor for organisational life. The best organisations, he says, create a climate where employees at every level possess the courage and the motivation to be the first to move on the dance floor.

But few organisations encourage their people to dance. Which is why Flying Without A Net prefers to address the individual employee rather than organisations. "Whether we're adoloscents trying to gather up courage to ask a girl to dance or driven professionals trying to take on a fresh challenge, we need to overcome our anxiety, gather our courage and allow ourselves to be vulnerable. It's the only way we're going to grow," says DeLong.

DeLong is best known for his earlier work on 'B-players', the solid citizens who form the bulk of the normal performance curve of organisations. In his new book, he focuses on a different category he calls 'high need for achievement individuals,' who are driven, ambitious and single-mindedly focused on succeeding. "I'm a card carrying member of the group myself. As are doctors, investment bankers, lawyers, engineers, consultants - any profession where there is a large component of knowledge and skill," he says in a telephonic interview from Harvard.

The fundamental motivator for high need for achievement individuals is superior performance, which would be a wonderful thing, if it weren't accompanied by high levels of anxiety.

High achievers have difficulty with delegating and don't take the time to teach others, lest this slow down their drive for accomplishment. As a result, they struggle with the producer-to-manager transition and tend to micro-manage. Their ambition pushes them into taking on too many assignments, to a degree that they cannot accomplish all the tasks perfectly, which leads to acute feelings of guilt.

They crave positive feedback, but don't respond well if it is negative. And they take only safe risks because they are fearful of ruining their image and looking incompetent.

In other words, high need for achievement individuals are resistant to change. "Most driven professionals I know have so much anxiety that they would give Woody Allen pause," says DeLong. "Despite the outward appearance of calm, they are neurotically fearful and seldom feel good about what they do."

Flying Without A Net tells the story of Don Thompson, an MBA from a top b-school who joined a high powered consulting firm. Charming, smart, with business savvy, he flourished at the firm, helping client companies reformulate their business strategies.

Orissa JEE seat allotment starts

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BHUBANESWAR: The much-delayed seat allotment for engineering and other professional courses finally started on Friday after the Orissa high court directed the state government to stick to the AICTE norms on eligibility criteria.

"The provisional allotment process is on and the first list will be published online later in the evening. A reporting schedule for depositing of fees between August 20 and 25 will be published on the OJEEwebsite and in newspapers on Saturday," said OJEE vice-chairman Dr Sitaram Mahapatra.

The provisional list of 19,000 candidates in engineering courses will be published on Saturday and that of 3,500 candidates in MBA and MCA courses will be published in three days, he added.

After the students deposit their fees (Rs 16,000 for government colleges and Rs 30,000 for private colleges), the final allotment of seat will be done on September 2, Dr Mahapatra said. Classes will start on September 7, he added.

Following the HC direction, a total of 1568 OJEE qualifiers, who had scored below 45 per cent marks in Plus II, won't be able to take admission in engineering courses. For other courses such as MBA, MCA and pharmacy, the eligibility criteria remain 50 per cent for general candidates and 45 for SC/ST.

Seat allotment for MBA/MCA and engineering was scheduled on July 21 and August 5 respectively. But the court case delayed the process.

Though the HC dismissed the petition by the Orissa Private Engineering College Association (OPECA) secretary, Binod Dash, who had challenged the AICTE criteria in OJEE, the court direction still helped around 2,000 candidates who had scored between 45 and 50 per cent.

According to the original advertisement, the OJEE had kept 50 per cent cut-off in qualifying examination as the eligibility criteria for general candidates and 45 for SC/ST candidates, as per the then AICTE norms. However, recently, the AICTE revised the cut-off to 45 per cent for general candidates and 40 per cent for SC/ST candidates for engineering courses.

"Had we not challenged the eligibility criteria, candidates scoring between 45 to 50 per cent would not have been able to sit for the entrance test. As a result, the recent change in AICTE norms would not have benefited them," the OPECA secretary said. Notably, the HC in its interim order on March 23, allowed students scoring below 50 per cent to sit for the entrance examination.

In view of the court order, the OPECA demanded that the government should intervene to ensure that the deemed universities outside the OJEE purview also implement the AICTE norms.

MBA Gujarat -MBA Admission Notice by Auro University -www.aurouniversity.edu.in

Auro University announces Admission Process to MBA, BBA, and BSc Hotel Management Courses at Surat, Gujarat.
The University has announced that CAT, MAT, CET and UGAT Scores will be accepted for admission to various Under Graduate and Post Graduate Programs.
The official website of the University is www.aurouniversity.edu.in Admission Enquiry may be sent to 9099973069.
The University is ranked among the top 100 Institutions and Universities of India by www.mbaglobe.com on the basis of alexa traffic rankings


CONTACT INFORMATION
COURSE STRUCTURE
Post Graduate Programs
(MBA)
Applications will be shortlisted based on:
* Past academic credentials.
* Valid score on either the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GCET) OR Management Aptitude Test (MAT) conducted by the All India Management Association OR Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by IIMs OR Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT) conducted by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) OR score on the Auro University Entrance Test.
* Completion of Application Form, including statement of Purpose.
* Personal Interview.

Eligibility Criteria
* Bachelor's degree (10+2+3/4) from a recognized University / Institute in India or abroad, with a minimum of 60% marks or
* Student expecting their results by September 2011 may also apply for provisional admission.


Under Graduate Programs
(BBA & BSc, Hospitality Management)
Applications will be shortlisted based on:
* Past academic credentials.
* Students with marks between 60-69% will have to submit a valid score on either the Under Graduate Admission Test (UGAT) conducted by the All India Management Association (AIMA) OR score on the Auro University Entrance Test. Students with marks above 70% may, at the discretion of the Admission Committee, be exempted from appearing for any entrance test.
* Students who have scored less than 70% marks or equivalent grade in English will be required to submit their TOEFL / IELTS score or take the Auro University English Language Proficiency Test.
* Completion of Application Form including Statement of Purpose.
* Personal Interview

Eligibility Criteria
* Successful completion of Class XII (10+2) or equivalent examination in any stream with 60% aggregate marks or equivalent grade. Students expecting their results by September 2011 may also apply for provisional admission.
* Students appearing for their Class XII examination will be given provisional admissions based on their Class X performance.


SELECTION PROCEDURE
ABOUT THE PROVOST

Prof. Kamlesh Misra graduated with Masters Degree in Economics from Allahabad University, India. After completing his Ph.D. from Northeastern University, Boston, he taught there as lecturer until 1990. He did his advanced training in Financial Management of Local and Regional Governments from Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA. He served as an Economist at the Center for Social & Urban Research, Pittsburgh University from 1990 to 1994 when he returned to India to Join as HDFC Associate Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi.

He served as the Director of the Institute for Integrated Learning in Management, New Delhi from 1996 to March 2000 and was the founding Director of Institute for International Management & Technology from 2000 to 2008. He was Director of G D Goenka World Institute, Gurgaon until September 2010. Currently, he holds the position of Vice Chancellor and Provost at Auro University, Surat Gujarat.

Prof. Misra has rich experience in institution building and has been a consultant to a number of educational institutions in India and abroad. He is known for his approach to quality in higher education and for putting systems and processes to serve the larger education community of students and teachers. He is credited with successfully running the first fully delivered foreign degree program in India. He has to his credit the establishment of three of the most successful foreign university (Bradford University, Oxford Brookes University & Lancaster University) collaborations in India.

Prof. Misra is known for creating some of the most successful business models in the education sector without compromising on the ethical dimensions of teaching as a profession. He is a team builder and has created institutions which are talked about due to their work culture and the free environment for academic pursuits.

Strategic Management, Management of Government Finances, Economic Restructuring and Economics of Industry are the areas of his special interest. Dr. Misra is author of five books and has written over fifty papers in refereed journals.
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www.aurouniversity.edu.in announces Admission to MBA, BBA, and BSc Hospitality Management Programmes at Surat, Gujarat

The Government of Gujarat has established Auro University of Hospitality and Management at Surat, (opposite Hazira), Gujarat by enacting an act in the state legislative assembly in pursuant to the powers vested in the legislative assembly as education is in concurrent list wherein bot the state government and the central government are equally empowered to enact laws. The state government considered it necessary to promote and incorporate private universities on self-financed basis under the relevant laws to provide a catalytic boost to higher education in the state so as to provide for qualitative and industry relevant higher education of international standards.

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The university has been established in 117 acres state of the art campus which is one of the largest campus in India dedicated to Management and Hospitality Management. The university has been promoted by JHM Hotels, USA as their contribution to CSR i.e. Corporate Social Responsibility activities under the visionary leadership of Mr. H. P. Rama, Chairman and CEO JHM Hotels and Chairman of JHM Group of Companies, owning, operating and managing over 72 star hotels in USA, China and India. The University is being ably headed by the eminent and renowned academician Dr. Kamlesh Misra, as its Founder Provost and Vice-Chancellor, and Dr. Sanjay Bhatnagar as its Founder Registrar.

Auro University is a progressive centre for integral learning and leadership where the mind, body and spirit are aligned and prepared to embark on a journey of lifelong for both the individual and the community.

The vision, mission and philosophy of the university is unique in its approach.

The Vision of the University is to be a premier University of Integral and Transformational Learning for Future Leaders.

The Mission is to be

A Centre for Higher Education, the University is focussed on providing:

To Students: an environment for self development; an institution that nurtures their potential based on their aptitude and interests.

To Faculty Members: A Platform that mentors and guides who shape the country's future leaders by imparting knowledge and skills; opportunity for research on emerging trends and industry practices.

To the Industry and Community: Students with intellectual competence, reality based knowledge, and personal integrity; students who strive for excellence, and aspire to become socially responsible leaders.

The university has started functioning and the admission process for the Academic Year 2011-12 has started for the courses B.B.A., B Sc (Hospitality Management) and MBA Program. The University is committed to deliver world class education in tandem with global standards and is also committed to optimize the western wisdom with eastern values.

The University has launched its official website as www.aurouniversity.edu.in which has been structured to provide a global interface. The state of the art infrastructure in a 117 acre campus is ready for the new academic session to embrace the leaders of tomorrow.

The campus has separate hostel facilities for the boys and girls. The university has strong commitment towards ensuring moral and ethical values including focus on ensuring highest standards of human dignity, ragging free environment, etc. . The university is also committed towards ensuring highest degrees of transparency in its entire operations including admissions, academic delivery and quality control. The university has announced that it will not accept any donations for admissions and all admission applications will be processed purely on merit and no other criteria will be accepted under any circumstance.

The university has announced for some scholarship/s / Financial Assistance sponsored by various Institutions / Organizations from India and abroad for the meritorious and under privileged students on merit cum needs basis for which the students have to apply separately.

The University is committed to provide a conducive learning environment to the students, world class teaching platform to the faculty members, and excellent work culture to the various stakeholders of the university and the society. The University is also committed to make milestone contributions in the area of community development and upliftment. The University envisions to be one of the pioneers in the area of management and hospitality education.

The University is also committed to deliver real life exposure at the domestic and international level to the various students by orienting the curriculum, pedagogy, and infrastructure to match and outperform the global standards and shall ensure the incorporation of the best practices of some of the top tier business schools of India and abroad including the Ivy league Universities of the globe.

The university has partnered with IBM India to develop Smart Campus with State of the art infrastructure. The University has also provided world class audio video infrastructure in all class rooms which allows any of the class rooms to be converted into a modern surround sound film theatre with latest technology gadgeteries.

The university and its various stakeholders are committed to deliver world class education and ensure that the journey of education for the students becomes a pleasure during the process of intense academic rigour of highest standards.

The university has established dedicated Career Development Center which provides the students with resources and avenues for career and professional development while they are studying as well as after graduation. This includes career counseling for individual students to prepare them for training, recruitment, and placements. The CDC is likely to organize series of workshops on a regular basis on a variety of contemporary and useful topics such as choosing the right career, preparing CVs, drafting covering letters, facing interviews, grooming, job search strategies, options for higher studies in India and abroad etc.

The CDC opens up million opportunities for students to find employment, summer internships, and network with companies both at local, national and international level. The centre devotes a considerable amount of time towards developing strong relationship with the industry in areas that are the focus of studies at Auro University. The CDC not only provides consistent, superior skilled and high quality but also creates an atmosphere of professional, friendly, reliable and enthusiastic support to our student body. The services likely to be provided to the students include but are not limited to individual and group counseling on career and job choices, seminars on current Industry trends, summer internship opportunities, writing workshops, Job search workshops, Career Choice workshops, Strategies to face interviews, Personality Assessment and Advice, Pre-Placement Talk from Prospective employers, on campus recruitment, and interviews, workshop on higher studies abroad, grooming workshops, Personality Development Workshops, and Presentation & Interview Skills.

The university invites Industrialists, Academicians, Parents and students, to explore areas of intellectual furtherance, knowledge creation, dissemination, skills enhancement, and value transformation, thereby leading to holistic transformation.




For more details, Please visit, www.aurouniversity.edu.in
IILM organizes a Press Conference

The IILM -CMS -College of Management Studies located at Greater Noida organized a Press Conference. The press conference was addressed by Dr. Anil Sinha and Dr. Kavita Srivastav. The press conference was aimed at inoforming the media about the proposed two Day Annual function Jubail 2011 likely to be organized by the institute.

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Job Placement for IGNOU students

Indira Gandhi National Open University Students stand a better placement opportunity as HCL has offered job opportunnity to the IGNOU students in their BPO venture. Its a golden opportunity for the IGNOU Passout students.

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The HCL has offered jobs as CSE i.e. Customer support executive and Tech Support Officers (TSO) -2000 jobs at junior and senior level. The university has invited aplications from its various students till 11th March. 2011. According to IGNOU, the current and old students of iGNOU may send their enrolment and mobile number to campusplacement@ignou.ac.in and send their resume on this email id.

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The selected students will get the opportunity to work on international voice process. The CSE will get the opportunity to work with the UK based customers in the area of collections whereas the TSO will have the opportunity to work on US based customers in the area of ISP based troubleshooting. The salary package is expected to be around 1.8 to 3.5 lakhs.

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Scout and Guide Camp at Mangalmay Institute

The Mangalmay Institute located at Knowledge Park- II organized 2 day Scout and Guid camp on thursday. All the students displayed their talent in the camp fare in the various extra 0curricular activities and gave indications of their excellent talent.

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School of Management Sciences organised a Conference on "Spirituality".
The conference invited illustrious dignatories, Panelists, speakers, Researchers, Academicians, Reserachers, corporate leaders and other stakeholders at a common platform to exchange thoughts, views, and ideas on the topics pertaining to spirituality and its exponentially increasing influence and impact in the world of business. The two day conference was a wonderful congregation of eminent speakers from different parts of India and abroad. The various speakers enlightened all attendees regarding the various important aspects of spirituality and its impact in personal and professional life.

Galgotia University Launches operation in Greater Noida

Galgotia University has been granted the approval to start its campus in 52 acres in Greater Noida. The university is likely to start Management, Engineering and various allied courses, programmes and departments under the visionary leadership of Mr. Sunil Galgotia. Galgotia Group of Institutions has been doing a pioneering work in the area of technical education by providing high quality education and world class placements.

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Sharda University hosts a Programme of SInger Sonu Nigam

Sharda University has hosted a programme of the renowned singer Sonu Nigam in its campus on March 11-12 in the name of CHORES. The university is headed by Dr. R P Singh as its Vice Chancellor. The university is currently offering Medical, Dental, Management and Engineering courses in Greater Noida and is one of the largest educational groups in Northern India


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63rd SHRM 2011 Annual Conference & Exposition

The 63rd SHRM 2011 Annual Conference and Exposition is scheduled to be held at Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, USA, NV, USA during June 26-29, 2011.

During this grand conference, the great minds of HR will meet and exchange the radical thoughts, views and ideas of HR.

In today's unpredictable market, gaining a competitive edge is more important than it's ever been. with a rapidly changing workforce, the role of HR has taken cornerstage. As a result, HR Professionals are viewed as "people strategists" capable of aligning the workforce with the goals of the organization. The 63rd SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) 2011 Annual Conference and Exposition will help HR to maintain that edge and prepare them for what's next -from dealing with a boom in retirements and identifying the new skill-sets workers and organizations need, to exploring opportunities that will define a successful company in 20 years. It will provide interesting topics that highlight the opportunities for your organization and support it with content that is relevant, practical and applicable.

Keynote Speaker

Richard Branson

Sir Richard Branson is best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies. Branson's first successful business venture was at age 16, when he published a magazine called student. he followed this with an audio record mail-order business only to open up a chain of record stores, Virgin Records. Branson's Virgin Brand grew rapidly during the 1980s -as he set up Virgin Atlantic Airways and expanded the Virgin Records music label.

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Innovation Trends

According to a report int the British Media, David Willets, the universities Minister has admitted that tensions still exist with home office ministers over plans to curb th enumber of international students. Willets told the Common home affairs select committee that he had three meetings to discuss differences in the detail reforms to the students immigration system. willetts revealed to MPs taht the consultation launched three months ago to reduce overseas student numbers by upto 1,20,000 (40%) had provoked more than 30000 responses. The 3,00,000 students who come to the UK each year contribute more than 2 billion pound sterling in fees to higher education funding and accout for about two-thirds of migrants entering Britain.

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Peace March to Sensitize people on Gender Awareness on International Women's Day

The students of CentumU Institute of Management and Creative Studies -www.centumu.edu.in adopted an innovative way to celebrate the International Women's Day on 8th March 2011. The young and dynamic MBA students prepared various placards, banners and intelligent messages regarding respective women, respecting gender equality, female foeticide and various other issues and agenda related to violence against women, etc. The students took this initiative with a view to contribute to the social cause to prove that they are intellectually superior and are in a better position to contribute to social cause apart from being intelligent and productive with the multi-dimensional skills and knowledge which they are going to gain. The MBA students at CentumU have been contributing to the various social causes in one form or the other by contributing their overall efforts to bring a radical change in the society and the social transformation process.

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Jagan Institute of Management Studies hosted an International Conference

Jagan Institute of Management Studies hosted an international conference on 'Entrepreneurship and Innovation: The New Age Mantra' recently. The aim of the event was to highlight the need and significance of the future trends entrepreneurship and innovation. Successful cases of social entrepreneurs, women entrepreneurs, innovations, and rural markets, eco-friendly manufacturing and products, innovative IT enabled services, etc. were discussed int the conference. The day long conference was attended by professors, scholars, industry experts, and entrepreneurs.

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Institute of Energy Management and Research (IEMR) is offering a two-year PG programme in energy management. Candidates with a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent with a minimum of 60% marks in any discipline from a recognised university are eligible for admission. IEMR selections will be based on the scores of CAT, XAT, MAT, or GMAT Taken any time after November 2009 (GMAT scores from May 2008 will be deemed valid). The final selection will be based on a weighted score of the selected tests, educational background, professional experience and personality evaluation.

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Collaboraive Efforts

AVK Group of Institutions recently signed an MOU with Kampala University, Uganda to develop academic and educational co-operation in order to nurture a conducive relationship between the two countries. The collaborative activities include exchange of Faculty and administrative staff, conducting research projects, lectures, organising symposiums, conferences, joint publications and disseminations of academic material, joint training on academic programmes and exchange of academic information and materials.