You might have been led to believe from our casemat that CCS stands for Costing and Control Systems. Ha! You could not be more wrong. Thanks to some investigative journalism (which included paying some serious attention in the CCS class) we have figured out the real CCS. Apparently, when the course was initially started CCS stood for "Countries, Capitals and Such". It was intended to be a primer in geography that enabled the future globe-trotting manager to book his/her plane tickets properly. As an added bonus, the successful completion of this course also ensured complete Ownage in "Name-Place-Animal-Thing" contests usually held at management development programs in Hong Kong.
In due course of time CCS evolved to include some random costing fundae. But the essence of the course still remains in the form of extensive "place-dropping" by the instructor. Instructors for this course have usually worked as guides in "Lonely Planet" and have around 350 accurately booked plane tickets to their credit. So, don't be surprised if the instructors mention random exotic locations and go on to feature themselves in their anecdotes during lectures. As always, it is AM's delight to bring you the global route taken thus far in our deceptively named course - CCS.
Session 11: Places visited
Saudi Arabia, Mumbai
Session 12: Places visited
Pittsburgh Memorial Hospital, France and Columbus, Indiana (not to be confused with the Columbus, Ohio of Buckeye national bank fame)
So, pay attention in the next class! CCS - The world in a casemat.
Bon Voyage!
Note to the enterprising traveller: Places visited during slot 3 will be covered in future posts.
actually, its a preparatory course for students aspiring for exchange or internship in foreign locations. IIM A takes pride in its students who exhibit the extent of their geographical knowledge when they visit foreign location. That's what makes it a global business school.
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