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Launch Date: December 20, 2001 |
Last
update: Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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Thank
you for your visit to the home page of Madras Management Group, commonly
referred to as MMG. We are engaged in Management Consultancy from January
01, 1998 and expanded into providing web based services like domain
registrations, web hosting, e-mail and related services from January 15,
2007. The various
operating units are:
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mmgindia.com
- home page of MMG and management consulting unit. It can also be
reached on mobile at m.mmgindia.com
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MMG
members can access their articles lists by clicking
here
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MMG Brands is a unit of MMG providing brand consultancy services.
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mmgmail.biz
- offers web and e-mail hosting based on MS Windows OS
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mmguniversal.com
- domain registry, low cost web hosting and e-mail solutions based on
Linux operating system.
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mmgmail.info
- offers private label e-ail services, similar to MS Exchange, but at
substantially lower costs. (MS Exchange is a trademark owned by
Microsoft Corporation).
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mmgcommunications.info
- handles group communications, free articles, newsletters and
editorials etc., It also hosts free articles written by our
Managing Partner apart from articles written by other authors. It also
offers Microsoft Shared Exchange Server 2007 for SMBs under its
banner in partnership with a world-class US based service
provider.
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MMG
is pleased to offer Cloud Computing in association with a San
Francisco, USA based service provider with effect from May 21, 2009. The
salient features and benefits of the offer can be accessed by
clicking here.
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MMG
has its own space and blog, courtesy, Microsoft Office Live Com, at: http://mmgindia.spaces.live.com.
All postings at the blog are available as a RSS feed and the link is
available on top below the navigation bar.
Management Consultancy for
Businesses
We
are broadly involved in management consultancy in the
following main domains:
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Enterprise
Diagnostics
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Strategic
Planning & Corporate Strategy Development
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Business
constraints analysis
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Corporate
Development & Policy - Review and Formulation for
Implementation
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Change
Management & Business Process Reengineering
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Product,
Brand, Service management and Integrated Product
Development
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Marketing,
Positioning and Sales Strategy - Review and Formulation
for Implementation. We are not involved in advertising
or creatives. We do provide the critical inputs for
improvement and the brief to advertising agencies
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Human
resources management - Competency Mapping, Psychometric
Profiling, ODIs, Restructuring, Recruitment and Training
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Improving
overall operational efficiency
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Technology
Review, Planning & Management
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Operations
Management
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Quality
Management Program Development and Implementation - We
are not directly involved in any quality certification processes
like ISO, Six Sigma etc., However, we have acted as
Management Representative for some clients for ISO
certification
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Supply
Chain Management
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Lean
Management and Lean Enterprise Implementation
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Program
Management Resources, Skills & Training and ODIs
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Business
Planning excluding Financial Planning. We do carryout
financial analysis to evolve an overall corporate
strategy, but as a policy are not involved in the
financial aspects of a business to avoid conflict of
interests. We leave it to third parties to evaluate the
financial impact of the strategy implemented.
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For
specific information, please click
here and send the form.
| MDP
workshop planned in October 2010
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| The
MDP workshop
on 'Build
that effective team' is scheduled
on October 13, 2010. The program is subject to reconfirmation after the close of
nominations. Please click on the link for details. For any more clarifications, please get in touch with us by clicking
the 'Contact Us' link on top of the page. Nominations
close on September 30, 2010 by 5.00 PM.
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| Management
Education for MBA Students in business schools
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Our
founder and
managing partner is a globally acknowledged and
recognized management expert and is a visiting professor
in some leading B-Schools in TN, India.
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The
advanced and specialized subjects handled by him in
alphabetical order as on date are:
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Business
Valuations
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Capital
raising Strategies
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Cross
Cultural Marketing
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Entrepreneurship,
Planning and Small Business Management - 30 hour
program for BBA and 40 hour program for EMBA
students
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Industrial
Marketing
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Microfinance
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New
Product Development
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Planning
an entrepreneurial venture - a 10 hour introductory
program for MBA students
undergoing super specialization in Planning & Entrepreneurship
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Private
equity investments
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We
at MMG provide the research support in the subjects
handled by him.
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The
content management, delivery of all lectures, training
and development modules are done exclusively by him.
This is not delegated to anyone else.
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List of
individual RSS Feeds of articles for MMG Members - Courtesy
Microsoft Windows Live.Com
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| Feedback
of various batches of BBA & MBA Students |
- Our Managing
Partner & CEO, Madhavan Gopalachary, completed a course on
Entrepreneurship
& Small Business Management for the first
batch of students of International Institute of
Planning and Management at Chennai, TN, India,
undergoing an integrated 3 year program of IMI,
Belgium. Please click on the link to peruse
the feedback.
- Please click here
for the feedback of Executive MBA students pursuing
an advanced course on Planning,
Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management.
- Please click here
for the feedback of Executive MBA students
pursuing an advanced course on Industrial
Marketing. He takes an introductory course on
the subject for all regular MBA students majoring
in various disciplines as part of the
curriculum.
- Please click
here for the feedback of Executive MBA
students pursuing an advanced course on Cross
Cultural Marketing.
- Please click
here for the feedback of an advanced course in
three subjects, namely Business Valuations,
Capital raising Strategies and Planning an Entrepreneurial
Venture for third trimester MBA students
undergoing super specialization.
- Please click
here for the feedback of an advanced course in
three subjects, namely Microfinance, New
Product development and Private Equity Investments
for fourth trimester MBA students undergoing super specialization.
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To
delight the clients by providing the right advice,
the right information and at the right time.
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Recognize
and respect the fundamental rights of people to have
their own views and opinions
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Do
not act like a Mercenary, Messiah or Dependency
Builder in the words of Mr. Ron Carucci and Ms. Toby
Tatenbaum in their book "Value Creating
Consultant" published by AMACOM, New York, USA.
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Create
something of value. Money is the by-product of your
efforts, sincerity and hard work. If you look only
for money, then be prepared to fail.
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Fairness,
Honesty, Sincerity, Openness and Transparency in all
business and personal dealings.
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Never
compromise on Integrity, Honesty, Principles,
Values and Ethics.
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One
cannot demand respect. Command respect by your
actions, deeds and words. Respect is given
grudgingly by most people. It does not matter how
you get it, but get it you must.
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A
good and self respecting management consultant is
not a 'rubber stamp' or a 'yes man' or a 'dummy'.
Make it very clear in the beginning itself. It will
save you a lot of grief and misunderstandings later.
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A
good management consultant is a change agent and a
leader of men and women. Should evoke awe and not
fear in the words of the great Chinese philosopher,
Confucius.
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There
are three known instances when people call for the
help of Management Consultants.
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The
first is when they do not know what to do? In
that case it is fairly simple. You show them
what and how to do.
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The
second case is when they are in trouble. In that
case make it very clear to them that you are not
a magician who can make the problems and
troubles disappear overnight. The process of
cure and recovery takes its own time and with
the right actions. To some extent, it can be
accelerated by a change agent. This needs the
understanding and cooperation of all concerned
at the client's end.
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The
third case is when they need a third party
authentication of their actions and decisions.
In that case, give a true, fair and unbiased
assessment of the situation.
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Business
Philosophy & Policies
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Help
clients create a business process to manage and
thrive on change
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Do
not try to reinvent the wheel. Do not make
malinvestments. Outsource and delegate all non core
jobs and have a very wide span of control.
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Look
at all problems holistically, always with an open
mind and suggest most probable or most likely or
most suitable solutions. Remember Aristotle's famous
saying: "Probable impossibilities are to be
preferred to improbable possibilities"
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Develop
systematic team work and at the same time retain
your independent outsider identity. Do not get
dragged into politics, controversies or bickering at
the client's end. Do not fish in troubled waters.
However, do not maintain neutrality in the face of
grave moral crisis and make your views and opinions
well known, even if it means losing the client and
the business
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Make
things happen. Do not wait for things to happen from
the client's side. Very few understand as to why the
management consultants are brought in. Make your job
purpose very clear to all, remove fear psychosis and
scotch all rumors.
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If
you are good, you need not worry about good
references because any excessive criticism is an
indirect praise. It will be foolish to expect
everyone to appreciate you because you are not in
show business or in popularity contest
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Assist
developing long term solutions
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Focus
always on people by supporting and developing them
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Strive
for excellence through speed, innovation, leadership
and team work
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Build
relationships based on mutual respect and trust
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Look
for win/win situations for all stakeholders
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Do
not accept win/lose situation from anyone, however
big and mighty they may be
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The
client is always in a more powerful position to
decide in your favor or not. Negotiation is always
possible, between unequal parties, in terms of size,
as long as the need exists and you can satisfy the
need
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The
client will always have in-depth knowledge of his
own industry, which you might not be familiar with,
but will not have the width and depth of knowledge
you possess of various industries. The very fact
that you do not have much knowledge of the client's
business is in your favor because you will not have
any bias, blind spots, phobias and prejudices
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Provide
the best customer value proposition at all times
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Add
and create value to a client's business
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You
cannot satisfy everybody. When you try to satisfy
everybody, you end up satisfying nobody
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Never
take up an assignment if you have any doubts about
your own ability to deliver value
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Never
take up an assignment without a specific terms of
reference (ToR) or a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU)
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It
is good to be diplomatic in our profession. However,
do not take an ambiguous or a vague stand under the
guise of diplomacy
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As
corporate doctors, it is our duty to give the true
picture and correct recommendations to our clients.
We will be doing disservice to our clients, if we do
not do so and should not be mistaken for stating the
truth. Good medicines are always bitter
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Keep
the ethical and operating standards very high all
the time and beyond reproach
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Integrity
and Commitment are more important than money
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To
be viewed as one of the best people to deal with in
the world in our areas of competence
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Who
and What is a Management Consultant ?
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The
Institute of Management Consultants, UK defines a
management consultant as follows:
A
Management Consultant is an independent, experienced
and qualified person who provides a professional
service to a business, government and any other
undertaking by:
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Identifying
and investigating problems concerned with
strategy, policy, markets, organization,
procedures and methods;
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Formulating
recommendations for appropriate action by actual
investigation and analysis, with due regard for
broader management and business implications;
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Discussing
and agreeing with the client, the most appropriate
course of action;
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Providing
assistance, where required by the client, to
implement the recommendations;
Management
Consulting has three approaches: 1. Expertise
Consulting 2. Business Process Consulting and 3.
Contingency Consulting. We adopt any or all
approaches, depending upon the circumstances and
relationship with the client.
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Why MMG
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We would like to quote the great Mr.
Robert Townsend from the book "Further up the
organization" on his observation on "Management
Consultants" and the same is reproduced in italics below:
"The effective ones are the
one-man shows. The institutional ones are disastrous. They
waste time, cost money, demoralize and distract your best
people and don't solve any problems. They are the people who
borrow your watch to tell you what time it is and walk away
with it ........... " --- Published by Michael Joseph,
London, UK, 1984, Page Number 128
It would be impolite of us to
publish the entire extract in our pages but those interested
can refer to the book.
Why organizations, in businesses as
diversified as light & heavy engineering, manufacturing,
contracting, project management, trading, logistics,
educational institutions, freight handling, IT services,
travel services, insurance, real estate, banking, retailing,
consulting, thermal engineering, power plants,
broadcasting, fast moving consumer products and leather
tanning when in need to consult, train, recruit and assess
their staff, choose a small management consultancy firm like
MMG? The reason is, MMG provides Total Management Consultancy
services covering all aspects of corporate management -
excluding Finance, providing maximum value for money spent by
the client. Building relationships, based on mutual respect
and trust. Full involvement, service and commitment to people
and the organizations they represent. Always following
"Ethical practices over Everything else" in keeping
with its signature. Find out what makes us unique, world
class, ranked along with the best and different. Get in touch
with us and let us explore how we can work together for mutual
benefit.
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Important Notification
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This is to inform general public that
some unscrupulous people were using our IDs falsely, including that of
our promoter, to SPAM. All
such IDs are deactivated. We would like to reiterate that we do
not send any spam or unsolicited mail. We don't need to resort
to such practices. We have a very rigorous verification and
security procedures when people contact us. People are
requested to be careful when they receive mails presumably
from us. Our IP address is 174.36.84.224 and
174.36.84.225. It is just not possible to stop some people
from impersonating us. That is the price one has to pay for
integrity and reputation. We are also pleased to inform that
with effect from August 30, 2010, all our group mails will
carry authenticated digital signatures of respective domains.
To contact us, please use the
'Contact Us' form on top of the page.
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