| Name |
M.J. Arul |
| Address |
Yelahanka, Bangalore
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Cellphone: + 91-98455-88239
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| Date of birth |
May 10, 1946 |
| Total work experience |
45 years (Cf. Job History, below.) |
| Educational qualification |
- Advanced FIRO Training from Dr. Will Schutz (1998 batch, California).
- Ph.D.: FIRO needs of managers and management students; S.P.U. Gujarat.
- M.A. in Psychology; MS University of Baroda-1972. |
| Positions held, in reverse chronological order |
- Director, Presidency B-school, Bangalore. (Retired in April 2017)
- Professor of OB & HR, SDM-IMD, Mysore.
- Dean, Presidency College, Bangalore.
- Professor of OB & HR, S.P.Jain Inst of Mgmt & Research, Bombay.
- Professor, Institute of Rural Management - Anand (IRMA).
- Visiting Faculty, IIM-Ahmedabad.
- Course Associate, IIM-Ahmedabad.
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| Current position |
Freelance Consultant & Trainer |
| Experience: Job content ... |
1. Teaching in the regular PGP and MDP programmes:
Individual & Group Behavior | Mgmt of Change | Creativity in Management | OT |
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2. In-company training
- I've, in the past, offered training programmes to: corporate-company executives, managers of cooperatives, NGO managers, trainers & field workers, and government forest-department officials.
- More recently, I conducted, jointly with Mr. Gary Copeland, two human-element workshops at Bangkok for the UN Officers in Thailand (March 2006).
- Designed and offered two training programmes in January-February 2007: one was a three-day MDP and the other was a six-day ToT. Both were done in and for BRAC, a large international NGO, headquartered at Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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3.Administrative responsibilities
- Chairman, Student Conduct Committee at SDM-IMD, Mysore (2005)
- Co-ordinator, SPJIMR's Collaborative PhD Programme with BITS, Pilani (2002-2003)
- Co-ordinator, IRMA Admissions (1988-1991 & May-Oct 1998)
- Chairman, Faculty Induction & Dev. Committee (Mar. 1996-Jan. 1997)
- Co-ordinator, The One-Year Postgraduate Programme (OYP1996-97)
- Member, PRM Curriculum Review Committee (1997)
- Chairman, OYP Review Committee (1994-95)
- Member, Admissions Committee (1992-1998)
- Member, Staff Affairs Committee (1996-97)
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4. Consulting assignments
- An organizational study of the U.P. Apple and Fruit Growers' Co-operative Marketing Federation (December 1987).
- Public Distribution System in the Rural Areas of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (may 1988).
- Rural Development -- the ASSEFA way: A case study of Natham Block (October 1989).
- Process Documentation of Joint Forest Management for an NGO (November 1996).
- Self-Help Groups in the Kerala Horticulture Development Programme (May 1998).
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| Professional membership |
- Indian Academy of Applied Psychology
- The Indian Society of Extension Education
- The National HRD Network (India) |
| Papers written |
1. Measurement of attitudes (1977). Working paper #158, IIM-Ahmedabad. |
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2. Removal of untouchability: some social psychological aspects (1980). (Presented at the Seminar on Removal of Untouchability, Gujarat University.) |
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3. A study of IRMA admissions (1983). |
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4. HRD: Not Everyone's Cup of Tea (1989a). (Presented at the Seminar on Emerging Trends in HRD for Poverty Alleviation, NIRD, Hyderabad.) |
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5. Operation Flood and management development (1989b). Managemnt in Government , XXI (1-3), pp 91-97. |
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6. The elan vital of rural development (1992). Working paper #38, IRMA. |
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7. Managerial qualities of some Indian co-operative dairy managers. (Paper presented at the International Symposium on Rural Co-operatives, held at Anand, December 7-11, 1992.) |
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8. Managerial qualities in the Indian co-operative dairy sector (1993). Indian Dairyman, XLV (9), pp 391-399. |
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9. A comparative analysis of managerial attributes in five different agencies of rural development (1994). Working paper #51, IRMA. |
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10. Participatory Management of Forests (1998). Working paper #119, IRMA. |
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11. My First Experience with Process Documentation (1998). Presented at the State-level Working Committee on JFM, Gujarat. |
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12. Elan in Rural Development (1999). New Renaissance: A Journal of Social and Spiritual Awakening, VIII (4), pp 22-23 & 40. |
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13. Firo Needs of Managers and Management Students in an Indian Cooperative Sector (2001): Accepted for presentation at the Firo International Conference, San Francisco. |
Job History:
| PERIOD |
ORGANIZATION |
POSITION |
NATURE OF JOB |
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| Aug 2012 - Mar 2017 |
Presidency Business School, Presidency College, Bangalore. |
Director |
- Academic administration
(Retired on 1 April 2017)
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| Feb 2006 - Feb 2011 |
Presidency Business School, Presidency College, Bangalore. |
Director |
- Academic administration
- Teaching OB
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| June 2005 - Jan 2006 |
SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore. |
Professor of OB & HR |
Teaching in PGP & MDP |
| Dec 2003 - June 2005 |
Presidency College, Bangalore. |
Dean |
- Academic administration
- Teaching OB
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| April 2001 - Dec 2003 |
S.P. Jain Inst of Mgmt & Research, Mumbai. |
Professor of OB & HR |
Teaching in PGP & MDP |
| Nov 1998 - April 2000 |
Centre for Management Studies, DDIT, Nadiad.
IIM-Ahmedabad
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Professor & Head
Visiting Faculty
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Teaching & administration
Teaching
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| Sep 1994 - Oct 1998 |
Institute of Rural Management, Anand.
IIM-Ahmedabad
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Professor
Visiting Faculty
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Teaching, training & consulting
Teaching
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| Nov 1989 - Aug 1994 |
Institute of Rural Management, Anand. |
Associate Professor |
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| 1988 - 1991 |
- do - |
Admissions Co-ordinator |
The whole function of admissions to the PG course |
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| Jan - 1986 - Oct 1989 |
- do - |
Assistant Professor |
Teaching & consulting |
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| July 1980 - Dec 1985 |
- do - |
Faculty Associate |
Teaching |
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| July 1979 - Apr 1981 |
Bhavan's Institute of Communication and Management, Ahmedabad. |
Visiting Faculty |
Teaching: Personnel Management |
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| Jan 1978 - June 1980 |
IIM-Ahmedabad |
Course Associate |
Preparation of teaching material, setting questions, evaluation of exam papers & assignments on Organizational Behavior. |
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Facilitator in workshops on Creative Problem Solving |
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National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. |
Visiting Faculty |
Teaching: Psychology (as a foundation course) |
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| Feb 1975 - Dec 1977 |
IIM-Ahmedabad |
Course Assistant |
Assisting the Faculty in the conduct of OB courses |
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| Oct 1973 - Feb 1975 |
- do - |
Research Assistant |
Assisted in a project: Gujarat Government Agriculture Development Programme |
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| May 1973 - Oct 1973 |
Space Application Centre (ISRO) |
Research Assistant |
Assistance in selection of villages and preparation of audience profiles for the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE). |
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| Aug 1972 - Apr 1973 |
Avery India Limited |
Sales Representative |
Procuring orders for new goods and service contracts. |
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