Thursday, November 24, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
LIFE IS BUT A DREAM
BOAT, beneath a sunny sky
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of July--
Children three that nestle near,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Pleased a simple tale to hear--
Long has paled that sunny sky;
Echoes fade and memories die;
Autumn frosts have slain July.
Still she haunts me, phantomwise,
Alice moving under skies
Never seen by waking eyes.
Children yet, the tale to hear,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Lovingly shall nestle near.
In a Wonderland they lie,
Dreaming as the days go by,
Dreaming as the summers die;
Ever drifting down the stream--
Lingering in the golden gleam--
Life, what is it but a dream?
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) "Life is but a Dream" is reprinted from The Hunting of the Snark and Other Poems and Verses. Lewis Carroll. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
14 Principles of Management – Henri Fayol
Henri Fayol was born in 1841 in a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey. Fayol studied at the mining school in Saint-Étienne and joined a mining company in Commentry as an engineer. By 1888, he was a director of the mine which now employed over 1000 people. It became one of the largest producers of iron and steel in France. Fayol stayed there for 30 years until 1918 by which time he had written down his management experiences in a book called “Administration Industrielle et Générale”, the book that would be his lasting legacy. This is an extraordinary little book that offers the first theory of general management and statement of management principles.
Fayol believed management theories could be developed, then taught. His theorising about administration was built on personal observation and experience of what worked well in terms of organisation. His aspiration for an "administrative science" sought a consistent set of principles that all organizations must apply in order to run properly.
Henri Fayol was one of the most influential contributors to modern concepts of management, having proposed that there are five primary functions of management: Planning, Organizing, Commanding, Coordinating and Controlling. Henri Fayol was the first to identify the four functions of management: planning, organizing, directing, and controlling, as known today. He then went on to explain that these functions should be carried out according to 14 principles of management, namely:
1. Specialization of labour. Specializing encourages continuous improvement in skills and the development of improvements in methods.
2. Authority. The right to give orders and the power to exact obedience.
3. Discipline. No slacking, bending of rules. The workers should be obedient and respectful of the organization.
4. Unity of command. Each employee has one and only one boss.
5. Unity of direction. A single mind generates a single plan and all play their part in that plan.
6. Subordination of Individual Interests. When at work, only work things should be pursued or thought about.
7. Remuneration. Employees receive fair payment for services, not what the company can get away with.
8. Centralization. Consolidation of management functions. Decisions are made from the top.
9. Chain of Superiors (line of authority). Formal chain of command running from top to bottom of the organization, like military
10. Order. All materials and personnel have a prescribed place, and they must remain there.
11. Equity. Equality of treatment (but not necessarily identical treatment)
12. Personnel Tenure. Limited turnover of personnel. Lifetime employment for good workers.
13. Initiative. Thinking out a plan and do what it takes to make it happen.
14. Esprit de corps. Harmony, cohesion among personnel. It's a great source of strength in the organisation. Fayol stated that for promoting esprit de corps, the principle of unity of command should be observed and the dangers of divide and rule and the abuse of written communication should be avoided.
Fayol has been described as the father of modern operational management theory. Fayol’s ideas had a major effect on how management functions in most established organisations. In many ways, they are the bible of management and the source of the idea that "managers have the right to manage". Whether knowingly or not, anyone who manages, even today, is almost certainly managing in accordance with Fayol's ideas and principles.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Freudian Slip
A Freudian slip is a verbal or memory mistake that is believed to be linked to the unconscious mind.
Example 1: A man calls his wife by the name of his mistress.
Example 2: A person calls his wife "mom" because he subconsciously thinks of her like his mom.
Example 3: A person expecting a dinner guest with a large nose reminds himself to avoid making any reference to noses at dinner. Then dinner comes and he says "Pass the nose" instead of "Pass the salt".
(Warning: All slips are not Freudian, and to interpret all slips as Freudian is not recommended.)
According to the theory of Sigmund Freud, people have many subconscious wishes, feelings and desires, which they have suppressed so that they are not consciously aware of them or are not willing to think of them at the present time. However, people sometimes make mistakes, called "Freudian slips" which reveal their subconscious thoughts. In a wider sense, "Freudian slip" is used to refer to any mistake in speech which reveals feelings or thoughts a person does not want to reveal.
The term is popularly used today in a humorous way when a person makes a mistake in speech. In these situations, observers often suggest (in a comic way) that the mistake reveals some type of hidden emotion on the part of the speaker.
Sigmund Freud Theory
Known as the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud developed a theory of the mind which contains three levels of awareness: the conscious, the preconscious, and the super conscious. According to his theory, the human mind is like an iceberg. The conscious part of the brain is just the small tip which is easily visible (accessible). The other two parts remain hidden below the surface.
In addition to the three levels of awareness, there are 3 components of personality: the id, the ego, and the superego. The id is the primitive part of the mind; it is irrational, emotional, child-like, and seeks self-gratification. The superego is the moral compass. The conscious, a subsystem of the superego, is constantly aware of right and wrong. For a child, this consists of everything he thinks mom and dad will disapprove of or punish. The ego, the rational part of the brain, compromises between these two opposing forces. "The conflict between the Id and Superego, negotiated by the Ego, is one of the fundamental psychological battles all people face."
In order to deal with this constant internal conflict, Freud believed that defense mechanisms were created to protect one's self. One of these methods is repression, where intense emotions, too difficult to deal with in the conscious awareness, are repressed into the subconscious. It’s like our unconscious mind is a door to our conscious brain and the two meet during our dreams.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Psychology of Online Shopping
I happened to read an article that said Indians have started to go online for shopping products more than ever before. The cost conscious Indian customer has started to evaluate offers and deals and is waiting for coupons to be used while shopping on the internet. The conservative Indian buyer has moved from booking tickets online and checking account balances to e commerce.
The significance on social media has been so huge that customers gain confidence to try out buying online. With reviews about product and usage experiences, customers have started to venture into buying online. This has helped the online retailers’ to manipulate with colours, price points and time distortions to get us buying. Psychology plays its part on how customers react to your website content and its products. In order to keep up appearances of the website considerations such as colour, imagery, pricing need to be carefully planned. Green and Blue colours have major impact on online purchases. Studies show that product images set against green background trigger sensitivity to price; products set against blue background evoke a sense of ‘Comfort’.
For an effective online presence, you must evoke emotion, trigger a reaction and excite your visitors enough so that they not only return but they tell others about their experience in your store or website. So if your business isn't treating its online presence seriously, then you're sending the wrong message to your customers.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
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Monday, June 27, 2011
How to secure your ISBN and be a your own Publisher
If you are writer with lot of ideas but worried about who would publish them read this which makes it easy to be your own publisher. You might we worried how can you get an ISBN number without the support of the publishing house. I have tried to give inputs on how to be your own publisher. ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number, a unique code that can be assigned to a book. While an ISBN is not required to publish a book, it is a good idea to get one for your book, specially if you want to sell it through standard book distribution channel. ISBNs are allotted to publishers. Earlier ISBNs were allotted only in blocks of 10, 100, 10000. But the good news for self-publishers is that now individual ISBNs can be allotted to the self-publishers too. What more - Getting an ISBN in India is free? You need to send an application to Raja Rammohan Roy National Agency for ISBN. Follow these steps:
· Make sure your book design is done so you know the number of pages.
· Finalize the book cover design.
· Decide on whether you want to publish paperback or hard cover book. If you want to publish both, you need two separate ISBNs for them.
· Decide the retail price of the book
· Download the template application
MS Word Format
Open office format
· Complete the application by inserting the details about your book.
· Include a copy of id proof (PAN card, passport, voter id card etc.), a print out of cover and a self addressed envelope for return communication
· Send the application to the agency at the address mentioned in the template application
Raja Rammohun Roy National Agency for ISBN, West Block-I, Wing-6, 2nd Floor,Sector -I, R.K. Puram,
New Delhi-110066, Phone: +91-11-23384687
Url : http://www.education.nic.in/bp/ISBN-intro.asp
Before you choose your ISBN, please check out all the relevant information. This is article is just for informational purpose and I have tried to provide the information as accurately as possible. However the blogger is not responsible for any omissions or mistakes that might have come in.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Existence alone is not success!
Existence alone is not success! It is a lot more!
Do more than exist -- live
Do more than touch -- feel
Do more than look -- observe
Do more than read -- absorb
Do more than hear -- listen
Do more than listen -- understand
John H. Rhodes
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Which of these personality best defines you?
The following are the different type of personality traits found to be with us. Have a look and decide yourself which would explain you better,
Authoritarianism:Authoritarianism refers to build acceptance of authority. Authoritarian people believe in obedience and respect for authority. They rightly adhere to conventional values, are generally conservative endorse strong parental control in keeping the family close and together are concerned with toughness and power, are close minded and are generally less educated. Because of their beliefs in the hierarchical order they make good followers, work better under directive supervision and are more productive within Authoritarian organizational structure.
Bureaucratic Personality:A Bureaucratic person differs from an Authoritarian person in that his respect of authority is not total and blind. But is based on respect from organizational rules and regulations. A bureaucratic person values subordination, rules, conformity, and orderly process in the organization and impersonal and formal relationships. They are generally not innovative, do not take risks and are at ease in following established directives. Bureaucratic mangers are better supervisors in type of works that are routine repetitive and proceduralised.
Machiavellianism: Machiavellianism personality emerges in manipulating others for purely personal gains and gaining and keeping control of others. People with Machiavellianism have high level of self-confidence and high self-esteem. They are cool and calculating and have no hesitation in using others or talking advantages of others in orders in order to serve their own goals. They believe that ends justify means and do not feel guilty in using unethical means to serve their own interest. They are skilled in influencing others and they approach the situations thoughtfully and logically. They would not hesitate to lie if necessary and they are not easily swayed by a sense of friendship, trust or loyalty. They are especially successful in exploiting structured situations and vulnerable people.
Locus of Control:Locus of control means whether people believe that they are in control of events or events control them. Those who have an internal sense of control believe that they control and shape the course of events in their life’s, those who have external locus of control tend to believe the events occur purely by chance or because of factors beyond their own control. Former categories of people seek opportunities for advancement, and rely more on their abilities and judgments at work – while later category of people remain mostly inactive and allow the events occur on their own.
Introvert and Extrovert Personalities: Introvert persons are basically shy, prefer to be alone and have difficulty in communicating. Introverts are behaviorally described as quite, introspective, intellectual, well ordered, emotionally inexpressive and value oriented – prefers small group of intimate friends and plans well ahead. Extroverts are outgoing, objective, and aggressive and relate well with people. Introverts are behaviorally described as ‘sociable, lively, impulsive, seeking novelty and change, carefree and emotionally expressive’.
Type A and B Personality: Personality has been grouped into two categories denoted by alphabets A and B Type A people feel a sense of time, urgency, or highly achievement oriented exhibit a competitive drive, and are impatient when their work is slowed for any reason. Such people are more to heart attack. On the other hand type B people are easy going do not have urgency for time and do not experience the competitive drive.
Self Esteem: Self-esteem is a measure of self-confidence and respect for ones abilities and motivation. Self-esteem is positively related to assertiveness, independence and creativity. High self-esteem people are very friendly, affectionate, find it easy to form interpersonal attachment and find good in other people. Low self-esteem people are usually critical of others, are generally depressed and blame others for their own failures.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Personality - Determinants of Personality
The term personality is derived from the Latin word “Per sonnare” which means to speak through. This Latin term was used to denote the mask, the actors used to wear in ancient Rome and Greece. Personality thus traditionally referred to how people influence others through their external appearances. But for academician personality includes 1. External appearance and behaviour 2. The inner awareness of the self as a permanent organizing force and 3. The particular organization of measurable traits, both inner and other.
Definitions
Personality is a pattern of stable states and characteristics of a person that influence his or her behaviour towards goal achievement. Each person has unique ways of projecting these states.
The most frequently used definition of personality was by GORDON ALLPORT. According to him personality is “the dynamic organization within the individuals of those psycho physical systems that determines his unique adjustments to his environments”. Hence personality is a sum total of ways in which an individual reacts and interacts with others.
Determinants of Personality
Biological factors: The general biological characteristics of human biological system influence the way in which human beings tend to see external data interpret and respond to them. The study of biological contribution to personality can be divided into three major categories hereditary, brain and physical stature.
Hereditary: Hereditary is the transmission of the qualities from the ancestor to descendent through a mechanism primarily lying in the chromosomes of the germ cell. Hereditary predisposes a certain mental, physical and emotional states. It has been established through research that those psychological characteristics can be transmitted through hereditary. However such conclusive proof is not available for human beings.
Brain: The second biological factor is brain, which is supposed to pay a role in personality. The structure of brain determines personality, though no conclusive proof is available so far about the role of brain in personality formation.
Physical Features: The third biological factor determining personality formation is physical characteristics and rate of maturation. An individual external appearance, which is biologically determined, is an important ingredient of personality. Ina narrow sense personality is referred to the physical features of a person. A person’s physical feature has some influence over his personality because he will effect influence on others and in turn will affect his self-concept.
Family and social factors: Family and social groups have most significant impact on personality development. These groups have their impact through socialization and identification process.
Socialization Process: Socialization is process by which the individual infant acquires, from the enormously wide range of behaviour potentialities that are open to him at birth, those behaviour patterns that are customary and are acceptable according to the standards of his family and social group. Socialization process starts with initial contact between mother and her new infant. Later on other members of the family and social group influence the socialization process.
Identification Process: The identification process occurs when a person tries to identify himself with some person to whom he feels ideal in the family. First identification can be viewed as the similarity of behaviour between the child and model. Second identification can be looked in as the child motives or desires to be like the model. Third it can be viewed as the process through which the child actually takes on the attributes of the model.
Home environment: Total home environment is critical factor in personality development. For E.g. children with markedly institutional upbringing or children in cold unstimulating home have much greater potential to be emotionally maladjusted than children raised by parents in warm and loving and stimulating environment.
Family Members: Parents and other family members have a strong influence on the personality development of the child. Parents have more effect on the personality development as compared to other members of the family.
Social Groups: Besides a person’s home environment and family members there are other influences arising from the social placement of the family as the person is exposed to agencies outside the home, particularly the school, friendship and other work groups. Similarly socio economic group also affect personality.
Cultural Factors: Culture is the underlying determinant of human decision making. It generally determines attitude towards independence, aggression competition and co-operation. Each culture expects and trains its members to behave in the way that are acceptable to the group. To a marked degree the child’s cultural group defines the range of experiences and situations he/she is likely to encounter and the values and the personality characteristics that will be reinforced and learned.
Situational factors: Apart from biological, sociological and cultural factors situational factors also determine personality development. Situation exerts an important press on the individual it exercises constraint and may provide push. This aspect is very important for organization behaviour because manager has control over the organizational situation.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Attitude
Many of us use this term so frequently that many times I feel it is the most misrepresented word that’s been ever used. How many of us really use it in the sense that the word means. I wished to clear the air today with my blog on Attitude and its formation and in a small way help you all to use the word in the right sense in the right context henceforth... What is Attitude? Theoretically speaking, According to Gordon Allport “A mental and neural state of readiness organized through experience exerting a direct influence on the individual response”. Thus attitudes are evaluative statements –either favourable or unfavourable concerning objects, people or events. When I say “I Like my Job” I am expressing my attitude about work. When a person says that he likes or dislikes something he expresses an attitude. Thus it could be said that 1. Attitudes are related to feelings and beliefs of people. 2. Attitude responds to persons, objects or events. 3. Attitude affects behaviour positively or negatively. Attitude undergoes changes.
Some of the reasons as to why we like and dislike objects, people or events could be attributed to the following sources. One’s direct Personal Experience to the attitudinal object serves as a powerful source to form attitude. Researches have shown that attitudes derived out of direct experience are powerful, stronger, durable and more difficult to change. Attitudes are learnt from others otherwise known as Social Learning - learning that takes place from parents, teachers, superiors, environment etc. Association – An individual’s association with others also shapes one’s attitude about him/her.
If attitude formation is to be compartmentalised, we can broadly divide it into three components.
1. Cognitive or Informational component: based on ideas, beliefs, values and information received.
2. Affective or Emotional Component: Based on feelings of likes and dislikes, Positive or negative feelings.
3. Behavioural Component: The tendency to behave in a particular fashion towards the attitudinal object.
Thus it could be said that attitude affect behaviour, attitude is a psychological phenomena which cannot be observed, Attitude are acquired and can be changed, Attitude are formed in the process of socialisation and could be learnt. A bigger question that many of us would be asking can attitude be changed. Yes, it can be changed by providing new information on the attitudinal object. It could be changed through use of fear, though it doesn’t yield result in the long run yet as short term method could bring about change in attitude. By influencing people attitude could be changed. And finally through training, learning in group attitude could be changed.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Cognitive Dissonance Theory – Explained
In India, an estimated 120 million people smoke. But unlike Western countries, smoking is on the rise in India. Cigarettes compromise just 19 percent of tobacco consumption. Bidis account for 53 percent
· Did you know that 800 million bidis are sold in India each year
· Bidis contain more tar, nicotine and other toxic substances but less tobacco than traditional cigarettes.
This being the facts yet an average smoker still finds reasons to smoke. I wanted to understand the psyche of these people who do it and why they do it which landed me on the theory of cognitive dissonance. It is widely accepted that cigarettes can cause lung cancer, yet virtually everyone wants to live a long and healthy life. The desire to live a long life is dissonant with the activity of doing something that will most likely shorten one's life. This feeling of uncomfortable tension which comes from holding two conflicting thoughts in the mind at the same time. Dissonance is often strong when we believe something about ourselves and then do something against that belief. If I believe I am good but do something bad, then the discomfort I feel as a result is cognitive dissonance.
Cognitive dissonance appears in virtually all evaluations and decisions and is the central mechanism by which we experience new differences in the world. When we see other people behave differently to our images of them, when we hold any conflicting thoughts, we experience dissonance. Dissonance increases with the importance and impact of the decision, along with the difficulty of reversing it.
Monday, February 14, 2011
New Leadership Competencies
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| Leading Your Way Up |
Leadership is evolving as business in India is cutting across boundaries, some of the leadership competencies that helped mangers to be successful are fast fading away giving into new competencies. Though these are still the prevailing expectations of managers, these competencies are becoming inadequate or in some cases irrelevant. 1. Forcefulness. Controling workforce and ensuring people do what they may be otherwise inclined to ignore. 2. Motivate. The ability to inspire your people to do great work, the stock in trade was the carrot and stick approach. 3. Decisiveness. The ability to make quick decisions in absence of information. 4. Willfulness. Getting what they wanted and always ensuring that they are in pursuit of the same. 5. Assertiveness. The ability of the leader to be outspoken and be in control of events happening around them. 6. Result- and bottom-line-oriented. Manager were always held accountable for setting standards, and achieving measurable goals. Profit maximization and cost minimization was the single minded goal. 7. Task-oriented. Ensures that everyone is kept busy and occupied. 8. Integrity and diplomacy. Leader led with tact and amiability. They were honest and respectful without letting things go out of their hands.
You get the idea. We have all worked in such environments and know managers who excel in this set of behaviors. But the fact is these leadership competencies are fast giving way in to new set of competencies that enable organizations to be successful. In an age where organizations are seen as a system - system consists of the dynamic interaction of various forces and factors that result in some complex situation. If you wish to understand your current situation—whether it is what you want or don’t want—you need to understand your system, the following set of competencies would gain more significance.
The New Leadership Competencies
1. The ability to think in terms of systems and knowing how to lead systems.
2. The ability to understand the variability of work in planning and problem solving.
3. Understanding how we learn, develop, and improve, and leading true learning and improvement.
4. Understanding people and why they behave as they do.
5. Understanding the interdependence and interaction between systems, variation, learning, and human behavior. Knowing how each affects the others.
6. Giving vision, meaning, direction, and focus to the organization
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Is Your Child Missing It Childishness - It’s Time for You to Retrospect…..
Children being disciplined end up committing suicide, administrators and teaching staff being arrested and put behind bars. It’s a sad development yet I couldn’t stop thinking of my days when I went to school. Children those days weren’t brought up like the one’s today. Almost most of us used to walk or cycle ourselves to school, few of them used to commute by public transport. Yet a very few of them had the privilege of coming by cars or school vans that used to be a rarity. In the process we learnt to keep up time in spite of hardships meant. If you turn up late to school you were made to stand out for an hour. If repeated you were canned. If you had to go tell your parents about it, they would say what the school did was right. The same was applicable to studies where if you didn’t do your homework or if you aren’t the smartest of students you could very well end up being canned. I’m emphasizing canning so many times for the simple reason that it was the highest punishment that a teacher could deploy. Teachers were never seen by students or parents of being guilty of their act.
Children of today are raised with lot of expectations at relatively young age they take on the pressure of the parents who want to inculcate whatever they missed during their childhood. They want the kid to be a show piece amongst their friends and relatives and take the pride of making them to be one instead of understanding the child needs. Now that children live in high rise apartments and with dearth of playing space children hardly go out and play which used to be otherwise a outlet of expressing their emotions. They hardly get along with other children where by the loose the ability of sharing ideas opinions and interaction amongst themselves. Parents ensure that they send their kids to almost everything possible that is taught around from handwriting classes, arts and painting classes, swimming classes, music classes and to enroll them to sports classes they are making a machine out of children, In this space parents and the society tends to forget the fact the child has simple pleasure which has to be accepted or acknowledged by parents. Acceptance when denied the child is left to its own self of being insecure, insensitive and develops cold traits.
As a part of today’s education children are exposed to computers much earlier in life. The Pros and Cons of getting in computers is something that none can deny. It has to be noted here that anyone less than 12 yrs is not going to make constructive use of the computer except for the fact that he learns to use it earlier. I have seen a few parents who are happier to get their children Xbox or WII by that the child doesn’t have to go out and play rather ensuring it keeps them occupied indoors. Interaction with machines instead of Interaction with human is by no means a compensation. The more you interact with machines you tend to be insensitive cos you always want your machine to work. If you play a game you need to take breaks you need to recoup your energy. If you are playing a team game you would have to consider the same for rest of your players which would be completely missing when you are playing against a machine that exactly why children sit long hours before videogames.
Days have gone when parents used to spend time with their children listening to their achievements, petty fights, ego’s, interest and likes and dislike. In the days I grew dinner was always with dad and mom every Sunday used to be extended lunch with the family together. Those days we were benefited by power cut and lack of television channels cos we had nothing to do but sit and chat. These days how many parents have time to listen to their children needs. They are career oriented and off course they need to manage finances and family well to secure their children’s future. Yet let them not deprive the child of its simple pleasures of being heard.
Setting expectations or lack of setting expectations by itself is another major factor that lets the child go of its hook. Parents on one hand want them to be achievers on the other hand there are parents who hardly bother about forcing the kids as to what they should be doing, either way the child is going to be spoilt. Set expectations that are genuinely achievable for the kids, never compare children as it could lead to insecurity at the same time also do not acknowledge their underperformance. Set realistic expectations and help them to achieve the same. Give them a sense of fullfiment that you’re there to help them achieve set goals.
By doing all this you help them grow as sociable human beings rather as performing humanoids. It is not for children to acquire multiple skills and be intelligent but it would be a greater call of the parents to ensure that the child is emotionally well adjusted to the bullying of the society at large… A emotionally, mentally and physically stable child is one that could face difficulties much better. Help them grow to be one…..
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
My Blog on a New Domain www.drkarthick.com
I have rechristened my blog as www.drkarthick.com after a long speculation and fear to move over from wwwmkarthickkk.blogspot.com. The transition was smooth and seamless. I was a bit worried over the the data transfer but then it all happened without a hitch... It so happened that i was wanting to change the layout of my blog for which i hit the dashboard of blogger. Since i had lot of time at my disposal i went thorough all the tabs and found the publishing tab which had the option of publishing out of your own domain... Now that lured me in and her i am with a new id www.drkarthick.com courtesy blogger. In fact the process was very simple had to fill in a domain name and then had to pay $10 as domain charges to www.godady.com. Yuppie .. i was given my new domain.... i should admit it was much easier than i thought and worried.
Alas now i have my own old site given a new domain and lets see how it works. I think if this article interests you . I presume you should right away start getting your name on the domain... Happy Transition.. leave your comment if you really did one...
Alas now i have my own old site given a new domain and lets see how it works. I think if this article interests you . I presume you should right away start getting your name on the domain... Happy Transition.. leave your comment if you really did one...
Friday, February 4, 2011
Airline Ticket Deals & Offers Galore
If you are a frequent traveler and often have to book tickets with your ticketing agent I guess you are wasting a few hundred rupees on service that offers you nothing but a printed eticket. Instead you could get some great deals and offers given by few of these online ticketing websites. Yes indeed they charge you a few hundreds more but then definitely it worth spending. Some of the offers you get on these website’s are
- Free ticket on every domestic ticket booking
- Buy one get one free
- Special discounted return fares
- Cash back on Air Tickets
- Offer on credit and debit cards
Instead of logging into the official site and register for their frequent flyer programme’s, keeping track of miles, these sites apart from offers do give you an opportunity to compare fares and make your choice of a carrier. They have tied up major credit card and debit card companies. Many of these sites have tied up with leading banks and provide online banking options to book tickets. Their process is seamless and saves time and money. They have a simple registration procedures and anyone can become a member. Members get mails informing offers, they can manage bookings, cancel, reschedule and print tickets at their convenience. If you are looking to earn a few bucks more or want to work from home theses sites also allows you to become their sub agent at very low initial cost. You could be ticketing agent if you have good contacts or you might as well save money on your travel. Listed below are a few sites that you can venture into to make sense of this blog… Happy Ticketing…..
http://www.makemytrip.com/,http://www.cleartrip.com/, http://www.ezeego1.co.in/, http://www.ixigo.com/, http://www.yatra.com/, http://www.travelocity.co.in/, http://www.travelchacha.com/, http://www.expedia.co.in/
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