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Information Technology
Leveraging Human Resources in Today’s B-School Campus
With the advent of
wireless technology, communication has taken a massive change around every
B-school campus. Every computer centre has developed an intranet
facility that serves the purpose of an information centre. It is a
platform used by the head of the institution, faculty members and the
students. All communications (For example: Bulletins, Notices,
Results, Internal Marks, Announcements etc) are routed through the
intranet, thereby reducing time and paperwork.
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Everyone is provided with
a user-id to access the intranet. The
course plan, marks, notes, assignments and announcements are uploaded by
the faculty members for the students’ access.
Circulars, monthly report and messages from the director are
accessible by the faculty members. Apart from this, there are various
links either giving important information or downloadable forms.
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The bulletin board is
updated with forthcoming events of the institution. Other information on
the intranet includes – Library and Computer
Centre circulars, survey and discussion forums.
Every student and
faculty member has a laptop with wireless technology. Almost all
B-School campus is Wi-Fi enabled, therefore students are provided with an
anywhere-anytime connectivity to the intranet. In classrooms, On-line
tests are conducted using wireless connectivity.
The presentation slides
are uploaded on the intranet and the students download it before the
class begins. All faculty members and students use laptops which
eliminates the need for a desktop system for normal use and the internet.
This increases the overall productivity at the B-School. A lot of space is
saved in the classroom.
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There are projects and
assignments that students have to do, Wi-Fi connectivity provides
access to the institution server from anywhere in the campus. An
external Wi-Fi hotspot is located anywhere inside the campus enabling
students to access the instititution network and the internet 24hours.
Students are encouraged to submit assignments and communications by
e-mail. This helps reducing paperwork and in preserving the documents.
Students send e-mails to the Director, faculty members or the during the
summer project that is a great boon for interim review of the project. |
In turn,
instructions by the concerned project guides are given through e-mail. All
hostels are normally connected to the main institution building over a
distance of about 1.5 Km. A point-to-point connectivity is provided by
the outdoor antennae.
Wi-Fi Hotspot towers
located near the hostels provide seamless roaming connectivity to
students' laptops. Students have their peer-to-peer connection which they
use to share files among themselves.
Contributed By: Priya
Shanmugam, Independent Human Resource Professional based at
Bangalore, INDIA E-mail:
priyaashan@gmail.com
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