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IIFT 2007 - An Overview

Conducted on 25th November 2007, IIFT reverted back to the one correct answer per question format. Overall, the test was not very time-consuming and there was a fair sprinkling of easy to answer questions compared to last year. The Overall Test Structure Total duration of the exam 2 hours Total number of questions 150 Number of sections 4 ( 3 sections had 2 sub-sections) Sectional timing No Number of choices per question 4 Negative Marking 1/3 rd of the marks allotted to the question IIFT 2007 had 4 sections with 3 sections comprising of two sub-sections each, like last year. But this year a new sub-section of Business Judgment was introduced in the paper. The paper was different from last year’s in terms of number of correct options, i.e., it had only one correct option. As compared to last year the test was of moderate level of difficulty. SProblem Solving In Problem Solving section simple questions were scattered among the difficult ones and some of the questions were simple but ...

Book Review #1 Lee Iacocca: An Autobiography

Book Synopsis He’s an American legend, a straight-shooting businessman who brought Chrysler back from the brink and in the process became a media celebrity, newsmaker, and a man many had urged to run for president. The son of Italian immigrants, Lee Iacocca rose spectacularly through the ranks of Ford Motor Company to become its president, only to be toppled eight years later in a power play that should have shattered him. But Lee Iacocca didn’t get mad, he got even. He led a battle for Chrysler’s survival that made his name a symbol of integrity, know-how, and guts for millions of Americans. In his classic hard-hitting style, he tells us how he changed the automobile industry in the 1960s by creating the phenomenal Mustang. He goes behind the scenes for a look at Henry Ford’s reign of intimidation and manipulation. He recounts the miraculous rebirth of Chrysler from near bankruptcy to repayment of its $1.2 billion government loan so early that Washington didn’t know how to cash the ch...