Every human being has to make a decision in a given situation. The decisions may be clearly focussed, confusing, or may have to address the problem in multiple ways. Right or wrong decisions are the everyday part of life which may not be avoided.

Making decisions in business environment is something an MBA aspirant should be aware of. This is probably the reason that XAT emphasises on this module and has developed a separate section with 25 questions on decision making.

Difference between Logical Reasoning and Decision making

After the end of CAT 2013 and less than 20 days before XAT 2014, you must be all geared up to get admission in leading B Schools across the country . There are many top tier B Schools like IIMs, SPJIMR, NMIMS, MDI Gurgaon, IIFT Delhi etc where the admission dates are already closed. But it is nothing to be worried about as there are many top tier B Schools ranked by MBAUniverse.com B School Ranking 2013-14, where the last date to apply will remain open till the end of January 2014.

XLRI, Jamshedpur Last date to apply: December 21, 2013

Out of 30 questions in Verbal Ability two are always there on Articles which have been the favourite of XAT in error correction part. If the questions on error correction are increased, the questions on usage of articles are also increased. Surprisingly, the questions are simple but the options are so close that the candidates, despite knowing the answers, may get confused.

Soon after its meeting with Union Minister Pallam Raju, where it succeeded in getting the date-extension for submitting feedback to UGC on its draft guidelines on technical education, Educational Promotional Society of India (EPSI) is organizing a meeting with the chairmen and directors of PGDM B Schools & MBA program onDecember 28, 2013in New Delhi.

Online registration for Admission 2014 at Xavier Labour Research Institute (XLRI) Jamshedpur will last till December 21, 2013. After registering for XAT 2013, candidates have to apply and register with XLRI Jamshedpur separately. Registration to XLRIs PGDM courses and fellow programmes in Management for 2014-16 batch will be open till midnight of December 21, 2013. Only 4 days are left for this process.

IFIM Business School inaugurated the Prabhudas Lilladher Finance lab at its campus. The lab was inaugurated by Mr. Dhiren Sheth, Vice Chairman and Joint Managing Director, Prabhudas Liladher Group which is a broking house and has sponsored the finance lab.

The Online Common Entrance test (MAH MBA/MMS CET 2014) will be conducted on Saturday, March 15, 2014 and Sunday, March 16, 2014. Directorate of Technical Education, Mumbai has announced the exam date for MAH CET 2014 for Admission to First Year MBA/MMS for 2014-2015 in Maharashtra.

Candidates seeking admission to AICTE approved first year of two years full time post graduate degree courses in MBA/MMS/PGDBM/PGDM for the year 2014-15 in Maharashtra state have to give MAH-MBA / MMS-CET 2014.

UPES MET is an MBA entrance test organized by University of Petroleum and energy Studies -UPES, Dehradun. UPES-MET 2014 will be conducted from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm on February 22, 2014 at 24 locations across the country. The UPES MET results will be declared on or before March 10, 2014. The last date to apply for UPES MET is February 7, 2014. The results will be declared on or before March 10, 2014.

Admission Criteria

Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad has re opened its application for Admission 2014 from December 15, 2013. Sharing the rationale behind re opening the application process with MBAUniverse.com once it had closed on October 15, 2013, IMTs director Dr Bibek Banerjee informed that the application process has been re opened to attract aspirants having diverse profile. We are conservatively expecting a 10-15% increase in application number from 2013 levels, said Dr Banerjee.