Group formation

Hi all,

Am creating a google doc (spreadsheet) with Edit access to all of you to facilitate group formation. This is the first time I'm trying out google docs for project this large, so bear with any hiccups that may occur and notify me about them. TIA.

Google spreadsheet for group formation tracking

Am not sure if the final registration list is covered. If your registration is confirmed but name is not there in the spreadsheet, pls add your name and UID at the bottom of your section list.

Some points to keep in mind when forming groups -

1. Diversity is a strength.
Pls don't all engineers gang up in one group, etc. Having multiple perspectives will help when designing the questionnaire and in assuring a more diverse, representative quality and quantity to survey responses.

You'll be called upon to call upon your contacts outside the ISB for survey responses; its a good idea if your group's respondent catchment area, so to say, is diverse and more representative of the Indian middle and upper middle classes than just a bunch of respondents all from Infosys, for example.

2. Marketing Services elective synergy
Would be nice to have at least 1 person per group also taking the marketing Services elective. Spoke with Prof. V S Mahesh and there seem to be synergies wherein both courses could benefit.

3. Group formation deadline
Will close the spreadsheet to editing at midnight sunday. Anyone not having a group at that time will randomly be assigned to some group and that decision will be final.

In the interest of data privacy, pls do NOT share this spreadsheet link with anyone outside MKTR or ISB.

After midnight sunday, pls collect your finalized group composition and email the Academic associates in the manner Sreenath has prescribed.

4. Group names
Pls pick the name of any Indian small town (easy to spell and remember, preferably) as your group name. Append your section to the group name, e.g. Palampur_A.

5. Proj details coming
Project scope doc will come up soon. Over this weekend sometime I surmise.

More later.

Sudhir