The Critical Eye: Cricket Test Series b/w Pakistan Vs South Africa - 2013-14

Report on the Selection of Pakistan Cricket Team for the tour of South Africa - 2013 -14                                                                                    

Why it is look like an unbalanced side? Because of lack of the talent or to find best lot of test players available in the country? the answer is NO! Not because of these reasons here! where again selectors shown inconsistency while picking the right combination's in each format of the game, where PCB selectors failed to shown again even after the induction of new chairman, they are not considering or willing to strengthen the side, specially Pak batting line, though they know their main weaknesses are in batting dept.; Now! despite of the weaknesses in batting dept. found, they are only preferred to select five 5 genuine batsmen, even haven't consider their genuine top order lot or with a complete set of opening pair combination, we have seen only one genuine opener is on the initial list of 12 players i.e: Khuram Manzoor Why? Ask with the chairman!

No Ahmed Shahzad, no M. Hafeez, no Taufeeq Umer, no Nasir Jamshed, no Imran Farhat etc, it means they would like to prefer Azhar Ali to start the inning with Khuram, which is not a bad idea but then again find the gap at one down position to be refilled, which Azhar's would be more suitable to graft the innings.

Now, if they consider Younis Khan or Umer Ameen as one down position, and if some one's gets out immediately, then again it would definitely cause sudden collapse in batting line which would be the the main reason of loosing again, like in previous few series, not to cop-up! and we all know the role of MizbahUl Haq, he never have an ability to guide his partner's well, along with him to play for a long innings or to develop some partnerships in the middle with juniors to share the team responsibility.

On the other hand they would like to prefer 5 left handed bowlers out of which 3 of them are fast & medium pacers which again shown insensibility and irresponsibility in decision making on selectors part. To select M. Irfan in the team would be good enough for the test squad because Pakistan need an attacking fast bowler who can bowled few quick overs to start with, would be a venerable factor for SA! But here, it seems that there is no use of left handed bowler Rahat Ali in test (in-place of Ehsan Adil, a fine prospect for future, may be consider as 3rd medium-fast bowler), Can't under stand the Psychy of the selectors?. They should have to select at-least best lot of 3 spinner's and 3 fast bowlers including genuine all-rounder's in between, like M. Hafiz would be consider as a wicket taking bowler to break the partnerships in the middle, provided Captain should utilize him wisely!

No use of Abdul Rehman in the test squad again & again as compare with the quality left arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar, who is a much better choice for the test! So, over all Pakistan's batting combination's on the initial list of selected players seems to look very weak, with only 5 specialist batsmen inducted.

Our Management Team voluntarily select the following players for the 1st encounter Vs SA:  

Khuram Manzoor, Ahmed Shehzad or M.Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Asad Shafeeq, Mizbah Ul Haq, Umar Ameen, Adnan Akmal(wk), Saeed Ajmal, Zulfiqar Babar, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan or Ehsan Adil (12 probables) + Faisal Iqbal & Shan Masood would be included among proposed 15 members squad list after closely monitoring their performances, fitness & confidence level in the side match before the 1st test!

Managing Your Business

What is S.W.O.T Analysis :

One of the primary elements of organizational strategy, or business planning,  is understanding where you stand as an organization in terms of your SWOT analysis.  SWOT analysis is an acronym for organizational Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats.  The first two elements, strengths and weaknesses, refer to the internal operations of the company.  Opportunities and threats refer to the external elements, or the industry environment in which you are competing.  Understanding both of these categories help organizational decision makers establish clear objectives.

Organizational strengths refer to the product or services offered and what differentiates that sellable item.  From this respect you may consider the four "P's" (Product, Price, Place and Promotion).  Product strengths can occur from a variety of perspectives. It could be quality, cost, price, or you may have the first mover advantage.  Is your product a substitute or does it have a substitute?  Does your product or service have a complimentary product or service?  Is your strength your location?  Your location can capture benefits gained from the distribution networks within your physical location as well as natural resources or even the weather.

A strength is a strength and this area generally receives less scrutiny than organizational weaknesses.  Strengths get tweaked, but weaknesses require change.  When analyzing your internal strengths, weaknesses generally reveal themselves.  An example of a weakness that may exist within a firm is economies of scale, your production capacity may be great and you may be able to produce 100,000 widgets a month at a cost that undercuts your competitors cost by 25%, but if you can't move the product due to a lack of brand recognition, or a poor distribution network, then this is a serious weakness that requires attention.

Moving to the external environment, one of the primary considerations are barriers to market entry, as they could present both opportunities and threats to your organizations well being (I'll cover barriers to entry in another article).

In simple terms, opportunities exist whenever you can enter the market with a profitable position.  There are three primary opportunities; filling a consumer need, technological and political.  The first is providing a product or service that fulfills an underserved consumer need. For example, if you live in a rural community and there is a lack of Internet service providers, yet the infrastructure exists to provide Internet services- this is a clear opportunity to provide that service.  Additionally, being a first mover into the area could instill a loyal consumer base instilling brand loyalty, while creating a switching cost (the time involved with changing providers, the inconvenience of getting used to new service provider, etc.)

The second type of opportunity exists as a result of technology.  Technological changes occur and reoccur in what seems to be a perpetual nature, which constantly present opportunities for the creative entrepreneur.  This can occur as a direct result of technological innovations, for example app's for your smart phone, or technology can create a need for peripherals, such as scratch resistant stickies for your iPhone.

Finally, the political environment can open pathways of opportunity with changing regulations, shifting focus, and even legislation.  An example of opportunities created by legislation is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  The decision to create jobs by allocating funds to renovating our infrastructure created opportunities for anyone in those respective industries, but it should be noted that the opportunity lacks longevity, so creating loyalty and establishing relationships is important to last longer than the Act.  

The same elements that create opportunities, create threats.  Changing consumer taste/need/desire/wants can sink an established business if it doesn't remain vigilant and find ways to stay in touch with its consumer base.  This is applicable to the technological impact as well.  Just as the changing environment generates opportunities, it also creates threats.  The emergence of substitute products, new regulations and political instability also have an effect on an organizations well being.  Political instability is particularly important to international companies. Political unrest and financial instability can ruin a profitable business.

About the Author: C Jarrod Snow (SBP) - C Jarrod Snow is a writer for Sample-BusinessPlan.com.

Source:  http://www.articlesbase.com/strategic-planning-articles/what-is-swot-analysis-5713957.html

Project Management is Fun in Share!

Small & Medium Size Project's:

There are no such things as projects in nature. Projects are created by humans. What is interesting is that unlike many phenomena in science, there is no single, authoritative definition of creativity based on our theoretical knowledge so far. And unlike many phenomena in psychology, there is no subsequent standardized measurement technique for creative behavior and how it is evoked.

Traditionally, creativity is more or less defined as an intricate mental and social process involving the discovery of new ideas or concepts, or new associations of the creative mind between existing ideas or concepts. Thus, creativity is fueled by the process of either conscious or unconscious insight. A simpler conception of creativeness is that it is simply the act of making something new, which is the product of “divergent thought,” and is usually considered to have both originality and appropriateness.

For these reasons, creative activity fits well in the early project phases. In addition, the creative decision on which project to use money and energy on is of vital importance for the ultimate success of a project. In the past, we have not put a sufficient focus on this part of the project and often took for granted that the idea that was later converted to a full project was the result of thorough thinking and a close evaluation at the top level.

Unfortunately, if this is not the case, the result could be that in later project phases one would be confronted with a reasonable amount of criticism for putting too little thought into both the idea and the problem identification phase. These early steps are therefore best justified if grounded in a mix of sound creative investigations and concrete analysis.

At this stage we already have a problem because finding really good ideas is not so easy. Based on the knowledge we have today, we may come up with many ideas since the good news is that all human beings are born with creativity and are perhaps the only creative animal on earth. Although creativity is intuitively a common phenomenon used on a daily basis, it is in fact quite complex. Creativeness has been studied from many perspectives such as behavioral psychology, social psychology, psycho metrics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, philosophy, aesthetics, history, economics, design research, business and management among others. Some have even argued that creativity contains an element of pure chance and luck.

However, the most popular view is that creativity can be identified and associated with right or frontal brain activity or specifically with “lateral thinking.” If such is the case, creativity should be able to be mastered more professionally. Studies have concluded that creativity can be systematized and perhaps simplified into three types: “everyday creativity”, “exceptional creativity” and “artificial creativity.” If we look into the requirements of projects, it seems natural to use the two latter forms in the early phases of the project, while “everyday creativity”, which we will come back to, seems to be of special importance for the execution and control of a project. It is also important to use creativeness in a slightly different way depending on which stage of development a project is currently in, as well as in ways that fit the various stages of project development.

Test Cricket - Pakistan Vs Zimbabwe :

Pakistan Team disappointing performance in the Test Cricket Series against Zimbabwe:

Unfortunately, Pakistani batsmen again shown lack of responsibility and courage, even against newly transformed Zimbabwe team (deserve to be appreciated), Pakistani batsmen never applied themselves techniquely to play for long innings, can't handle the normal situations of test cricket, no game plan like A or B to be implemented at different match situations, lack of temperament and determination to graft their innings persistently, lack of application, lack of making proper combinations in both batting and bowling, accept for some seniors who at the eleventh hour's, applied themselves to be played under pressure in both the test. 

Mizbah Ul Haq always played and leaded his team in a very defensive mode under-pressure, which always affects on team performances and most of the time, he including his team Coach have failed to guide their partners/team-mates convincingly both on the field and off the field, like our great legend- Javed Miandad did in his past as a exemplary bating partner/team- player and then afterwards as a team coach, always guided his team-mates, how to handle at different situations of the Cricket game? he really sets great examples, whether to gain the confidence or to develop any youngsters esp. on the field, he did it tremendously in his long successful tenure! 

Though! I believe that the team was almost perfectly chosen as far as batting perspectives is concerned, for the development of some of the up-coming talented batsmen like Azhar Ali, Khuram Manzoor and Asad Shafiq etc, who could've to perform far more better against a mediocre side like Zimbabwe as expected really missed the trick, who would suppose to be the legend's in long run if they truly applied them-selves both on the field & off the field.

For the successful finishes, the team management should prefer only those players to give them a proper chance, who are already in form w.r.t their last series, domestic performances & records or w.r.t the respective format of the game.

It has been observed that in most of the occasions, Pakistan current test Captain is failed to finish the game in favor of Pakistan's Victory, but lucky enough to survive in the team each time as Captain, may be because of his diplomatic abilities to handle off the field management requirement and situations!

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The local people are friendly and simple. Gujar nomads are one of the most interesting features of the Kaghan Valley. They take their herds of cattle to the high pastures of the upper Kaghan Valley in spring and bring them down again in autumn. While going to Kaghan you will find them camped along the road in their traditional tents or moving up and down the valley with their herds of pack animals, sheep and goats...

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Project Management is fun in Share!!

Relax and enjoy the journey! Project management is fun in Share

•Get clear about your role and your responsibility.

•Make an assessment of whether the framework is realistic, both in time and budget, prior to accepting the project.

•Find out as much as possible at the first meeting with the client or project promoter. Do you understand the purpose? What’s the status of the project inside the organization?

•Ensure that project documentation is well-founded, and that it has management support and sufficient resources.

•Gain knowledge of the subject and the client. It is necessary because you, as a project manager, have responsibility for the results and conclusions of the group.

•Do not enter the project without proper planning.

•Make a rough schedule together with the project team. This will get them involved and accept the time you planned. It’s also a more efficient way of working.

•Do a risk analysis before the project starts. What can go wrong? Which backup can you have?

•Make a project plan. A detailed requirements specification of the project, with the purpose, background, objectives and targets, milestones, constraints, resources and timetable. Include project organization, information, support and follow-up.

•Ensure targets are completed before you start working, and that they are thorough and clearly formulated.

•The goals should be consistent. See therefore through each milestone both separately and as a part of the cycle. See the total picture!

•Break down the project overall goals into specific targets that can be coordinated and monitored.

•Describe the objectives of the project, so everyone is clear on where you are going.

•What is a priority for the project to achieve its goal? Is high quality the most important aspect or that it should be quick and not cost a lot? Determine expectations for quality, time and cost.

•Do not be impatient in the beginning; the foundation must be completed before you get going.

•Know your own strengths and weaknesses, your own needs and motivations.

•Limit the project team’s size so that it does not become too cumbersome.

•Get the expertise you need. Find out what knowledge and what experience the project needs to go in goal.

•Make sure that you don’t select the most pleasant people.. those who are most like you. Search instead for people who complement each other.

•Remind your people that everyone need to share his/her knowledge and experience.

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