A Three-Day Outbound Training organized for MBAs at Nature Bound Sahyadri Camp, Ankola
01-Mar-2021
A total of 173 students along with 6 faculty members participated in the "Outbound Experimental Business Management Training Module" at 'Nature Bound Sahyadri Camp' in Ankola. The course was organized for value forming experiences through adventure and challenge, Compassion and Service, Learning through experience, and social and environmental responsibility.
The course facilitated experiences through action and activity-based behavioral training for individual development based on experimental learning methodology of "learning by doing", "hands on experience" and it included outdoor activities, adventure, team building activities that engaged all the campers to bring out the desired learning outcomes.
The whole-day events included scavenging, mind field, navigation using navigation compass and maps, communication and adventure. It included a briefing about the individual experiences and learning, through presentations where they were teaching how the presentation should focus on Expressing rather than Impressing. The team had to also brief about their team strategy, team dynamics, smart work and innovative thinking.
The students had to overcome all the challenges put forth on them and push themselves out of their comfort zone and perform to the best of their abilities to reach new heights and improve their logical thinking. The students returned with positive feedback about the change in their thinking and attitude to stay away from electronic gadgets. This course has bought a change in the students’ personal and professional behavioral patterns and helped them to know how the theories and principles studied in a classroom can be reinforced practically.
