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Revised and Updated on July 07, 2008 Last updated July 07, 2008 WE ARE HAPPY TO GIVE THE TESTIMONIALS, FEEDBACKS AND COMMENTS RECEIVED FROM OUR CLIENTS AND READERS.  Note: For reasons of privacy and confidentiality, the identity of our clients or  respondents will not be revealed to any other third party under any circumstances. Some articles referred are not available presently as they are under revision and updating. Thursday, October 12,2000 12:18 AM To: Qabil Ambak Re: Learning Goals Dear Qabil, You do not learn goals. You learn how to set goals. You have to have some goals in your life so that you can work towards achieving the same. I do not know which country you are from or your age group. Let me give you a small example. Let us say you are in College and very interested in computers and programming. Than your goal could be to become one of the best programmers and if possible invent a new programming language. Trust the matter is clarified. best wishes, Madhavan Qabil Ambak wrote: Dear sir,  I would like to know more about Learning Goals and what can I achieve from this goals. Thank you. ON MANAGEMENT ARTICLE- "MOTIVATION" WE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM ONE OF MBA STUDENTS FROM UK AND AS PER OUR POLICY WE HAVE NOT INDICATED HIS IDENTITY. Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 08:59:26 +0000 From: kw To: madhavan@madgopes.com From: KW Hi, I am currently studying on an MBA programme, and have been asked to debate the statement "Money the only motivator". So far apart from this document on your web site (http://madgopes.com/motivation.html),I have not found much support for this theory. Can you help, maybe by pointing me in the direction of additional material. Many thanks in advance for your help. OUR REPLY SENT: HI  kw GLAD TO NOTE YOU SAW MY PAGE AND FOUND IT USEFUL. WHATEVER I HAVE MENTIONED IN MY PAGE IS OUT OF EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH HUMAN BEINGS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND I AM YET TO COME ACROSS ANY ARTICLE WHICH ADMITS THAT MONEY IS THE ONLY MOTIVATOR. MAYBE AN AVERAGE MAN IS CONCEITED, HYPOCRITE AND MONEY BEING ASSOCIATED WITH CORRUPTION AND POWER DOES NOT WANT TO ADMIT IT. I AM AFRAID I AM NOT ABLE TO POINT OUT TO ANY LITERATURE BUT TAKE IT FROM ME IT IS THE ONLY MOTIVATOR. YOU CAN ALWAYS REFER TO ME FOR ANY CLARIFICATIONS OR ASSISTANCE AS I LIKE HELPING PEOPLE AS NOBODY HAS HELPED ME WHEN I NEEDED HELP AND I KNOW HOW IT FEELS. BEST WISHES MADHAVAN 3.MANAGEMENT ARTICLE ON" GOALS" AND "HOW TO SET GOALS" WE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM A Mr. , A PASTOR AND WERE EXTREMELY TOUCHED BY HIS SINCERITY AND OUR REPLY TO HIM IS ALSO REPRODUCED. WE WOULD LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN INFORM ALL READERS THAT MATERIAL GIVEN IN OUR PAGES ARE FREE TO BE USED FOR INDIVIDUAL REFERENCES. THEY CAN ALSO BE SHARED WITH OTHERS FOR IMPARTING KNOWLEDGE WITH OUR PERMISSION. THEY ARE NOT TO BE COMMERCIALLY EXPLOITED FOR PERSONAL GAINS BY ANY INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE BODY OR REPUBLISHED, REPRODUCED OR RETRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM US . WE TRUST WE HAVE CLEARED OUR POSITION. Received: on Sat Mar 27 06:27:12 GMT 1999 " DJ " wrote: > --------------------------------------------- > Attachment: > MIME Type: multipart/alternative > --------------------------------------------- > Dear sirs, > I came across your web site and found two interesting articles about setting goals. I printed "Goals and How to Set Goals." > I often print out information for later perusal but then I noticed the restrictions. > I do not know if I have infringed upon you or not, this is certainly not my intention. > > The reason I am seeking how to learn to set goals, I am a pastor > trying to mobilize a church of about 30 people to come together > in agreement and set goals and then begin the process of following them. > > There are about 3-1/2 pages of the material that appears at your site. I have not shared nor read the full content of these pages and will commit not to do this until I receive an E-mail from you giving me permission to . > > Any information that might be useful to the church, I will be careful to give you the credit, for I truly know how others do not or cannot appreciate the value of ones dedication, sacrifice and time that goes into the creation of a project such as this. > > If you desire that I destroy the pages, I will do so immediately. > Again, please accept my heart felt apology and regret if I indeed > did sin against you in this matter, before the Lord it was not my intention. > Respectfully, > REPLY: Date: 27 Mar 99 09:27:12 EAT From: Madhavan T. Gopalachary <madgopes@netscape.net> DEAR Mr. DJ, THE PAGES ARE MEANT FOR USE BY READERS LIKE YOU AND I AM GLAD TO BE OF HELP FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU. YOU CAN USE ANY OF THE PAGES AND IMPART KNOWLEDGE WHICH IS THE MAIN OBJECTIVE. THE RESTRICTIONS ARE FOR MISUSE OF CONTENTS AND VIOLATION OF COPYRIGHT LAWS. THIS IS ALSO MENTIONED IN MY PAGES VERY PROMINENTLY. PLEASE TAKE FREEDOM IN USING ANY OF THE PAGES AND THIS WILL BE SERVICE TO LORD. REGARDS ON COMMUNICATIONS- THEORY ON COMMUNICATIONS AND  COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 07:23:46 +0300 From: MADHAVAN  Organization: Madras Management Group To: E E wrote: >  I'M DOING I PROJECT FOR THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION IN THE INDUSTRY FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF WOLVER HAMPTON AND I FOUND YOUR PAGE VERY INTERESTING, SO IF YOU COULD GIVE ME SOME MORE INFORMATION I WILL APPRECIATE. THANKS Dear E, Thank you for your mail and please inform me what exactly you require in terms of information so that I can guide you. Ideal situation would be you send me a questionnaire. best wishes madhavan On our daily Newsletter (article of the Day): Subject: Good Reading Matter. Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 20:56:46 +0530 From: "PB To: "Madhavan T. Gopalachary" It is nice to receive these snippets, Pl keep it up, Regards, PB We received the following message on June 27, 1999 and our reply is also given. We are really pleased and happy that our pages are being read and appreciated and such feedback's really help us in improving ourselves. Subject: Re: I love it. Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 12:52:44 +0300 From: "Madhavan T. Gopalachary"  To: R S  R S wrote: Dear Sir, I saw your advice to sweetness99 at learn2.com.  I have spent some time looking at your website, and I like your philosophy.  There are several theories that say, money is attracted to individuals to whom money is not their ultimate objective.  This is a life lesson that I started out learning the hardest way possible.  I believe that for an endeavor to be truly worth while it needs the following attributes: It needs to be honest. Most importantly to one self. Honesty to others falls from being honest to your self. It needs to be necessary. Whether that means at the survival level or the pinnacle of wealth and power, you or someone else must need it for it to be important. It needs to be complete. A scientist will say sufficient, but sufficient is a misunderstood term. Sufficient in modern terms means just enough to do the job.  I am using the word complete because it has a deeper sense of the effort it takes to truly make a master work. I have at times in my life met all of these conditions.  Often I have sacrificed one for the others, this has never left me feeling good about myself or the people I was working for.  Usually I will blame time constraints or outside factors to try to feel better about failure, but it is failure none the less. I have recently finished setting up a server and I am in the process of preparing my own website.  These things take an incredible amount of time to get off the ground, but it has been worth it. I have learned allot in your pages already and see that I can learn much more there.  I really want to thank you for your presence on the web. Please pardon me now while I make a fool of myself and try to tell you how to run your own website. I like your website.  After I realized that the home page was a million miles long and I found the site map at the bottom of the page it all fell  into place. I think you need to reorganize your home page with a table of links at the top to take you step by step through the key bullet points. Having written international software for various applications I do know that in a multi-national site of this type, it must be very difficult to keep up with spelling and grammar.  I found quite a few spelling errors that could easily be caught with a spell checker. I hate all the underlining on the page, it is hard to tell if you meant to have a link there and forgot or what.  If you are going to quote, then use quotes or italics. This is the end of my critical outburst. Thank you for your time, I know it is valuable. R S REPLY: Dear Mr.S, Many thanks for your feedback and I like your constructive criticism and know, I need to go a long way in site design but considering the fact, I am no Nerd, readers like you should pardon me. Regarding spell check I do carry it out and will again do so. Grammar is one of my weak areas. I agree with you completely on one thing. I am honest to myself and my conscience and express my views fearlessly and sincerely. Regards Madhavan 3.General Comments on Website: Subject: Personal Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 10:55:01 +0530 From: "V****  K**** Singh" To: "Madhavan T. Gopalachary"  Dear Sir, I could not send you mail earlier since I was on long leave, please excuse me for this. About your site (madgopes.com), I have  gone through this site and really found it a fascinating and very informative. --------- Thanks & regards 4. Invitation for Joining a group of Experts: Subject: Madhavan T., I've been looking for someone with knowledge of Goals and Goal Setting Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 11:55:09 AM -0500 From: "G A" Organization: ---------- To: madhavan@madgopes.com Dear Madhavan T. Gopalachary, I've been browsing the Madras Management Group website and discovered that you are quite knowledgeable about Goals and Goal Setting.  I want to invite you to join us at -----------------------------------------------------------------------. It is a site where users can quickly find the right person to answer their questions on many different topics. Because of your demonstrated knowledge, I'd like to start you off as a highly rated advisor in our Personal & Family category (as well as any additional categories where you think you can help people). By joining us, you'll receive honor, recognition and success. (We like to state the risks in advance.) You'll also get the satisfaction of helping people, while potentially earning money by charging for advice -- and, all the while, enhancing your reputation as an expert in your field. You'll appreciate that I had to go to some trouble to find you, and we'd like to make it easier for other people, so I hope you'll take the time to visit our site. PS We found you through painstakingly combing the Internet for high quality experts to invite to join us. Sincerely, G A Expert opinion on articles in domain Subject: Re: clarification Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:07:36 -0400 From: G A  To: madhavan@madgopes.com Dear Madhavan, Thank you for the clarification. Unfortunately, this probably won't be of much help to you.  There really wasn't anything specific to that article that prompted me to invite you to join ------------. Rather the complete site indicated to me that you have much expertise to share in a variety of fields. What drew me, and others, to select the Goal Setting article while I was looking at your list of articles, is probably because it's something we ALL strive to do throughout our whole lives.  Some of your other articles are directed more to a specific group of people.  Your article on 'Hiring People' may well be an excellent one, but since I'm not in a position to hire others, I would be unlikely to read it. Hope this helps a little any way! Sincerely, G A "Madhavan T. Gopalachary" wrote: Dear GA, I am sorry I was not clear in my earlier message. What I want to know from u is : what is it u found in my article on "goals and goal setting " impressive or informative or knowledgeable. I require this info as I find maximum downloads of this page. In fact some other articles are more useful in my opinion and this is the reason I wanted this feedback from u. Trust u r clear now regards On Motivation through Counseling: Subject: Re: MOTIVATION THROUGH COUNSELING Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 09:32:59 +0300 From: "Madhavan T. Gopalachary" Organization: Management Consultant & Corporate Strategist To: hrd****  hrd**** wrote: Dear Mr. Madhavan, I am working in a Public Sector Organization and looking after the H.R. Dep't. I have visited your site on the given subject. I found the topic interesting . I am interested to know whether you have studied this subject with reference to any Public Sector Org. Regards. J T MUMBAI reply: sorry I have never worked for public sector in my life and I would never suit the environment. regards Subject: Re: Article of the day from madgopes.com Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 05:44:20 -0700 (PDT) From: zafar ullah <******@yahoo.com> To: madhavan@madgopes.com Dear sir, I was going thru the articles of the day on various headings like How to hire an employee to the art of leadership to Marketing and pricing etc. it is very much fascinating. I am sorry for the late reply, however I am interested in getting a few articles in the heading of Management in Hospitality, if possible kindly Email to me. Thank you, With regards Zafarullah Merrillee wrote: Liked your pages and they were really cool and I will tell all of my friends  DeQueen, Ar USA - Wednesday, February 16, 2000 at 22:26:12 (EST)  Brad W***** wrote: Your pages were incredibly informative. Thanks for the help. Sioux City, IA USA - Monday, March 13, 2000 at 11:21:38 (EST) Subject: Re: Low Morale in the work place Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 09:48:12 +0300 From:  "Madhavan T. Gopalachary"  To: Wil and Lorie  Subject: Re: Low Morale in the work place Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 09:48:12 +0300 Wil and Lorie wrote:    Dear Mr. Madhavan T. Gopalachary, my name is Wil I need help in developing a questionnaire for a class   project.  I want ask 6 or 7 question related to low morale in the work place.    Thanks for the help.    Wil Reply:  Dear Wil,  Please send what kind of workplace is it ? Even if it is a class room exercise, I need to imagine a situation and this will help.  Subject:   Re: DELEGATION Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 09:48:36 +0300   Dear Mr. Gopalachary,    I always read the articles with keen interest. Though he topics of    discussion can be found in any of the management books, it is the    presentation and the conciseness which makes it immensely readable. It    indeed serves as a conscience keeper [or may be sense keeper] of today's    manager.    Please keep it up.    S *** M****** Reply:  Thanks for your appreciation Subject: Re: Permission to use article on Motivation and Morale Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 07:25:55 +0300 From: "Madhavan T. Gopalachary"  To: David and Lisa ****** Lisa ****** wrote: Dear Mr. Gopalachary,                        Hello my name is Lisa ******. I would like to use a segment of your article on Motivation and Morale. I am working as a Red Cross Volunteer for Family Advocacy and Mental Health in Misawa, Japan. I am giving a short presentation on Stress in the Workplace. I find your information helpful and interesting. The presentation will be given to an organization called Aafes (retail store on the military base).  I will provide the audience with a reference for the use of your material. Thank you and I hope to hear from you soon. Sincerely,  Lisa  Reply: No problem , please use it as deemed fit -- with regards and best wishes Madhavan Subject: Re: feedback required Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:34:22 +0900 From: "David & Lisa  To: <madhavan@madgopes.com> References: 1 , 2 Dear Mr. Gopalachary, I used the article titled Motivation and Morale. I wanted to give my audience information concerning Morale. The article lists both the symptoms and the causes of morale, which I think is very beneficial for employers. You also discussed ways to improve employee morale. The information is concise and direct. I try to be as honest and direct as possible when I speak with people. Thanks for all of your help. Sincerely, Lisa Colona ----- Original Message ----- From: Madhavan T. Gopalachary <madhavan@madgopes.com> To: David & Lisa  Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 2:22 PM Subject: feedback required Dear Lisa, I refer to your message regarding permission to which I immediately replied. I need the feedback from you as to what is it you found interesting in the article. Since I have written more than one article on the subject, which is the one which attracted your attention. Look forward to your feedback. Thanks and regards Subject: Re: THANKS Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 09:31:06 +0300 From: "Madhavan T. Gopalachary" <madhavan@madgopes.com> To: The Halsteads The Halsteads wrote:  Thanks for the insightful approach to leadership. I enjoyed reading your short page. It was very helpful in my graduate studies.  R/MARK HALSTEAD Reply: You are welcome and thanks for your appreciation.  --  with regards and best wishes  Madhavan On Depreciation: Subject: Re: depreciation Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 09:57:11 CEST From: "Julie Rye-Holmboe"  To: madhavan@madgopes.com Thank you! From: "Madhavan T. Gopalachary"  Reply-To: madhavan@madgopes.com To: Julie Rye-Holmboe Subject: Re: depreciation Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 10:13:12 +0300 Dear Julie, Thank u for your query. I am not an accountant by profession. However , I do not think that depreciation is a source of fund. In my opinion it should be taken as reserve fund to be set aside for future expenses. However most organizations use it as a source and get into a mess. Ideally some regulation should be done to transfer it into some sort of reserve fund. Trust I have clarified. Pl ack. Julie Rye-Holmboe wrote: Dear Madhavan, I am a student in Australia doing a subject called Business Models. Since we are not provided with any books in this subject, we need to find our resources i.e. on the web, and this is how I found you. I need to find out whether depreciation is a source of funds. Would you be able to answer me this? In that case, I am looking forward to an informative e-mail from you in the nearest future. Thank you for your time! Yours sincerely,  Julie Dated:  Sat, 08 Apr 2000 07:43:56 +0300        From:  "Madhavan T. Gopalachary" <madhavan@madgopes.com  To:  Charu Sharma Re:  Marketing Audit From:  charu wrote: Mr. Gopalachary: I want to commend on your wonderful informative site.  I am writing a marketing audit for college and was wondering if you have a sample work.  Your insight would be very helpful.  I would really appreciate it.  Thank you. Charu Compiled by Madhavan T Gopalachary The views, opinions and interpretations are personal. Sponsorship does not mean that the sponsors endorse them. Editorial Policy © Copyright, Jul-08 . www.madgopes.com . Without prejudice. All rights reserved www.mmgindia.com is the official website of Madras Management Group, Chennai, India. www.madgopes.com and www.mmg.name are personal websites and all editorials are published under their banner to retain editorial independence. We would highly appreciate feedback from readers and it may be sent to ipr@mmg.name.