Indian Institue of Management 2000 M.B.A CAT - Question Paper

three deserts were created-Wisconsin, the reservation and the memories of a people. A century later, the land of the Sauks is now
populated by the children of a 2nd wave of European farmers who studied to replenish the soil through the regenerative powers
of dairying, ground cover crops and animal manures. These 3rd and 4th generation farmers and townspeople do not realise,
however, that a new settler is coming soon with an invention as powerful as John Deere's plow.
The new technology is called 'bereavement counselling'. It is a tool forged at the great state university, an innovative technique to
meet the needs of those experiencing the death of a loved one, a tool that can "process" the grief of the people who now live on the
Prairie of the Sauk. As 1 can imagine the final days of the village of the Sauk Indians before the arrival of the settlers with John
Deere's plow, 1 can also imagine these final days before the arrival of the 1st bereavement counsellor at Prairie du Sac. In these
final days, the farmers and the townspeople mourn at the death of a mother, brother, son or friend. The bereaved is joined by
neighbours and kin. They meet grief together in lamentation, prayer and song. They call upon the words of the clergy and surround
themselves in community.
It is in these ways that they grieve and then go on with life. Through their mourning they are assured of the bonds ranging from them
and renewed in the knowledge that this death is a part of the Prairie of the Sauk. Their grief is common property, anguish from which
the community draws strength and provide the bereaved the courage to move ahead.
It is into this prairie community that the bereavement counsellor arrives with the new grief technology. The counsellor calls the
invention a service and assures the prairie folk of its effectiveness and superiority by invoking the name of the great university while
displaying a diploma and certificate. At first, we can imagine that the local people will be puzzled by the bereavement counsellor's claim.
However, the counsellor will tell a few of them that the new technique is merely to assist the bereaved's community at the time of death.
To a few other prairie folk who are isolated or forgotten, the counsellor will approach the County Board and advocate the right to
treatment for these unfortunate souls. This right will be guaranteed by the Board's decision to reimburse those too poor to pay for
counselling services. There will be others, schooled to believe in the innovative new tools certified by universities and medical centres,

Earning:   Approval pending.