Research studies show students' excessive use of smartphones during COVID-19 lockdown. A new normal is ONLINE. Everyone is now looking for solutions in their smartphone for different problems. Being a management Institute, we at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Ghaziabad are providing technological interventions in a different domain to our MBA students that maximize their productivity, streamline communication, and reduce their work pressure. Here are 10 apps for MBA students to download on their smartphones-
- Prezi: Get Rid of Boring Presentation
Prezi is actually a professional, easy-to-use presentation-making service allowing you to create presentations for projects or assignments, or even to pitch a business plan, across all your devices.
- Flipboard: Your News Paper
With the industry changing rapidly, it’s useful to have an app that helps keep an MBA Student up-to-date on current news, the latest technology, and popular stories. Flipboard is a free news aggregator app.
- Quora: Ask Questions from Expert
Great App for MBA students who are always looking for knowledge creation. Quora provides an opportunity to get answers from people with expert knowledge of the subject. Students can also contribute their own knowledge on Quora, which is great for consolidating what they’ve learned.
- Trello: Your Personal Secretary
Trello is a collaboration tool. As MBA students often work in teams or join projects, they may spend more time in coordination with other students. With Trello, Students can assign a “board” to each team member where they list tasks they have to do, tasks they are working on and tasks they have completed. They can also assign other team members to tasks on their list, give deadlines and priority labels, and even write checklists within individual tasks if necessary. Trello is great for coordination, keeping track of group goals and staying organized.
- POP App Marvel: Convert Idea into App
Got an idea during a lecture? Here is an app to turn the idea into an app. An acronym for Prototyping on Paper, POP is great for those who want to develop a prototype for an App without having the knowledge of coding.
- TED: Boost Knowledge Base
TED Talks app is one of the must-have apps for college students, which is designed to feed your curiosity and expand your world. Students can explore more than 3,000 TED Talks from notable people, by topic from tech and science and boost the knowledge base. The app in fact helps to stay curious, informed, and inspired.
- WolframAlpha: Do Computation easily
The app has rapidly become the world’s definitive source for instant expert knowledge and computation and college students can have this app on the device to learn smarter on the go. Their vast collection of data and algorithms efficiently compute answers and create reports.
- Quizlet: Learn Languages & Vocab with Flashcards
The app is a great platform that helps to practice and master what students are learning by creating their own flashcards and study sets. Students may even choose outstanding ones from millions created by other students. It is one of the leading educations and flashcard apps for college students that make studying languages, science, history, and vocabulary simple and effective
- Pocket: Save, Read, and Grow
This cool app lets students save the latest stories, articles, videos, news, sports from any device, publisher, or app and curate their own space filled with topics of interest. Pocket’s clean layout and customizable display allow room for a relaxing reading and viewing experience.
- Unstuck: Solve your Problem
Unstuck aims to help in solving problems that are preventing MBA students from moving forward. The app gives Unstuck Advice that starts with assisting users with figuring out why they’re feeling stuck and continuing through the process to spark motivation. Unstuck can help with situations such as lack of motivation to finish a project, delay, and even relationship difficulties. Motivation and positivity can always be of help throughout the MBA journey for a student.
DR. AJAY TRIPATHI
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Jaipuria Institute of Management
