What they should definitely teach at Indian business Schools

For all MBA grads in India, there should be a part of the curriculum that ought to "teach" them the ways of be successful in the Indian corporate scene. The survival tips of how one goes up the ladder - is something that isn't told to them, resulting in creating frustrated workers who are present across all organizations (including the top ones that go to the best institutions to hire the best talent providing the best salary packages).

What would a curriculum for this look like and how would one design the content?
For me, the content should have pretty clear definitions and actions for the students. No "case-study" thing here. Only definitions and then allow for practical classes wherein role play can be done to train the psyche of these students.

Some of my favourite aspects that I would want to see in this curriculum are:

1) How to pretend to work hard and survive plus thrive

2) How to Yap more and never work, knowing with whom to Yap more

3) How to show off and earn goodwill from your bosses

4) How to get confidence of your bosses and then never work again

5) How to manipulate discussions and client presentations

6) How to figure out the weakest link in the team and then make that bugger work like hell (while you enjoy)

7) How to LIE/Bullshit, but make it sound like such a world-class concept that you just explained

8) How to create a legacy wherein even your shitty work doesn't bother your boss, and he can't stand to hear a word against you

9) How to tread on others' hard work and confidence - as this space is like a war-zone with only one winner - and damage careers (so that they can never come in your way)

10) How to manipulate conversations during times of salary reviews, and how to blackmail your superior into submission

11) How to manipulate power equations inside the company to make your position safe and actually stronger

12) How to give gyaan to your client without adding any value to the work, and be least bothered about the project or revenue

13) How to ensure that people who have the power to stand against you are first derided upon and then fired

14) How to get to what you want - not through any hard work but by smart play and manipulation of structures, people, and your bosses

There are a lot of people who make lives of their co-workers miserable by being successful ("actually this matters a lot, doesn't it") while practicing and probably being the epitome of the above pointers.
I have seen great talent agree to some of the above points and then following the same by giving in to the rut, losing their character and soul to such foul practices.

If you ever had a doubt as to whether the corporate is filled with such bastards, then don't second guess. It's the probable way to survive the "Roman empire when you are in Rome" conundrum.

This post isn't about complaining. It has been a long time since I have been seeing good talent lose out to such plotting and scheming bastards - who were lucky to be trained properly (or some were born with the talent) to be BAD. These are people who make people's lives bad, at times pushing them to the limits of breakdown and therefore suicides.

So for a new b-school talent who has those dreams in his/her eyes, its prudent that the bad side of the picture is also shown as a part of the curriculum, else we will have people who will break early, and we will blame them as "weak characters" or "immature" wherein actually the broken system was responsible for the continuous banging.

I don't know if the good will win at last, but even the Gods had to resort proving a point (in Egypt, in Mahabharata, in Greek Myth, etc) and I guess being armed with the same pathetic tactics doesn't harm anyone. The idea has to be a uniform training module wherein the kids are told - "This is whats going to happen to you, and not the motivation-HR shit we taught you about", and then tell them "This is what you ought to be expecting and reacting to".

If I have a b-school, then I will definitely have this curriculum.