The Institute of Management, Nirma University, is hosting its 14th international conference on management from January 6 to 8.
The Institute of Management, Nirma University, is hosting its 14th international conference on management from January 6 to 8. The theme of the 14th meet is 'Management in turbulence times: Creativity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Learning'.
Speakers at the global meet have been discussing some key issues in contemporary management. The topics that are expected to be covered at the conference are: 'Turbulence in business and society'; 'Creativity and innovations: Technological implications'; 'Leadership during turbulence'; 'Entrepreneurial culture for managing turbulence'; 'Learning from the downturn'; and "Functional and cross-functional challenges during turbulence', among others.
The three-day NICOM-2011 has budding managers, members of industry, academicians and luminaries among the speakers.
These include Harsh Mariwala, chairman and director, Marico Industries Limited; Dr Rafiq Dossani, director, centre for South Asia, Stanford University and former CEO (India operations) Jardine Fleming Investment Banking Group; Prof Sanjay Bannerji, Essex Business School, UK; Prof Manas Chatterjee, University of New York; Pavan Duggal, cyber law expert and Supreme Court lawyer, New Delhi; Prof Sanjay Verma, Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad and Dr Larry Lemanski, Texas A & M University, US, among others.
On Day 1 (Thursday), Dr Karsanbhai Patel, founder of Nirma group; Rakesh Patel, vice-president, Nirma University; and Dr NV Vasani, vice-chancellor, Nirma University; Dr Lemanski; Mariwala and Dossani were among the distinguished people present at the conference.
In his keynote address, Mariwala said that people and innovation had made Marico what it is today. (Mariwala is chairman of Marico Industries). "It is important for employees to be involved as it leads to greater commitment," he said. "Commitment is important for innovation which is necessary in today's competitive environment."
Mariwala further said that his company's efforts at innovation focus on products, the staff, finance and human resources. "Marico also encourages its employees to take risks to innovate," he said. "Persistence is important for innovation and collaboration among departments."
In his speech at the conference, Dr Dossani stressed on what he termed as the four goals of higher education in management, namely, quality, access, equity and cost. He further said that, by 2011, India will be the single largest producer of engineering graduates in the world.
"This is because of the increase in the number of engineering institutes and the disposable income of households," Dossani said.
"It is vital for Indian institutes to focus more on group projects and journal writing in their curriculum so that they can grow and compete with their American counterparts. Currently, the challenges faced by the education system include the conflicting nature of the objectives of stakeholders and weak governments in this era of coalitions."
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