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Managing through ‘Game of Thrones’

Managing through ‘Game of Thrones’

Are you not able to influence people? Do you find difficulty in executing operations in hostile environments? Or do you get confused between your friends and foes? These are all common business dilemmas that have answers in one of the most religiously followed TV Series: A Game of Thrones. An adaptation of the famous novel A Song of Ice and Fire, written by George R.R. Martin, this wonderfully crafted TV series has become synonymous with strategy, lust and bloodshed. Here are some of the lessons that one can learn from GoT:

SIBM Pune
"50% of NPAs in the Indian Banking System can be classified as Wilful Defaults" - Panel Discussion during JAAF at MISB Bocconi

"50% of NPAs in the Indian Banking System can be classified as Wilful Defaults" - Panel Discussion during JAAF at MISB Bocconi

MISB Bocconi hosted the Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance this year from January 8th to 10th 2015 in Mumbai. It was co-orgainzed by SDA Bocconi, School of Management and the Indian School of Business. The event was sponsored by Pwc.The conference hosted some brilliant minds from across the world. The first day saw stalwarts like Prof.Kashi Balachandran (NYU Stern), Prof. Joshua Ronen (NYU Stern) and Prof. Andrea Dossi (SDA Bocconi). However, our focus will be on the interesting panel discussion on Day 2 on - "Transparency in Corporate India : How do governance issues matter for restarting economic growth"

Career Services Centre
Inroads Leadership Development Workshop at VGSOM, IIT Kharagpur

Inroads Leadership Development Workshop at VGSOM, IIT Kharagpur

On 8th January, 2015 VGSoM hosted a day long Leadership Workshop conducted by Inroads Leadership Development, an entrepreneurial venture by Suman Ghose, Abhay Nigam and Somnath Ghosh. These three individuals, with over 60 years of work experience collectively, in diverse roles across the corporate world, have gained a great insight into the organizational dynamics and culture of various organizations across different nations and over time have gotten interested in the human side of management.

VGSoM Kharagpur