Uri The Movie with Many Lessons in Management

"How is the josh?" "High Sir!"
"हिंदुस्तान घुसेगा भी और मारेगा भी"
"There is no silver medal in war"
"वक़्त आ गया है ख़ून का बदला ख़ून से लेने का"
And many such dialogues reverberate after one sees the recent Hindi movie 'Uri The Surgical Strike'. Apart from topping the box office collections, the movie has many lessons in Business Management.

The entire PGDM class of 2020 of VVISM Hyderabad was taken to a multiplex for watching the movie. The students came back all charged up. It was then that Ghumakkad decided to run a Case Study based on the movie. It was very satisfying when the students brought out the following concepts through various events/scenes in the movie.

1. Team work at multiple levels
2. Goal setting
3. Alignment of individual goals with org goals 
4. Role clarity of every team member
5. Dealing with Uncertainty
6. Leadership
7. Planning and execution
8. Motivation
9. Communication
10. Selection of Team 
11. Emotional Quotient and its power
12. Coordination
13. Role of technology in achieving goals
14. Physical and moral courage
15. Service before self
16. Humility
17. Tag-line and impact on marketing
18. The Power of Networking (Serial Nos. 18 to 22 courtesy Tarun Patro)
19. Distraction Tactics
20. Cost of a small mistake
21. Paying attention to detail
22. Back Up Plan or Plan B

We found the movie to be a great learning aid for management students. There are many movies which I have used earlier for teaching. Some of these are listed below:

Patton

The Bridge On The River Kwai

Wake Up Sid

Dangal

Lagaan

Bajrangi Bhaijaan

MS Dhoni: The Untold Story

The challenge is to trigger the discussion with right questions. 

Fellow teachers may reach me for further details on my mail ID. 

Once again, thank you the Class of 2020 for an enriching session and VVISM for creating the right learning environment.

Jai Hind!

Thanks for browsing

     -Harsh-the-Ghumakkad/ 6th Feb 2019 

      hbindia@gmail.com 

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'Management Education- Rethink or Perish' A Seminar for Heads of B-schools

Management Education- Rethink or Perish
This post is not about a physical journey. But a journey which I like the most-- sharing our knowledge. Yes, this is a one-day seminar for heads of B-Schools in India. Faced with the crisis of poor demand for management programs, only those B-schools will survive which can innovate and change. What are these innovations? What changes to adopt? What does the industry expect from a b-school graduate?

To find the answers, go ahead and participate in the seminar.

Further details given below:
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Management Education- Rethink or Perish

Need for Innovation and Change

A Seminar for Heads of B-Schools

22^nd Nov 2012 Hyderabad

Objective

With Government’s thrust on higher education, number of management institutes has grown from less than 900 to more than 3,500 in last 8 years or so. Correspondingly, the number of seats have also quadrupled from 90,000 to more than 3,50,000 per year. This year, more than 1,00,000 seats have gone vacant with no takers. 250 management institutes have already closed down. Management education is thus experiencing a massive churn in India. This crisis is driven by many factors such as economic sluggishness,poor quality of management graduates as well as lack of realignment with the needs of the Industry. Only those B-schools will survive the tide which can adapt to this change. 

This seminar addresses the following issues:

• To examine the reasons and nature of this crisis
• To discuss and evolve a strategy to deal with this change in a pro-active manner

Who should attend?

Trustees, Directors, Deans, Placement Heads and Senior Faculty members having decision making responsibility in Management Institutes in twin cities/India. Delegates are encouraged to discuss live issues being faced by their B-school as above.

Take-away

This Seminar addresses a live and burning issue with constant media reporting.The delegates can expect the following take-aways from this one-day Seminar:

• ·         In-depth analysis and understanding of the nature and reasons of this crisis
• ·         Industry expectations from a management graduate
• ·         How to align management education with the needs of the industry
• ·         Real-life examples of Innovations in teaching and learning to increase employability
• ·         Live ‘road map’ to be evolved by the participants through group tasks, which can then be applied in their respective institutions

Besides learning from the experiences/views of the keynote speaker and other panelists, the seminar will enable generation of ideas by heads of institutions to deal with this change. The seminar focuses not only on arriving at a strategy but also its implementation. As the old saying goes ‘Change or perish’.

Keynote Speaker

Padma Bhushan Dr PM Bhargava, Founder Director CCMB and former Vice Chairman, Knowledge Commission of India, Eminent Scientist and Author will inaugurate the Seminar with his talk on "Management Education in India- Time for Rethink"

Panelists

Possess a blend of experience bothin academia as well as the real world outside. More than their proven track record, the panelists will facilitate the participants in sharing their personal experiences/ ideas for managing change.

Dr Ashok Agarwal, Entrepreneur and Founder CEO SQL Star, Former faculty, IIM Kolkata. Alumnus BITS Pilani.

Dr Ratnaja Gogula, Professor in Marketing area, IBS Hyderabad and former Product Manager, Kenexa Hyderabad. Awarded the Best Case Prize by ISB Hyderabad in 2006.

Mr Krishna Iyer, Former MD, Chambal Agritech (KK Birla Group) and Director, Executive MBA Program, IBS Hyderabad.Alumnus IIM Ahmedabad.

Dr Kinnera Murthy, Former Dean ASCI and Professor in Strategy area.Alumnus BITS Pilani.

Ms Lekha Sishta, Talent Strategist Former VP HR, Sum Total Systems Hyderabad and alumnus IIM Bangalore. Conferred Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award in 2010.

Dr Archana Pillai, Associate Professor in Economics and Strategy area, Institute of Management Technology Hyderabad. Alumnus Syracuse University USA.

Venue

Hotel Vivanta by Taj, Begumpet, Hyderabad.

Date

Thursday, 22nd Nov, 2012 from 9AM to 6PM.

Registration

Rs 7500/- per participant (for registrations before 10^th Nov 2012) and Rs 8000/- per participant thereafter, exclusive of service tax.SWIFT/RTGS code available for on-line transfer.Seats are limited for maximum interaction and internalisation. Outstation delegates are to make own arrangements for travel and accommodation.

Contact Person

Prof Harsh Bhargava

Email: hbindia@gmail.com

Cell: +91-939-133-1702

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Limited seats on first-come-first-served basis. Mail us the nominations at an early date.

Harsh
hbindia@gmail.com
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