Excelsior Correspondent
KATRA, Aug 7: Prof. Shyam S. Lodha, Chairman, Department of Marketing, School of Business, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, USA addressed the students of School of Business and School of Economics, SMVDU. While interacting with the students, Prof. Lodha elaborated and emphasized on the ingredients for managers in 21st century.
Prof. Lodha described that world at this point is changing frequently, new challenges emerge all the time, the whole world is now connected and thus to manage all this, the managers play significant role. He said that every person, in today’s world, must have managerial qualities irrespective of his or her profession.
According to Prof. Lodha, today people cannot afford to be in their own style and there is just one style, that is, global style. It has now become mandatory to move with the world. Talking about the value of management education, Prof. Lodha said that management education is priceless and it prepares individuals to deal with complex world. Including India’s scenario in his talk, he said that it is the Indians now who decide what India will be like in the next five years. No other nation will be merciful on India that it is a poor country. He quoted “if you want to save yourself from the rat become a cat”. He also said that earlier the business environment was simpler but today, the situation is such that anything in 2015 will be outdated in 2016 and nothing can stop the change.
Prof. Lodha said it is very important to manage because even one person can make life hell. He said that for a manager, it is very important to be one layer up if they want to get the worth out of somebody.
On the occassion, Directors and faculty members of both School of Business and School of Economics were also present
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