FACILITATORProf. G Venkat Raman

July 15-18, 2013 | Mumbai

MDP OfficeIndian Institute of Management Kozhikode

IIMK Campus P.O., Kozhikode 673570, Kerala, India Phone: +91-495-2809 208/450/388/370

Mobile: 09447100539, 09895098960 Fax: +91-495-2809370, 2803010, 2803011

Email: mdp@iimk.ac.in | Website: www.iimk.ac.in

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MDP Office

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode

IIMK Campus P.O. Kozhikode 673570

Kerala, India Phone: +91-495-2809

208/450/388/370Mobile: 09447100539,

09895098960 Fax: +91-495-2809370,

2803010, 2803011 Email: mdp@iimk.ac.in

Website: www.iimk.ac.in

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July 15-18, 2013 | Mumbai

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INTRODUCTION

OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE

The 4-day programme deals with geopolitical happenings and its applications for business decision making. It is a programme about economics, political and historical context in which businesses operate. It deals with Geopolitics, a word which has around 6 – 7 million hits, if you Google it. ‘Anyone brave or perhaps foolish enough to wade through a fraction of those potential references would not necessarily emerge any wiser of the definition of Geopolitics’ (Dodds, 2007). As mentioned in Klaus Dodds’ “Geopolitics: a Very Short Introduction”, the social theorist Michael Mann once quipped, ‘geopolitics, like most terms that have attracted academic attention, is slippery’. As some scholars have noted, geopolitics is frequently used to convey a certain kind of strong perception towards actions by political actors including states and state leaders and other significant state and non-state actors using geographical templates such as “axis of evil”. However, it is relevant that academics explore the outcomes that follow from dividing the world into various zones.We would use Geopolitics as a prism to look at the world in which we are living. We would like to pay attention on how geopolitics works in practice and how it helps in strategising business decisions. In doing so we would obviously be making references to contemporary geopolitical metaphors like BRICS, rogue States, Axis of Evil, etcetera.

The 4 day MDP would seek to discuss and study how policy makers comprehend and manage, competing political interests, the discipline of economic forces and the lessons of history. Our goal is to understand how and why governments implement particular polices and how these policies shape the world. That understanding will help us to recognize the threats and opportunities that these policies create for business and provide tools to help us evaluate the environment for short and long-term investments. This programme seeks to encourage current and future managers who can create a significant advantage for the firms they lead and the industries they shape.

1. Introduces participants to the major geopolitical as well as institutional drivers which have shaped the world today, namely; WTO Structural reforms in major economies of the world, role of IMF and its changing dynamics European Union Climate Change, Religion and Terrorism

2. Look at the impact of financial crisis on European Union at large and discuss the future of European Union

3. Encouraging participants to make comparative assessment of geopolitical balance, struggle and importance of India and China vis-a-vis the BRIC economies of the world

4. Making participants appreciate the potential rise of Africa as a fertile land for emerging giants to compete for and integrate Africa into the national strategies

5. Inter-relationship between Geopolitics and Business Strategy

ModulesnDay 1:Geopolitics and International Business in the 21 century :Actors, Drivers and

stForces of Globalization in the 21 century -Implications for individuals, society, government, politics and business -The multipolar world-Overview of geopolitical environments of the emerging countries

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BusinessnDay 3 : Rise of India, China and other BRIC

EconomiesnDay 4: Geopolitics and Business Strategy: Future

Rise of Africa and Other Geopolitical Trends

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Lectures, Case Studies, Audio-visual Aids

Senior and Middle Level Managers from Corporate sector, Senior and Middle Officials from NGO Sector

Day 2: Regions, Geopolitics and International

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Dr. G. Venkat RamanE-mail: drvenkat@iimk.ac.inPhone: 0495-2809425, Mob: 9496383541

The programme will be held during July 15-18, 2013 at Mumbai.

Nomination forms duly filled along with the Course Fee should reach the MDP Office latest by June 23, 2013.

Non-Residential : Rs 42,500.00 + Service tax

The fee is to be paid in advance by Demand Draft drawn in favour of ‘Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode’ payable at ‘Kozhikode’ (or Calicut).

Payments to IIMK are exempted from deduction of Tax vide Certificate No. 1/AAAAJ1012Q/ACIT/C-2(1)/KKD/2006-2007/1 dated 15th May 2006 issued by Jt. Commissioner of Income Tax, Division II, Calicut.

In the event of cancellation of nomination, full refund of the programme fee will be made, if request is received in writing at least 21 days before commencement of the programme. No refund will be made if such a request comes after this date.

INSTRUCTORS

PROF. RAKESH SINGH

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Studies and a visiting faculty at IIM Kolkata & Athens University of Economics and Business and a guest faculty at ISB and INSEAD

nProf Rakesh’s consulting assignments in Geopolitics include various prestigious projects like the one associated with Singapore Economic Development Board (SEDB); Nivea (did a series of integration exercises for Nivea, which looks at the geopolitics and economy of different markets that it operates and the challenges of global supply chain integration); Syngenta Crop Sciences (Undertook the study of changing business environment due to signing of WTO and its likely impact on cropping pattern changes and hence demand for agro chemicals in India)

nProf Rakesh is involved with study projects with Athens University of Economics and Business in order to understand the impact of Greece’s real economy and the reforms that are needed to strengthen its core agricultural sector as a part of Management Science Laboratory of AUEB

nProf Rakesh’s teaching interests include 1) Geopolitics and Macroeconomics Lakes Institute of Management ; Global Issues in Management; Doing Business in Far East Asia ;Geopolitics and Business at Athens University of Economics and Business to the International MBA students and SPJCM, Singapore; Strategy at the Bottom of the Pyramid at GLIM, ISB and IIM Kolkatta, where the focus is on deep rural areas, conflict zones and urban slums in the emerging world

PROF. G. VENKAT RAMAN (Also the Facilitator of the Programme)

nIIMK Faculty, specializing on China studies. Dr Venkat has the distinction of being the first Indian to be awarded the doctoral degree by Peking University (School of Government Management), Beijing

nUnique experience of being part of the academic as well as the corporate world in China during the course of his seven years stay (in China) during the period 2003-2010. Dr Venkat has native speaker level of fluency in Mandarin

nRecipient of highly prestigious scholarships for young scholars in Sinology like Cultural Exchange Programme Scholar (CEP) China in 2003 under the auspices of the Cultural Exchange Programme between India and China; Nehru Memorial Fellow to Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and Centre for Asian Studies, Hong Kong University; Junior Research Fellow from UGC, India

nGuest faculty in the Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, IIM Ranchi offering courses like Doing Business in Emerging Markets: Insights from China; Business Chinese (Mandarin)

Prof Rakesh Singh is the Director of Durgadevi Saraf Institute of Management