Monday, April 14, 2014

ARI-PBBM Integrated Training and Conference 2014 - Day Six

Day Six
We were warmly greeted by top officials at Cambridge University.  After an official photo shoot, we were taken to the Judge Business School.  Cambridge Judge Business School, formerly known as the Judge Institute of Management Studies, is the business school of the University of Cambridge.  Established in 1954 as Management Studies in the Engineering Department, and in 1990 as Judge Institute for Management Studies, and in 2005 as Judge Business School. the School is a provider of management education and is consistently ranked as one of the world's leading business schools. It is
named after Sir Paul Judge, chief founding benefactor of the school.  At Judge Business School, we were given two interesting leadership talks: (i) Leadership in Context - Prof Jochen Runde and (ii) Leadership and Governance - Dr Philip Stiles. Giving Cambridge University as a case study,  Prof Runde elaborated on the concept of "collaborative leadership" in a highly "networked organisation".  Leaders in such organisations therefore need to be people-oriented, dynamic, global, competitive and technology savvy.  Dr Stiles stressed that the effectiveness of governance depends on relationships
not just structure.  He further elaborated that "Board effectiveness depends on the behavioural dynamics of a board, and how the web of interpersonal and group relationships between executive and non-executive directors is developed in  particular company contexts.  Creating and sustaining accountability within the boardroom is heavily dependent on the attitudes and actions of executive directors to their non-executive colleagues, the work of the chairman in creating the conditions for effectiveness, the experience, skill and judgment of directors and the manner in which they bring these to bear on the conduct of the company".  After lunch, the training participants were taken for university and city tours in Cambridge.