Globalization and digital transformation have increased unexpected challenges to manage sustainable people performance. Retaining status of a great place to work and maintaining a ranking in the Annual Economic Survey are not easy for organizations in a global competitive market. Findings of change in priority of work values of the top management team and the increasing trend of percentages of small organizations moving towards extinction show that innovation is core factor in the process.

Today, people management researchers find it difficult to predict performance of a manager, based on ability and motivation. However, imputation of missing information in judgement and decision has not changed. For overcoming with the perceptual bias and psychological health, researchers of artificial intelligence and programming have to work hard to have decisions objective and judgement transparent.

This seminar focuses on presenting the evidences that in-spite of increasing level of self-determination, richness of information, and opportunity to utilize abilities for competitive advantage, prediction of entrepreneurial orientation of young entrepreneurs from a developing economy require explanation beyond within the individual. Strategic issues related to work behavior (positive thinking, engagement, and psychological withdrawal), entrepreneurial orientation, and global leadership practices demand serious attention of researchers and policy makers.

Dr. Shivganesh Bhargava is the Institute Chair Professor & Head of the Shailesh J Mehta School of Management at IIT Bombay. Bhargava worked for his Ph. D. (Gujarat University) in the field of Performance Management with a distinguished Professor of Management at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad after graduating from University of Allahabad. He is currently a visiting scholar at the Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Business Studies at SFU’s Beedie School of Business.

Bhargava started his career in research at the IIM Ahmedabad (1980-1984) and moved to teaching/research/consulting/training as faculty at the IIT, Bombay and IIM, Lucknow. He has been the visiting scholar at School of Management, Southampton University (2010), UK and Global Scholar at Truman School of Public Administration Missouri University Columbia (2010). He is also Director of the IWREA Academy Board.

He has published 3 books from Sage (Response) Publications, 175 research papers of international/ national repute. He has guided over 24 post-doctoral, doctoral and M. Phil students, and completed dozens of sponsored and consulting projects.