Overview
It explores the dilemmas managers face when financial calculations and data analysis favour a decision, but broader considerations raise concerns. A decision may increase profits, reduce costs, or improve efficiency while also affecting employee welfare, customer trust, product quality, the environment, or the organisation’s reputation.
Through practical business situations—such as reducing staff to cut costs, increasing prices during shortages, or using customer data to boost sales—the topic encourages students to look beyond numerical results. It prompts them to question the assumptions behind the numbers, identify whose interests may be overlooked, and consider consequences that are difficult to measure.
The central question is whether a decision that makes financial sense is necessarily the right managerial choice. Students examine how evidence, ethical responsibility, empathy, and long-term thinking can work together to guide decisions, including when a manager should challenge an apparently profitable recommendation.
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Objectives of Event
The objective of the event “When the Numbers Say YES, Should the Manager Say NO?”is to develop participants’ ability to evaluate managerial decisions beyond financial calculations and numerical indicators. It aims to help them understand that while data is essential for informed decision-making, a financially attractive option may also have significant implications for employees, customers, society, and the environment.
Through discussion of practical business dilemmas, the event seeks to strengthen critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and responsible decision-making. Participants will be encouraged to question the assumptions behind numerical recommendations, recognise the limitations of quantitative analysis, and identify stakeholder interests that may be overlooked when decisions focus primarily on profitability, cost reduction, or efficiency.
The event also aims to build participants’ confidence in exercising independent managerial judgment, particularly when short-term financial benefits conflict with long-term organisational sustainability, trust, and reputation. By evaluating competing priorities and considering alternative courses of action, participants will learn to justify decisions using both evidence and ethical principles. Ultimately, the event seeks to prepare future managers to make decisions that are commercially sound, socially responsible, and aligned with organisational values.
Convener Details
Advisor details
· Prof. (Dr.) Debasis Mallik, Dean SSBS
· Prof. (Dr.) Nikhil Kulshrestha, Associate Dean SSBS
Co-Advisor details
· Prof. (Dr.) Ruchi Jain Garg, (HOD-Management)
· Prof. (Dr.) Sweta Dixit, (HOD-Business and Commerce)
Convener details
· Dr. Shuchi Singhal, 8527916057, shuchi.singhal@sharda.ac.in
· Dr. Apoorva Verma, 9639463628, apoorva.verma@sharda.ac.in
Chief Guest Details:
Mr. Alok Srivastava, Strategist & Startup Mentor. Ex-CEO altrview
Speaker Details:
- Mr. Alok Srivastava, Strategist & Startup Mentor
