XLRI

Dr. Munish Kumar Thakur

Dean (Academics)

Dr. Munish Kumar Thakur

Dean (Academics)

Qualification :

Bachelor of Management Sciences, D A Univ, 1995
MBA, D A Univ, 1997
Fellow, IIM Calcutta, 2006

Functional Area : Strategic Management

Experience Detail:

  • Visiting faculty, National Institute of Sales Academy, 4 months
  • Associate Consultant, Goethe Institute, 7 months
  • Assistant Manager, The IAP Company Limited, 13months
  • Management Trainee, Grasim Industries, 6 months
  • Management Trainee, Eicher Motors Limited, 2 months

Journal Articles-Refereed

  1. Corporate Political Activity: An Integrated Model ,Asian Social Science Vol:11,No.16;(2015) by Canadian Centre of Science and Education
  2. Usefulness of Uselessness: A case for Negative Capability in Management, Academy of Management Learning Education, Sept 2014
  3. Mentoring and Performance: Testing a mediated model in Supervisory and Formal Mentoring in Business Organization[ The International Journal of Business Insights and Transformation, Vol. 6 (2), pp. 16, Apr – September 2013]
  4. Munish Thakur   (2008).  A Road Less Traveled.   A case published by London Business School and cleared by European Case Clearing House. L
  5. Thakur, M., and Sharma, R., TATA Group: The Benign Hunter, The European Case Clearing House, Aditya Birla India Center, London Business School, 2008

Chapters in Scholarly books

  1. Living Leadership. A case study of a Five year womens leadership collaborative. Published in the proceedings – Cases presented at the National convention `Responsible leadership :  Sharing of case studies` XLRI 2011   Published by Excellent Publishing House, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110 070. (ISBN: 978-93-81583-79-3)
  2. Munish Kumar, Raveenda C. and Sinnakrishnan P (2008), `Demographics and Entrepreneurship: Evidences from India and Germany`. A 4 Book Chapters 4 in Sustaining Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Lessons in Policy and Industry InNovation from Germany and India (Ed. Max Keilbach, J. Tamvada and David Audretsch.

Conference Proceedings-Refereed

  1. Suneetha .S & Munish Kumar Thakur  ( 2012 ) TRIMESTER MODEL OF LEADERSHIP (A group dynamics theory and attendant leadership process based on the principles of creation) ISSWOV conference proceedings ISBN no:. 978-0-9817997-2-8
  2. Srivastava, S., Singh, J., Irudayaraj, ISF., &  Thakur, M. (2011). A Study of Mentor-Mentee Relationship in a Large Indian Manufacturing Organization: A Qualitative Study. 21st Annual Convention of the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP). Institute of Rural Management, Anand, Gujrat
  3. Munish Kumar Thakur   A case on “Baring Private Equity Private Limited: Banking for the Poor” Richard Ivey Case Collection, Canada. (With Professor Ram Kakani), 2009.

Paper Presentations-Refereed

  1. Theoretical Explanation of the Phenomena of Joint Ventures in the Indian Commercial Vehicle Industry (1990-2013). Presented at Strategic Management Society 2014 Special Conference, Tel Aviv , Mar 9 – 11, 2013
  2. S.Suneetha , Neharika Vohra & Munish Thakur ( 2012) All about Negative Capability The concept, its application and implications.  Presented in  IHRM  conference
  3. S.Suneetha & Munish Thakur (2011). Living Leadership  National Conference on Responsible leadership: Sharing of Case studies, XLRI Jamshedpur.
  4. Marathe, G.M., Singhal, M., & Thakur, M. (2011).The Integrated Model for Leadership Theory. Eastern Academy of Management – International Conference, Bangalore
  5. Munish Kumar (2009), “Explaining Entrepreneurial Success” Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal.

Cases developed for Teaching purpose

  1. TATA STEEL ZOOLOGICAL PARK”, with Ivey Publishing. with the  Registration No: 9B14M127,Version: 2015-04-17