GSCM team at the 1st Tashkent International Management Forum

The first day of the Forum was held by GSCM RANEPA. Macroeconomist Alexey Vedev, member of the Advisory Council by the Russian Government Sergey Drobyshevskiy, BFA Rector Tim Yagdarov, and GSCM Dean Sergey Kalendzhyan took part in the panel discussion “Scenario Planning: Threats and Opportunities for Business”. The discussion covered what economies of Russia and Uzbekistan will become over the next years, and how a mutually beneficial cooperation can be built.

Sergey Kalendzhyan highlighted the importance of establishing a high-class business education system in Uzbekistan. GSCM Dean shared the story of creation of one of the first business schools in Russia and explained how GSCM succeeded to transform the managerial system in the Post-Soviet enterprises. He noted: “Modern business requires employees with a drastically different mindset. They are to become the real masters of their workspace, generating new ideas and offering innovative solutions. To make it possible, executives must acquire the skills of the effective management based on the delegation of authority”.

DBA Director Svetlana Korobeinikova and MBA Director Alvina Kalendzhyan presented GSCM business programmes. GSCM Alumni, who arrived to Tashkent to represent their alma mater, also took an active part in the Forum. “Termoros” CEO Ashot Danielyan, financial manager of the “Russian Railroads” Sima Khachatryan, and “Magistau Media” CEO Aisulu Dutbaeva shared their experience in implementation of the techniques mastered at GSCM and the career achievements that followed.

GSCM Dean Sergey Kalendzhyan and Associate Dean Olga Gumilevskaya held a workshop “Using the European management principles to transform business practices in Uzbek companies”, aiming at introducing the Delegation of Authority method.

GSCM professor and certified consultant Svetlana Sterkhova taught a master class “How to boost sales during the pandemic and crisis”, explaining the use of a flexible approach to management in order to maximize the profit.

“I hope that our partnership with the Banking and Finance Academy will help to promote the progressive business education and encourage its launch in Uzbekistan. The Republic is changing, and these current changes seem a great step forward, according to Russian expert community and academic circles. We are counting on this partnership to be a major success”, – concluded Sergey Kalendzhyan in his interview to the Uzbekistan-24 TV channel.