saarc: a critical analysis

Team Assignment

IBE401: The Global Business Environment

Read

Find out about it …

• What is it?• When was it set up?• Why was it formed?• What are its

objectives?• Make a note of all

important factual information

Think

Now you are in possession of the facts …

• Has it been successful?• How does it compare to

other regional groupings?

• What are academics and other commentators saying?

• What is your analysis of SAARC?

Deliver

Is it really worth the

effort?

The 18th SAARC Summit

• Scheduled for the first quarter of 2014• To be held in Katmandhu, Nepal• PM Manmohan Singh has pressing matters to

deal with at home and feels ambivalent about attnding the SAARC Summit

• He is seeking advice from some expert international business consultants based in Chandigarh …

Prepare a presentation for the PM

• Dr Manmohan Singh seeks diversity of opinion and he has requested three very different consultancy firms be contacted to tender for this work

• His aides have been careful, therefore, to approach consultants with contrasting perspectives on international political economy

• The three companies are …

• The Structuralists & Partners

• The Liberalists Limited

• The Realists Inc.

From the viewpoint typically put forward by your consultancy …

• Prepare an engaging and informative PowerPoint presentation for the PM and his advisors (no more than 20 slides)

• Outline the background to SAARC and how it has evolved

• Provide a critique of its performance to date• Make recommendations as to how India

should engage with SAARC moving forward.