This is a 15 month program for enabling executives with serious work experience to take up lateral level management positions. This program provides general management and functional area skills to executives with a variety of sectoral experiences from their previous work experience. The program will have Indian as well as international participants making for a cross-cultural environment and international experience sharing.

Eligibility

Graduates in the 10+2+3 system in any discipline recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (includes a large number of Indian as well as international degrees) with full-time experience of around 5 years. High proficiency in written and verbal communication in English.

Participant’s Profile

Executives around 5 years or more of full-time post graduation work experience who have the potential to be leaders and shapers of their companies in the international business arena. Participants can belong to the following categories:

Self sponsored executives who finance their participation in the program.

Company sponsored executives who would return to their companies after the program.

Owner managers who take time off from their businesses and would return to their businesses after the program.

International professionals from countries with whom the Government of India runs scholarship programs as well as fee paying students who would return to their country after the program.

Placement Assistance

IMI will provide assistance in lateral placement for self sponsored participants.

Program  Duration

15 months starting from March 29, 2010. This will include 12 months of full-time course work plus 3 months of field  project work that can be conducted in the company the participant is employed in.

Selection Process ( IMI test*/ Personal interview)  on  Sunday, January 31, 2010.
Candidates will be required to take the GMAT and submit these scores along with the application for admission. Candidates short listed  based on their application and GMAT scores will be called for an interview to assess suitability for benefiting from the course. International students under the Government of India Scholarship Program will be interviewed at the Indian Embassy in their country. International fee paying students will have to submit TOEFL scores in addition to GMAT scores.

* Those who could not appear in CAT / GMAT will have to clear IMI test before the Interviews.

Program Structure and Curriculum

The program is built around 12 months of course work and a 3 month field -project at the end of the course work. The project will be conducted at the place of employment of the participant where they will be working after completing their 12 months of course work. The project will be jointly guided by an IMI faculty and a  project supervisor  from the employer organization.

Program Content*

The program is designed for delivery in 4 terms of course work followed by a project. The 4 terms will span about 12 months and the project will be completed over 3 months.

The complete program will be worth 76.5 credits. Each credit corresponds to the equivalent of 10 hours of classroom contact. Out of 76.5 credits, 70.5 credits will be course work and 6  credits will be the project. The academic course work ( 705 contact hours) will be spread over the four terms as follows.

Term 1:

EC 504 Economics for Managers (3 credits)

AC 503 Management Accounting (3 credits)

FN 503 Corporate Finance (3 credits)

MK 503 Marketing Management (3 credits)

OB 506 Managing People and Organizations(3 credits)

QM 502 Business Statistics  (3 credits)
IS 501 Information Technology for Decision Making (3 credits)

Term 2 :

QM 503 Research Methods in Management (3 credits)

OM 501 Operations  Management (3 credits )

5 elective courses (3 credits each)

Term 3 :

HR 509 Cross Cultural Management (1.5 credits)

5   elective courses (3 credits each)

Term 4 :

ST 506 Strategy Formulation and Implementation (3 credits)

EC 601 International Business and Economic Environment (3 credits)

OB 602 Leadership and Change  (3 credits)

1 elective course (3 credits) or International Study Tour

Term 5 : ( 6 Credits )

PR 690     Project

Electives

The following is an indicative list of electives that may be offered under different areas. The actual electives offered would be dependent on satisfying minimum registration requirements for each elective.

Finance

FN601   International Finance

FN602    Financial Derivatives

FN603   Management of Banks

FN604   Security Analysis and Portfolio Management

FN605   Management of Financial Services

FN606   Management of Insurance Business

FN607   Financial Engineering and Risk Management

FN608   Restructuring, Acquisitions, Strategic Alliances & Mergers (RASAM)

FN609   Project and Infrastructure Finance

FN610   Wealth Management and Alternative Investments

FN611   Investment Banking

FN612   Derivatives & Risk Management

FN613   Banking & Insurance Services

Information Technology

IS601   Enterprise Resource Planning

IS602   E-Business

IS603   Database Management System

IS604  Information Systems Analysis & Design

IS605   Data & Information Security

IS606   Software Project Management

IS607   Knowledge Management

IS608   Business Intelligence

IS609   Information Systems & Strategy

IS610   IT for Business Continuity Planning

IS611   Decision Support Systems

IS612   Managing IT Infrastructure

IS613   Information System Management

Marketing

MK601   Consumer Behavior

MK602   Marketing Research

MK603   Distribution Management

MK604   Product Management

MK605   International Marketing

MK606   Business Forecasting

MK607   Business 2 Business Marketing

MK608   Sales & Distribution Management

MK609   Sales Management

MK610   Brand Management

MK611   Retail Marketing

MK612   Integrated Marketing Communication

MK613   Marketing of Services

MK614   Advertising Management

MK615   Customer Relationship Management

MK616   Strategic Marketing

MK617   Rural Marketing

MK618   Product & Brand  Management

QT & Operations Management       

QM 601 Business Forecasting

QM 602 Financial  Econometrics

QM603 Psychometric testing

OM 601 Logistics &  Supply Chain Management

OM 602 Total Quality Management

OM 603 Six Sigma

OM 604 Strategic Mgmt of Innovation & Technology

OM 605 Applications of Operational Research

OM 606 Project Management

OM607 HR Issues in Supply chain mgmt

OM 608 Operations Strategy 

OM 609 Manufacturing Planning & Control

Economics, Policy & Strategic Management

ST604   Intrapreneurship, Corporate Venturing, Entrepreneurship & Incubators

GM603   Corporate Social Responsibility                 

EC601   International Business and Economic Environment

GM602   Entrepreneurship Management

*IMI reserves the right to revise the course structure.

Award of Degree

An Executive Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (Executive PGDM) will be awarded to participants on the successful completion of the course work and project.

Mode of Payment

All the payments have to be made on or before the date mentioned.  The fee should be paid by demand draft or pay order drawn in favor of International Management Institute and payable at New Delhi.