IIMB Launches One-Year Full-Time Post Graduate Programme in Management
The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), a centre of excellence in management, recognized as one of the top 100 management schools in the world, today announced plans for a One-year Full-time Post Graduate Programme in Management, commencing April 1, 2009.
Aimed at mid-career executives aspiring towards leadership roles, the programme differs significantly from the two-year Post Graduate Programme (PGP). For example, the programme would be inter-disciplinary in nature (as opposed to the functional one used for the PGP). Pedagogy used will be interactive, and focus on learning from peers.
Sixty percent of the course would be core subjects; the balance forty being electives. A special feature of the programme would be the introduction of seminars (15 to 20), coordinated by intelligentsia in the areas of Philosophy, History, Science, Literature, etc., aimed at sensitizing students about, and to, the societies they would be working in. The students would also be required to do a comprehensive project towards the end of the programme - bringing into focus its multi-disciplinary nature.
The students will undertake a three-week international study tour; to understand the way business is done in BRIC and African nations. The emphasis here is on areas where growth in business is likely to occur - in the emerging economies.
Admissions to the course will be based on multiple criteria. The candidate needs to be a graduate in any discipline with a minimum of five years’ work experience. Selection will also factor in a valid GMAT score, and a statement of purpose. The final component would be the interview - where the quality of work experience would be evaluated. The programme aims at bringing in diversity into the classroom, with students from different backgrounds, experience and nationalities.
IIMB will endeavor to provide placement assistance to all graduating students. There would be an extended placement period, rather than a “placement week” as followed for PGP.
Accommodation will be provided on campus or in areas in the proximity of the campus to students who require it.
The academic year will run from 1st April to 31st March, with the first batch of students expected to join in 2009.
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