Managers who have achieved excellence in their field, and have been identified as having potential to move into general management positions

Entrepreneurs / owner-managers who are going to shoulder overall responsibility of an organization. Age and experience are not as important as ability and potential

Qualifications as such are not critical. However, the programme design does require participants to be able to communicate effectively in English and work with basic quantitative techniques. A graduate degree or equivalent is generally desirable from this point of view.

Contents: Management Education Programme (MEP) helps participants prepare for general management positions. To meet the threats posed by the changed environment, participants also have to devise their own ways to capitalize on the opportunities. All elements of the programme - teaching materials, pedagogy, and assignments - are geared to these ends.

Each class session focuses on a managerial situation in real life. Materials for the sessions are presented in increasing order of complexity - from simple make-or-buy decisions to those affecting the character and success of the total enterprise - and thereby bringing reality to the classroom and facilitating the interlinking of various functions. After all, few managerial problems are uni-functional.

The emphasis in teaching is on developing the capability to integrate and weave diverse views into a plan of action. The class discussions, therefore, attempt to establish interconnections between seemingly unrelated areas - concepts and their applicability to resolving concrete problems, and analyses and action. The discussions also sharpen the skills to present persuasively one’s own views, listen to and appreciate viewpoints expressed by others, and work towards the best possible solution to a given problem in a given situation.

Many group assignments form part of the programme where participants will work in small groups on specific problems and present their analyses and recommendations to the class. These assignments enhance the aptitude for group work - a quality so essential in positions of responsibility.

Mail your queries to
Prof. Parvinder Gupta : pgupta@iimahd.ernet.in

For further information, please contact: -
Manager (MDA),
Indian Institute of Management,
Vastrapur, Ahmedabad - 380015.
Phone: +91-79-26324071-6 (MDP)
Fax: +91-79-26300352 (MDP) / 26306896 (General)
E-mail: mdp@iimahd.ernet.in
Website: http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/
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