Course Architecture
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Programme Highlights
In addition to the general management & specialisation courses (click here to see programme architecture ), our participants are given the opportunity to develop their holistic self and be better prepared for the corporate world.
Key differentiators
Personal Leadership Development Programme (PLDP)
Consisting of:
- Industry Integration and Mentoring
Each participant in the programme is assigned an industry mentor throughout the programme duration which helps them develop the right attitude, networks and be better prepared to join back in the corporate work-force.
- Coaching
Participants are assigned a professional coach (ICF certified) who supports and enhances the individual development of the participant through personal coaching sessions. This course aims at helping women reintegrate to a corporate life and develop them as well-balanced future women leaders.
- Leadership Lab
The leadership lab provides an opportunity to reflect on innate strengths and weakness, internal constraints, leadership potential and future directions for a richer, more fulfilling and meaningful professional and personal life. The lab helps to foster trust and authenticity, while helping students build and execute a self-vision and develop a leadership style aligned to one’s own values and personality.
- Leadership Lecture Series
Leaders from corporates and other walks of life are invited to share their personal journeys and share their experiences to understand various leadership styles and life lessons. This not only inspires our students but helps them develop their leadership style grounded in their own values and beliefs.
Key Differentiators
Social Sensitivity and Attitude Building
Gender and Organisation
The programme aims to build awareness and facilitate insights regarding the origins, propagation and effects of processes such as biases, harassment and inclusion in work organisations (particularly in the Indian context), as well as the potential benefits and complexities of achieving diversity and inclusion in organisations.
Social Immersion
In line with SPJIMR’s values of social sensitivity and collaboration, students are taken for a 3-day social immersion camp to a social entrepreneurship centre or an institution that works for the welfare of under-privileged sections of society. Besides sensitising the participants, social immersion also helps them appreciate the importance and role of management principles in an unstructured environment.
Science of Spirituality (SOS)
In keeping with the mission to promote value based growth, the School persistently explores ways to design and refine a curriculum aimed at fostering spiritual quotient in managerial decision-making. More recently, SPJIMR has blended the various experiments across programmes into a formal approach referred to as the Science of Spirituality (SOS) . This course aims to blend the paradigm of competitiveness at one extreme with that of selfless service at the other.
Key Differentiators
Industry Interface
Design Thinking Project (DT Project)
Design Thinking is an addition to the series of unique pedagogic innovations that SPJIMR is known for. Students work on a corporate live project to provide them with an opportunity to put to test the principles of design thinking for complex problem solving in the real world context.
Corporate Internship Program (CIP)
At the end of the specialisation phase , students of PGMPW intern with leading corporates in their functional area for a duration of 8 weeks (4 weeks on-site and 4 weeks off-site). The internship project is monitored by faculty and industry mentors. Internship provides students with an opportunity to gain practical insights and apply the knowledge and skills imbibed during the duration of the course. It also provides students an opportunity to expand their network.
Programme Structure
11-month programme divided over three phases
Curriculum Structure and Design
The learning framework at the Post Graduate Management Programme for Women (PGMPW) is a blend of classroom and non-classroom learning initiatives to provide participants with industry relevant Knowledge, Skills and Aptitude to upskill our participants and enable them to return to their careers.
General Management (February-June)
Includes basic courses in different fields of management and aims to build awareness and sensitivity to business world.
1. e-learning module: On-boarding module with basic management concepts revised over a month through online video classes.
2. The classroom phase includes courses in General Management.
3. Design Thinking live project
Mentoring by industry experts run throughout the duration of the programme.
Specialization (June-September)
Offers specialization in the areas of:
- Finance
- Human Resource Management
- Marketing
- Operations Management and Information Management.
Corporate Internship:
2 months (1 month on-site followed by 1 month off-site engagement)
Personalized coaching by ICF certified coaches
General Management Integration (October-December)
Integration phase includes courses in management which cuts through various functional areas and give knowledge of advanced management concepts.
PGMPW – Meeting an Imperative Need
- Statistics show that a large number of talented women drop out of the workforce at an early to mid-career stage. This exit by women is often voluntary at a particular life stage. (McKinsey Global Institute Report 2015)
- Substantial research indicates that women in senior leadership positions significantly enhance business outcomes
- Women, as representatives of the largest emerging global market, bring valuable perspectives to the table.
In the face of a critical shortage of employment-ready talent, India's business leaders are increasingly looking to women as a crucial untapped economic engine...
From "IndiaInc.: From Intention to Impact", Sep.2015, a report by Catalyst, a non-profit with a mission to accelerate progress for women through workplace inclusion.
