Advance Programme in Corporate Strategy & Business Leadership (Batch 04)
Associate for Technical and Student Support: VC NOW
Programme Overview
Unlocking Leadership Potential: Preparing Leaders to Navigate Disruption, Leverage AI, and Build Future-Ready Organisations.
The Advanced Programme in Corporate Strategy and Business Leadership offered by the Indian Institute of Management Indore is designed to equip leaders and strategists to succeed in today’s evolving business environment, where the world is grappling with constant change, organisations increasingly adopting rapid automation, and redefining job roles.
The programme combines strategic thinking, leadership capabilities, and AI-driven analytics to accelerate business growth. The programme encompasses a blended learning approach that includes case studies, assignments, workshops, quizzes, and applied learning through simulations.
Bridging the Skill-Gap In business, the difference between success and failure often lies in the strength of corporate strategy and effective leadership. Organisations succeed when leaders can anticipate trends and threats, formulate clear strategies, and effectively translate their vision, mission, goals, and objectives into meaningful action.
The Advanced Programme in Corporate Strategy and Business Leadership helps leaders think strategically, plan proactively, and execute effectively. It encourages participants to move beyond outdated approaches and adopt modern strategic perspectives, enabling them to develop the mindset needed to lead organisations toward lasting success
Programme USP
- Build AI-driven strategic leadership and decision-making capabilities
- Learn to manage disruption, transformation, and future business challenges
- Master corporate growth strategies, M&A, and emerging market opportunities
- Gain hands-on exposure to GenAI, Prompt Engineering, and Digital Transformation
- Learn through real-world case studies, simulations, and applied business frameworks
- Network with senior professionals through collaborative peer learning
- Earn certification & alumni status from IIM Indore
- Experience contemporary learning with renowned faculty and industry-relevant curriculum
Programme Contents
Module 1: Leading with strategy and implementing Business growth
- Introduction to Strategic analysis, strategy formulation, and implementation
- Corporate strategy and business strategies
- Digital platform business Models
- Organic vs Inorganic growth
- Mergers and Acquisitions
Module 2: Managerial Accounting and Corporate Valuation
- Financial report analysis
- Strategic cost management
- Corporate governance and ESG
- Cost of capital
- Corporate valuation
Module 3: How to become a transformational leader
- Introduction to Change Management.
- Change and Organizational culture.
- Managing resistance to change.
- Change management strategies.
Module 4: Organizational Design
- Environmental analysis and impact of the environment on the design of organizations
- Aligning Organizations Objectives Goals & Vision
- Organizational structuring and restructuring
- Managing organizational culture
Module 5: Theory of Constraints for Strategic Decision-Making
- Root cause analysis using cause–effect logic
- Throughput-based decision-making
- Conflict resolution using Systems Tools
- Designing and validating win–win solution
Module 6: Developing Customer centricity in organizations
- Connecting Customer Centricity with Organizational goals
- Segmentation & Persona Development
- Customer Journey Cycle
- Job-to-be-done framework
Module 7: Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence
- Understanding the People, Process, and Technology Framework and its applications
- Use of Data Analytics and Machine Learning in Digital Transformation
- Generative Artificial Intelligence
- Applications of Various gen-AI tools, including ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, perplexity, and Claude.
- Prompt Engineering
- Agentic Artificial Intelligence and Ethical AI
Duration & Number of Session Hours
Duration: 8 Months
Number of Hours: 94 hours. approx.
Number of Sessions (75 Minutes each): 75 sessions
Online: sessions: 63 sessions
On-campus module
03 days duration: around 12 sessions (Towards the end)
One or two sessions from some of the courses will become part of the on-campus orientation module. In case the on-campus module is not conducted due to the Covid situation, the same will be included in the total number of sessions.
*The programme duration may be slightly extended due to the issues like faculty unavailability and gazetted holidays on the session days.
Pedagogy
- The pedagogy will be a judicious mix of Conceptual Teaching, Case Studies and Discussions.
- This programme’s virtual live-online format is designed to accommodate Sr Executives requirement of learning over the weekend
- The Sessions will build on the learning of the Sr Executives and unravel as the programme roadmap unfolds
- Participants will be encouraged to apply concepts through business case analyses, and solution-driven, problem-solving discussions
- Sessions include Q&A time, which allows an opportunity to explore concepts with programme faculty.
Evaluation Methodology
Performance of participants will be monitored on a continuous evaluation basis through quizzes, assignments, tests and examinations. The participant is required to score minimum marks/grades as decided by the Institute from time to time to complete the course.
Certification
Successful Completion Certificate by IIM Indore in a valedictory ceremony to be held on the campus.
Eligibility Criteria
Graduate / Postgraduate from Universities recognized by Association of Indian Universities with minimum 50% marks in either graduation or post-graduation (or its equivalent) with at least 5 years of work experience after Graduation.
How the Courses will be Delivered
Courses will be delivered through on-line mode using an appropriate technology platform. Lectures will be delivered through broadband based technology involving two-way audio and video communication. Sessions will be held once in a week, generally on weekends. Participants can attend sessions online. Participants will be provided reading materials etc. as and when required. They may also interact with the concerned faculty through e-mails/ chat mode.
The academic sessions will start from Oct. 2026. Sessions will be held on every Sunday 09.00 am to 01.15 pm.
The normal timing of the sessions will be as follows:
Sunday, first session: 09:00 AM to 10:15 AM
Sunday, second session: 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Sunday, third session: 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM
*Third session: Will be scheduled only for the timely completion of the course. The time gap between two consecutive sessions is to give the participants a break. On some days, the classes may extend beyond the mentioned time.
In addition to attending interactive sessions, participants have to undertake online quizzes, assignments and examinations
Programme Activity Timelines
| Application Closure | Oct 2026 |
| Estimated date for Academic Orientation | Oct 2026 |
| Tentative Programme End Date | June 2027 (Tentative) |
Total Fees and Payment Schedule*
| Application Fees paid at time of applying * | 3,000 |
| 1st Instalment payable at the time of admission (excluding GST) | 75,000 |
| 2nd Instalment payable within two months of admission (excluding GST) | 60,000 |
| 3rd Instalment payable within four months of admission (excluding GST) | 50,000 |
| Total (exclusive of GST) | 1,88,000/- |
| Overall Fees (inclusive of GST @ 18%) | 2,21,840/- |
*This fee will be collected by our programme partner- VC NOW
Student Privileges
The participants who will complete the programme successfully will be eligible for the Executive Education Alumni status of IIM Indore. They will require to apply separately along with the necessary fee to register their name. Current alumni membership plan is as follows:
- Lifetime membership – INR 10,000/- + applicable taxes
Benefits available to Executive Education Alumni: 1) Communication of brochures and newsletters from IIM Indore, 2) Access to the IIM Indore Campus Library (onsite access only), 3) Official email ID of the institute.
Mere successful completion of the programme, application submission, and fee does not entitle a participant to be eligible for executive education alumni status. IIM Indore reserves the right to confer or withhold executive education alumni status.
IIM Indore reserves the right to modify the above conditions at its discretion at any time without notice.
Only the courts at Indore, India will have the territorial jurisdiction to try any disputes arising in respect of the Executive Alumni membership being granted
Apply now link – https://iimindore.vcrvcnow.in/APCSBL-04/student-reg/registration_lms.php
Webpage Link: https://iimindore.vcnow.in/apcsbl/
Please note that IIM Indore reserves the right to change the programme design, format, number of sessions, certificate format, terms in the programme or can incorporate any such change deemed necessary by the institute without prior intimation.