Senior Management Programme (SMP) Batch 08
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Programme Overview
The programme is designed to develop experienced professionals into future leader. Today’s dynamic business environment require future leaders to be agile, adaptive, and futuristic in their approach. The programme’s objective is to cultivate management skills of the participants and provide them with necessary leadership skills required to lead the organizations successfully.
Programme USP
- Gain exposure to the latest thinking and experiences through experiential modules
- Understand and enhance your strategic and leadership characteristics, and competencies
- Be better equipped with growth strategies and leadership skills for the future challenges in the highly competitive business environment
- Demonstrate a global orientation to decision making and systems thinking
Programme Contents
- Course: Fundamentals of Management
List of Contents:
- Macroeconomics
- Macroeconomic policies
- Business Environment
- Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Understanding of financial statements
- Important Financial ratios for managers
- Business Law and Contracts
- Fundamentals of contracts
- Contract Law
- Dispute resolution
- Information Technology
- Business Transformation through Disruptive Technologies such as AI, ML, etc.
- Analytics for Business
- Understanding Descriptive, Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics
- Using Analytics for decision making
- Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Operations Strategy and management
- Supply Chain strategy for services and manufacturing
- Course: Leading the Business
List of Contents:
- People Management
- Talent Acquisition & Management
- Performance Management
- Corporate Finance
- Cost of Capital & Optimal capital structure
- Evaluation of Investment projects
- Business Valuation
- Mergers & Acquisitions & global strategy
- Leadership
- Principles of Leadership communication
- Strategic Marketing
- Brand Management
- Digital Marketing & Analytics
- Creating Omni channel Strategy
- AI & Digital Transformation
- Transforming customer experience
- Operations for digital world
- Challenges for digital transformation
- Innovation and Design Thinking
- Understanding the process of Design & Thinking for Business Model innovation
- Corporate & Business Strategy for Growth
- CEO Master class (No Exam)
- Course: Leading the Organization
- List of Contents:
- Leadership
- Characteristics of high-performance teams
- Building and Leading High-performance Team
- Basics of Organisations Design- Structures
- Leadership styles
- Managing Power & Politics in Organisations
- Cross Cultural Management
- Leading from the front
- Strategic Management
- Strategic Thinking
- Strategy formulation
- Strategic Resilience
- New Product and Service Development
- Negotiations and Influence
- Introduction to Conflict Management & Negotiation
- Building a sustainable business
- Sustainability & Tripple bottom line
- Decision Making for Leaders
- Decision Making Process to avoid decision making traps
- Organization Development & Change
- Managing changes in Organizations
- Organizational culture for success
- CEO Master class (No Exam)
- Capstone Project: Business Simulation
- Leadership
Note: Medium of instruction: English, Modules/ topics are indicative only, and the suggested time and sequence may be dropped/ modified/adapted to fit the participant profile & programme hours
Duration & Number of Session Hours
Duration: 12 months
Number of Live Hours: 129 hours
Total number of Sessions (75 Minutes each): 103 sessions
Online sessions (Institute): 91 sessions
On-campus module of 3 days duration: 12 sessions
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 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 highly interactive. It will leverage use of technology. It will consist of a judicious blend of lectures, sync, real life case studies, quizzes and group based exploratory project work
Assessment
The 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.
* Sample certificate is indicative. The Institute reserves the right to revise it.
**The Completion certificate will only be awarded to participants who complete the programme evaluation and attendance criteria.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants should be working professionals/entrepreneurs
Diploma (10+2+3)/Graduates (10+2+3 or equivalent) / post graduates in any discipline recognized by UGC/AICTE with minimum 50% aggregate marks at either UG/PG level.
Minimum 10 years of work experience post completion of qualifying education
Sample Certificate
How the Courses will be delivered:
Courses will be delivered through on-line mode using an appropriate technology Synchronized 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 directly from their desktop/laptop (Direct-2-device). Participants will be provided reading materials etc. for each course. They may also interact with the concerned faculty through e-mails/ chat mode. Async content will be available on the learning platform to be consumed by the learners.
The academic sessions will start in March 2027. Sessions will be held on every Sunday
First session : 10:00 AM to 11:15 AM (IST)
Second session : 11:30 AM to 12:45 PM (IST)
Third session : 01:00 PM to 02:15 PM (IST)
*Third session will be scheduled on Sunday to facilitate the timely completion of the programme
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 | March 2027 |
| Date for Academic Orientation | March 2027 |
| Tentative Programme End Date | March 2028 |
Total Fees and Payment Schedule*
| Particulars | Amount in INR |
| Registration Fee/Application Fee | 15,000 |
| 1st Instalment payable at the time of admission (excluding GST) | 1,12,000 |
| 2nd Instalment – 06th May 2027 (excluding GST) | 1,12,000 |
| 3rd Instalment – 06th July 2027 (excluding GST) | 1,12,000 |
| 4th Instalment – 06th September 2027 (excluding GST) | 1,06,900 |
| Total Fee (Including bank charges of INR 7,900) | 4,58,000 |
| Overall Fees (Including GST @ 18% and Bank Charges of INR. 7,900/-) | 5,39,018 |
* If you choose to pay the entire fee amount (including both the Application Fee and the Admission Fee) through NEFT, RTGS, IMPS, Cheque or Demand Draft (DD) and subject to confirmation of credit, you will be eligible for a 1.5 % waiver. For the avoidance of doubt, the aforesaid waiver shall be applicable only where the full fee amount is paid in one transaction through the specified payment modes. No waiver shall apply in cases of partial payment, installment payment, or payment made through any other mode not expressly stated herein.
* In case a participant profile is rejected by IIM Indore, INR 12,500/- (bank Charges INR 7,900/- only for applicable cases) is refunded to candidate and INR 2,500/- of the application fee is non-refundable.
*Exact Dates will be notified later.
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 plans are 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.
For more details contact: olpoffice@iimidr.ac.in
Tel.: 0731-2439739 / 0731-2439676
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.
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.