EPGC in Business Management from IIM Visakhapatnam

Business Communication (3 Weeks)

• Apply verbal and non verbal communication techniques to communicate effectively in a workplace.
• Leverage appropriate communication channels to communicate your message.
• Create a vision statement for personal branding. Use different personal branding assets to reach the right audience.
• Apply effective monitoring techniques for monitoring your personal brand and the competition

Topics Covered

• Building a Personal Brand.
• Fundamentals of Business Communication
  

Business Economics (3 Weeks)

• Analyse the the actions and satisfaction levels of a buyer and seller in the market based on the resources available
• Analyse the overall performance of an economy and it's impact on individuals in the economy

Topics Covered

• Microeconomics
• Macroeconomics

Accounting and Finance (3 Weeks)

• Understand the fundamental terms of accounting . Understand how different business events impact the different financial statements.
• Analyse the profitability of a company and manage working capital using the knowledge of financial statements.
• Evaluate projects using the metrics of Project evaluation and decide which projects to invest in
  

Topics Covered

• Accounting Fundamentals
• Financial Analysis
• Project Evaluation

OB & HR Management (3 Weeks)

• Build strong teams and positively impact the performance and productivity of the team by understanding individual behaviour, group dynamics and organisational culture.
• Manage various HR responsibilities to build and maintain effective teams as a line manager
• Become literate on key legal terminologies to take informed business decisions

Topics Covered:

• Organisational Behaviour.
• HR for non-HR Managers
• Business Law and Ethics

Managerial Statistics (3 Weeks)

• Identify and communicate suitable metrics and research findings to support business decisions.
• Build and test hypotheses to draw conclusions from data and inform business strategies.
• Predict future trends and consumer behavior using statistical models and market research data.
• Apply regression and other predictive models to forecast future business scenarios and consumer behavior

Topics Covered

• Market Research Fundamentals
• Business Analytics Fundamentals
• Hypothesis Testing
• Regression Analysis

Operations Management (3 Weeks)

• Understand the different supply chain factors and identify the varying demand patterns for your products and in turn build the supply for these products, considering your organisational constraints, at the most optimal cost without losing out on any sales
• Understand the sourcing aspects of a product cycle. Identify the steps for evaluating and choosing a supplier.
• Understand the role of logistics and transportation management in the overall supply chain planning process
• Understand the important elements in designing a distribution network of a company.

Topics Covered

• Strategic Planning in Supply Chain
• Sourcing
• Logistics and Distribution
  

Sales & Distribution (3 Weeks)

• Understand the different frameworks that can be used to sell effectively
• Understand the different types of channel partners and different parameters used to select, onboard, evaluate channel partners.
• Understand the process of creation and management of sales territories. Analyse the performance of sales territories.
• Understand the important elements in designing a distribution network of a company.

Topics Covered

• Sales and Sales Management
• Channel Management
• Territory Management
  

Business Strategy (3 Weeks)

• Analyze the impact of the macro and micro-environment in which a firm operates in, on the firms operations and strategy
• Apply different growth strategies that can be used to become market leader and sustain growth in an industry.
  

Topics Covered

• External and Internal Analysis
• Driving Growth
  

Business Analytics (3 Weeks)

• Understand the decision-making process and the role of business intelligence & business analytics in decision making.
• Learn about Decision Support Systems (DSS)
• Create Tableau dashboards to effectively present and analyse data using metrics
• Identify the steps involved in decision making. Understand and create a dashboard to solve a business problem.
  

Topics Covered

• Decision Support Systems
• Business Intelligence Reports
• Business Intelligence Tools in Tableau
  

Management Science (3 Weeks)

• Build Linear Programming (LP) Models for Business Problems
• Interpretation of LP solutions for Prescriptive Analytics

Topics Covered

• Fundamentals of Management Science
• Tools and Techniques of Optimization
• Business Applications

Leadership, Engagement and People Performance (3 Weeks)

• Analyse the inter-personal characteristics of a leader to cultivate these qualities during your leadership journey.
• Build high-performance teams using team dynamics and core roles of a leader

Topics Covered

• Attributes of a Leader
• Leading Teams and Leading Organisations

Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Risk Management (3 Weeks)

• Identify risks using risk management frameworks and processes.
• Measure and manage risks using a risk register and various risk mitigation strategies

Topics Covered:

• Risk and Risk Management
• Enterprise Risk Management Process

Digital Business Innovation (3 Weeks)

• Analyse how to creating value for customers using digital innovation strategies.
• Analyse the performance of a digital platform using different ways of launching a platform and different platform metrics

Topics Covered:

• Digital Innovation
• Digital Businesses

Leading Change for Sustainable Futures (3 Weeks)

• Design a change plan using conceptual foundations of change and tools and methodologies to manage change.
• Manage transformational change effectively in an organisation using the 8-step change model

Topics Covered:

• Introduction to Change Management
• Implementing Change Management