PGDM at IMI Bhubaneswar Offline Course

The 2-year Post-Graduate Diploma in Management is designed to prepare students for careers in industry, across functional areas. The programme equips students with strong conceptual skills to manage businesses in an integrated manner. The emphasis is on developing a holistic manager with a vision to take on the challenges of the future.

• IMI follows the trimester system with the academic calendar beginning in June every year with each term having a duration of 11-12 weeks.
• At the end of the first three terms of the programme, all students are required to undergo compulsory industry summer training for 8-10 weeks in industry.

Curriculum:

The course for the PGDM Programme is spread over six trimesters, each trimester being of 11-12 weeks. The first three trimesters are essentially devoted to foundation courses, across core areas of management. These are aimed at providing the student the conceptual understanding of the functional areas such as: 

a) Basic areas, e.g. Economics and Organizational Behavior

b) Techniques, e.g. Statistics and Research Methods

c) Functional areas, e.g. Marketing and Finance

d) Integrative areas, e.g. Strategy and International Business

e) Technology, e.g. Management Information Systems

f) Emerging Areas, e.g. Business Analytics and Social Media Analytics

Core Courses: 

•  Business Analytics
•  Business Communication Skills I & II
•  Business Mathematics
•  Business Statistics
•  Cost & Management Accounting
•  Corporate Governance & Business Ethics
•  Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainable Development
•  Financial Accounting & Analysis
•  Financial Management I & II
•  Human Resource Management
•  Information Technology for Decision Making
•  Individual Dynamics
•  International Business
•  Legal Aspects in Business
•  Management Information Systems
•  Managerial Economics
•  Macroeconomic Theory & Policy
•  Marketing Management I & II
•  Organisational Design & Theory
•  Operation Management I & II
•  Research Methods for Management
•  Strategic Management I & II
• And Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

Elective Courses: 

Courses in the 2nd year are designed to offer students an opportunity to pursue their interests in various functional areas. Students will thus have an opportunity to specialize in the functional area of their interest. A student can specialize in more than one area, the areas being Marketing, Finance, Organisational Behavior & Human Resource Management, Decision Sciences & Operations, Information Management & Analytics, and Strategy. A student also has an opportunity to pursue a Course of Independent Study (CIS) in lieu of an elective, to further his/her interest in a particular area, subject to meeting the conditions specified for the purpose and reviewed from time to time. An indicative list of elective courses, offered during the 2nd year of study is given, which is subject to change.

The Programme is approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the statutory body and a national- level council for technical education, under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, and Government of India. The Programme is also accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), and recognized by Association of Indian Universities (AIU).