The Executive Post Graduate Programme leading to Master of Business Administration is a much sought after course among executives, which has been running successfully since 2013 from Kochi Campus of IIM Kozhikode. IIMK Kochi Campus is a Centre of Management for professional development that hosts executive education programmes and facilitates collaboration with the industry through research and consultancy. EPGP at IIMK-Kochi Campus is tailored as a unique two-year, face-to-face programme for working executives. The programme is particularly suited for entrepreneurs and executives who wish to enhance their general managerial and strategic perspectives and advance in their careers.
EPGP at IIMK-Kochi campus has been designed in such a way that entrepreneurs and executives can engage in an intense learning process while concurrently balancing their occupations. Contents and pedagogy aim at building competencies, and preparing participants for responding effectively to a rapidly changing global environment. The programme seeks to enable participants to add value to themselves and to their organizations. The first year of the programme consists of four quarters of about 380 hours of instruction, and will include compulsory foundational courses. The second-year comprises four quarters of about 360 hours of instruction, which will include electives courses, Business Plan Proposal Project, and Capstone Simulation.
Immersion Module in the Main Campus: Immersion modules are conducted in-campus at lIM-Kozhikode Campus, once in each year of the programme with full-day class sessions, typically of one week duration.
On successful completion of the EPGP and securing the requisite grades, the participants would be awarded the Post-Graduate Degree of ‘Master of Business Administration' (MBA).
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAMME
Focus on General Management : Curriculum of the programme is suitable for executives, who are experienced in various functional domains, and seeking to broaden their general managerial perspectives.
Convenient format: Enabling executives to pursue managerial education with classes held on Weekdays (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday) and weekends (Saturday & Sunday), which may aid them in maintaining Work-Life Balance.
Internationally recognized MBA: Global recognition from AMBA, UK as equivalent to Executive MBA.
Innovative Pedagogy & Experienced Faculty: Application-oriented pedagogy including case studies, simulation and workshops, to facilitate the feel of real-life situations for participants and for the development of effective decision-making skills. Classes and workshops will be interactive and handled by renowned IIMK Faculty and other external/industry experts.
Experienced and diverse pool of participants’: Opportunity for rich peer-learning and networking on account of the participants typically comprising entrepreneurs and executives engaged in diverse functions, and drawn from across various industries and organizations.
Alumni status of IIMK: Opportunity to be the part of the 6000+ alumni network of IIMK with access to entrepreneurs and executives, at various levels across the globe.
IIMK LIVE: Opportunity for taking up business incubator as part of IIMK Laboratory for Innovation, Venturing and Entrepreneurship (IIMK LIVE), sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Ref: https://www.iimklive.org/.
Provision for taking a break: Flexibility for taking a temporary break from the programme on account of any unforeseen events and re-joining (subject to rules and conditions)
Career Guidance Cell: IIMK Kochi will provide EPGP participants access to a newly formed Career Guidance Cell. This cell aims to provide advisory support to students in terms of broad career guidance, general assistance for appropriate CV positioning/preparation. It will also facilitate career-related conversations with experts/specialists.
The Programme is divided each year into 4 quarters of 10 -12 instructional weeks including assessment. There will be two batches, one evening batch and a week end batch respectively, operating at any point of time. Each session will be of 75 minutes (1 hour 15 minutes) duration. Three credit* courses will have 24 sessions, Two credit* courses will be of 16 sessions, one and half credit* courses will be of 12 sessions and one credit* course would be of 8 sessions each. The total class room hours for the programme will be 700 to 740 hours.
First Year
The participants are required to go through compulsory courses of 1 to 3 credits each, during the first year. The total number of in-class room hours in the first year of the programme would be 380 hours.
Curriculum for MBA* |
Quarter I |
Quantitative Techniques(QT) |
Managerial Economics(ME) |
Organizational Behaviour I(OB-1) |
Managerial Communications |
Financial Accounting |
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Quarter II |
Operations Research(OR) |
Business Law (BL) |
Economic Environment (EE) |
Information Systems (IS) |
Financial Management-I (FM - 1) |
Organizational Behaviour -II (OB - II) |
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Quarter III |
Marketing Management (MM) |
Operations Management (OM) |
Strategic Management (SM) |
Financial Management-II (FM - II) |
Digital Business Models(DBM) |
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Quarter IV |
Marketing Research (MR) |
Quality Management (QM) |
Cost & Management Accounting (CMA) |
Environmental Governance & Sustainability (EG&S) |
Human Resource Management |
Second Year
Quarter V |
Leadership and Corporate Accountability + 4 Electives* |
Quarter VI |
Managing Global Business + 4 Electives* |
Quarter VII |
Business Plan Project + 3 Electives* |
Quarter VIII |
Capstone Simulation + 3 Electives* |
*Indicative list. IIMK regularly reviews the curriculum and therefore some of the above courses/topics/titles are subject to change
Elective Courses*
List of Electives* |
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Cyber Security & Privacy |
Financial Statement Analysis |
E-Commerce |
Financial Risk Measurement and Management |
Service Operations Management |
Project Finance |
Predictive Analytics |
Analytical Models of Strategic Planning |
Security Analysis and Portfolio Management |
Entrepreneurship and New Ventures |
Corporate Valuation |
Behavioural Strategy |
Strategic Business and Risk Analysis |
Social Entrepreneurship |
Managing Family Business |
Public Speaking for Managers |
Business and Transnational Governance |
Investment Banking |
Capital Market, Investment and Corporate Regulations |
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship |
Consumer Behavior |
Managing Change and Transformation |
Product Policy and Brand Management |
Leading Self and Organizations |
New Product Development and Marketing of Innovation |
Business Decision Making Through Research and Data Analytics |
Walk to Wonder |
Retail Management |
Operations Strategy |
Strategic Marketing |
Advanced Operation Research |
Marketing in Interactive Media |
Supply Chain Management |
Managing Business Markets |
Management of Banks |
Pricing - A Managerial Perspective |
Advanced Management Accounting |
Digital Disruptions Through IoT |
Mergers Acquisition & Corporate Restructuring |
Business Process Reengineering |
Mergers, Acquisitions and Strategic Alliances |
Lean Systems |
Introduction to Public Policy |
Product Innovation & Development |
Discovering Self |
Strategic Financial Management |
Emotional Intelligence for managerial effectiveness |
Advance Corporate Communication: The Practitioner’s Approach |
Negotiation and Conflict Management |
Entrepreneurial Finance |
Industrial Relations and Labour Law |
Economics of Strategy |
Virtual Life |
Strategy Implementations |
Marketing of Services |
Corporate Governance |
Integrated Marketing Communications |
Internet Marketing |
Green & Sustainable Computing |
Experiential Marketing |
Digital Business Transformation |
Sales and Distribution Management |
Six Sigma Strategic and International |
Human Resource Management |
Project Management |