On November 28, NIIT Imperia – Centre for Advanced Learning Institute along with IIM Calcutta announced a fresh batch for Advanced Programme in Strategic Management (APSM). The programme will help professionals develop their ability to add greater value to their organisations by understanding how power is wielded and negotiated in multiple contexts, especially amidst great complexity.
The six-month certificate programme in Strategic Management is specially designed for managers who are looking to move into the roles that require them to handle strategic issues. Candidates applying for the programme should have at least 50 percent marks in their graduation or post-graduation recognised by UGC/AICTE/DEC/AIU in any discipline. Professionals applying for this programme should have minimum of 7 years of of work experience (full-time paid employment) post completion of their graduation.
Professor Biswatosh Saha, professor, Strategic Management Group at IIM Calcutta, said, “Being a leading academic content provider in management education we would like to make quality content available to young professionals to help them play strategic roles in the corporate world. We are delighted to partner with NIIT Imperia to make Advanced Program in Strategic Management available to professionals across the country using NIIT’s Synchronous Learning platform. We hope that this program will help professionals shape a successful corporate career.”
The Advanced Programme in Strategic Management is uniquely designed with a mix of experience sharing, real life case discussions, assignments and industry/research based projects besides the classroom lectures. APSM will help candidates understand strategic landscapes of industries, including the interface with law and regulation, and institutional variation across nations. Students undertaking the program will be given 16 case studies on Strategic Issues and Strategic Thinking. In addition to this, students need to attend 8 days of campus visit module during the programme (4 days at the beginning and 4 days at the end). Successful candidates will receive a certificate from IIM Calcutta.
The APSM equips professionals with strategic thinking; understanding of product based, platform based and other forms of competition; comprehend institutional innovation and business development with non-linear profits; modularisation and outsourcing; gain knowledge on varieties of capitalism, institutional legacies and global competition; understand merger and acquisitions with a brief exposure to valuation.
Part of NIIT Ltd, NIIT Imperia, Centre for Advanced Learning has been specially created to provide quality Management Education to working professionals.
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