PGDM Part-Time
The three-year part-time Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM-P/T) was started by the Institute in 1981 and is approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The programme is aimed at providing opportunities to working professionals to take up formal management education while pursuing their jobs in order to gain knowledge and build on analytical and decision making skills to develop them into more effective managers in the industry. It intends to create managerial competencies in working professionals.
“Today, only a small number of working professionals can discontinue their careers and spare two years for pursuing full-time MBA programme. PGDM (part-time) is next best option as it provides them the opportunity to pursue their jobs and take up formal management education with same rigour as that of full time MBA programme, “says Dr. Sita Mishra, Chairperson of the PGDM (Executive) and Part-Time programmes at IMT. The PGDM (P/T) programme is different from distance learning management programmes in terms of academic content, regularity and rigour. It provides similar class room contact hours as that of two year full time programme which is definitely higher than distance learning management programmes. “There is no compromise in terms of quality of education, course portfolio and number of sessions involved in a course. Only limitation of part-time PGDM programme is that it takes longer time to complete, and students need to commit to their coursework while managing a hectic work schedule and family life,” says Dr. Sita Mishra.
The programme comprises of nine terms spread over a period of three years and each term is approximately 3 month in duration. The complete programme is of 119 credits in all and covers 26 core courses, 14 elective courses and a research project. A course can be of 1.5, 2 or 3 credits. One credit is equivalent to 10 teaching/contact hours. A course is scheduled in 10 sessions of three hours each to meet the requirements of 30 contact hours.This programme requires attending classes regularly (from 6.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.in weekdays and/or on weekends) at Noida centre (which is a branch of IMT, Ghaziabad) and is beneficial to all working professional in Delhi and NCR. The programme incorporates flexibility in timings and choice of electives and has special features designed to take into consideration the demand of office time of working professionals. The students have the flexibility to complete the programme within five years of joining. This flexibility provides them the option to drop a term and resume studies at an appropriate time. However, before taking such term/year break requires prior permission from the Institute.
Programme Objectives
The programme aims at providing following objectives to working professionals:
- Build a managerial perspective on issues and problems in the different functional areas of management,
- To commence formal management education while pursuing their jobs
- An understanding of basic concepts in business management in the areas of finance, marketing, human resources and systems.
- To develop analytical and decision making skills in order to deal effectively in the industry.
- To inculcate values and ethics which contribute to social responsibility.
Pedagogy
The course demand meticulous academic work on the part of students, with facilitation from highly qualified and accomplished core /international faculty members of the institute and supplemented by inputs from practicing managers from the industry. The curriculum has been designed to ensure input of theory and practice in the form of case studies, brainstorming exercises, role play, etc. “The total engaged and immersion experience students get in a this programme allows them to get a depth of understanding and create managerial competencies which can't be achieved by any other way," says Dr. Sita Mishra, Chairperson of the PGDM (Part-time programme). Students are required to undertake a research project in term IX, the objective of this project is to help students apply theoretical and practical research tools and techniques learnt in the class to solve real life problems related to business, industry and organization.
Eligibility for Admission
The candidate should have Bachelor's Degree in any discipline & 2 years of work experience after graduation (one year in case of Post -Graduation or those with professional qualification).
Selection Process
Admission to the PGDM Part Time programme requires qualifying an entrance test organized at the Institute followed by personal interview. Selection in the programme is based on academic performance, experience and performance of the candidate in the personal interview.
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