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Course Starts
26th May, 2024

Course Fees
₹10,80,000 + GST

Duration
24 Months

The Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) for Working Professionals programme is tailored to help working professionals like you develop crucial management skills while you continue to excel in your career. In the first year of the course, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of key management domains, covering areas such as Marketing, Economics, Finance, Organisational Behaviour, Information Systems, Strategy, Production and Operations, and Entrepreneurship. The curriculum includes both core and elective courses, such as Project Management, Business Ethics and Law, and culminating Capstone Projects, which will support you in making strategic business decisions. You will also acquire proficiency in various data analysis tools to enhance your decision-making abilities. Notably, the IIM Visakhapatnam EMBA programme stands out for its focus on practical application, providing a unique blend of fundamental management knowledge and interdisciplinary learning across domains, benefiting individuals like yourself.

Course Highlights

Contextually designed two-year programme for working professionals

Focus on real business use cases

Two in-campus immersion modules of five days each

Peer-learning and networking opportunities

Course Content

First Year

Term I (12 Credits)

  • Core-1- Business Statistics using Spreadsheet
  • Core-2- Managerial Economics
  • Core-3- Financial Accounting
  • Core-4- Organisational Behaviour
  • Core-5- Managerial Communications
  • Core-6- IT Tools for Managers

Term II (12 Credits)

  • Core-1- Optimisation Techniques for Business
  • Core-2- Human Resource Management
  • Core-3- Marketing Management
  • Core-4- Macro Economics and Policy
  • Core-5- Cost Accounting
  • Core-6- Operations Management

Term III (12 Credits)

  • Core-1- Marketing and Business Research
  • Core-2- Business Analytics
  • Core-3- Financial Management
  • Core-4- Competition and Strategy
  • Core-5- Entrepreneurship
  • Core-6- Management of Information Systems
Second Year

In year two, participants can choose from a bouquet of elective courses. Terms IV, V, and VI will also have one mandatory core course in Project Management, Business Ethics and Law, and a Capstone project respectively.

Term IV (12 credits)

  • 1 Core (Project Management) + 5 Electives*

Term V (12 credits)

  • 1 Core (Business Ethics and Law) + 5 Electives*

Term VI (14 credits)

  • Capstone project (4 credits) + 5 Electives*

Strategy (Indicative Electives)

  • Industry and Competitor Analysis
  • International Business
  • Innovation and New Product Development
  • Corporate Governance
  • Building Resilient Organisations

Finance and Accounting (Indicative Electives)

  • Corporate Valuation
  • Financial Analytics and Trading Strategies
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • Fixed Income Securities
  • Investment Banking
  • Investments
  • Financial Derivatives and Risk Management

Economics (Indicative Electives)

  • International Economics
  • Introductory Game Theory for Managers
  • Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development

Decision Sciences (Indicative Electives)

  • Data Science for Business Decisions
  • Risk and Reliability Analytics
  • Business Data Mining and Decision Model
  • Applications of AI and ML in Business
  • Benchmarking Techniques
  • Advanced Analytics
  • Text Mining and Social Media Analytics
  • Game Theory and Mechanism Design

Marketing (Indicative Electives)

  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Sales and Distribution Management
  • Product and Brand Management
  • Integrated Marketing Communication
  • Strategic Marketing
  • Digital Marketing
  • Business to Business Marketing
  • Marketing Analytics

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management (Indicative Electives)

  • Emotional Intelligence and Leadership
  • Managerial Competencies and Employee Development
  • People Analytics
  • Conflict and Negotiation
  • Organisation Development and Change Management

Production and Operations Management (Indicative Electives)

  • Smart Business Logistics
  • Service Operations Management
  • Design Thinking
  • Operations Strategy
  • Risk in Project

Communication (Indicative Electives)

  • Corporate Communication Through Social Media
  • Cross-cultural Communication
  • Making and Delivering Effective Business Presentations
  • Essentials of Written Communication
  • Strategic Communication for Leaders

Information Systems (Indicative Electives)

  • Principles and Management of Information Security
  • Digital Product Management
  • Succeeding with Digital Products
  • Leading Digital Transformations
  • Design and Management of Digital Platforms
  • Law and Ethics of Digital Technologies
  • Blockchains in Business
  • Business Intelligence, Social Media, and Cognitive Analytics
  • Emerging Technologies for Managers

Entrepreneurship (Indicative Electives)

  • Business Model Analysis
  • Entrepreneurial and Strategic Leadership
  • Expanding Social Entrepreneurship Business
  • Intrapreneurship and New Venture Creation
  • Strategies in Emerging Markets
  • Entrepreneurship and Marketing Strategies
  • Family Business Entrepreneurship and Leadership to Transcend
  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship

*Courses are subject to change.

Programme Certificate

Participants who successfully meet the evaluation criteria and satisfy the requisite attendance criteria, will be awarded a ‘Degree’.

Successful participants will also be accorded IIM Visakhapatnam Alumni status.

Disclaimer: All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of IIM Visakhapatnam.

Class Schedule

Weekend session
Saturdays: 09:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m.
Sundays: 09:00 a.m. to 03:30 p.m.

Eligibility

Category

General
NC-OBC
EWS
SC
ST
PwD

Bachelor's Degree (Min Aggregate Marks)
50%
45%
45%
40%
40%
40%

*Internships and training Experiences will not be considered as full-time work experience.

Admission Criteria

Programme Director

Dr. Happy Paul
Associate Professor, Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource at the Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam

Dr. Happy Paul is an Associate Professor in the area of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource at the Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam. He earned his Ph.D. in Organisational Behaviour from IIT Roorkee with a focus on constructs of positive psychology. He is in academics for over a decade now and has active interest in understanding personalities, group dynamics, leadership competencies, employees’ attitudes, and behaviours. His work has been published in reputed national and international journals.

Before joining IIM Visakhapatnam, Prof. Paul was associated with T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) Manipal as an Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Academics). During that tenure, he was the Programme Chairperson for PGDM-HRM programme and played instrumental role in shaping and strengthening the programme in its initial years. Additionally, he also served as the Chairperson for Leadership Assessment and Development Centre. Previously, he has also worked with IIM Jammu and Graphic Era Deemed University and held multiple positions of responsibility.

He is actively involved in executive education and has designed and delivered over 100 hours of Leadership Development training to the working professionals of companies like Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd., Rotary Club, Erstwhile Syndicate Bank, and Canara Bank.