Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)

Postgraduate Diploma by Kohinoor Business School (Khandala Campus) Pune, Mumbai View Contact

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Introduction

Post Graduate Diploma in Management is a two year full time residential program approved by AICTE with an emphasis on developing the candidate’s ability to translate theory into practice. It aims at promoting an inquisitive & analytical mind, which proactively seeks the right knowledge, acquires the appropriate skills and promotes the right attitude to develop capabilities needed to manage enterprises in the 21st century.

Interactive skills of effective communication, conflict management, negotiation and mobilizing individuals towards common goals are some of the essential ingredients of effective management. KBS hones these skills of its students for making them effective leaders and team persons in organizations.
There is a strong emphasis on practical project work as a part of regular courses at the school. While working on projects, students are required to interact with managers from the industry. A student graduating from KBS on an average will have to carry out fifteen projects, usually live, involving industry interaction.

PGDM - Program Objective

• To help students become effective leaders, who can achieve results and have the potential to transform organizations.

• To inculcate values of integrity, justice, fairness and facilitate lateral thinking.

• To develop a global mindset so that the future managers can address the challenges of global competition.

• Providing practical, contemporary and innovative inputs for better understanding.

• Providing a program that meets educational needs identified by industry, government and other institutions of higher educations.

PGDM – Course Structure

The two year PGDM program is based on globally-oriented, contemporary management practices. The program starts with two weeks of Foundation Program followed by six trimesters of three months each over two years. Indicative courses for the trimesters are as under:

Development of Managerial Potential Program (DelMaPP)

KBS Khandala has uniquely blended its PGDM program with several activities and role plays for developing managerial potential (DelMaPP) in students – the budding managers. They are:

NCCMP – NSE & KBS Khandala Initiative:

National Stock Exchange (NSE) and KBS Khandala have joined hands to impart additional qualifications to registered students. NCCMP is a NSE module for which certificates to eligible students are jointly issued by NSE and KBS Khandala.

Assessments & Grading

KBS Khandala’s Post Graduate Diploma in Management is a unique and not like other programs offered in India in terms of the examination and assessment patterns. We are firmly rooted in the practice of a continuous assessment system. Thus in each three months trimester we have two examinations, the mid-term and the end term examinations.

The two-year curriculum has been divided into six trimesters with case study based teaching, weekly quizzes, assessments, tutorials and projects to ensure that the students are involved actively in academics throughout the entire course duration. Overall the modes of assessment for each course at KBS Khandala include a combination of the following:

•     Quizzes

•     Individual assignments and presentations

•     Group assignments and presentations

•     Term papers

•     Class participation

•     Case presentations

•     Tutorials

•     Simulation and role plays

•     On Line assessments

•     Field work

•     Seminars

•     Mid term examination

•     End-of-term examination

The dates on which the tutorials, assignments and projects have to be submitted are predetermined and any late submission is penalized. This ensures that students take their work seriously and manage their time optimally.


 Specializations

The PGDM program of KBS Khandala offers the option of pursuing a wide range of discipline and interests with scope for dual specialization in the following areas:

Marketing: This area focuses on understanding the market, the consumer, the marketing model and approaching different situations with winning marketing strategies for the organization. This program prepares students for a career in product management, advertising, direct marketing, consumer relations & sales.

Finance and Accounting: The last decade has seen the emergence of new concepts in various areas of finance, investment and economics. Our PGDM program with Specialization in Finance and Accounting focuses on the concerns of the financial industry, covering topics like International Financial Management, private equity mergers & acquisition, options & future and corporate governance.

Strategy & Management: The Specialization in Strategy & Management focuses on the behavioral and strategic issues facing contemporary organizations. The program aims to cultivate a spirit of innovation and streamline business process, especially in the areas of strategic management, change management and Global strategy and management, competitive Dynamics and strategy. It also provides a comprehensive overview of the major elements of the entrepreneurial activity, including evaluation of new business, intellectual property protection, product development, Game Theory and growth strategy.

Human Resources Management: With the globalization and the boom in the economy, human management has now become a key issue for all the organization. The program aims at providing in-depth knowledge with respect to recruitment and selection, training and development, industrial law, wage and salary administration.

Information Systems: The specialization in systems is a multidisciplinary area and is different from computer science. The elective courses in systems provide a solid foundation to the area of information systems in organization and cover technical foundations along with the fundamentals used to build and control IS in organizations.

International Business: Developments in the international marketing on one hand and the consequential impact of the same on India’s domestic market on the other, call for a professional approach and sensitivity to international business environment. The PGDM (International Business) is a foundation course for developing a competent cadre of business executives to meet the country’s growing requirements of training personnel in the field of international business management.

Production & Operations Management: Operations have become critical in the Indian business context. They are a natural consequence of expansion of business and its concomitant challenges: managing the operations of a business from a global perspective. The big companies are trying to act smaller (more focus on their customers) and the smaller companies are trying to scale-up their operations big by collaborating with one another to service their customers. It is this collaboration that creates operational complexities. One needs to understand this complexity and then design manage and operate such operations. It requires special expertise to manage operations therefore it becomes imperative to understand it thoroughly.

In addition to the above mentioned areas, the school is prepared to offer electives in several other specialized areas such as Technology Management, Operations Management, Media and Marketing Communications, Entrepreneurship etc.

Electives: For detailed list of electives

The PGDM program of KBS Khandala offers the option of pursuing a wide range of discipline and interests with scope for dual specialization in the following areas:

PGDM Admissions

Overview

PGDM program of Kohinoor Business School, Khandala has evolved through a continuous interaction with industry and academia, and thus enjoys a high degree of relevance and appropriateness in the current context of globalization and competition. Kohinoor emphasizes on practice and experiential learning and its faculty is a mixture of academic excellence and industry practice.

Selection Process

1. Candidates seeking admission to KBS Khandala will have to appear in any of the mentioned test- CAT/XAT/MAT/ATMA/Mh-Cet. While applying for the mentioned test candidates have to mark KBS Khandala as one of the college to which the applicant’s score should be sent.

2. Apply to KBS by filling in a separate application form for registration. Application form can be obtained from Admission office in Mumbai or at Institute in Khandala against a fee to be tendered by way of DD of Rs.700/- in favour of "Kohinoor Business School" payable at Mumbai payable at Mumbai.

Please note that KBS Khandala uses CAT/XAT score for short-listing the candidates for its two year full time PGDM program. IIMs/XLRI has no role either in the selection process or in the conduct of the program.

Kohinoor Business School (Khandala Campus)

Nestled amidst the picturesquely beautiful Sahyadri hills is the colosseum of business education: Kohinoor Business School Khandala (KBS Khandala).

Kohinoor Business School Khandala offers a two year AICTE approved fully residential programme in Postgraduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) at its Global Campus, in Khandala. It offers state-of-the-art residential and instructional facilities for postgraduate students in various functional areas of management.

KBS Khandala embarked upon this journey in the year 2003 as a fully-residential business school, in collaboration with the Sprott School of Business, of Carleton University, Canada, that offered an Undergraduate programme in International business. The approval from AICTE in the year 2008 to begin an autonomous programme in PGDM was a natural consequence to our endeavours of collaboration that we have been pursuing to sinew our vision.

KBS Khandala provides a platform that enables a vibrant exchange of intellectual ideas, equip its students with the technical knowledge and management expertise. Our students benefit from the latest-in-management-practices and research-driven management theories and applications because we have carefully woven those management practices and research-driven management theories into our teaching curriculum. Furthermore, our faculties use case-studies and articles drawn from noted business journals and research publications like, Harvard Business Review, The Economist Intelligence Unit of Economist, a UK weekly publication and so forth.