Post Graduate Certificate in Business Management (For Defence Officers)

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The Ministry of Defence has initiated a Resettlement Policy with the objective of providing a smooth “Career Transition” to Armed Forces Officers who are either short services officers, seeking premature retirement or leave on superannuation. Amongst the top B-Schools of the country, NMIMS is one of the major contributors in achieving the objective of career transition. After successful conduction and 100% placement of the first six batches, the Seventh batch is in progress with 38 Defence Officers from Army, Navy and Air Force.

A person from Defence is trained to handle any situation envisaged in the management philosophy. They are disciplined, have a sense of integrity and excellent leadership qualities that can fit well within an organisational structure. Officers are cohesive, self-starters, enthusiastic learners and have an extremely steep learning curve. Working in teams and leadership comes quite naturally to them.

Their metamorphosis from their battle fatigues to business suits seems incredibly so simple, progressing rapidly towards becoming tech-centric, and has resulted in these officers being extremely comfortable with emerging concepts and latest trends. These individuals have consistently proved to be high-achievers. Direction and objectives were only needed to be defined and the results were outstanding.

Program Introduction

The SBM Defence Services Programs for defence forces officers who have chosen to be groomed at NMIMS for an orientation program of the corporate world. The current program has 38 participants comprising serving officers from the Defence Services. The school grooms these officers who have rich experience ranging from 5 to 30 years in the fields of Operations, Logistics, HRM, Security and Administration. The school has taken on the 7th batch after successfully placing 6 batches into the private sector at middle and senior level management positions.

DGR Message

The backbone of the armed forces have always been and will be their human resources drawn from all corners of India and representing a microcosm of our society. The men and women are carefully screened in mind and body before they don their various uniforms. These officers are put through their paces not only at the service academies where they learn their hexes, but also in real-live situations where quick thinking and willingness to stick their necks out can tilt the balance of life and death in their favour.

However, the pyramidal structure of services mandates that a number of well-trained and motivated officers will invariably side-step into the corporate world at some stage in their careers. All these officers possess the best qualities that employers everywhere seek to imbibe in their staff. Their transition into the corporate world is facilitated by prestigious institutes like NMIMS, who impart high quality and intensive management training, aimed at equipping an officer with sound knowledge of the essentials of management.

I am convinced that these officers would continue to work in the same professional manner as they have done in the armed forces which has made our nation proud and definitely would be an asset to any organization.

I wish them all the very best. God bless and God speed.

JAI HIND

Value Proposition

A rich pedagogy driven by balanced mix of faculty comprising of academicians, researchers and professionals drawn from the public and private sector creates the right melting pot for the best minds in the country. Learning takes place when there is participation and at NMIMS case study methods of interactive pedagogy has been the main tool of learning. It predominantly involves case discussions to leverage the rich experience of the participants by encouraging active debates. In areas where new skills are imparted to participants, classroom discussions are aided by simulation techniques and real life scenarios. Class interaction among the participants during case studies, assignments, projects, presentations and industry exposure form the essence of the learning experience. It not only helps participants improve their group dynamics, but also offers a platform to them where they can benefit the most out of each other’s experience. The program is unique in terms of building upon the existing experiences of the participants while providing strategic learning inputs in areas where individual experience is limited.

Program Objectives

To orient and groom the officers from the Defence Forces into the corporate sector. The officers are rich in experience and managerial skills and the program moulds them for quicker adaption and absorption into the corporate sector.

• Enhance professional competence through modern management practices.

• Develop a total enterprise perspective.

• Foster understanding of Global Corporate Culture to facilitate smooth second career transition into the corporate world.

Course Criteria

• A highly flexible curriculum design offering program completion option in a fast-track 06 months duration

• A learner-driven credit-based PGCBM program which helps one fulfill professional, personal and academic commitments simultaneously

• Participant can register for a module as per one’s convenience subject to completion of pre-requisite criteria at DGR norms.

• Classes will be held on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

• Exams will be conducted upon completion of every term

• An extremely well-researched syllabi and course offerings, keeping the program leverage high through industry and research oriented approach to curriculum design

• Creatively engaging pedagogy with case-based teaching, maximizing in-class participant engagement

• An opportunity to enhance peer networking and value-added collaborative learning through group work

• An approach to build strategic managerial competencies through insightful core and elective modules providing an opportunity to imbibe the nuances of management through reflection and deliberation

• Enabling a perspective on research through a special dissertation to be submitted during the program

• Specialization available in areas of Finance, Marketing, HR, Information Systems, & Operations to refashion managers well-endowed in a particular functional area

• Dual specialization option available to those who want to specialize in two disciplines

• Core courses designed to help managers hone their general management skills to emerge as generalists with holistic orientation

• The program is designed as an integrated whole to generate maximum synergy among its components

• The emphasis is on internalization of knowledge rather than mere acquisition

• Sensitization and capacity to deal with environmental influences are stressed, both as a means of enhancing organizational well-being as well as promoting good corporate and professional citizenship.

• A high degree of training with the use of emerging managerial tools and technologies is imparted to the students

• The program aims at generating among the students the capability of ‘learning to learn’ in recognition of the importance of continued learning for a successful managerial career

• The program endeavors to nurture a social system which is conducive for inculcating the value system appropriate for a professional manager in the Indian context.

Curriculum

A rigorous academic program has been designed for the participants to gain and enrich their existing management skills. The 20 management subjects that are planned for backing the officers’ corporate skills

Accordingly, a combination of appropriate instructional methodologies is employed depending on the nature of the course. The basket of teaching methods employed includes lectures, case discussions, exercises, seminars, role plays, management games, assignments, term papers, project work, audio-visual aids, and computer-based learning methods.

SVKM's NMiMS - School of Business Management

The School of Business Management (SBM) of SVKM’s NMIMS (Deemed-to-be-University), one of India’s  premier business schools is situated in Mumbai- the financial hub and nerve centre of  the country.

Apart from offering diverse cutting-edge programs for students, it also offers executive education programs for professionals who want to make the key transition in their careers. The SBM educational experience aims to equip students with a bedrock of management skills to help them navigate through the complex business environment of today.  A dynamic curriculum designed in conjunction with academics and industry practitioners, provides them the opportunities to master new skills and explore varied perspectives.

The School uses the case method as its chief pedagogical tool to bring to the classroom real world business scenarios that provide compelling opportunities amidst challenging settings; the emphasis here  is on practical knowledge and personalized learning. SBM has an abundance of intellectual capital in the form of faculty members who are renowned in their respective fields and are committed to creating a dynamic learning environment.

Social sensitivity is the credo at SBM, where students are sensitized to respond to the changing social realities through the development and application of knowledge for creating a sustainable society.