Summary

The Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) is a broad based course aimed at enabling students from diverse undergraduate disciplines to pursue a post graduate qualification in business management. This two year program includes taught core modules and optional/electives modules designed to enable participants to specialize in one of the following areas:

• Marketing
• Finance
• Human Resource Management
• Entrepreneurship

The teaching and learning methodology in the course focus on developing skills in the practise of management and include lectures, case study analyses, class discussions, group projects and industry internships.

The main objectives of the programme are :

The main objectives of the program are to develop knowledge and skills in:

• Different disciplines in business administration and management
• Practice of management
• Critical thinking and analysis
• Planning, organizing and scheduling
• Cross-cultural negotiation and management
• Team dynamics
• Writing succinct reports
• Presenting to diverse stakeholders

Course Structure
DURATION: Full Time 2 Years

Eligibility for Admission

The students are selected on the basis of performance in:

• Undergraduate degree programs (B.Com, BBA, B.Sc, BE etc.)
• GDGWI’s entrance examination (Applicants who have successfully completed CAT, GMAT, MAT may be exempt from taking the entrance exam)
• Personal/Group Interview

Applicants are expected to have minimum 50% average marks in their undergraduate degree program.

Optional Modules :

In year 2 of the programme students will select:

• A specialisation from one of the four streams offered:
  • Marketing
  • Finance
  • Human Resource Management
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Within the selected stream students will select 6 optional modules.

1. optional module from E. Integrative Elective Set A
2. optional module from F. Integrative Elective Set B

SPECIALISATIONS
I. MARKETING
GDGMSI405 - Consumer Behaviour, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI406 - Marketing Communication & Brand Management, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI407 - Marketing of Services, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI408 - International Marketing , Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI409 - Sales & Distribution Management, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI410 - Market Research, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI411 - Retail Management, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI412 - Customer Relationship Management, Level 7: Credits 10

II. FINANCE
GDGMSI413 - Investment and Portfolio Management, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI414 - Financial Derivatives and Risk Management, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI415 - Financial Systems, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI416 - International Finance , Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI417 - Mergers & Acquisitions, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI419 - Financial Reporting and Corporate Taxation, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI428 – Venture capital and Entrepreneurial Finance, Level 7: Credits 10

III. HRM
GDGMSI420 - Management of Organisational Change , Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI421 - Staffing, Training & Development, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI422 - Leadership in Organisations, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI423 - International HRM, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI424 - Strategic Human Resource Management, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI425 - Cross-Cultural Management, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI426 - Performance Appraisal and Compensation Management, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI427 - Industrial Relations, Level 7: Credits 10

IV. ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION
GDGMSI428 - Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI429 - Strategy and Family Business Planning, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI430 - Business Modelling and Communication, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI431 - Social Entrepreneurship, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI432 - IPR management and strategy, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI433 - Creativity, Innovation and Technology, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI434 - New Product Development and Customer Development, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI435 - Opportunity Generation and Evaluation, Level 7: Credits 10

V. INTEGRATIVE ELECTIVES-A
GDGMSI436 - Business Intelligence, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI437 - E-Business, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI438 - Human Resource Information System, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI439 - International Trade & Organisations (WTO), Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI440 - Business and Economic Environment, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI441 - International Business Management, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI442 - Legal Aspects of Business, Level 7: Credits 10

INTEGRATIVE ELECTIVES-B
GDGMSI443 - Project Management, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI444 - Supply Chain Management, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI445 - Services Management, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI446 - Operations Strategy, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI447 - Business Process Reengineering and Six Sigma, Level 7: Credits 10
GDGMSI448 - Total Quality Management for Business Excellence, Level 7: Credits 10

Disclaimer :- University reserves the right to change/amend the course structure.