SPJIMR is not affiliated to any university and is completely autonomous. This status has given the institute the ability to utilize academic freedom, to develop trend-setting educational programmes and pedagogic processes with long-term benefits for all stakeholders. SPJIMR also has entrepreneurial agility that has made it the only self-financed institute to be ranked among the top ten in the country.
The guiding philosophy of SPJIMR is ‘influencing practice’, and ‘promoting valuebased growth’. The institute has an enviable track record of recognizing the needs of the society and formulating its programmes based on them. Augmenting its advantage is the fact that SPJIMR is situated in Mumbai, the commercial capital of the country.
One year MBA program with an option of specialization in specific interest area.
The programme provides participants with holistic understanding of business and equips them with skills of multifunctional decision making and managing across sectors, geographies and cultures. The students are given an option of specializing in a specific functional domains of interest, namely Marketing, Finance, Manufacturing & Operations, Information Management.
The Programme Architecture is designed to build on the participant's background and career objectives.
The programme covers 3 phases:
1.
The self study phase
2.
The interactive learning phase on campus
3.
The practical application phase with the companies
The PGPM programme gives participants a holistic view of the business; with an option to specialize in specific interest area, thus enhancing their expertise in the functional area of interest.
The specialisation areas include:
Marketing
Finance
Information Management
Operations Management
Besides, the self-learning module, which ensures uniform proficiency of participants, Term 1 and Term 2 focuses on General Management and integrates the knowledge of various functional domains in business management.
Term 3 includes specialized papers from selected functional domains along with core papers focusing on integration of functional domains and general management for managing and leading in dynamic, multicultural business environments.
The course includes 5 weeks industry consulting assignment along with additional learning tools like Red-Book, Capstone Project etc. These are included with an objective to broaden the horizons of knowledge and enhance the analytical and decision making abilities of the participants.
Minimum 3 years of Bachelor's Degree in any discipline from a recognized university in India or abroad. The PGPM programme is best suited for working professionals with minimum 5 years of professional experience.
The one-year PGPM programme is targeted at the mid - managerial roles, catering to the industry need of lateral recruitments. The innovative programme architecture provides great value addition to the participants at critical professional junctures. The course content and pedagogy is highly acclaimed by the industry and has lived up to its promise of providing the corporate sector with experienced and focused mid-level managers having a modern outlook.