PGPM-Ex v/s OthEr PrOGraMs

Great Lakes PGPM-Ex

Distance MBA

Part Time MBA

Faculty Interaction & Active Learning

Build Career Critical Competencies in Marketing, Operations, Product Management and Analytics

Flexibility to complete the program in 12-24 months

Career Support & Networking Sessions

Industry Faculty

Learning format of Weekend Classes and Online Sessions

GrEat LakEs’ PrOGraM fOr WOrkinG PrOfEssiOnaLs is nOt just anOthEr acadEMic PrOGraM but a

‘thOuGht PrOcEss’

shaPinG cOursE. thE cOntEnt dELivErEd

by ExPEriEncEd facuLty is vEry PracticaL, innOvativE & EasiLy iMPLEMEntabLE.

- sangeeta GulatijOint PrEsidEnt, jayPEE assOciatEs

dEan’s MEssaGE

Padma shri bala v balachandran Founder & Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management

J L Kellogg Distinguished Professor (Emeritus in Service) of Accounting and Information Management,

Northwestern University, Illinois, USA

impactful learning outcomes. Though the program

is unique and transformational in many ways,

I would like to draw your kind attention to two

salient aspects:

academic Elegance

The PGPM-Ex program is drawn from the decade

long experience and learnings from Great Lakes’

top ranked PGPM program. We have ensured that

we retain the same academic quality and learning

experience, thereby combining the best of PGPM

program with technology to deliver a high quality

program that is convenient and impactful in

equal measure.

business relevance

PGPM-Ex program follows an industry relevant

curriculum that enables candidates to choose and

develop the competencies that will help accelerate

their career progression. These competencies

include areas such as Marketing, Operations,

Product Management and Analytics that are most

wanted in today’s business environment.

As I said in the beginning, Affordable excellence and

innovative technology are the other two arms that

come together to present an exclusive and mature

learning platform that provides you the flexibility to

learn what you want to learn and when. I welcome

you to explore the PGPM-Ex program and experience

a uniquely crafted learning experience that blends

academic elegance with business relevance.

While setting up Great Lakes Institute of Management in 2004, I had a very simple objective in mind – that of providing the best management education to the entire professional population in the country. I was fortunate to have had the opportunity of being associated with some of the best b-schools in the USA. At the same time I amassed a wealth of experience by actively participating in the management education landscape of not only India (with the MDI and the ISB) but also in other Asian countries like Malaysia, Thailand, Seoul and Hong Kong. While each experience provided valuable learnings, the moot points of consideration were quality, affordability and flexibility. Setting up Great Lakes was therefore a natural progression – a b-school where I wished to integrate the western management thought with the Asian ethos and value systems.

Thus, throughout the last decade Great Lakes has been a pioneer in delivering perfectly crafted courses to suit the needs of the entire bandwidth of professionals in the country. Once again,as we enter our next decade of services to the cause of Management education, Great Lakes is proud to present yet another custom-created program. In conjunction with our e-Learning partner ‘Great Learning’ we are delighted to offer the PGPM-Ex program - a completely re-imagined management program for working professionals. PGPM-Ex has been designed to enable unparalleled flexibility to participants while ensuring the requisite academic rigor to accomplish relevant and

Dear friends,

Throughout the last decade Great Lakes has been a pioneer in delivering perfectly crafted courses to suit the needs of the entire bandwidth of professionals in the country.

CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

Great Lakes has been recognized by industry and academic fraternity as an institute of pre-eminence in management research and thought capital. Great Lakes publications include academic journals and magazines containing well researched articles and papers from faculty and students.

KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL

Great Lakes pedagogy is benchmarked with global gold standards in management education. Great Lakes has academic collaborations with leading institutions such as Nanyang Technical University, University of Houston, Illinois Institute of Technology. These collaborations include student exchange, faculty training, pedagogy design and academic research.

COLLABORATIONS

The faculty pool at Great Lakes comprises leading faculty from Indian and International institutions such as Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Kellog School of Business, Stern School of Business, University of Chicago, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Kolzhikode, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, etc.

EMINENT FACULTY

Great Lakes in its quest to become a hub for management research and thought leadership, has created multiple Centers of Excellence, which are guided by some of the foremost management thinkers. The Centers of Excellence conduct research and training in domains such as Analytics, E-commerce, Retail Management, Technopreneurship, Banking and Marketing Research.

Great Lakes is one of the premier business schools in the country and has been ranked within the top ten in the country by Outlook, Business Today, Business India and Careers 360.

RANKED AMONG TOP 10

Some of the eminent dignitaries associated with Great Lakes include Dr Ratan Tata (Business Advisory Council), Mr Kumaramanglam Birla (Business Advisory Council), Mr Narayana Murthy (Business Advisory Council), Ms Indra Nooyi (Business Advisory Council), Mr Deepak Parekh (Business Advisory Council), Dr Philip Kotler (Academic Advisory Council), Prof Aswath Damodaran (Academic Advisory Council), etc.

ADVISORY COUNCIL

GrEat LakEs advantaGE

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

Stuart School of Business at IIT Chicago is

one the leading business schools in US

and is ranked within the top business

schools globally by Financial Times and

Princeton Review.

WORLD CLASS FACULTYThe faculty pool at Great Lakes comprises

leading faculty from Indian and International

institutions such as Harvard Business School,

Stanford Graduate School of Business,

Kellog School of Business, University of

Chicago, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore,

IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, etc. FLEXIBILITYPGPM-Ex program is designed specifically

for working professionals enabling them

to pursue the program along with their

professional commitments. The program

structure provides candidates with

unmatched flexibility to learn at their own

pace and pursue the program as per their

convenience.

Candidates gain exposure and insight

through industry sessions and also through

competency courses that are delivered by

industry experts and Great Lakes faculty.

INDUSTRY EXPOSURE

PGPM-Ex program is built on a modular

structure which unbundles the MBA

curriculum into foundation and competency

tracks thereby enabling candidates to

select competencies relevant to their

career.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE

CAREER ENHANCEMENT SUPPORTThe Program includes career development support activities such as workshops and guidance to help candidates identify their strengths, career paths that suit them and thereby choose the right competencies to learn. Candidates are also given access to job opportunities, enabling them to apply to relevant positions.

PGPM-Ex

PrOGraM hiGhLiGhts

Microeconomics

Marketing Part 1

Financial Statement Analysis

Data Analysis for Decision Making Part 1

Business Communication

Business Finance Part 1

Operations

Managing People & Teams

Strategy Management in Technology

Legal aspects of business (contracts, taxes and transfer pricing)

GENERAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION MODULE

Macroeconomics

Managerial Accounting

Data Analysis for Decision Making Part 2

Marketing Part 2

Business Finance Part 2

Supply Chain Management

Leadership and Negotiation

Strategic Thinking and Problem Solving

Introduction to Entrepreneurship

Services Management

GENERAL MANAGEMENT INTERMEDIATE MODULE

SPECIALIzATION

Marketing Brand Management

Digital Marketing

Social Media Marketing

Consumer Behaviour

Operations & supply chain Project Management

Demand Forecasting

Inventory Management

Network Optimization

analytics Advanced Statistics

Data Mining

Predictive Modeling

Product Management Product Development Process

Business Model Design

UX Design

Metrics

Pricing and Financial Planning

PrOGraM curricuLLuM

The PGPM-Ex uses a combination of learning methods that include webinars, classroom teaching, self-learning through videos and reading material, team-based problem solving and exposure to industry experts. These learning methods are carefully and deliberately chosen for various components of the program based on their suitability to achieve the learning objectives of each component.

The Program is organized in a modular architecture that enables the learner to take charge of the learning objectives, timing and outcomes. The program comprises of:

CAREER ENHANCEMENT MODULEThis module focuses on several non-academic aspects critical to successful career growth including self-awareness, interviewing skills and career counselling, which will help participants understand themselves better and to plan practical and realistic career paths and transitions. It is delivered through a combination of workshops, reading material and team work.

PrOGraM structurE

GENERAL MANAGEMENT MODULESThe PGPM-Ex program begins with General Management modules organized as Foundation and Intermediate modules. These modules help the candidates develop an overall understanding and appreciation of the basic building blocks of business. Further, candidates also get familiar with the language and context of business to appreciate various business problems that are typically encountered in practice. Each of these modules is designed to be completed in about 4 months.

SPECIALIzATIONCandidates can choose a specialization based on career growth objectives. Specializations are offered in Marketing, Operations, Product Management and Analytics. These courses are practice oriented and intended to give exposure to real world problems that are encountered and to develop solutions to these problems. Candidates would take roughly 3 months to complete the courses within the Specialization they choose.

CAPSTONE PROjECTAn integrative project where participants will choose a real world business problem in the area of their specialization and develop and present a comprehensive solution to be evaluated by Great Lakes faculty or industry professionals.

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ELiGibiLity

Candidates should have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks in graduation or equivalent.

The program is designed for Working Professionals and a minimum of 3 years full-time Post Qualification Work Experience is required.

Candidates who have completed their Post Graduation or Masters Program can also apply.

ResultsApplicAtion

Review & ShoRtliSting

TelephonicinTerview

ApplicAtion

The PGPM-Ex program, through its modular design, offers unparalleled flexibility to participants to undertake the program as per their learning objectives, schedule constraints and career aspirations.

The fee structure reflects this design as follows.

PGPM-EX PROGRAM FEE

Admission Fee ` 50,000 + service tax

1st Installment ` 1,15,000 + service tax

2nd Installment ` 1,15,000 + service tax

3rd Installment ` 1,15,000 + service tax

total fee ` 3,95,000 + service tax

*Service tax applicable as per govt. rules

fEEs

FINANCIAL AIDSelected students can contact the Admissions Office for assistance in applying for loans after receiving the offer of admission. Our lending partners include HDFC Credila and Avanse (DHFL).

PAYMENTSCandidates can pay the program fee through Cheque, DD, Net Banking, Credit Cards or Debit Cards. Cash payments are not accepted. We issue receipts for all fee payments made towards the programs.

aLuMni sPEak

For an engineering graduate like me,

economics was all greek and latin. the

topic needed a very good introduction.

the Faculty was able to convey the

concepts in a way which i could

understand and relate to

rELEvant ExaMPLEs and casE studiEs. the

study materials complemented to what

was discussed in the class. it was a

great experience.

- sanath hOsur raMEshproject manager

soFtware ag

the

fLExibiLity and thE QuaLity Of thE PrOGraM

are the two things that stand out

For me. the program delivery model

(blended) and schedule oF the program

made me choose great lakes over

others and i was assured that the

quality oF education is on par with

other premier institutes.

- arun vasu sriranGaassociate

cognizant

the Faculty is great. they present the

concepts in a very easy manner and the

sessions are

hiGhLy intEractivE. they use live examples and case-studies

that help understand the concepts in a

much easier manner.

- sushant sharMalead engineer

target

i chose great lakes because oF the

brand naME.

i have pursued a similar program in the

past but it didn’t really add any value

to my career. the Faculty at great

lakes was extremely knowledgeable

and explained the concepts really

well.

- sandEEP naryan kuLkarniproject manager

cognizant technology

the candidates have been associated with leading indian and global organizations. some of these are:

batch PrOfiLE2016

The class comprises of professionals working with some of the leading organizations across different domains. Most of our candidates are from the technology sector, followed by BFSI, consulting, manufacturing, and others.

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Stuart School of Business at IIT Chicago is one the leading

business schools in US and is ranked within the top business

schools globally by Financial Times and Princeton Review. The

executive programs at Stuart School of Business and Illinois

Institute of Technology (IIT Chicago) are ranked amongst

the best in the country. The focus of executive education at

Stuart School of Business, IIT Chicago has always been multi-

disciplinary and at the convergence of disruptive business

trends with emerging technology.

Great Learning is a technology-enabled learning platform

that offers a variety of online and blended programs in

partnership with Great Lakes Institute of Management.

It undertakes all operations and technology solutions to

ensure high quality learning outcomes to learners in India

and abroad.

Technology and Administration Partner

pgpmex@greatlearning.inwww.greatlearning.in+91 9599963671

PGPM-Ex Contact

Academic Partners

Great Lakes is one of India’s leading business schools with

campuses in Chennai and Gurgaon. Led by exceptional

faculty, steered by an outstanding advisory council, Great

Lakes has been ranked within top 10 business schools by

Outlook, Business Today and Business India.

PROGRAM PARTNERS