Curriculum

Introduction:

IIM Tiruchirappalli launched the Post Graduate Programme in Management- Human Resources (PGPM-HR) with an MBA degree in HR in 2020 with an intake of 30 students for the first batch (2020-2022). For the 4th batch the intake has increased to 50 students. The programme aims to meet the present and future industry requirements of HR professionals.

Core purpose:

• To prepare HR professionals who create economically and socially sustainable outcomes for individuals, organizations and society.
• HR professionals to be driven by values of human connect, integrated thinking and ethical reasoning.
• HR professionals to have strong business acumen and core HR competencies.
• To augment core HR competencies with digital fluency, analytics, communication, diversity management and team work skills.

Overall Credit Structure

• Non-HR Core Courses (Business Immersion)- 34 credits
• HR Core Courses (HR Immersion)- 48.5 credits
• Electives/CIS/International Week courses (HR & Business Immersion)- 13.5 credits
• Industry Connect Programme- 1.5 Credits
• Summer Internship- Non-credit
• Make A Difference Project- Non-Credit
• Skill Development Workshop - Non-Credit
• Integrated Case Discussion- Non- Credit

Core Courses – Year 1 – Terms I, II & III

Core Courses – Year 2 – Terms IV, V & VI

Summer Internship

All PGPM students between the 1st and the 2nd year are required to work on a summer internship assignment in an organization for a period of 8 to 10 weeks. Interns are evaluated by organisations, and a satisfactory rating on the evaluation is required in order to complete the requirements for graduation.

Elective Courses – Year 2 – Terms IV, V & VI

A range of elective courses across areas is offered in the second year. The courses offered every year would depend on the interests of the respective batches. The following are the elective courses that were offered for bidding by students in the recent academic years:

General Management

• Business Sustainability: for People, Planet & Profits [BS-PPP]
• Data Visualization for Managers [DVM]

Economics & Public Policy

• Game Theory for Managers [GTM]
• Contemporary Debates in Development: India and the World [CDD]
• International Trade and Policy for Managers [ITPM]

Finance & Accounting

• Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management [IAPM]
• Valuation [VAL]
• Financial Statement Analysis [FSA]
• Strategic Financial Management [SFM]
• International Finance [IF]
• Project Finance [PF]
• Behavioural Finance [BF]
• Securities Trading [ST]

Information Systems and Analytics

• Managing Digital Transformations [MDT]
• Business Analytics for Decision Making [BADM]
• Business Insights from Bigdata: Managing Transformation of Data To Insights [BIBD]
• Digital Product Management [DPM]
• Artificial Intelligence for Managers [AIM]

Marketing

• Digital Marketing [DM]
• Business to Business Marketing [B2B]
• Sales and Distribution Management [SDM]

Operations Management & Decision Science

• Decision Analytics for Managers [DAM]
• Supply Chain Management [SCM]
• Strategic Management of Services [SMS]
• Supply Chain Analytics [SCA]

Organisational Behaviour & Human Resource Management

• Leadership Effectiveness and Performance [LEAP]
• Strategic HR Management [SHRM]
• Managing Difficult People at Work [MDPW]
• Negotiation Essentials for Managerial Effectiveness [NEME]
• Political Risk [PR]
• Nudge and Gamification Skills for Managers & Enterprises [NGS]
• Agile HR & Future of Works [AHRFW]

Strategy and Entrepreneurship

• Design Thinking [DT]
• Strategic Value Creation in the Circular Economy [SVCCE]

International Week

As a part of the International week, reputed faculty members from universities abroad would visit IIM Tiruchirappalli and take courses to our PGPM students. This would ensure that students who do not get an opportunity to go abroad on exchange due to lack of enough exchange slots or due to reasons of affordability could still get an international exposure in the form of attending courses offered by faculty members from universities abroad. Professors from five countries taught the following courses.

• A Business Manager’s Road Map to Planning Strategic Information Technologies
• An Introduction to Health Economics for Managers
• Business Data Analytics with Categorical and Censored Outcomes
• Corporate Environment, Social and Governance Sustainability for Shared Value
• Entrepreneurial Marketing
• Fundamentals of Fixed Income Investing
• Geopolitics and Business
• Global Operations Management
• International Business
• Introduction to E-Governance and Smart City
• Management of Business Project Requirements: A Pre-Requisite to Project Success
• Management of Cyber and Digital Risk
• Managing A Diverse and Inclusive Workforce: Current Status & Implications
• Sustainable Finance
• Sustainable Leadership
• Sustainable Marketing

Course of Independent Study

Students are given an option to take up a ‘Course of Independent Study’ (CIS) during Terms IV or V,under the supervision of faculty member. The objectives of CIS are as under:

• Encouraging students to delve deeply and rigorously into any subject/theme/ live business case of their interest.
• Provided an opportunity for the motivated students to develop the capacity to plan and manage own learning.

‘Make a Difference’ Project

IIM Tiruchirappalli's vision is to produce socially responsible corporate managers and leaders who also contribute to the immediate community of which they and their organisations are a part. IIM Tiruchirappalli believes that organisational leaders should engage with societal issues affecting their communities and apply their organisational and managerial expertise to tackle these complex problems. There is also growing recognition among corporate leaders that they need to look beyond their companies' immediate boundaries. Business leaders, as ‘custodians of society’s most powerful institutions, are increasingly expected to ‘reconnect business success with social progress’. The 'Make a Difference’ (MAD) project is conceived in this context. As part of this project, all PGPM students would work in teams of five or six on an issue of social importance. They work on a specific theme, such as education or health, or on a project with an organisation like an NGO. All projects should include an on-the-field component and be carried out under the guidance of a faculty member. The projects are evaluated by faculty mentors and external experts. A satisfactory rating in the team project is a mandatory requirement for graduation.