Post Graduate Program in Management - Executive

12 months Executive Management Program

for Working Professionals
 PGPM-Ex v/s
Other Programs

Great Lakes Distance Part Time

PGPM-Ex MBA MBA

Faculty Interaction & Active Learning

Build Career Critical Competencies in Marketing, Finance,

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

 reat Lakes program for working

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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 Gulati
Joint President, Jaypee Associates
 Deans 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

Dear friends,
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
Throughout management education landscape of not only India
(with the MDI and the ISB) but also in other Asian
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

the last decade countries like Malaysia, Thailand, Seoul and Hong
Great Lakes has Kong. While each experience provided valuable
learnings, the moot points of consideration were
been a pioneer quality, affordability and flexibility. Setting up Great
in delivering Lakes was therefore a natural progression a
b-school where I wished to integrate the western
perfectly management thought with the Asian ethos and
crafted value systems.
courses to Thus, throughout the last decade Great Lakes
suit the needs has been a pioneer in delivering perfectly crafted
courses to suit the needs of the entire bandwidth
of the entire of professionals in the country. Once again,as we
bandwidth of enter our next decade of services to the cause of
Management education, Great Lakes is proud to
professionals in present yet another custom-created program. In
the country.
conjunction with our e-Learning partner Great
Learning we are delighted to offer the PGPM-Ex
program - an 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
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, Finance, Operations,
Product Management and Analytics that are most
wanted in todays business environment.
As I said at the beginning, Affordable excellence and
Adorable 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.
 GREAT LAKES
ADVANTAGE
RANKED
AMONG TOP 10
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.
CENTRES OF
EXCELLENCE
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, training and advisory in the
domains such as Analytics, E-commerce,
Retail Management, Technopreneurship,
Banking and Marketing Research.
ADVISORY
COUNCIL
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.
EMINENT FACULTY
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.
COLLABORATIONS
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.
KNOWLEDGE
CAPITAL
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.
 PROGRAM
HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER
ENHANCEMENT SUPPORT
The 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.
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
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.
INDUSTRY EXPOSURE
Candidates gain exposure and insight
through industry sessions and also through
competency courses that are delivered by
industry experts and Great Lakes faculty.

PGPM-Ex
WORLD CLASS FACULTY International
Recognition
The faculty pool at Great Lakes comprises
leading faculty from Indian and International
institutions such as Harvard Business School,
Stanford Graduate School of Business, The course is designed and developed by
Kellog School of Business, University of Great Lakes Institute of Management,
Chicago, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, one of Indias leading Business Schools
IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, etc. FLEXIBILITY and recognized by Illinois Institute of
PGPM-Ex program is designed specifically Technology, Chicago.
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.
 PROGRAM
CURRICULLUM

General Management General Management

Foundation Module Intermediate Module
Microeconomics Macroeconomics
Marketing Part 1 Managerial Accounting
Financial Statement Analysis Data Analysis for Decision Making Part 2
Data Analysis for Decision Making Part 1 Marketing Part 2
Business Communication Business Finance Part 2
Business Finance Part 1 Supply Chain Management
Operations Leadership and Negotiation
Managing People & Teams Strategic Thinking and Problem Solving
Strategy Management in Technology Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Legal aspects of business (contracts, taxes and Services Management
transfer pricing)

Specialization
Marketing Operations & Supply Product Management
Brand Management Chain Product Development Process
Digital Marketing Project Management Business Model Design
Social Media Marketing Demand Forecasting UX Design
Consumer Behaviour Inventory Management Metrics
Network Optimization Pricing and Financial Planning

Finance Analytics
Corporate Finance Advanced Statistics
Investment Management Data Mining
Financial Modeling Predictive Modeling
Financial Analytics
 PROGRAM
STRUCTURE
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 those components.

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:

General Management Capstone Project

Modules An integrative project where participants will choose a real
world business problem in the area of their specialization and
The PGPM-Ex program begins with General Management
develop and present a comprehensive solution to be evaluated
modules organized as Foundation and Intermediate modules.
by Great Lakes faculty or industry professionals.
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.

Specialization Career Enhancement

Candidates can choose a specialization based on career growth
objectives. Specializations are offered in Marketing, Finance,
Operations, Product Management and Analytics. These courses
are practically 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.
Module
This 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.
 ELIGIBILITY

Candidates should have Candidates who have The program is

a Bachelors Degree completed their designed for
in any discipline with Post Graduation or Working
a minimum of 50% Masters Program can Professionals and
aggregate marks also apply a minimum of 4
in graduation or years full-time Post
equivalent Qualification Work
Experience is required

SELECTION PROCESS

2
Application
Review &
Shortlisting
4Results

1
Application

3
Telephonic
Interview
 FEES

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 ` 85,000 + service tax
2nd Installment ` 85,000 + service tax
3rd Installment ` 75,000 + service tax
Total Fee ` 2,95,000 + service tax

*Service tax applicable as per govt. rules

Financial Aid Payments

Selected 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).
Candidates can pay the program fee through
Cheque, DD, Net Banking, Credit Cards or Debit
Cards. We do not accept cash payments and
issue receipts for all the fee payments made
towards our programs.
 Alumni Speak

The My journey in Great Lakes so

diverse far has been

professional incredibly
experience informative
Each faculty member is a recognized
of the batch is leveraged by the expert in their respective domain.
professors, who let us decide the
breadth and depth of topics covered. - Sudhanshu Pathak
Two thumbs up for Great Lakes Consultant
Executive Education. KPMG

- Clarence Wong
Consultant
Value Labs

I chose
the Great Lakes Great Lakes reputation added to its
executive program over other
executive courses for its well-designed
reputation executive
and brand program
recognition made it possible for me to take up
the challenge of mid-career
Excellent infrastructure, vibrant learning without affecting my
course content and delivery make professional commitments.
learning fun and enjoyable.
- Shailendra Salvi
- N S Abhishek Managing Director
Company Secretary Vacon Drives & Controls
L&T Ship Building

*Featured alumni are from various Executive Programs offered by Great Lakes including PGPM Flex,
PGXPM and PGPBA
 Program
Partners

Academic Partners

Great Lakes is one of Indias 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

As Chicagos only business school within a

technological university, the Illinois Institute
of Technology Stuart School of Business offers
bachelors, masters, doctoral, and non-degree
programs, as well as graduate certificate programs,
dual-degree programs, and several interdisciplinary
specializations.

Technology and
Administration Partner

Great Learning is a technology enabled learning

services platform that offers a variety of online and
blended programs in partnership with Great Lakes
Institute of Management, one of Indias leading
business schools. It undertakes all operations and
technology solutions to ensure high quality learning
outcomes to learners across India and abroad
PGPM-Ex Contact

+91 9599963671

www.greatlearning.in

pgpmex@greatlearning.in