Press Release
13th of October, 2009
New Delhi
IIM Lucknow announced the commencement of the 7th General Management Programme for Defence Officers
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow announced the commencement of its six months General Management Programme for Defence officers. This 24 weeks General Management Programme is the seventh in a series of such programme being organized for Defence officers at IIM Lucknow.
The programme is open to both short service commission officers and others. Dr. Devi Singh, Director, IIM Lucknow, Prof Roshan Lal Raina and Prof Ajay K Garg, Program Directors and Prof. Pankaj Kumar, Chairman MDP were present at the inaugural session.
Brig. Rajiv Verma, Director (Resettlement), Central Command, Lucknow addressed the gathering.
The first six programmes conducted by IIML were huge successes with many of the 49 officers of the first programme, 60 of the second, 59 of the third, 59 of the fourth, 65 of the fifth and GMP getting good job offers.
In the 7th programme, after applying the selection criteria, 32 officers including lady officers have been selected for the programme.
“The success of the earlier GMP courses at IIM Lucknow and the positive response from the officers and the industry has been enthusiastic. It is a pleasure to prepare these disciplined and responsible officers to play important roles in today’s competitive business scenario which further adds to the national interest”, says Dr. Devi Singh, Director, IM Lucknow.
The Indian Armed Forces carefully selects Officers and continuously trains them in the art, science and craft of WINNING. Every year, hundreds of these Officers retire, with rich experience in learning, critical reasoning, objective decision making, creative thinking, leading and motivating people, running organisations and managing projects. The aim of the programme is to capitalize on these skills of the officers and optimize them to suit the corporate world’s requirements.
As in the past, the seventh programme is also expected to generate an enthusiastic response from the corporate world and given the intense nature of the programme it is sure to equip the participants with the necessary skill set so very essential to conquer the corporate world.
The objective of the GMP is to provide the participants with a basic understanding of the managerial systems and processes. The programme has been designed to provide the defence officers with basic functional inputs in subjects such as accounting and finance, decision sciences, organizational behavior, human resources management, communication skills, marketing, strategy, information technology and business environment.
The idea is to familiarize the officers with the requisite analytical tools and techniques; and develop a holistic perspective and global mindset to understand issues of an enterprise.
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