Curriculum

MBA Program Design and Curriculum

IIM Amritsar MBA program imparts foundational functional knowledge of management in its first year and offers integrative and specialization courses in the second year. The program offers opportunity to develop global perspective thorough international market exploration.

First Year of the program

Preparatory program: The Institute offers a 2-week compulsory preparatory program for selected students to enhance their readiness for the MBA program.
Orientation program: The orientation program familiarizes students to the IIM way of learning and acquaints them with the infrastructure, services, and student activities at IIM Amritsar.
First Year Courses: The first year courses are compulsory and provide basic conceptual knowledge and analytical tools in different functional areas of management.
Summer Internship: All students undergo eight to ten weeks of summer internship after first year of the program. Summer internship helps students to apply their first year learning by doing organizationally sponsored projects. Student performance in their summer internships often result in final placement offers.

List of First Year Courses

Term 1	Term II	Term III
Financial Accounting Quantitative Methods Operations Management-1 Business Computing Marketing Management-I Managerial Economics Individual Behavior in Organizations HR Planning and Talent Acquisition Business Communication 1 Creative and Design Thinking	Foundations of Finance Management Accounting Macro Economics and Policy Marketing Management II Operations Management-II Creating and Sustaining Effective Team Written Analysis and Communication Business Communication II Operations Research Legal Aspects of Business	Talent Management and Development Industrial Relations Management Information System Business Research Methods Business Level Strategy Corporate Strategy Corporate Finance Organization Structure and Processes 2 core courses of their choice from Supply chain management, Compensation, Sales and distribution management, AI application for managers, Financial markets and institutions

Second year of the program

Second year of MBA comprises of integrative and elective courses in various areas of specialization spread out over the fourth, fifth, and sixth terms of the program. Students also have the option of subscribing to a course in international market exploration where they are exposed to businesses and markets in a select group of foreign countries.

Students can choose courses from among areas of specialization like Marketing, Finance and Accounting, Information Systems and Analytics, Production and Quantitative Methods, Human Resources Management, Business Strategy, Economics, Communication, and Organizational Behavior.

List of Second Year Elective (offered for MBA05):

Marketing and Communication

Consumer Behavior
Integrated Marketing Communication
Business to Business Marketing
Retail Management Strategy
Social Media & Internet Marketing
Product Policy and Brand Management
Services Marketing
Advanced Managerial Communication
Sales & Distribution Management
Strategic Marketing
Rural Marketing
Customer Relationship Management
International Marketing

Human Resources

Talent Management and Competency Mapping
Compensation Management
Employment Relations
Strategic Staffing
Learning & Development
Managing Across Culture
Strategic HRM
International HRM

General Management

Business Ethics
Management Control Systems

Finance, Accounting, and Control

Alternative Investments
Behavioral Finance
Corporate Credit Analysis
Corporate Governance
Corporate tax planning
Corporate Valuation
Financial Institutions & Markets
Financial Modelling
Financial Reporting & Analysis
Financial Risk Measurement & Management
Fixed Income Securities
International Financial Management
Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management
Mergers, Acquisitions & Corporate Restructuring
Options, Futures & Derivatives
Project Finance
Strategic Cost Management
Modern Banking Management
Risk Management in Banks
Transfer Pricing
Strategic Financial Management

Organizational Behavior

Leadership and Decision Making for Managers
Organization Change & Developmen
Negotiations & Conflict Resolutions
The Science of Happiness

IT and Analytics

AI for Managers
Big Data Analytics
Data Analytics with R
HR Analytics
Marketing Analytics
Python for Managers
Machine Learning Foundation
ERP

Economics

Econometrics
Game Theory
Financial Time Series Analysis
Economic Development and Growth
Introduction to Behavioral Economics

Business Strategy

Blue Ocean Strategy
Creative Problem Solving
International Business
Strategic Alliance
Strategic consulting
Strategy Simulation

Quantitative Management and Operations Management

Supply Chain Management
Strategic Sourcing for Competitive Advantage
Project Management
Services Operations Management

Curriculum

MBA Program Design and Curriculum

First Year of the program

List of First Year Courses

List of Second Year Elective (offered for MBA05):

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