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Course Starts
23rd June 2024

Course Fees
₹2,80,500 + GST

Duration
11 Months

In today's fast-paced and dynamic business environment, strategy is paramount for leaders. It serves as the compass that guides organisations through uncertainty and towards their goals. IIM Lucknow's Advanced Programme in Strategy for Leaders (Batch 09) equips professionals with the knowledge and expertise necessary to lead confidently in an ever-evolving landscape and make a substantial impact on their organisations.

Course Highlights

Contextually designed 11-month programme for senior managers/leaders.

Campus immersion module of 3 days

Project work and case discussions on business plan/strategy

IIM Lucknow executive alumni status

Course Content

Module 1: Sensing Opportunity

  • Introduction to strategy and strategic decisions
  • Conceptual framework in strategic management
  • Understanding economic and business landscape
  • Challenges of new disruptive business models
  • Evaluation of external environment: General, industry, and competitor
  • Assessment of resources, capabilities, and competencies

Module 2: Crafting Competitive Advantage

  • Building the organisational vision and mission
  • Developing business strategy
  • Competitive rivalry and dynamics
  • Developing corporate strategy
  • Developing international strategy
  • Cooperative strategies: Strategic alliances and joint ventures
  • Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
  • Technology and innovation strategy
  • Shaping strategies
  • BOP strategies
  • Strategy in emerging markets
  • Corporate intrapreneurship
  • Non-market strategy
  • Designing and analysing business experiments

Module 3: Execution and Realising Competitive Advantage

  • Strategy implementation
  • Organisation structure and management control
  • Corporate governance, ethics, and corporate social responsibility
  • Corporate and strategic communication
  • Management of change and transformation

Group Project Discussion and Presentation

*Note: Modules/topics are indicative only, and the suggested time and sequence may be dropped/ modified/adapted to fit the participant profile & programme hours.

Programme Certificate

Candidates meeting requisite attendance requirements and clearing the comprehensive evaluation will be awarded “Certificate of Successful Completion” from IIM Lucknow.

Candidates not clearing the comprehensive evaluation but meeting requisite attendance criterion will be awarded “Certificate of Participation”.

Successful participants will also be accorded IIM Lucknow Executive Alumni status (optional).

IIM Lucknow Executive Alumni Fee (Optional) – ₹10,000 + GST

Disclaimer: *The certificate shown above is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact prototype of the actual certificate. ** IIM Lucknow reserves the right to change the certificate and specifications at any time without notice.

Class Schedule

Saturdays
First session: 09:30 am to 12:45 pm

Past Participant Profiles

Top Industries

  • Information Technology/IT
  • Marketing/Advertising/Sales
  • Automotive
  • Business Supplies/Equipment
  • Computer Software/Engineering
  • Medical Equipment
  • Retail Industry
  • Apparel/Fashion
  • Architecture/Planning
  • Banking/Mortgage
...Amongst others

Top Job Profiles

  • Managing Director
  • Associate Manager
  • Director
  • Engineering Manager
...Amongst others

Eligibility

*Internships and Trainee experiences are not considered as Full-time work experience

Programme Director

Prof. Sabyasachi Sinha
Associate Professor, Strategic Management

Prof. Sabyasachi Sinha is an Associate Professor of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation at IIM Lucknow, where he has taught since 2012. Before joining academia he worked with multinational organisations in different capacities. He did his Fellow (Ph.D.) from IIM–Ahmedabad in Business Policy. He is also an alumnus of IIT Dhanbad. Apart from fourteen years of experience in research and teaching, he is a consultant to government and business organisations, and a start-up evangelist, and is associated with multiple start-ups in different roles—board advisor, investor, and mentor.

Prof. Priyatam Anurag
Assistant Professor, Strategic Management

Priyatam Anurag is an Assistant Professor in Strategic Management group of the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow since July 2019. He completed his Ph.D. in Strategy from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in 2019. Prior to his Ph.D., he worked as a Consultant Faculty and Researcher with the Indian Institute of Bank Management Guwahati for three years. He has also worked as a Manager in the Wholesale Credit and Market Risk division of HDFC Bank.

Admission Criteria

Students would be selected on the basis of their application forms, credentials, entrance exam, and the Statement of Purpose (SOP) submitted along with their application.

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