The Executive Program in General Management (EPGM) at MIT Sloan is a 10-month, multi-modular, general management program for global business leaders that focuses on Management and Leadership, Strategy & Innovation, Technology, Operations and Value Chain Management.
The program that kicks off in November 2016 includes three on campus terms and two off campus terms. Tailored to fit the busy schedule of senior professionals, it aims at developing key leadership skills such as integrating an innovation mind-set into corporate culture.
It also prepares executives in making technology-enhanced strategic decisions, building collaborative organizations and managing key talent across global markets.
Participants would be able to enjoy MIT Sloan global alumni benefits with more than 20,000 alumni spread over 90 countries. Their names would be included in the MIT Sloan alumni directory. They will get an MIT Sloan email-forwarding-for-life, 20% discount on additional MIT Sloan Executive Education programs and invitations to select MIT Sloan events such as the Advanced Management Program graduation/reunion each year which currently includes two days of content from MIT researchers and faculty.
The program includes terms at MIT Sloan’s Campus in Boston, US and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Besides class room sessions, interactive technologies, including online modules, mobile application, learning platform, discussion boards are used during the program.
Group Projects/ Action Learning is a centrepiece of the MIT Sloan EPGM experience, that provides a wide range of hands-on learning opportunities for participants.
The program tuition fee is $35,000. It includes coffee breaks, lunches and materials. Accommodation and travel are not included.
With Round 1 on August 5 and Round 2 on September 5 already over, aspirants can still catch Round 3 on October 3 with a fee of $ 400 and Round 4 on October 31 with a fee of $500. According to the payment terms, 10% is to be deposited within 10 days of admission and the balance within 30 days.
Major countries represented in the program are Australia, India, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, South Africa, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, UAE, UK and USA. Others are China, France, Germany, Nigeria, Philippines and Russia.
In the 2015-16 batch, 50% of the batch were from General Management, followed by 24% from Technology Management and 11% from Marketing & Sales.
In work experience, 40% of the participants had put in 16-20 years, 38% 10-15 years and 14% 21-25 years. Industry-wise, 32% were from Information Technology (IT) followed by 13% from Banking & Financial Services.
Previous participants include A L Jagannath, Director Marketing, VMware Software India (P) Ltd, Krishnan S Iyer, Co-Founder, Saddlepoint Solution, Anthony Bobby Kuzhimadathil, Director of Advertising, Taj Group, The Indian Hotels Company Limited, Bhavik Kumar, Co-Founder at Medibox Technologies, Pallavi Chopra, Head of Marketing at redBus.in, Sangeeta Garg, Vice President, IL & FS and Mohit Mathur, Director, Flipkart. (Image Courtesy: en.wikipedia.org)