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Can you tell me about the electives offered under Post-Graduate Programme in Management Program offered by Indian Institute of Management, (IIM-B) Bangalore?

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Core courses are compulsory courses offered in the first year under Post-Graduate Programme in Management Program offered by Indian Institute of Management, (IIM-B) Bangalore.

Elective courses are offered in the last term of first year and in the second year, where one get an opportunity to choose from a basket of multi-disciplinary courses and courses with functional depth. Its unique feature is that it introduces elective courses from the first year.

Course delivery may use a combination of the following formats: lectures, classroom discussions, industry interactions, case studies, individual and group projects, term papers, role plays, dissertations, business games, films and various experiential learning methods.

Post-Graduate Programme in Management Program

Term I
Financial Accounting
Managerial Communication-I
Marketing Management
Managerial Economics
Organization Design
Decision Sciences-I

Term II
Corporate Finance
Managerial Communication-II
Managing People and Performance in Organizations
Operations Management
Decision Sciences-II
Competition & Strategy

Term III
Business, Government and Society
Macroeconomics
Management Accounting
Elective-1
Elective-2
Entrepreneurial Learning

Elective Courses

It has the distinction of offering the largest number of elective courses among B-schools in India. The electives cover a wide array of topics:

Social Entrepreneurship; Infrastructure Development, PPPs and Regulation; Business Analytics and Intelligence; Spread sheet Model-Business Decision; Current Economic Scenario; Indian Economy and Policy Matters for Business; Global Securities Markets; Corporate Governance: Indian and International Perspectives; Corporate Valuation; Digital Marketing; Research for Marketing Decisions; Brand Management; Entrepreneurship in Action; Personal Values, Goals and Career Options; Creating High Performance Organizations; Supply Chain Management; Technology and Operations Strategy; Green Business Management; Strategic Thinking and Decision Making.

Apart from electives on functional areas, it also offers different types of courses such as language courses (Sanskrit, German, French, Spanish and Japanese), Business Planning in International Markets, Developing Technology Partnerships between Firms in India and Israel, and experiential courses (the Himalayan Mountain Challenge), based on the interest of students.