Advanced Program In Leadership In The Digital Era

Advanced Program In Leadership In The Digital Era

Specialization: Strategy & Leadership

Batch: 4

Duration: 10 Months

Class Start: 23 Jun 2024

Class Days/Timing:
Sunday - 02:00 pm to 05:15 pm IST

Registration closes on 02 May 2024    Apply Now

Overview

    In today’s era of rapid digitization, a Leader’s capability to evolve is the ultimate competitive advantage.Identifying and developing leadership that is aligned for challenges of the digital era is critical for most organizations today. With continuous change in the profile and priorities of the human capital over the years, the nature and style of leadership has no option but to adapt to ensure there is equal focus on revenue as well as employee satisfaction. The intense open market competition and technological revolutions, apart from putting a tremendous work pressure on the leaders and managers, has also created a requirement of conceptualizing and designing a new set of modern practices in practically every aspect of work place. In today’s context of people’s demographics, automated processes, a connected world and changed aspirations, the previous management literature, practices, tools and techniques need a complete revamp. There is a clear felt need of redefining the concept, and its practice to deal with the new set of challenges due to digitization and massive disruption arising out of it.

    This course from IIM Lucknow is conceptualized to address this critical need of leaders and managers who are ready to take on the challenge of not only to make the organizations survive but to make it grow manifold. This course will offer insights into theories and application of leadership with an emphasis on learning knowledge, skills and values. The course intends to be participative with a lot of reflections/assessments into one’s own style of leadership. Thus, providing opportunities to identify specific areas of improvement.

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Programme Highlights

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Learn Leadership Skills for Digital Era

Learn and cultivate New Age leadership skills and understand leadership dynamics in the context of critical business functions.

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Practical Hands-on Learning

Understand Digital Transformation in the Leadership context and gain practical and hands-on experience through an Integrative Project.

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Experience the Campus

Attend 2 on-campus sessions of 3 days each at IIM Lucknow’s Noida campus and Lucknow campus respectively, to interact with faculty and fellow participants as well as experience the prestigious campus.

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Executive Alumni Status

Opportunity to earn the prestigious Executive Alumni status of IIM Lucknow upon successful completion of the programme.

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Completion Certificate

On clearing the evaluation criteria, get awarded with a Certificate of Completion from IIM Lucknow.

Syllabus

  • Understanding ESG and Sustainability Issues for Leadership
  • Leadership Communication
  • Finance for Decision Making
  • Unleashing Leadership Potential
  • Essentials of Marketing for Leaders
  • Strategy for Leaders
  • Data Driven Decision Making
  • New Technologies and Impact on Operations and Supply Chain
  • Role of Agile in Digital Transformation
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Management of Change
  • HR Analytics
  • Strategies for Platform Businesses
  • Creativity and Innovation for Leaders
  • Crisis Communication and Persuasion in Digital Era
  • Technology Driven Business Model Innovations
  • Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence
  • Leveraging technology for Internal Transformations
  • Integrative Project

This program includes 2 campus modules of 3 days each, the first to be held at IIM Lucknow, Noida campus between the 1st and 2nd months of the start of the program and the second to be held at IIM Lucknow, Lucknow campus towards the end of the program The dates for the on-campus modules will be communicated subsequently. Attendance to the campus component is mandatory for all participants. In the event, that the campus module cannot be held due to exigent and unavoidable circumstances, adequate alternate options with regards to the on-campus modules will be made available via online sessions

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Who Should Attend / Eligibility

For Indian Participants - Graduates (10+2+3) or Diploma Holders (only 10+2+3) from a recognized university (UGC/AICTE/DEC/AIU/State Government) in any discipline with minimum 50% marks in Graduation.

For International Participants - Graduation or equivalent degree from any recognized University or Institution in their respective country

Working professionals with a minimum of 8 years of work experience.

Certificate

Successful candidates will receive a Certificate of Successful Completion from IIM Lucknow. You will not qualify for successful Completion if you have COPM less than 50% or/and overall attendance for programme is less than 75%. The applicants unable to complete successfully will receive a Certificate of Participation. However, No Certificate is provided to the candidates with less than 40% attendance.

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Total Programme Fees

INR 3,23,500/- + GST



Option 1

Make the full payment of INR 3,23,500 + GST upfront.

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Option 2

Pay INR 60,000 + GST at the time of registration and avail a loan on the remaining INR  2,63,500 + GST.

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Option 3

Make payments as per the Instalment structure provided below.

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About the institute

Established in 1984, The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, is the fourth in the prestigious IIM family of management schools in India. The establishment of IIMs was envisioned and initiated by the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. It offers courses accredited by AMBA, AACSB, & NIRF. IIM Lucknow is ranked #6 among Management schools in India by NIRF 2023 and also ranked #6 among Top B-Schools in the Government category by IIRF Ranking 2024.
The mission of IIM Lucknow is to improve management systems with regard to business, industry, and public services through the pursuit of excellence in management education, research, consultancy, and training. It aims to be a preeminent center of excellence, generating and imparting knowledge in management and providing socially conscious and globally relevant thought leadership.

IIML moulds its students into value-driven leaders, managers, and global players. It nurtures value-based young leaders who are capable of driving social and economic transformations towards an ethical, just, and sustainable society. It encourages and develops individuals with entrepreneurial spirit and actions capable of solving societal problems through innovative and sustainable business models. The faculty of IIML are teachers in the true sense of the word—people who impart knowledge that is continually updated. The institute undertakes a diverse range of academic activities aimed at the creation, dissemination, and application of management knowledge and practice. It is an ideal setup conducive to learning, accessibility, and excellence.
FAQ

In today’s context of people’s demographics, automated processes, a connected world and changed aspirations, the previous management literature, practices, tools and techniques need a complete revamp. There is a clear felt need of redefining the concept, and its practice to deal with the new set of challenges due to digitization and massive disruption arising out of this. This program from IIM Lucknow is conceptualized to address this critical need of leaders and managers who are ready to take on the challenge of not only to make the organizations survive but to make it grow manifold. This programme will offer insight into theories and application of leadership with an emphasis on learning knowledge, skills and values. The programme intends to be participative with a lot of reflections/assessments into one’s own style of leadership thus, providing opportunities to identify specific areas of improvement.

This Advanced Programme in Leadership in the Digital Era is an online program and classes for this program are live, virtual and Instructor-led.

The Advanced Programme in Leadership in the Digital Era extends over a duration of approximately 9 months. All the live classes will be conducted on Sunday afternoons. 

This curriculum for the Advanced Programme in Leadership in the Digital Era course is designed and curated by IIM Lucknow. After completing the course, you will receive certificate of completion/ participation from IIM Lucknow.

This programme is offered by IIM Lucknow in partnership with Veranda HigherEd. All aspects related to admissions, coordination, student relations and support will be managed by Veranda HigherEd.

The live classes for this course will be held on Sundays from 02:00 pm to 05:15 pm IST.

Access to recorded session is governed by the internal policy of the respective Institute and is not guaranteed. Therefore, it is recommended that participants attend all the scheduled live sessions of the programme to gain full benefits of live classes and real time interactions.

The classes for the Advanced Programme in Leadership in the Digital Era will be conducted by eminent faculty from IIM Lucknow. This course may also include some sessions delivered by Industry professionals as deemed appropriate by the Institute.

Yes. IIM Lucknow’s Advanced Program in Leadership in the Digital Era follows a hands-on approach for teaching crucial leadership skills and values to the participants. In this course, participants will be exposed to practical and crucial skills that a new-age leader should possess and develop. This is a highly participative course with built-in reflections and assessments into one’s own style of leadership. It provides the participants with the opportunities to identify specific areas of improvement. Besides this, the pedagogy also comprises a balanced mix of lectures, case studies, live-corporate examples and general discussions.

In a digital transformation era, companies are forced to revamp their leadership programs and produce competent leaders who are well-versed with the emerging technologies of Industry 4.0. IIM Lucknow’s Advanced Program in Leadership in the Digital Era is tailor-made for experienced professionals and aims at providing a platform to the participants to identify specific areas of improvement and prepare themselves to take on the challenge of not only to make the organizations survive but to make it grow manifold. This program will help experience leaders redefine their concepts and skills to deal with the new set of challenges due to digitization and massive disruption arising out of it. The participative and interactive pedagogy of the course will allow the participants to interact and share the experience with other leaders and gain new skills.

This programme is conducted in a live and virtual mode and therefore participants are expected to begin and complete the programme with the rest of the batch and so this programme needs to be completed within the specified duration i.e. 9 months – as per the schedule published from time to time during the course of the programme.

No, this is an executive certificate programme, especially curated for working professionals, offered by IIM Lucknow in partnership with Veranda HigherEd.

Upon successful completion of the program, participants will gain an Executive Alumni status of IIM Lucknow. This Alumni status will benefit the candidates in numerous ways. These benefits include receipt of all programme brochures and newsletters from IIM Lucknow, lifelong access to a network of distinguished IIM Lucknow Executive Alumni, onsite access to the IIM Lucknow Campus Library, 10% group discount on the fee for reference of participants, 10% discount in fee for any additional open and online program.

  • For Indian Participants - Graduates (10+2+3) or Diploma Holders (only 10+2+3) from a recognized university (UGC/AICTE/DEC/AIU/State Government) in any discipline with minimum 50% marks in Graduation.
  • For International Participants - Graduation or equivalent degree from any recognized University or Institution in their respective country.
  • Working professionals with a minimum of 8 years of work experience.

This program is specifically designed for working professionals at the senior management level as well as middle management executives who are ready for career progression into the next level.

IIM Lucknow’s Advanced Programme in Leadership in the Digital Era has been specifically designed for experienced professionals who want to enhance and advance their skills and achieve their organizational goals. A minimum of 8 years of work experience is a prerequisite for this course.

Speak to Veranda HigherEd’s Program Advisors to know more about the program and how it will benefit your career progression goals. The Program Advisor/Admission Manager at Veranda will do a preliminary eligibility check with the interested candidates. This may include for initial scrutiny against specified eligibility criteria like educational qualifications, years of experience, details of current employment and proficiency in English amongst others. Once eligibility has been established, qualifying candidates may register online at and proceed to pay the first Instalment or the full program fee online. Candidates will also be required to furnish soft copies of necessary documents for validation and selection. Candidates will be required to pay the program fee as per the options chosen by the candidate. If you have any questions about the kind of supporting documents that needs to be uploaded, please speak with our Program Advisor/ Admission Manager who will be able to guide you through the process. All the information and documentation provided by you at the time of enrolment will be duly verified by Veranda and the Institute and if it is determined that the information and/or documentation provided by you is inadequate and/or does not substantiate the entry requirements and prerequisite criteria to the course, then your enrolment to the course will be cancelled with immediate effect and you may run the risk of forfeiting the fee paid.

You can email the Admissions Office at admissions@verandahighered.com or call your Program Advisor or Admissions Manager.

In order to secure admission to this programme, you will be required to submit soft copies of the following documents

•     Passport size photograph

•     ID proof (Copy of Adhaar card, driving licence, passport or similar)

•     Copy of Degree Certificate and Marksheet as available

•     Declaration of details of work experience as mandated

Indian participants will need to pay Rs.3,23,500 + GST as programme fee. Participants residing outside India will be required to pay USD 5400 as programme fees. 

The programme fee includes your application fee, tuition charges for all live and synchronous sessions, learning materials, case studies, class exercises, assessment charges/exam fees, one time Executive Alumni status registration fee as well as the boarding and lodging charges during the 3 day on campus component.

While the campus immersion fee along with the boarding and lodging charges are included as a part of the program fee, the actual travel related expense will need to be borne by you.

Yes, Veranda has tied up with a financial service providers. Should you require any assistance with financial loans, our Program Advisor/Admission Manager will be happy to support you with the guidelines for the same. However, the decision to grant the loan will depend on the adequacy of documents submitted and will be at the sole discretion of the respective financing agency/bank. The loan itself will be based on a mutual agreement exclusively between you and the financing agency/bank and Veranda will have no role whatsoever in this financing arrangement between the two parties. In order to proceed with the loan, you will need to complete your online registration with Veranda, pay the Instalment 1 amount and share the necessary documents for validations.

Yes, if your credit or debit card has a payment through EMI option enables, you can choose an EMI option at the time of paying through your credit or debit card. We also have other financing options offered through other financial service providers that you may wish to consider. For more information, reach out to our Program Advisor/ Admissions Manager.

The programme fee includes an Application Fee of Rs.1,500 + GST / USD 25 that is non refundable. Requests for refund of fees on account of cancellation of enrolment shall be considered only if such requests are received prior to closure of registration or 21 days before the commencement date of programme whichever is earlier. In the event of valid requests for refund of fees are received in the above specified timeframe, the application money shall be refunded after deducting a penalty of INR 5,000 + GST / USD 125 (Administrative Charges). In all other cases, no refund shall be made.

Veranda, in partnership with an Institute, where applicable, reserves the right to cancel courses at any time owing to reasons like insufficient enrolments, trainer indisposition, pandemic related or force majeure events. In the event that Veranda or the Institute cancels a scheduled course, the participant will receive full fee refund for the same. All refunds, in such cases, will be processed within 30 days from intimation of refund approvals by Veranda.

The Application Fee of Rs.1,500 + GST / USD 25 is non refundable. Valid requests for refund of fees on account of cancellation of enrolment by the participant shall be considered only if such requests are received at least 21 days prior to class start of the programme. On receipt of such valid requests for refund of fees, the down payment or fee paid shall be refunded after deducting a penalty of Rs.5000 for Indian participants & USD 125 for foreign participants. All refunds, in such cases, will be processed within 30 days of receipt of a valid refund request. In all other cases, no refund shall be made.

No, in the normal course, we do not encourage transfers to subsequent batches as it impacts your learning and career goals. Additionally, batches are monitored by the institute and are run as per their standards. However, in exceptional & compelling circumstances, you may raise your concern and transfer request with your Student Relationship Manager (SRM) who will present your case to the Institute for approval. You will be eligible to transfer to a subsequent batch if and only if the request is explicitly approved by the Institute(s). Do note that such batch transfer requests needs to be made at least 21 days prior to the commencement of the program

In the event that your transfer request to a subsequent batch is approved, any amount paid by you within the current financial year shall be considered as advance payment towards the next batch. However, you will be required to pay the following additional charges

  • A Batch Transfer fee of Rs.5900
  • Differential amount of fees if there is a difference in the program fee between the 2 batches
  • Actual costs for tools/simulations/licences or learning materials – as determined by the Institute.
  • If the batch transfer request is approved more than one financial year apart, only the base fee paid will be considered as advance payment towards the next batch. The tax component will not be adjusted towards the applicable for the current batch you are being transferred to.

Under compelling circumstances, if batch transfer approval is given by the Institute after completion of certain modules in the current batch, then participants will need to re-register by paying a re-registration fee of Rs.25000 + GST payable to IIM Lucknow.

You can attend the live classes of this programme using a laptop or desktop with basic specifications. However, in order to optimize your learning experience we recommend that you have the following,

  • Internet speed of 1 Mbps minimum (preferable wired connection).
  • Supporting OS – Window 7, Window 8, Widows 10, Safari & Mac OS.
  • Recommended Browser – Google Chrome and Firefox
  • Recommended Device – Laptop or Desktop (Avoid using Mobile or Ipad)
  • Functional web cam, microphone and speaker enabled on your laptop/desktop
  • Latest Adobe flash player should be installed in your system.

Once your admission to the programme is confirmed, dedicated Student Relationship Manager (SRM) will be assigned to you and you may direct all your queries and questions related to the content and delivery to you assigned SRM. Alternately, since the classes are all live and virtual, you will also have the opportunity to raise your academics related questions and doubts with the faculty either real time during the class or offline through our LMS. 

Any queries you have regarding the programme or the admission process may be directed to our Admissions team. Once your enrolment to a programme is confirmed, a dedicated Student Relationship Manager (SRM) will be assigned to you and you may raise all subsequent queries and clarifications with the assigned SRM.

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