IIM Ahmedabad launches course on Bhagvad Gita for corporates, to teach management, leadership

Ahmedabad, November 10: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad has launched the first-of-its-kind executive programme on 'Understanding Bhagavad Gita' for corporate professionals to teach management lessons.

 

 

The objective of the programme is to gain insights into ethics and values to promote meaningful impact in organisations and strengthen concepts of contemporary management and value-based leadership. 

As per the IIM-A website, "Lessons from Bhagavad Gita suggest powerful ways to promote management practises that are consistent with the business model and yet ethical." This course focuses on early reflections on those learnings. The course will also enable participants to develop competence to face challenging times in their career with aplomb and confidence. The programme aims to sensitise them on ways to develop themselves into effective leaders in the corporate world."

As per the website, the programme fee is Rs 64,000 and the registration for the same closes on November 29. The program that will commence from December 13 will include lessons and chapters from Gita to ‘to explore contemporary management concepts, conflicts, dilemmas, and trade-offs in business.’

 

 

The course has been divided into 06 sessions of 03 hours each.  The major areas that IIM-A will cover during the programme include:

Values and ethics – Lessons from Bhagavad Gita

Understanding behavioural orientation

Understanding role, role conflict and outcome

Essence of leadership excellence

Managing self – A journey towards excellence and happiness

The programme is intended for professionals and aspiring learners who would want to learn management techniques in decision making, leadership, motivation, strategy planning, negotiation, persuasion, and building teams. The applicants for the programme should have more than 5 years of work experience.