Post Graduate Programme - Human Resource Management

Fierce competition and the need for continuous change has created a critical role for HR professionals in business organizations. MDI in collaboration with National HRD Network offers PGP-HR, a unique programme to develop HR professionals with well-rounded business perspective.

Objectives

• Global sensitivity and mindset.
• Holistic business perspective
• Capability to manage uncertainty and complexity
• Capability to lead change
• Capability to create wealth, and
• Capability to manage diversity.

The PGP-HR prepares candidates for HR careers in industry and services. It develops capabilities in all the three domains - knowledge, attitude and competencies. The programme is designed to:

• Prepare well-rounded business managers rather than HR managers alone.Students are given a holistic grounding in management with heavy accent on HR.
• Emphasis on action and performance, rather than concept and input focus alone..
• Give appreciation of business realities, demands and challenges and their role in this scheme, through in-company internships.
• Provide appreciation of cross-cultural issues through exposure to international students as well as interaction with corporate executives with trans-continental experience.
• To develop change management competencies.

Through a mentoring process (attachment with corporate role models/the Industry Acharya's/Gurus), the students are shaped to 'hit the ground running' when they take on their first job.

Programme Structure

The programme will be spread over six terms, each of three months. Thirty nine credit courses will be offered during this period. The first four terms will be devoted to core courses encompassing various managerial functions, essential for HR managers to develop into future business partners. The balance terms will focus on inputs in HR and OB with a mix of core courses and electives. Students have the advantage of interacting with distinguished industry mentors, their Industry Acharya s/Gurus who along with internal faculty mentors will sculpt their leadership competencies, groom and guide them.