The Working Managers' Programme (WMP)

About IIM Lucknow-

The Indian Institute of Management Lucknow is an autonomous public business school in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was established in 1984 as the fourth Indian Institute of Management by the Government of India. IIM Lucknow offers post-graduate diploma, fellowship and executive programs in management

About the Programme-

At its NOIDA Campus, IIM Lucknow offers Working Managers' Programme (WMP), which is a Two-Year Post-Graduate Programme for Working Executives. The WMP is a uniquely designed programme for working executives, entrepreneurs and professionals, who desire to enhance their managerial knowledge and skills through formal management education while continuing to work full time in their ongoing professions/businesses.

The programme is structured to meet the learning needs and methodologies in such a way that one can continue to work and engage in formal education simultaneously. The programme maintains the high standards and rigor as in all postgraduate programmes in management at IIM Lucknow. It aims at developing strong conceptual fundamentals and skills required to manage businesses of the future. The WMP helps to inculcate leadership amongst participants, and foster the development of change agents to take top roles in the global business arena.

After the inception of WMP in 2005, eleven batches are graduated. WMP alumni today are serving with distinction in senior business positions across the globe and playing the influential roles in their organizations.

On successful completion of the programme, the students get Post-Graduate Diploma in Management For Working Executives.

The specific objectives of the programme are to enable the executives to:

• Comprehend the meaning of socio-economic, technological and ecological environment of modern societies and their characteristic values;
• Acquire the prevailing state-of-art knowledge and skills in the functional areas of management;
• Develop analytical and innovative foresight to gauge change holistically, and to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of business systems;
• Value societal well-being and the responsibility of corporate citizens.

Structure-

WMP is a two-year programme; the first year consists of four terms and the second year consists of three terms. Students come to IIM Lucknow, NOIDA Campus on Friday afternoon and go back on Sunday afternoon, every alternative weekend. Each term, leaving Term-5, has 7 visits distributed over 3 months' period, approximately; Term-5 has 5 campus visits on alternate weekends and a two-week International Module.

Eligibility Criteria-

• Executives with Bachelor’s degree in any discipline or an equivalent academic pursuit (i.e., 10+2+3), with a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent CGPA;
• Score on any one of the following test
• GMAT score for test taken during January 16, 2014 – January 15, 2019;
• CAT / XAT / GATE score for the test taken in year 2017 onward;
• WMP Entrance Exam scheduled during last week of January 2019 at IIML Noida Campus;
• A minimum of 3 years of full-time post-qualification (after graduation) managerial/ professional experience as on March 31, 2019; (Experience Certificate or Pay Slips would be required as proof)

Last date of submission of completed application           January 15, 2019

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