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Admission criteria and process
- Open to only those holding a job or those who are self-employed
- The full 100-lesson course leading to a PG diploma is open only to graduates
- Diplomas and shorter certificate courses are open to non-graduates if
recommended by the employer
- All applicants, whether they are sponsored by their employers or not,
have to submit the prescribed application form duly completed along with proof of
employment and qualifications
- Fees are to be paid upfront along with the application form
- Admitted candidates are advised of the mandatory learning sequence:
V —> A —> T – iterative if required
- Admitted candidates are intimated right in the beginning of the definite
time schedule and time table for receipt of kits, submission and return of evaluated
assignments, feedback and tentative schedule for contact programmes and examinations
Delivery
- The normal mode of delivery is by courier. Also electronically on corporate
LANs
- Courseware is delivered as kits of four lessons each in VAT
- The normal rate of delivery is one kit, of four lessons per month
- four lessons per month would entail a self study load of 4–5 hours
per week or 20 hours per month
- Assignments delivered every 2 months. To be completed and submitted
in 4 weeks
- Evaluated assignments are returned to the students within a month of
receipt
- Each student is supplied a set of standard text books
Learning tools and assignments
- Objective: An assignment is essentially a learning
tool. The fact that it appears to be a testing tool is incidental
- Frequency: There is one assignment to be completed every alternate
month. The assignment is delivered by courier along with the study kit or else it
is delivered electronically on the Internet or on the Intranet
- Structure: A typical assignment has two parts
PART-A comprises objective and semi-objective questions. The questions
draw on current happenings in business and industry as reported by the business
press, thus keeping the programme continually refreshed. The student has to either
apply theory to the extracted caselets to suggest solutions or cull theory out of
the caselets. Other questions test general awareness and the ability to distinguish
signal in noise
PART-B is qualitative in nature and calls for general reading in
combination with the theory learned to debate the issues raised. Fosters the ability
to combine clarity with brevity by ensuring that the answers are written in limited
space
- Time criticality: A student has to submit an assignment
within about 4 weeks of receipt. The cut-off date is clearly indicated
- Feedback tutorial: The evaluated assignment is returned
to the student along with a tutorial suggesting the right approach, viz. every question
- Performance tracking – motivation: Along with
the evaluated assignment the student also receives a batch performance histogram,
viz. every question. Knowing how he or she has performed vis-à-vis others
in the batch serves as a motivator that goes to mpower learning
Doubt clarification
- A prescribed format is to be used either online or offline
- Identifies source of doubt to the manifestation in a particular media-form
- Localizes doubt to a word or phrase or formula or algorithm or example
 - A question
bank, of 70 short questions, which is an intrinsic part of the prescribed format,
helps articulate doubts very clearly. The process assists the student in self-clarification
and understanding
- Doubts reaching B.School are clarified within 8–72 hours
- Fosters the development of a questioning mindset
- Fosters the ability to clearly articulate questions and doubts to mpower
true understanding
Contact sessions, interventions – content, form and mindsets
- 2 days, 7 hours per day, once every 4 months
- Sessions held at five standard locations (metros) and other cluster
sites
- Contact sessions go far beyond doubt clarification. They are more of
mind-expansion sessions than teaching sessions. Progressively they foster the development
of five mindsets: Reflective, Collaborative, Analytical, Directional and Worldly
- Built into the sessions are traps that help the student recognize weaknesses
and unhealthy values
Interventions
- Thought for the Month (TFTM) series of one page epistles/essays relate
commonplace occurrences to management theory
- TFTMs foster the ability to cross apply knowledge
- TFTMs fosters lateral thinking
- Synchronous and asynchronous chat forums are to be created
Testing and Assessment
- Periodic testing through bimonthly assignments (offline and online)
- Assignments carry a weight of 60% (the full 100-lesson programme accommodates
12 assignments)
- Participation at contact programmes carry a weight of 10%
- Final assessment through a final, invigilated, sit down examination
– case analysis
- Cases sent to students 2–3 weeks in advance of the examination.
Questions asked at the time of the examination
- Final examination covering case analysis carries a weight of 30%
- Aggregate required to pass = 60%
* Currently we do not retail the product.
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