Program Overview

IIM Calcutta's Executive Programme in Strategic Human Resource Management (EPSHRM) not only reinforces participants' HRM knowledge at an operational level but also nurtures a strategic perspective. This comprehensive program delves into key HRM principles, policies, and practices, equipping you for future roles. The curriculum initially covers HRM fundamentals, employee/industrial relations, leadership, talent management, and organizational culture. It then explores the basics of business and corporate strategy and their connection to HRM. Additionally, the program addresses pertinent general management topics and contemporary issues such as international HRM, platform economy worker management, evolving employee/industrial relations, HR Analytics, and the dynamics of millennial workers.

Course Content

  • Planning and executing recruitment and selection for different positions

  • Performance management for goal alignment, motivation, and development

  • Reward and compensation design to attract, retain, and motivate employees

  • Labour laws and its impact on businesses/organizations

  • Designing and running assessment/developmental centres

  • Developing competency framework

  • Implementing 360-degree feedback processes

  • Managing change

  • Transactional and transformational leadership

  • Understanding and mapping leadership styles (personality, big 5)

  • Employee engagement

  • Developing your teams

  • Learning, coaching, and mentoring

  • Structural choices for effective organizational outcomes

  • Organisation culture and its impact on organizational outcomes

  • Cross-cultural challenges

  • Strategy versus operations distinctions

  • Strategy formulation

  • Industry-level analysis

  • Competitive strategy

  • Resource-based view on firms

  • Value chain analysis

  • Planned versus emergent strategies

  • Universal, contingency, and configurational views on SHRM

  • Aligning HRM policies to the business strategies/organizational goals – Cost leadership, innovation, technology, differentiation on services, or quality

  • Fit/alignment analysis framework – Horizontal fit and vertical fit

  • Horizontal fit – HRM system properties of complementarities

  • Vertical fit – Balanced scorecard framework

  • HRM Flexibility to manage VUCA environment

  • Creating HR (Real) options to manage VUCA environment

  • Conglomerates versus standalone businesses – SHRM issues

  • HRM issues in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) – Due diligence of HRs and cultural integration

  • HRM issues in managing joint ventures (JVs) – Managing marriage of equals

  • International HRM – Institutional and cultural analytical framework

  • Managing expatriation and repatriation challenges

  • HRM issues in global production chains

  • Global institutional frameworks – WTO vs ILO; rights vs interests debate

  • Analytics in HRM – statistics

  • Understanding financial statements

  • Contemporary issues in HRM – GIG economy and workers, contemporary concerns for work and workers

  • Application of emerging technologies to HRM processes – AI, Chatbots, and so on

  • Psychometrics in HRM

  • Designing and implementing experiential learning and development exercises

  • DEI or ESG issues

Course Details

Mode of Study

Live Online with Campus Exposure

Class schedule

Sundays 12:15 p.m. to 03:15 p.m.

Campus classes

5-Day, on-campus immersion at IIM Calcutta

Duration of the Program

12 Months

Who this program is for?

  • Middle and top-level managers with at least seven years of work/industry experience

  • HRM background is not necessary

Eligibility Criteria

  • Bachelor’s degree (10+2+3 or 10+2+4) or equivalent or 2-year Master’s degree or its equivalent from institutions or universities recognised by UGC/AICTE/AIU/DEB

  • Candidates should have 50% or higher in graduation to be eligible. Marks for all (3 or 4) years to be included for calculating graduation percentage

  • Those candidates who have less than 50% marks in graduation but have more than 50% marks in post-graduation (from a recognised university) are also eligible for the programme

  • Candidates should be working at the time of filling the application form

  • Candidates should have a minimum of seven (7) years of full-time paid experience at the time of application, which should be after the graduation degree/qualifying degree is complete

  • Final selection will be done by IIM Calcutta

Selection Criteria

  • Participants will be selected based on their application and overall profile

  • Select applicants may be interviewed by Programme Directors, if required

Does this program comes with Alumni Status?

Yes

Important Dates

Application Deadline 22nd Oct 2023
Program Start Date 14th Jan 2024

Fees Details

Application Fees INR 15,000
Program Fees INR 4,50,000

Fees Notes

*GST (currently @ 18%) will be additional as applicable. **Processing Fee of ₹15,000 includes ₹10,400 towards the Registration Fee and ₹4,600 towards the Programme Fee. ***Campus Stay – Candidates to be accommodated on the campus on a twin-sharing basis In case the Applicant’s profile is rejected by IIM Calcutta then the initial amount paid at the time of registration shall be refunded subject to a deduction of ₹2,500 by way of administrative charges. All fees are payable to Times Edutech Events Limited (TEEL). Any extra payment due to any change in any of the applicable taxes during the tenure of the programme will have to be borne by the students

Certificate Details
  • Candidates who meet the minimum attendance criteria and do not receive 'Poor' grades in more than two courses will receive a 'Certificate of Completion' and the course-wise grades obtained will be mentioned in the certificate.

  • Candidates who meet the minimum attendance criteria but receive 'Poor' grades in more than two courses will receive a 'Certificate of Participation'. In such cases, the grade will not be mentioned in the certificate.

  • Successful participants will also be accorded IIM Calcutta Executive Education Alumni status

Sample Certificate

Key points about this program.
  • Designed to equip managers with global best practices in HRM

  • Campus immersion module of 5 days

  • Three-hour sessions held once a week by faculty and industry experts

  • Unique blend of multidisciplinary subjects

  • IIM Calcutta Executive Education Alumni status

Apply By: 22nd Oct 2023
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About the Institute

The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) is a public business school located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was the first IIM to be established in India and is consistently ranked as one of the top management institutes in the country and Asia. IIMC offers various postgraduate, doctoral, and executive education programs in management. The institute is known for its rigorous academic curriculum, case-based learning approach, and strong industry connections. It has a diverse student body and faculty, and a strong alumni network consisting of successful business leaders and entrepreneurs.

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