VALUE BASED LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
A Larger Purpose
The idea of a larger purpose to business and an inner voice that might guide managers in their key decisions carries deep
implications for modern day management, particularly at a time when questions are being raised about the current
models of business rooted in the Western ideas of growth centred on a material and acquisitive mindset.
Amid economic uncertainty, B-schools across the globe are also grappling with questions around the role of business in
society and how managers might deliver amid rising aspirations, shrinking resources and increasing disparity.
And as people spend more time at work and in their organisations, there are disconcerting signals on issues concerning
mental peace, happiness and questions on the purpose of a life mired in stressful situations.
At SPJIMR, we have set out a different path that can help resolve three apparent contradictions that face us:
Ÿ A synthesis of the Western emphasis on efficiency (individualistic, with a concern for the ends) with Eastern values and
ethos (societal, with an equally important emphasis on the means)
Ÿ Coexistence of collaborative and competitive modes which strive for individual excellence and yet reinforce a group
culture
Ÿ Retaining a motivation for material advancement but balanced with sensitivity to the idea of social justice.
We have long recognised the importance of Eastern ideas in addition to Western theories for addressing pedagogic
challenges. We work to influence and shape attitudes of MBA students to strengthen social, moral and ethical dimensions
of their personality.
Our five pedagogic innovations under the Leadership Development Programme are designed to shape a positive attitude
among participants with an approach that
Ÿ Promotes management and development of the self
Ÿ Enhances inter and intra personal skills
Ÿ Develops societal consciousness, welfare and harmony
ŸEnhancing EQ and SQ
ŸLearning Administration - The
ŸCoping with Unfavorable
Art of Getting Things Done
The
Science of
Spirituality
ADMAP
ŸWorking in an Unstructured
Situation
ŸDeveloping Sensitivity to Rural
Society
DOCC/Social
Projects
Required
Courses in
the 1st Year
Circumstances
Personal
Growth Lab
ŸUnderstanding Self
and Interpersonal
Group Dynamics
Abhyudaya
ŸLearning mentoring skills
ŸDeveloping sensitivity to
urban poverty
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