The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML) was set up by the Government of India in 1984 as an autonomous body. IIM Lucknow’s mission is to be a global, socially conscious and integrated school of management, contributing towards management development in India and abroad.

IIM Lucknow is an integrated institute delivering a wide range of long term post graduate educational programmes in Management such as the Post Graduate Programme in Management, (PGPM), the Post graduate programme in Agri Business, and the One year Residential International Programme in Management for Executives (IPMX) and the Three Year Part Time Post Graduate Programme in Management also known as the WMP or Working Manager’s programme. It also runs the doctoral programme viz., the Fellow Programme in Management (FPM). It also offers intermediate to short term training and management development programmes (MDP) IIM Lucknow. It is also a leading center for research, and consulting services involving policy and corporate strategies.

The Indian economy at this stage of rapid change and globalization has a great need for managerial talent that will help drive the change. There is an urgent need for executives at the middle and senior levels to contribute, and lead the evolution of organisations in response to this change. The focus of Noida campus is on the needs of this particular group of management talent.

The NOIDA campus of IIML is evolving as a leading center in the area of executive education, research, industry interaction and training. Its vision has evolved from the IIML mission, with a focus on mid-career, executive level management education, training, research and dissemination.

The WMP is the first long term programme launched at Noida Campus to leverage IIML’s resources for catalyzing change through intensive mid-career long term educational programmes. The IPMX is also based at Noida Campus.

The NOIDA Campus of IIML is housed in a 20-acre site at Sector 62 in NOIDA. The classes of the WMP are being held at the modern, state of the art Academic Block, which houses the lecture halls and program office. The Campus also provides students of the residential IPMX program appropriate hostel accommodation on campus. The other Blocks on the Campus comprise a well-equipped library, a modern computer centre, mess facilities, an executive hostel for management development program participants, and sports facilities such as a gymnasium, tennis and basketball courts, table tennis, badminton etc. The cafeteria is a popular recourse for students including the WMP participants, who want a bite in between or ahead of classes on Campus, after a full day at work. The verdant green Campus provides the perfect setting for the student community to get together, for group studies, sharing resources and learning and for events which bring the various program participants together in cultural and other spheres of activity.

As part of the mission of NOIDA campus, in July 2005 IIM Lucknow launched the Three Year (Part Time) Post-Graduate Programme in Management for Working Executives, also popularly known as Working Managers’ Programme (WMP).
The Eight batch would commence on 28th June, 2012.

The WMP is a uniquely designed program 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 program is structured to meet the learning needs and methodologies of those who continue to work, and engage in formal education simultaneously. The program is designed to maintain the high standards and rigour expected from all post graduate programs in management at IIM Lucknow.

It aims at developing strong conceptual fundamentals and skills required to mange businesses of the future. The WMP aims to help to inculcate leadership and teamwork amongst participants, and foster the development of change agents to take leadership roles in the global area. The 27 month program has over thirty credits worth of courses which must be successfully completed.

On successful completion of the Program students would be awarded the following:

The WMP is run over nine terms of twelve weeks each, over 27 months. First and second academic year has four terms each. However, the third academic year has only one term. In the first five terms, a student is required to complete specified number of compulsory course credits called core courses. The last four terms involve elective courses, where students may choose from three to four elective courses every term to obtain 13 credits of coursework. Each credit of coursework involves thirty hours of classroom contact.

The normal time to complete the requirements for the Post-Graduate Diploma in Management for Working Executives is 27 months. However, students who fail to meet the prescribed minimum attendance or academic standards due to extenuating circumstances may be allowed two more continuous years if WMP committee so recommends, and can complete the Program in five years maximum overall duration.

During Terms VII to IX, students taking a term break can rejoin in the same year in the next term and obtain required credit with students of junior batch during subsequent terms in the same year. Since Term IX ends in September every year, two more terms of course can be availed for obtaining the required credits within the same academic year. Pacing out of program can also be done if student declares prior to the Term (during Terms VII-IX), that only two credits will be attempted in the coming term. Students with a break during the first six terms, need to rejoin in the next academic year.

Thursdays and Fridays: 6.15 pm - 9.30 pm; Saturdays: 2.30 pm - 9.30 pm.

A 10-point letter grade scale from A+ (10 Points) to F (0 point) is finally used in each course to measure academic performance. At the end of each term a Term Grade Point Average (TGPA) to reflect the Term performance and Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) as a composite index to reflect the cumulative performance of a student up to that Term are calculated. There are three to four credits of course work in each term. At the end of first academic year, and subsequently at the end of each Term, a student’s academic performance must be above the minimum required CGPA to be eligible for promotion to the next year or term.

Electives are offered from all the functional areas such as Marketing, Finance and Accounts, Strategy, Operations, Information Management, Human Resources, etc. Students have to obtain at least thirteen course credits from elective courses. Four electives from a given area are required to specialize in that area, in addition to the general management focus of the overall program. In keeping that focus, though the first two graduating batches have shown an average subscription of around four courses in strategy, finance or marketing, they have also opted for courses in HR and operations, IT and other general management areas such as carbon markets, to fulfill their own unique needs and desired blend of management skills.

The WMP is run over nine terms. The term fee is Rupees Ninety Thousand only (Rs 90,000/-) payable at the start of each term. Total fee for the program would be Rupees Eight Lakhs Ten Thousand only (Rs 8,10,000/-).

In addition to this, there would be an Alumni Membership Fee of Rupees Five thousand only (Rs. 5,000/-) paid as a onetime fee, during the first term registration. Further, candidates also need to deposit an additional amount of Rupees Fifteen thousand only (Rs.15,000/-) as a refundable security deposit, payable at the time of admission. This would be refunded after deduction of any dues/liabilities at the time of leaving the program. The Convocation fee of Rupees Five thousand only (Rs. 5,000/-) would be payable at the beginning of the Ninth term, in addition to the requisite term fees.

Since this programme is designed for the Working Managers, the Institute will not offer any placement facility to students.

It has been observed that students across the batches have on average seven years work experience. The experience ranges from the minimum of three years as required by the program admission criterion, to over twenty years. The industries represented by the students is a rich mix of manufacturing, IT, services, etc., across multiple functional domains, and from private, public sector and government organizations, as well as professionals and entrepreneurs, across various levels of organizational responsibility including general management and senior/top management levels. They bring in the wide variety of perspectives that are strength of this executive post graduate program, and lead to an invigorating and challenging exchange of ideas.