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Ahmedabad, October 15 The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is all set to introduce a new course for senior managers of multi-national companies and entrepreneurs from next January. The programme will be launched in collaboration with the Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.The programme will aim to “enhance the capabilities of leaders to innovate, succeed and grow their business in the global economy.”

According to IIM sources, the course is also targeted at exploring “new models of organisation and leadership in an inter-connected world.”

Keeping in mind the multi-cultural environment of the present day corporate world, the programme will also build the capacity of the participants in this direction.

Named the ‘Global Leaders Programme: Growing and innovating in a flat world,’ it is divided into two eight-day modules separated by a short inter-session.The first module will be held at IIM-A, while the second one will be held at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

“With the global interest on the Indian economy rising, this is the right time to offer such cross-cultural courses,” said IIM-A Director Samir Barua. “We are offering quite a few such courses. By doing this, we are not only exposing the Indian entrepreneurs and managers to the global scenario, but also helping the managers from other countries to understand the management scenario in the Indian socio-economic milieu,” he added.

IIM-A faculty member Deepti Bhatnagar will coordinate the course at Ahmedabad, while S Vishwanathan will be doing the same at Durham.

The course fee is 21,000 dollars (Rs 10.2 lakh approx).

It may be noted that the IIM-A had tied up with the Fuqua School of Business to design open enrolment programmes for executive education for the global market in 2006.

Duke had preferred IIM-A over its Chinese counterparts due to a higher number of multi-national companies and a high standard of management education in India.

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Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/IIM-A-comes-up-with–cross-cultural-course–for-senior-executives–entrepreneurs/373996