INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, BANGALORE
PG Program in
Software Enterprise Management (PGSM)
The Programme
The Post-Graduate Program in Software Enterprise
Management (PGSM) leading to a Post-Graduate Diploma in Software Enterprise
Management is an executive management education program designed for the
specific needs of professionals working in the software and information
technology industry in India. The program is run under the aegis of the Centre
for Software Management (CSM). The CEOs and/or top executives of companies that
have provided endowment to the CSM (referred to as partner companies) are on the
advisory board of the CSM to ensure that the program is in tune with the needs
of the industry. The current partner companies are Motorola India Electronics
Pvt. Ltd., Oracle India Pvt. Ltd., Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd., Sun
Micro Systems India Pvt. Ltd. and Wipro Technologies.
The PGSM endeavors to provide the most current executive management education to
middle and senior professionals of the information technology industry who seek
to pursue a career in management. The program aims to transform professionals
with strong technical knowledge to business leaders with equally strong
management knowledge and a global perspective. IIMB is proud to have partnered
the Indian information technology industry on its journey to becoming a dominant
force in the global market.
The modular design of the program allows participants to tailor (within certain
parameters) the sequence of courses. After completion of the first year,
participants have the flexibility to be away from the program for one or more
quarters if necessitated by work-related assignments. This would, however, lead
to a situation where a participant will take longer than three academic years to
complete the program. Each participant is required to complete the stipulated
credits of the program within a maximum of six academic years.
The PGSM has been structured around ten broad themes. Each theme consists of a
set of core courses, which every participant is expected to take as part of the
requirements of the diploma, and some electives. The core courses are
distributed in the first year and the first quarter of the second year of the
program. In addition to the core and elective courses, participants are required
to do a compulsory 3-credit individual project on any industry of interest in
order to gain domain experience. They can also do one 3-credit project course.
Participants
Profile
The profile of the participants reflects the desire
of a wide cross-section of software professionals to acquire managerial
knowledge. They consist of women and men with work experience ranging from two
years to over fifteen years. The companies they work for include small
entrepreneurial firms to some of the largest software companies in India.
