Certificate
Programme
in
Management
Essentials
Overview
Effective management is essential
for teams and organisations to drive
successful business outcomes.
However, managers often don’t have
access to the tools and frameworks
necessary to efficiently direct
resources,operations and employees
and get jobs done.
The Management Essentials
programme empowers you with a
strongfoundation in management
principles required to create
business impact.Through ISB’s
distinctive pedagogical approach
that emphasises diverse real-world
examples, you will master the tools
and techniques needed to excel in
three key managerial capabilities:
executive presence, decision-
making andimplementation. These
management principles will help you
enhance theanalytical foundations
to make effective decisions, manage
resources efficiently across multiple
Fees
competing priorities, and work INR 1,65,000 + Taxes
collaboratively within and across
diverse teams to contribute to your Start Date
organisation’s success.
June 29, 2025
Whether you are a new or seasoned
manager, you will take away tangible Duration | Format
skills that will help you effectively 25 weeks | Online
meet the demands of your role or (Self-paced and live virtual)
function tocontribute effectively to
business success.
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Is This
Programme
for You?
Management Essentials aims to equip managers
across a range of industries and functions with the Orientation
knowledge, frameworks and ultimately, mindsets Date
that are solution-driven and process-oriented to June 28, 2025
effectively prioritise andconfidently deliver on
business outcomes.
If you are,
An aspiring entrepreneur or small business
owner, gain a strong understanding of
management principles to make effective
decisions about critical resources and craft
growth strategies in a systematic manner.
An early or mid-career professional, elevate
yourdecision-making and management skills
to effectively manage multiple priorities and
work collaboratively with and influence diverse
stakeholders to get jobs done.
Managing or driving strategic projects, gain the
confidence to efficiently coordinate with multiple
stakeholders, drive change and deliver intended
outcomes.
An aspiring manager, prepare for your future
responsibilities by learning the fundamental
principlesof management to get a head start and
build a persona that stands apart from your peers.
Past Participant Profiles
Top Industries
Technology and IT Services
Consumer and Retail
Manufacturing and Engineering
Leadership
Levels
33%
Individual Contributor
(Executive, Associate, Consultant, etc)
22%
Manager 20%
Senior Manager 15%
Mid-Senior Management
10%
(DGM, GM, Lead, AD, etc)
Senior/Top Management
(AVP,VP,CXO,Founder, etc)
Programme Years of
Alums Work at: Experience
• Infosys Ltd
• Unilever Industries Pvt
Ltd
• Salesforce
• BCG
• Deloitte
• JP Morgan India
• PwC
The Art of
Storytelling
Course Overview
Professor In a world where attention is valuable and scarce, impactful
Mihir Mankad storytelling is the key tounlocking professional success.
Effectively connecting and communicating with your
audience can help you collaborate better, build trust and
resolve conflicts more efficiently. Through this course, you
will learn from examples of public speaking experts and
build the confidence you need to deliver inspiring business
stories that influence your teams positively.
Key Takeaways
• Comprehend the concept and importance of
storytelling
• Discover the tools and mindset required to speak with
greater confidence in public
• Identify the elements of a good story and imbibe
important, practical lessons in storytelling from actual
talks and speeches of famous personalities
Duration
2 Weeks
Experience Free Lesson
TOPICS COVERED
Building Blocks Learn from
for Storytelling Case Studies
Building
Your
Course Overview
Personal
Creating a powerful brand persona can help you stand
Brand out in a crowded professionallandscape and be the key
Professor
differentiator that sets you apart from the competition.
Mihir Mankad While you learn about the theories of brand building, you
will also gain a deeperunderstanding through real-life
examples and case studies of successful personalities.
Key Takeaways
• Apply the fundamentals of brand-building
• Master strategic interview techniques that showcase
your personal brand
• Evaluate the personal brands of celebrities through
case studies
Duration
2 Weeks
TOPICS COVERED
Fundamentals of Building a Strong
Brand Building Personal Brand
Communicating Learn from
Your Brand Case Studies
Critical
Thinking Course Overview
This course will introduce you to canonical decision models
Professor
Deepa Mani and emphasise how despite the availability and knowledge of
data, our understanding of the world, intuition and ultimately,
judgment are significantly influenced by several cognitive
biases. Discover your biases and patterns of thinking and
how you can become a “slower” thinker and better decision-
maker.
Key Takeaways
• Understand various decision-making approaches and
leverage cognitive structures and heuristics
• Recognise biases in decision-making and learn strategies
to mitigate them
• Enhance group decision-making by applying effective
techniques and frameworks
Duration
3 Weeks
TOPICS COVERED
Decision-Making Cognitive Structures
Other Cognitive
Heuristics
Biases
Group
Decision-Making
Effective
Negotiation
and
Persuasion Course Overview
This course will introduce you to essential negotiation
Professor principles and techniques, focusing on how preparation,
Madan Pillutla strategy, and communication drive successful outcomes.
Discover how to navigate the complexities of both
distributive and integrative negotiations, manage difficult
conversations, and resolve conflicts effectively. Learn to
apply negotiation frameworks to achieve your goals and
create value in diverse situations.
Key Takeaways
• Understand and apply tailored frameworks to
negotiate effectively in diverse contexts
• Develop strategies to achieve the dual goals of
negotiation and resolve disputes strategically
• Navigate and enhance team-based negotiation
outcomes to foster collaborative success
Duration
4 Weeks
TOPICS COVERED
Distributive Integrative
Negotiations Negotiations
Dispute
Resolution
Managing
High-
Performance
Course Overview
Teams
In today’s increasingly disrupted business context,
Professor managing high-performance and cross-functional
Ram teams effectively is becoming critical for business and
Nidumolu professionalsuccess. Learn how to create, motivate,
develop, and lead such teams and build your capacity for
innovation, conflict management, and leading with agility
through this course.
Key Takeaways
• Learn the essentials of team management and how to
navigate team development effectively
• Develop strategies to manage conflicts and improve
team decision-making
• Gain insights into leading agile and cross-cultural
teams for enhanced collaboration
Duration
4 Weeks
TOPICS COVERED
Essentialsof Team Effective Team
Management Development
Effective Conflict Managing Agile,
Management Virtual and
and Team Decision Cross-Cultural Teams
Making
Managing Teams
Under Ambiguity
Project
Management Course Overview
In a rapidly evolving business landscape, effective project
Professor management is indispensable for fostering innovation,
Vijaya Sunder M minimising risks, and maximising efficiency. Whether you’re
launching a new product, implementing a change, or driving
any initiative forward, project management serves as the
compass that guides success, making it an essential skill
set for professionals across diverse industries. Develop
your expertise in project management through our guided
course on the science and art of project management, from
initiation, planning, implementation, monitoring and control to
closure.
Key Takeaways
• Understand the foundations of project management and
learn to prioritise and select projects using financial and
multi-criteria methods
• Identify and respond to risks effectively, while managing
resources efficiently
• Learn to navigate execution, with effective governance, to
Duration closure
6 Weeks
TOPICS COVERED
Introduction to Project Project Selection,
Management Prioritisation and
Portfolio Management
Project Initiation Project Planning
(Scope and Schedule
Planning)
Project Planning Project Planning
(Risk Planning) (Resourcing and Budgeting)
Project Governance
Project Execution
and Closure
Leading
Change Course Overview
In today’s fast-paced context, you would often be expected
Professor to bring about small and large changes without having
Ramnarayan S the authority to issue orders or give directives. Yet you
would be expected to bring about changes smoothly and
effectively in your sphere of functioning. How do you
discharge this responsibility? Leading change is both a
logical and rational process. You must pay attention to
multiple aspects. This ability to effectively lead change will
distinguish you as a credible and successful leader.
Key Takeaways
• Understand and apply frameworks to drive change and
implement strategies for sustained transformation
• Recognise the challenges of executing strategies and take
actions to ensure effective implementation
• Learn strategies to foster personal, team, and
organisational resilience and develop leadership skills to
drive successful change initiatives
Duration
4 Weeks
TOPICS COVERED
Foundational Kotter’s Change
Model on Change Framework
Effective Building Personal and
Execution Organisational
Resilience
Change
Leadership Tasks
Programme
Faculty
Professor Mani’s research interests lie at the
intersection of technology, organisation, and
society. Her work has gained recognition due
to her thought leadership on the business and
policy implications of technological innovations
and investments. Her research articles have
been published in top academic journals and are
widelyfeatured in conference proceedings, book
chapters, and popular media outlets.
Deepa Mani
Professor of Information
Systems,
Deputy Dean of Academic
Programmes and Digital
Learning, ISB
Mihir Mankad is a professor of practice at Tufts
University Fletcher School and the Friedman
School of Nutrition. He is a visiting faculty at
the Indian School of Business and Harvard
Business School. He is an expert in Leadership
and Global Communication. His career spans
a rich and diverse array of fields, including
media, management consulting, and non-profit
leadership.
Mihir Mankad
Visiting Faculty,
ISB
Professor Madan Pillutla’s research uses social
and psychological perspectives tounderstand
organisational behaviours. Before joining ISB, he
taught at The LondonBusiness School. He has
won numerous teaching awards at LBS, where
heintroduced the popular negotiations elective
and directed successful executiveeducation
programmes.
Madan Pillutla
Dean and Professor,
Organisational
Behaviour, ISB
Ram Nidumolu has a unique combination of
expertise in B-school professorship,Fortune
500 strategy consulting, C-level executive
experience, Silicon Valley andBengaluru-based
entrepreneurship, and business research. He
was previously a tenure-programme faculty at
the business schools of Santa Clara University
and the University of Arizona. He was also
an affiliated scholar at the Kozmetsky Global
Ram Nidumolu Collaboratory at Stanford University.
Professor of
Organisational Behaviour
(Practice), ISB HEAR FROM FACULTY
Vijaya Sunder is the Academic Director of the
Centre for Business Innovation, an affiliate faculty
at the Max Institute of Healthcare Management,
an Experiential Learning Programme Chair faculty,
and an advisory board member for Executive
Education at ISB. He teaches specialised
management courses for MBA and Executive
MBA, PhD scholars, and business executives.
His research interests include operations
Vijaya Sunder M management, digital transformation, operational
Assistant Professor of excellence, and continuous improvement.
Operations Management,
(Practice), ISB
Ramnarayan S is a Professor of Organisational
Behaviour (Practice) at the Indian School
of Business. Earlier, he was a Professor of
Organisational Behaviour at the Indian Institute
of Management, Ahmedabad, a visiting faculty
member at the Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, Ohio, and a guest professor at the
University of Bamberg, Germany.
Ramnarayan S
Visiting Faculty,
ISB
Programme
Highlights
Deepen Your Learning Enhance Your
Understanding
Enhance your learning experience
with interactive Social Learning Attend MasterClasses featuring
Sessions and Integrative Thinking industry and academic experts
Activities that strengthen critical who share insights on business,
thinking, foster collaboration, and management, and leadership.
empower you to drive meaningful Engage with their experiences
impact within your organisation. and gain inspiration from their
diverse expertise, enhancing the
frameworks learned in your courses.
Participate in Social Learning
Sessions
Join live virtual Social Learning
Sessions moderated by Expert
Programme Leaders. These Strengthen Your Connect
sessions provide an interactive
platform to discuss key concepts, Come together to strengthen
share experiences, and learn from your network and build lifelong
peers and experts, fostering a connections with your cohort in
collaborative learning environment. person at the ISB campus. On
successful completion of the track,
you will be invited for a half-day
session, culminating in a valedictory
on campus.*
Integrative Thinking Activities
Refine your problem-solving
skills and broaden your strategic
mindset. Engage in analyses and
collaborative discussions after each
module quiz and benchmark your
insights against expert responses
for comprehensive learning.
*Details will be communicated ahead of the programme closure, subject to the availability of facilities.
What Participants Say?
“
It has benefitted my professional journey in
many ways - like getting to know the way
of negotiations, the art of storytelling and
more. This is a really good course, and I will
Vikrant Ramesh recommend early-stage managers to enrol for
Kekan this.
Supplier Manager
Commonwealth Bank
“
The programme has provided me with the vital
know-how of project and change management
and, bolstered my expertise in leadership and
executive presence.
Nimmagadda
Ramakrishna Bhargav
Assistant Professor,
IIM Indore
“
The programme has made me more aware and
adept at the organisational processes and how to
respond to changes.
Pranjali S
Operations Manager,
Intignus Biotech Pvt Ltd
The ISB Advantage
#1
Research Ranking in
India
#5
Asia - FT Global
Ranking
#1
India in FT Custom
Executive Education
Rankings
Globally Renowned Research-backed Deep Expertise in
Faculty Thought Leadership Emerging Markets
ISB faculty includes leading ISB is ranked #1 amongst ISB has developed
academics with domain business schools in rigorous intellectual
expertise drawn from India for research. At capital and a vast
extensive research, real- our research centres number of case
world engagement and rich and institutes, faculty studies that explore
learning experiences in top collaborate with top critical challenges
global business schools. minds in the industry facing organisations
The faculty also includes and government to and leaders in these
accomplished industry develop ground-breaking markets. Positioned
practitioners who have thought leadership. in a rich ecosystem of
been at the helm of global Participants will benefit business, government
businesses. These experts from this rich expertise and think tanks allows
will disrupt conventional and itsapplications in the ISB to deliver practical
thinking, expand your curriculum through novel knowledge and craft
horizons with fresh instructional content and holistic learning
perspectives and empower assessments. experiences for its
you to drive innovation and learners.
change in your teams and
organisations.
The ISB Online
Advantage
Immersive Learning
Our learning experience
platform ensures that you
immerse yourself in a rich, Flexible Learning
distraction-free learning
journey that features short, ISB Online offers a flexible,
rigorous, high-quality self-paced learning Active Learning
content produced by ISB structure, allowing you
faculty and guest industry to tailor your educational Diverse learning activities
experts. Real-world, case- experience around your before, during and after
based examples bring the busy schedule. With bite- each lesson ensure you
content to life and enhance sized content accessible stay actively engaged in
your ability to apply anytime, you can easily learning. Activities include
fundamental principles to integrate learning into priming questions at the
real-world scenarios. your life without disrupting start of the module that
professional commitments. motivate the content,
The learning platform is formative knowledge
also available on a mobile checks that test your
app that offers flexible, on- understanding of
the-go education, allowing concepts, and summative
learners to access content checks and integrative
anytime, anywhere. thinking activities at
the end of the module
and course. Share your
reflections and responses
on this range of activities
and benchmark them
against peer and faculty
responses for deep
learning.
Admission
Criteria
We aim to create a diverse and balanced cohort, bringing together professionals
with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. Candidates will be
evaluated based on several criteria to ensure a dynamic learning environment:
Appropriate
experience
profile
Evidence of
professional
achievement
Industry and
functional
background
Since English is the mode of communication for the programme, a basic
proficiency in the language is a must.
We operate on a rolling admissions basis and encourage early applications to
secure your place for the cohort.
What Will
You Gain?
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
Receive a digital ‘Course Certificate’ for each completed course, culminating in a
prestigious ‘Programme Certificate’ for the programme upon completion,
symbolising a formal recognition of your professional advancement.
To earn a Course Certificate or Programme Certificate, you must complete all coursework in a timely
manner, including meeting weekly deadlines and finishing assessments.
COURSE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME CERTIFICATE
EARN DIGITAL BADGES FOR
MILESTONES
Accumulate points and earn digital badges as
you cross each learning milestone, showcasing
your progress and achievements inan easily
shareable format.
Be Recognised as an
ISB Online Alum:
ISB Email and Other
Benefits
» Exclusive ISB Online email ID to
connect with your network
» 20% discount on other ISB
Online programmes
» 10% discount on ISB Executive
Education topic-focused
programmes
» Access to ISB Online alumni
support team
Access to Resources Networking and
» ISB Online Alumni portal Continuous Learning
» Podcasts, async content, » Learning and networking
articles, newsletters and more opportunities via ISB Online
Network Group on LinkedIn
» Exclusive invitations to events
like MasterClasses, webinars » Connect with your peers via the
and conferences, amongst ISB Online Alumni Portal
others » Access to city-level alumni
chapters and special interest
groups (SIGs) across industry
domains via ISB Online Alumni
portal
» Opportunity to be a guest
speaker in alumni webinars
Certificate
Programme
in
Management
Essentials
PROGRAMME ADVISOR TO NOMINATE MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM
Prateek Pankaj Vinod Kurian
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