Accelerated General Management Programme
Accelerated General Management Programme
Step into general management with the strategic depth, cross-functional fluency, and leadership maturity that broader roles demand.
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Sep 26, 2026 - Aug 8, 2027
44 Weeks
₹ 7,40,000 + Taxes
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Accelerated General Management Programme
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- What You Will Gain
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Key Takeaways
The programme equips you to:
- Think across functions and evaluate decisions through multiple stakeholder and value-creation lenses
- Navigate ambiguity and competing priorities with greater confidence and analytical rigour
- Lead organisations and drive change with influence, credibility, and execution discipline
- Build readiness for broader mandates, including business leadership and P&L-linked roles
6 Days of Campus Immersion
Experience two immersions at ISB's campuses, combining strategic learning, faculty-led sessions, and real-world business application.
17 Industry Expert Sessions
Focused sessions with distinguished industry practitioners offering real-world perspectives on leadership, strategy, and business decision-making.
10 Modules taught by ISB Faculty
A rigorous curriculum spanning strategy, finance, marketing, operations, AI, and leadership, taught by ISB's world-class faculty across four progressive phases.
Business Leadership Challenge
Apply learning from across the programme to a real business challenge and present your recommendations before a faculty panel.
23 Online Sessions by ISB Faculty
Live, faculty-led virtual sessions built around case discussions, decision exercises, and cross-functional application.
AI-embedded Curriculum
AI and digital thinking integrated into the curriculum, from evaluating platform strategy and business model innovation to leading in a digitally disrupted environment.
- Evaluate decisions under uncertainty by recognising cognitive biases and structural constraints
- Construct decision frames that hold up under peer and leadership scrutiny
- Differentiate between situations that call for analytical rigour and those that require judgement under incomplete information
- Integrate perspectives across marketing, finance, and operations to assess business problems as a system
- Analyse the knock-on effects of functional decisions on value creation across the organisation
- Justify resource and trade-off choices using cross-functional logic rather than departmental reasoning
- Assess your organisation's strategic position using industry structure, capabilities, and competitive logic
- Compare growth, diversification, and positioning choices against criteria for strategic coherence
- Recommend resource-allocation decisions that build durable advantage
- Evaluate AI and platform dynamics through a business lens to identify genuine competitive shifts in your industry
- Design business model adaptations that respond to digital disruption, ecosystem competition, and data strategy
- Distinguish between digital opportunities that create real value and those that generate noise
Note: Modules and topics are subject to change based on faculty recommendations to keep the content contextual and relevant to the evolving environment.
What You Will Gain
Note: Alumni/network benefits are subject to ISB policy and may change without prior notice.
Is This Programme For You?
The programme is ideal for high-potential mid-career executives ready to step into broader business and general management roles:
- Functional leaders moving into cross-functional or general management roles
- Mid-level executives with growing cross-functional responsibilities, including Senior Managers, AVPs, GMs, and Functional Heads
- Business unit contributors preparing for P&L ownership, including Product, Business, and Regional Leaders
- Entrepreneurs and second-generation business leaders seeking structured general management capability
Programme Eligibility: Professionals holding a graduate or equivalent diploma qualification (10+2+3) from a recognised university, with 8+ years of work experience.
Dean and Professor of Organisational Behaviour, ISB
Professor, Information Systems, ISB
The Indian School of Business’s Accelerated General Management Programme is designed for high-potential senior executives ready to move from functional expertise into broader business and general management leadership roles.
Participants in the Indian School of Business’s Accelerated General Management Programme typically match the following profile:
- Experience: 10+ years of post-degree professional experience
- Seniority: Senior Managers, AVPs, GMs, and Functional Heads with scaling responsibilities
- Job titles: functional leaders and business unit contributors preparing for P&L ownership, including Product, Business, and Regional leaders
A graduate or diploma qualification (10+2+3) from a recognised university, with a minimum of 10 years of work experience. English proficiency is required, as it is the mode of instruction.
The Indian School of Business’s Accelerated General Management Programme addresses the gap functional expertise alone cannot close making trade-offs, aligning stakeholders, and leading through uncertainty, so functional leaders can operate with cross-functional, general management judgement.
