3-Tier Programme for Management Development
at IIM Ahmedabad

T I E R - I
Middle Management Programme
January 18 - February 14, 2004

THE 3-TIER CONCEPT

The 3-Tier Programme, the first set of executive courses designed, developed, and offered by IIMA, is an operational form of the following management philosophy.

• Managerial effectiveness in an organization is enhanced if the managerial competence and skill development activity is viewed in the perspective of the total organization.

• Executives whose activities are related and responsibilities are shared in an organization are likely to contribute effectively to the organization if they are exposed to similar learning opportunities and experiences.

• Interventions on managerial skills need to be initiated simultaneously at several levels to accelerate and sustain the process of change.

Operationally, 3-TP is a set of three executive courses designed to meet the developmental needs of middle, senior, and top executives of medium and large organizations.
The programme emphasizes the problem-solving approach ñ the process of defining problems, specifying objectives, developing alternative courses of action, choosing the best alternative in an uncertain environment, organizing people to implement the chosen alternative, coordinating their work, motivating and developing them, and finally measuring and controlling their performance.
These management processes are common to every formal organization. The 3-Tier Programme which is being offered for the 42nd time has so far attracted over 8,000 participants from public, private, and government sector organizations.

For: The Middle Management Programme is for managers holding positions of responsibility within functional departments of medium to large public and private sector organizations. The participants should have at least five years of managerial experience.

Contents: The programme is divided into several interdependent modules, each of which focuses on a different aspect or function of management. At the end of the programme, there will be an intensive integrated group exercise which would help participants consolidate their learning from various modules of the programme.

Modules:

Computer and Information Management