CORE COURSES

The two-year residential programme consists of core business management courses in the first year followed by industry and functional specific electives in the second year. Second year students can opt to specialize in Pharmaceutical, Hospital or Health Insurance Management

Introduction to the Health Sector
Develops an appreciation of the structure and current issues in the healthcare system and the broad context within which the health sector operates

Public Health
Examines the scope and approaches of public health which includes prevention of epidemics and spread of disease, protection against environmental hazards, prevention of injuries and promotion of positive health behaviour, response to disasters and assisting communities in recovery; and quality and accessibility of health services as a healthcare safety net.

Information Management in Healthcare Systems
Designed to examine developments in information technology & their impact on the healthcare sector, evaluate how technologies are incorporated in the healthcare process and design possible systems to address health problems

Legal Framework of Business & Health Law
Designed to examine how the regulatory framework affects the organization of the healthcare sector and its working and structure and draw up contracts in compliance with the law

Decision Sciences
Designed to develop the competence to structure & design information gathering, use statistics to draw inferences from data and communicate empirical evidence & conclusions

Research Methods
Develops the competence to frame issues in a decision situation, identify the data required to address the decision questions and use quantitative and qualitative tools to analyse the data and draw conclusions.

Economics
Develops an understanding of the macro-economic concepts & variables that affect the health sector and their impact on resource allocation and public health policy and of the demand for healthcare and health insurance, consumer, physician and institutional behaviour and economic analyses in healthcare decisions

Financial Management
Insight into the financial system and the planning and utilization of an enterprise's financial resources. Students acquire a working knowledge of cash flow projections, budgeting and control/evaluation techniques for financial decisions like issue of securities, capital budgeting and structure, cost of capital, valuation, dividend policy, short/long term financing and firm performance

Financial, Cost & Management Accounting
Designed to equip students with the competence to use information from cost and financial accounting statements to make business decisions and evaluate the impact of business decisions on accounting statements

Organisational Behaviour
Explores managerial roles, power styles and conflict with respect to organizational structures, processes and develop an understanding of a person's role in an organizational context

Human Resource Management
Addresses the development of evolving systems that support business objectives and foster effective working relations between employees and managers

Marketing
Emphasises the customer focus in the working of a healthcare organization and draws on the marketing concepts of marketing mix, strategy and plan to examine the application of the customer focus in a health care organisation

Production & Operations Management
Provides an understanding of operations management applied to healthcare and develops the ability to identify opportunities and apply theoretical concepts to provide value, keeping the customer as the focus

Quality Management
Designed to help students understand different perspectives on quality, evaluate quality management tools in the context of a customer focus and examine emerging trends in global competitiveness

Strategic Management
Equips the learner to challenge conventional wisdoms and to develop coherent and credible alternative future scenarios that could lead to more effective ways of providing healthcare to patients. Designed to develop research, analytical and critical judgment skills to deal with complexity, risk, strategic option development, portfolio management and strategic resource allocation

ELECTIVES

• Basic concepts- Hospitals
• Hospital Accreditation and Quality Audits
• Clinical Diagnostics and therapeutic services
• Support and Utility Services/Safety and risk management
• Hospital Information Systems
  

Pharmaceuticals Management

• Basic concepts- Pharmaceuticals
• Regulatory Compliance in Pharmaceuticals
• Pharmaceutical R&D and Clinical Research
• Pharmaceutical Distribution
• Pharmaceutical Sales Force Management

Health Insurance Management

• Health Insurance- Environment and Regulation
• Health Insurance Operations Management
• Underwriting and Re-insurance

Financial Management

• Working capital Management
• Project Appraisal
• Personal Financial Planning

Marketing Management

• Consumer Behaviour
• Services Marketing
• Social Marketing
• Brand Management

Strategy & Operations Management

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Project Management

Human Resource Management

• Recruitment and Selection
• Psychometric Testing
• Performance Management
• Compensation Management
• Training
• Employee Relations & Employment Law