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MBA HR Program Design and Curriculum

IIM Amritsar MBA HR program imparts foundational functional knowledge of management in its first year and offers HR specialization courses in the first and second year.

First Year of the program
  • Preparatory program: The Institute offers a 2-week compulsory preparatory program for selected students to enhance their readiness for the MBA HR program.
  • Orientation program: The orientation program familiarizes students with the IIM way of learning and acquaints them with the infrastructure, services, and student activities at IIM Amritsar.
  • First-Year Courses: The first-year courses are compulsory and provide basic conceptual knowledge and analytical tools in different functional areas of management.
  • Summer Internship: All students undergo eight to ten weeks of summer internship after the program's first year. Summer internship helps students to apply their first-year learning by doing organizationally sponsored projects. Student performance in their summer internships often results in final placement offers.
List of First Year Courses
Term I Term II Term III
Individual Behaviour in Organizations
Fundamentals of HRM
Managerial Accounting
Business Statistics
Business Computing
Marketing Management
Essentials of Business Communication
Managerial Economics		 Interpersonal and Group Processes
Learning and Development
Performance Management System and Feedback
Organization Structure and Processes
Labour Management Relations – Theory
Foundations of Finance
Macro Economics and Policy
Operations Research		 Managing Diversity in Organisations
Managing Turnover
Labour Management Relations – Laws
Strategic Management
Business Research Methods
Operations Management
Emerging IT Technologies
Management Information System
Business Ethics
Second year of the program

Second-year MBA HR comprises core courses in HR spread out over the fourth, fifth, and sixth terms of the program.

Students can also choose elective courses from among areas of specialization like Marketing, Finance & Accounting, Information Systems & Analytics, Production & Quantitative Methods, Business Strategy, Economics, and Communication.

Additionally, students will also be required to go through a compulsory HR related field project in the second year under the guidance of Institute faculty.

List of Second Year Courses
Term IV Term V Term VI
Occupational Testing and Measurement
Competency Mapping and Managing Talent
HRM in Services
Career Management & Work Life Integration
Cross-Cultural Issues and International HRM
Employee Welfare Legislation		 Leadership and Decision Making
Sustainable HRM
Employer Branding
Knowledge Management
Legislation on Compensation
HR Analytics
Integrated Field Project		 Organization Change and Development & Corporate Restructuring
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
The Science of Happiness
Counseling, Coaching and Mentoring
Employee Well-Being and Safety
Compensation and Rewards Management