Elective Courses
Elective Courses
(offered in the recent academic years)
IIMB has the distinction of offering the largest number of elective courses among B-schools in India. The electives cover a wide array of topics as indicated below. Students follow a bidding system to select the elective courses of their interest. This is a tentative list that may change year on year based on students’ interest.
Decision Sciences
- Analytics for Cross‐functional Excellence
- Analytics for E-commerce and Retail Operations
- Business Analytics and Intelligence
- Data Visualization and Storytelling
- Generative Artificial Intelligence
- Natural Language Processing
- Optimization
- Sports Analytics
- Spreadsheet Models for Business Decision Problems
Economics
- Behavioural Economics
- Business, Finance & International Economy
- East and Southeast Asian Economies
- Econometrics for Consultants
- Global Common Negotiations and Business in Network Technologies
- International Financial and Monetary Economics
- International Macroeconomics
- Multinational Corporations
Entrepreneurship
- Developing Leadership Networks
- Entreprenuerial Marketing
- Motorcycles and Immersion in Local Entrepreneurial Settings
- Lean Launch Lab
- New Age Business Models
- Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship
Finance and Accounting
- Advanced Value Investing
- Corporate Financial Strategy
- Corporate Governance and Ethics
- Financial Derivatives
- Financial Markets
- Financial Modelling
- Fintech: How Technology is Reshaping Financial Services Ecosystem
- Fixed Income Securities and Derivatives
- Global Securities Market
- International Finance
- Investment Banking
- Investments
- Management of Banks and Financial Institutions
- Mergers, Acquisition and Corporate Restructuring
- New Enterprise Financing
- Real Estate Investment Management
- Risk Management
- Valuation
Information Systems
- Applied NLP
- Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning
- Artificial Intelligence Applications for Managers
- Big Data Analysis
- Digital Product Management
- Foundations of Machine Learning
- Gamification for Management and Business
- Managing Digital Transformations
- Managing Projects in an Agile Context
- Responsible AI
- Software Product Management
Management Communication
- Communication for Leaders
- Intercultural Managerial Communication
Marketing
- Agile Marketing
- Analytical Marketing
- Brand Management
- Business to Business Marketing
- Competitive Marketing Strategy
- Consumer Behaviour
- Customer Relationship Management
- Digital Marketing Strategies
- Global Marketing
- Growing Global for Digital Products
- Marketing Analytics
- Marketing Communication
- Marketing of Hi-Tech Products and Innovations
- Marketing ROI & Media Metrics
- Omnichannel Retail Strategy
- Product Strategy and Management
- Research for Marketing Decisions
- Sales and Distribution Management
- Strategies for Mobile Marketing
- Strategy, Tactics and Economics of Pricing
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources Management
- Creating High Performance Organisations
- Decision Making
- Effective People Management
- Enlightened Leadership for Responsible Business
- Extreme Leadership
- Inclusive Business Models
- Leadership in Digital Era
- Leading with Joy
- Learning to Lead: Challenges and Competencies
- Managing Career Success and Transition
- People Management Skills
- Personal Values, Goals and Career Options
- Storytelling for Business Managers
Production and Operations Management
- Business Process Improvement
- Competition and Co-operation in Business Ecosystems
- Greening the Operations and Supply Chain
- Operations Strategy
- Project Management Essentials
- Responsible Business Operations
- Revenue Analytics
- Strategic Management of Services
- Supply Chain Management
Public Policy
- A Global Perspective on Gender
- Building Sustainable and Liveable Cities
- Business and Financial Sector Regulation
- Business Government and Society
- Business Law
- Business Unusual: Understanding Alternative Business Models
- Doing Business in Indian Infrastructure
- Education Policy: Concepts and Praxis
- Ethics and Public Policy
- Foundations of Development Economics: Conceptual Issues and Practice
- Health Economics: Theory and Practice
- History of India's Political Economy
- Rural Banking and Financial Inclusion
- Social Entrepreneurship
Strategy
- AI Strategy
- Business Strategy using Capstone Simulation
- Corporate Strategy
- Digital Business Models and Strategy
- Green Business Management
- Leadership: Vision, Meaning and Reality
- Learning from Corporate Failures
- New Product Development
- Platform Business Models
- Strategic Leadership
- Strategic Leadership: Sustaining Firm Growth
- Strategic Management in Media and Entertainment Industry
- Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation
- Strategic Stewardship
- Strategic Thinking & Decision Making
- Strategy Consulting
- Strategy Implementation
- Technology and Innovation Strategy
Interdisciplinary Courses
- An Introduction to the World’s religions
- Business Planning for International Markets
- Design Thinking
- Explorations in Architecture and Design: Lessons for Managers
- Foreign Language Courses: French, Spanish, German, Japanese
- General Commercial Knowledge
- Himalayan Mountain Challenge
- Introduction to Hindu Philosophy
- Introduction to Indian Knowledge System
- Japan: Business, Economics, Politics and Society
- Management Paradigms from Bhagavad Gita