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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
Managerial Accounting
Business Statistics
Business Computing
Marketing Management
Essentials of Business Communication
Managerial Economics
Individual Behaviour in Organizations
Labour Management Relations-Theory		 Foundations of Finance
Macro Economics and Policy
Interpersonal and Group Processes
Introduction to HRM
Recruitment and Selection
Performance Management System and Feedback
Organization Structure and Processes
Occupational Testing and Measurement
Labour Management Relations-Theory		 Strategic Management
Business Research Methods
Operations Management
Learning and Development
HR Analytics
Compensation Management
Managing Diversity in Organizations
Employee Welfare Legislations
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
HRM during corporate restructuring
Competency Mapping and Managing Talent
Compensation and Rewards Management
Cross Cultural Management
Business Ethics
Legislations on Compensation
Career Management		 Leadership and decision making for managers
Managing Turnover
IHRM
Knowledge Management
Sustainable HRM
HR Metrics and Dashboarding*
Employer Branding		 Organization Change and Development
Negotiation and conflict resolution
The Science of Happiness
Employee Well Being and Safety
HRM in Services
Integrated field project
Coaching and Mentoring