A general management course, now integrated with AI, specially designed by IIM Calcutta for professionals ready to move beyond individual roles and manage across functions.

As professionals move into leadership roles, the ability to think beyond a single function becomes critical. Decisions at the top require an understanding of marketing, finance, operations, strategy, HR and how they connect.

But in 2026, cross-functional knowledge alone isn't enough. Professionals also need to understand how AI is reshaping every business function, from operations and marketing to analytics and decision making.

The Executive Programme in General Management is built for this shift. It combines core management disciplines with AI integrated across the curriculum, preparing professionals to lead with both business breadth and AI fluency.

The programme is structured across three progressive modules that build the capabilities needed for a general management role:

• Cross-functional business knowledge across marketing, finance, operations, HR, strategy and economics to help you think and decide beyond your current function
• AI fluency for managers from Gen AI fundamentals to building AI workflows and using predictive and prescriptive analytics for decision making
• Strategic and competitive thinking covering business models, market structures, competitive advantage and corporate strategy
• People and organization leadership including team management, conflict resolution, diversity and behavioral science
• Contemporary business context spanning ESG, sustainability, fintech, gig economy and business experimentation

• AI-powered general management curriculum with AI integrated across all three modules, not as a standalone topic but woven into how you learn marketing, operations, strategy and analytics
• AI Impact Business Report a hands-on project where participants apply AI to real business challenges, a first-of-its-kind in executive general management programmes
• IIM Calcutta certification from the only Indian B-school with triple accreditation (AMBA, EQUIS, AACSB) and CEMS membership
• IIM Calcutta faculty and industry leaders bringing both academic rigour and real-world management perspective
• Executive education alumni status join the IIM Calcutta executive education alumni network of 33,000+ professionals

The programme prepares you to take on general management responsibilities with confidence across functions, teams and technology.

• Cross-functional decision making ability to think and operate across marketing, finance, operations, HR and strategy rather than within a single function
• AI fluency for understanding of how AI tools, workflows and analytics can be applied to everyday managerial decisions
• Strategic and competitive thinking frameworks to evaluate market structures, competitive advantage and corporate strategy
• People and change leadership skills to manage teams, navigate conflict, drive diversity and lead organizational change
• Applied business problem solving through the AI Impact Business Report, hands-on experience in applying AI to real business challenges

• Professionals who aspire to become successful business managers
• Professionals seeking to develop and enhance 360° managerial capabilities to drive business growth
• Mid-level professionals seeking to gain a holistic understanding of business to enhance their managerial skills
• Aspiring consultants and entrepreneurs interested in developing a multidisciplinary view of organization to overcome business challenges