Certificate Programme in Design Thinking & Innovation for Business Excellence

Organizations must tackle intricate issues in today’s competitive market landscape by adopting a multifaceted approach. Apart from cultivating a strategic mindset to foster business success, organizations must also enhance their cognitive toolkit to spur innovation. Design thinking has emerged as a favored method for addressing complex problems. It centers on a human-centric approach, emphasizing empathy, brainstorming, and prototyping to generate inventive solutions. The PG Certificate in Design Thinking and Innovation for Business Excellence offered by IIM Indore aims to provide learners with the necessary knowledge and skills to gain a strategic edge in driving innovation and resolving intricate challenges.

Programme Content

Strategy and Business Excellence

Design Thinking for Business Excellence

Systems Thinking for Business Excellence

Strategic Leadership, Human Capital and Business Excellence

Business Model and Innovation

Platforms and Innovation

Corporate Entrepreneurship

Organization Design for Excellence

Intellectual Property for Innovation and Business Excellence

Developing Business Excellence Capabilities

Internationalization and Business Excellence

Courses are subject to change at IIM Indores discretion.

Duration Number of Session Hours

Duration: 10 Months

Number of Hours: 100 Hours

Total Number of Sessions: 80 Sessions

On-Campus Module: 3 Days Duration (12 Sessions)

The programme duration may be slightly extended due to issues like faculty unavailability and gazetted holidays on the session days.

The pedagogy is a blend of interactive lectures, case discussions, project work, term papers and Assignments, etc.

Diploma (10+2+3)/ Graduate / Post Graduate from Universities recognized by the Association of Indian Universities with minimum 50% marks in either diploma or graduation or post-graduation (or its equivalent) with at least five years of work experience.

*Internships and Trainee experiences are not considered full-time work experience.

The performance of participants will be monitored through continuous evaluation using quizzes, assignments, tests and examinations. The participant is required to score the required minimum marks/grades as decided by the Institute from time to time to complete the course.

Successful Completion Certificate by IIM Indore in a valedictory ceremony to be held on the campus.

* Sample certificate is indicative. The Institute reserves the right to revise it.

**The Completion certificate will only be awarded to participants who complete the programme evaluation and attendance criteria.

The pedagogy is a blend of interactive lectures, case discussions, project work, term papers and Assignments, etc.