Programme Overview
People working in an organization show varying degrees of their interpersonal interactions with other people, with colleagues in particular. Although this is primarily a manifestation of their personalities, how people may interact is also partly decided by how the organization is structured. It is known that the structure in which one works has a huge impact on shaping the behaviour of the individual in the organization. Modern tools and techniques dealing with social networks analytics can relate a person’s behavior and decision making traits with the network of interactions of people around him. Simply by drawing insights from the network of interactions of people, this programme delves into this subject in order to avoid common blunders and also not to miss certain commonly ignored opportunities by those playing managerial roles in an organization.
Programme Objective
The objective of this programme is to analyse the structure, modalities, and extent of human interactions in an organization using modern social networks analytics framework to understand the following that would improve one’s contribution and experience in an organization:
- The dynamics of biased and unbiased conduct in formal meetings in an organization
- How groupism may develop and flourish in an organization
- When people may or may not open up their mind on a relevant question
- How interpersonal interactions may help fulfil vertical mobility aspirations
- How to effectively extract benefits of a group decision making
- How one may misread the consequence of a planned intervention on some policy matter
Key Topics
- Formation of positive and negative professional relationships and its impact in an organization
- Social interaction networks and segregation models
- Evolution of popularity and loneliness in an organization
- Information cascade and herding behavior
- Network effects and virality of popularity of a person or a product or service
Programme Directors
Who May Attend
This is a domain-agnostic programme and people in any organization working in mid-level and senior managerial positions who have to deal with people may attend the programme. In particular, managers dealing with HR, Marketing, Sales, Strategy and those aspiring to get into these or CXO positions are expected to find the learning experience very insightful and rewarding.
Programme Duration and Delivery
- From the morning of December 14, 2026 till the afternoon of December 18, 2026
- Face to face - classroom based
Pedagogy
This programme has a unique pedagogy that comprises story telling about real life experiences in the corporates and debriefing of the phenomena, role playing by participants and debriefing their strengths and weaknesses, game playing by participants and debriefing the causes of their appropriate and inappropriate conducts, demonstration of computer based simulations to convey underlying concepts. Discussions are non-technical in nature but heavily draw on participants’ observations on people around them.
How to Apply
- You can apply/nominate your personnel by clicking on the “Apply Now” link corresponding to the particular MDP, as appearing on our online calendar available at: https://iimcal.ac.in/mdp/mdp-calendar
- Once the candidature(s) is (are) approved, the sponsoring authority or participant (in case of self-nomination) will be intimated over email along with a Proforma Invoice seeking programme fees in advance.
- Programme fees can be remitted online through Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT/RTGS).
- Upon remitting the fees online, kindly intimate Executive Education Office with the UTRNo. /relevant transaction details through email, so that we can connect your remittance to your nomination(s). Please note that confirmation of participation is subject to receipt of Programme fees by CMDP Office before commencement of the MDP.
For further assistance, please connect with:
Name: Ms. Payel Majumder
Number: +91 33 7121 6012
Email ID: program_mdp[at]iimcal[dot]ac[dot]in
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