Management Development Programme
The Management Development Programme (MDP) was a
deliberate decision to begin the academic activities at IIFM. Since its inception, the Institute has been continuously diversifying and offering management development
programmes to practicing managers, foresters and policy makers in India and other Asian countries.
The MDPs are designed with the objective of
providing
· insights into managerial concepts and
techniques relevant for the forestry, development and environmental sectors
· formulating and implementing strategies
in functional areas, and
· an overall perspective for decision
making by integrating functional and general management approaches
MDPs provide an opportunity for two way learning process
for the quest for knowledge that ties together the faculty and the practioners through mutual exchange.
The 25 strong faculty members at IIFM working in eight
multidisciplinary faculty areas continuously integrate action research with teaching and applied work.
The pedagogical tools are matched with the needs of
individual MDPs with an emphasis on active and participative learning. The outcome and experience from action research undertaken by the faculty provide important inputs to
MDPs. Case discussions, Group exercises, lecture-cum-discussions, experience-sharing and presentations by participants’ further supplement the participative
learning.
Response of government, non-government and forest based
industries to our MDPs has been very encouraging. IIFM’s Programmes receive participation from various levels such as policy makers (state and central government),
practicing managers & foresters, developmental professionals, local body and community representatives.
Additionally, the institute plans to conduct
client-specific programmes at IIFM campus and/or off-campus at client site. Interested client organizations may approach the institute for conduct of such programmes to
Dr. K N Krishna Kumar.
