The General Management Program or as we all know it by GMP is particularly equipped with the knowledge of training the employees of a company in managing the general operations. For example, analysis of company’s accounting information, dealing with the compensation structure, reduction of wastage in logistics and supply chain or looking after the sales data and deriving valuable insights from it.

The possible fields where you stand a chance of getting a job are:

• Financial sector
• Consultancy
• M&A
• General Manager in small and medium sized industries

The normal tenure for a General Management Course is 2 years with substantial amount of relevant work experience.

The colleges which offer General Management Program are:

• Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi
• Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
• Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
• Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
• JBIMS, Mumbai
• XLRI, Jamshedpur

The Executive Program in General Management at:

• IIM A(which is called Accelerated general Management Program) requires 5 years of relevant and proven work experience in addition to a minimum of 50% marks in graduation
• IIM B, requires either first generation start up entrepreneurs without managerial experience or professionals with 3-5 years of work experience and in the age group of 23-29 years
• IIM C, require graduates or post graduates with 50% marks and 1-5 years of relevant work experience
• XLRI, requires graduation degree with a minimum of 5 years of managerial or supervisory experience
• IIM L, requires a minimum of 3 years of post-qualification professional experience
• IIM K, requires a minimum of 4 years of post-qualification professional experience

These are some of the good colleges from where you can dream of pursuing a career in General Management but it is wise to go for a full time 2-year MBA since the selection criteria is very stringent and so big companies come for placements. But if a glamorous placement is not your sole motive of going for an MBA, then you can think of these schools. But yes, for pursuing an executive course in General Management, you have to have substantial amount of prior work experience.