Climbing the ladders of a managerial career requires one to be cinch with
team working abilities. Beginning from management trainees and proceeding through various phases of middle management and senior management roles, responsible managers are expected to work and deliver according to best of the capabilities of the team with which they are associated.
IIMU follows the pedagogy in the academic and non-academic student affairs in such a manner that the best of team working skills are inculcated in the students within the first three months itself of their stay at the institute. The academic programmes of the institute are launched with the first week entirely dedicated to team building workshops. External agencies who are specialist in the field are also sought to conduct innovative exercises involving sports, games et al to help in ice-breaking between the students and help them get ready for their journey in the institute.
A large part of the academic process involves weightage given to
assignments,
project submissions and
class presentations given in
study groups, furthermore, individual assignments. The study groups are formed by the Programmes Office with inputs from the faculty. A large care is taken to ensure parameters like
academic,
cultural and
work experience diversity in the formation of groups to enhance the overall functioning of groups.
IIM Udaipur has adopted
case based learning methodology and a significant importance lies in the
class participation and
case discussions, hence providing the students of a feel of simulation of real life complex managerial situations.
The student clubs and committees and their plethora of vibrant activities in the institute complement the team building process. These bodies maintain autonomy in their selection process and hence bypass a large number of conventional parameters to form best teams aligned with their outcomes. The challenges posed to the students prepare them in honing their skills not confined to academic pursuits. The institute provides ample opportunities, independence and resources to students to conceive ideas and work in teams to plan and orchestrate their design and implementation. The institute has seen many such student driven initiatives culminating into events like
The Leadership Summit –
The Flagship Event of IIMU,
Arth Samvaad –
The Annual Finance Symposium of IIMU,
Spandan –
The Annual HR Conclave of IIMU,
The Udaipur Leap Day Literature Festival and the
Excursus Series.
Other prominent didactics like
Live Projects,
Field Surveys,
Focus Group Studies,
Industrial & Companies Visits,
Global Immersion Programme,
Student Exchange Term,
Rural Immersion Course,
Summer Internships and
Placements Preparation Process all benefit students in the team working abilities by teaching them the values of mutual respect, appreciation, motivation, trust, understanding and refining of opinions, processes and working approaches.
Students also unite together with common interests and have come up with
hobby clubs and
societies for activities pertaining to
sports,
dance,
music,
arts,
literature,
photography,
dramatics etc. Dedication to serve for a sensitive cause and social responsibility have also resulted in execution of student drives like
Blood Donation Camp,
Stem Cell Donation Camp and
School Children Mentorship Programme.
Leaders well known in the corporate world are comprehended as great based on their abilities to lead teams with perfection for exceptional work deliveries. And IIMU strives to help students in developing as managers more confident of their
team working capabilities and more responsible for
team based actions so that they excel in their corporate journeys after learning the insights of transition at their stay at IIM Udaipur.