The Executive MBA in Strategy is a 2-year specialization program provided by IIM Visakhapatnam. It is an MBA program that focuses on imparting crucial management skills blended with the salient knowledge of business structures & organizations in which the student learns how to navigate through the challenges posed by the business environment of these business structures. 

In the curriculum, general management courses are held that are derived from multiple domains such as Economics, Marketing, Organizational Behaviour, Finance, Strategy, Information Systems, Entrepreneurship, and Production & Operations. Along with that, they consist of core courses that develop the managerial personality meant to give effective output required by the organization. 

The specialty of this program is that it is strategy-oriented which enables the student to practice framing strategies that require making critical decisions that have various consequences to be responsible for and planning the judicious use of resources to sustain the actions undertaken as a part of the decided strategy. Then the program imbibes the skill that involves carrying out an analysis of the industry and competitor which is essential to deciding how to stand out in their product and its sales.

The student is also exposed to the inner workings & aspects of international business as it is required to adapt to the globalized business environment that is defined by globalization and global trade.  The program also teaches the student how to innovate and manage the entire product process which comes in handy in the real-time planning process when it comes to shaping the company’s goals around the product that will eventually build the company’s growth and foothold in their respective markets. Corporate governance is another takeaway from this program that gives a fair idea about navigating through the hierarchies and their relationship dynamics with respect to each other, especially the stakeholders.

The fees for the Executive MBA in Strategy provided by IIM Visakhapatnam are INR 11.9 Lakhs.