IIM Ahmedabad hones IPS officers’ management skills
140 officers will attend the course at the National Police Academy in Hyderabad for three weeks. In the fourth week they will attend a session at the London School of Business.
Underlining the importance of high-level managerial skills among top police officers for tackling security-related concerns gripping the country, Indian Police Service (IPS) officers will be imparted these skills by the, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA).
IIMA, in collaboration with the London School of Business, has started a managerial training programme for IPS officers from across the country at the National Police Academy (NPA) in Hyderabad. While the four-week-long course, called phase-V Mid-Career Training Programme, started on July 5, the institutes are looking forward to conducting it every year. Abhishek Mishra, a faculty member of IIMA, who is the director of the programme, said, “Around 12 faculty members of IIMA, along with institute director Samir Barua and dean BH Jajoo, will be taking part in conducting the course.”
Around 140 IPS officers from various states are taking part in the training programme. The first three weeks of the four-week-long training programme at NPA will cover the basic concepts of strategic management, top-level leadership, change management, team-building and interaction with top-level government leaders and management experts. The sub-modules formulated by IIMA for the course include strategic management, human resources and performance management, public policy, information systems, operations and infrastructure, finance and accounting, communications, organisational behaviour and economics.
Mishra said, “The course is aimed at broadening the participants’ world view and invest them with conceptual management skills suitable for a world-class organisation head, not restricting to managing police force alone.”
The participants will also attend sessions at the London Business School in London during the fourth week. While the three-week-long sessions at the National Police Academy will form the core content, in London, the participants will have further interaction with top management, leadership and strategic thinkers and practitioners.