IIM Kozhikode launches Chief Operations Officer Programme

For operational leaders, the program offers a deep dive into contemporary topics such as technology, design thinking, AI, digital supply chain, agile methodologies, and risk resilience, enabling them to optimize operational processes and build influential networks.

The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM Kozhikode) today introduced the Chief Operations Officer Programme in India in partnership with Emeritus, an educational institution.

It will be a 12-month-long programme designed for operational leaders and those aspiring to the COO role, as well as new and evolving COOs. For operational leaders, the program offers a deep dive into contemporary topics such as technology, design thinking, AI, digital supply chain, agile methodologies, and risk resilience, enabling them to optimize operational processes and build influential networks.

This programme includes live-online sessions by the esteemed IIM Kozhikode faculty along with two online modules delivered via pre-recorded video lectures by Kellogg Executive Education. It also includes a three day campus immersion with a leadership building workshop at IIM Kozhikode’s campus, hands-on learning with business simulations in Strategic and Global Supply Chain Management, a capstone project guided by the faculty of IIM Kozhikode.

The modules of the programme, directed by Ashutosh Sarkar, Professor, Quantitative Methods and Operations Management Area, IIM Kozhikode and Arqum Mateen, Associate Professor, Quantitative Methods and Operations Management Area, IIM Kozhikode, includes operational diagnostics, SC agility, mitigating supply chain risks, business models and technology disruptions, Generative AI for business leaders, AI applications in supply chain management, AI and customer experience management, and delegation, execution and metrics for growth and success among others.

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