FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM [FDPs]

Faculty Development Program
[FDPs]

Business & Management Areas

CATEGORY I:

PROGRAM TITLE

• Becoming a successful faculty [12 hours of faculty contact with each session @ 2 hours].

CONTENT

• Learning Styles and Teaching pedagogy
  • Learning styles of students of academic programs and participants of executive education programs
  • Teaching pedagogy including case based teaching
  • Web tools for Teaching
  • Blended teaching methodology
  • Teaching as an art
• Understanding psyche of business management students and participants of executive education programs
• Understanding how adults learn and knowing the difference between teaching by faculty and learning by students
• Different approaches to enhance engagement of participants and students during faculty conducted sessions as well as outside formal sessions
• Developing oneself as a successful faculty including developing the right professional values of a faculty
• A quick overview of select foundational skills required for becoming a successful faculty of business & management [participant to select the relevant skill areas as applicable]
  • Philosophy & Principles of Management
  • Statistics
  • Managerial economics
  • Organizational behaviour

CATEGORY II:

PROGRAM TITLE

• Faculty as a Subject Matter Expert [For each subject area, 12 hours of faculty contact with each session @ 2 hours]

CONTENT

• There are seven types of programs for 7 different target groups
  • 1. Faculty teaching Strategic Management
  • 2. Faculty teaching Financial Management
  • 3. Faculty teaching Marketing Management
  • 4. Faculty teaching Operations Management
  • 5. Faculty teaching Human Resources Management
  • 6. Faculty teaching Economics
  7. Faculty teaching Business Statistics
• Target Group wise content: Contemporary topics in the concerned

  subject matter

  • Up to 10 topics, comprising mainly contemporary topics and some basic concepts [as needed] will be covered
  • Topic-specific case analysis and discussion
  • Faculty as a business consultant

CATEGORY III:

PROGRAM TITLE

• Faculty Development Programs on Research Methodology 8 to 24 hours of faculty contact with each session @ 2 hours depending on which combination of modules are opted for by a participant]

CONTENT

• • Module I – Significance of Research in the respective areas – Types of
    Research – Pure and Applied Research – Exploratory and Experimental
    Research – Descriptive and Analytical Research – Quantitative & Qualitative Research.
  • Module II – Research Process: – Identification of Research Problem – Literature Review – Research Design – Hypotheses.
  • Module III – Sampling: – Methods of Sampling – Probability and non-Probability Sampling methods – Data Collection – Methods of Collection of Primary Data – Interview Schedule – Questionnaire -Observation – Survey – Case Study.
  • Module IV – Analysis of Data and Report Writing: – Editing – Classification – Coding and Tabulation – Report Writing – Contents of Research Report – Bibliography – Appendices.
  • Module V – Quantitative Techniques for Research: -Descriptive Analysis (Central Tendency and Dispersion, Coefficient of variation, correlation and Regression Analysis) – Inferential Analysis (Parametric and Non-parametric tests, T-test, F-test, ANOVA, ANCOVA, Chi-square).
  • Module VI – Application of Results and Ethics: Environmental Impacts – Ethical issues – Ethical Committees – Commercialization – Copy right, Intellectual property rights – Reproduction of published material – Accountability.
  • Module VII – Application of Computer in Research: – MS office and its application – Use of SPSS (method of preparing data sheet and entering data according to its characteristics, use of various statistical tools) – Use of Internet (exploring various websites, E-journal, E-Library and search engines for collecting quality literature review and secondary data).

NOTE: FDPs coming under this category are also offered Module by Module with each module having a duration between 6 hours to 12 hours

DELIVERY & OTHER FEATURES – FOR ALL THREE CATEGORIES OF FDPs

• 100% Online LIVE classes using SLTS (Smart Learning and Transformation Solution)
• One-on-one & two way interactive
• Recordings of all the classes
• Location independent, implying that faculty conducted 100% LIVE and 2 Way Interactive sessions are delivered Direct2Participants staying ANYWHERE [including OUTSIDE India]
• Accessible through all devices [ PC/ Laptop using broadband or Smartphone/ Tab or a combination of both
• No special infrastructure or special training needed [and hence no pre-requirement of investment of money and time] to roll out programs or enable participants to attend 100% LIVE and 2 way interactive faculty conducted sessions
• Simultaneous roll out of programs in many locations –national and international
• Recordings of faculty conducted 100% LIVE sessions are made available for future reference
• This delivery solution is a GREEN Platform
• Weekend Classes;
• A maximum of 2 sessions per week, with each session @ 2 hours
• Timing: 8 to 10pm mostly, though in weekends sessions may be conducted during 4 to 6pm or 6 to 8pm also
• Action learning project work [optional]
• Perspective and Aptitude Test [PAT] before start of the program; it is an online test and it is just for assessing some specific LIFE SKILLS of participants. Performance in PAT is not considered for final certification
• Multi-element Assessment
  • Attendance in faculty conducted 100% LIVE and 2way interactive classes [minimum attendance needed for successful completion: 60%]: 15% weight
  • Participation during faculty conducted classes: 25% weight
  • Program-end test on [1] Becoming a successful faculty and [2] Expertise developed in the SUBJECT MATTER [ say Strategic Management, Financial Management etc depending on the specialization of the target group]: 60% weight

CERTIFICATION:

• Certification will be based on evaluation made by The Strategy Academy Centre for Advanced Studies [TSACAS]
• Certificates will be jointly issued by an Institute or a University, jointly with TSACAS.
• Three categories of certificates – linked to performance in [A], [B] and [C] mentioned under Evaluation:
  • Successfully completed
  • Completed
  • Participation only

FEE STRUCTURE

• Rs 400/- per head per hour + GST
• Actual fee will depend on the Actual contact hours [for example, for an 8 hour contact program, the fee will be 3200/- + GST]
• Early bird scheme and group discount scheme for faculty from academic institutions will be available