PGP YL curriculum
PGP YL
Curriculum
- Introduction
- Core Curriculum
- Electives
- Business in Action
- Expand Your Global Vision
- Pedagogies
- Entrepreneurship at ISB
Introduction
The PGP YL curriculum is designed to empower fresh graduates with enduring decision-making frameworks and skills that translate into success throughout their careers.
Immerse yourself in a research-backed, innovative management curriculum that blends essential and interdisciplinary knowledge of business management with the latest technology, data, and analytics.
Your development unfolds across four dimensions –
- Analytical foundations – Gain a firm grounding in the fundamental disciplines of business - economics, psychology, accounting, statistics and data science - to better define problems, ask questions and develop solutions.
- Functional Expertise – Integrate fundamental knowledge of business functions into an understanding of the total enterprise and the environment in which it operates.
- Leading Teams – Develop key skills of communication, presence, motivation and influence that will help you manage teams, lead and thrive in the workplace.
- Customised Learning Pathways – Choose from a diverse set of leading-edge electives that are relevant and build on the core curriculum to enable in-depth study of various fields and career paths.
Core Curriculum
The core curriculum develops three essential dimensions of effective business management. Master structured problem-solving methodologies that transform raw data into strategic insights, helping you navigate ambiguity and make evidence-based decisions in dynamic environments. Simultaneously, build a sophisticated understanding of market mechanisms and financial systems, equipping you with tools to analyse competitive landscapes, optimise resource allocation, and create sustainable competitive advantage. Complementing these technical capabilities, you develop frameworks for ethical decision-making and sustainable business practices, preparing you to balance stakeholder interests with long-term value creation in a complex global business landscape.
Effective leadership requires exceptional decision-making capabilities. This course explores canonical decision models, reveals how cognitive biases influence judgements, and teaches students to become more deliberate, analytical thinkers who can navigate ambiguity and make high-quality decisions under pressure.
It provides an understanding of:
- Structured approaches to decision-making that balance analytical rigour with practical application
- How cognitive structures and heuristics shape thinking processes and can be leveraged effectively
- Methods to recognise and mitigate biases that undermine sound judgement
- Techniques to improve group decision-making and foster collaborative problem-solving in organisational settings
In today's data-rich business environment, this module equips students with essential skills in analytics, visualisation, and interpretation. It emphasises practical approaches to data-driven decision-making while addressing ethical considerations, preparing leaders to leverage data for strategic advantage.
It provides an understanding of:
- Fundamental principles of data analytics and statistical techniques for business applications
- Methods for implementing data-driven decision frameworks in management contexts
- Data visualisation and storytelling techniques for communicating complex findings
- Ethical considerations in data collection, analysis, and application
- Strategies for translating insights into actionable business recommendations
This foundational course equips students with essential microeconomic tools for strategic decision-making. By examining market forces, consumer behaviour, pricing mechanisms, and competitive dynamics, students develop analytical skills to navigate complex markets and create profitable growth strategies.
It provides an understanding of:
- Core economic principles that underpin effective managerial decision-making
- Techniques for analysing demand and supply dynamics to align strategies with market behaviour
- Strategic pricing approaches and profit maximisation models for optimal resource allocation
- Game theory applications and competitive frameworks for achieving sustainable advantage
This course examines how financial statements serve as the primary channel for communicating information about a firm's economic performance and position. Students develop the analytical foundation to interpret and leverage financial information for strategic business decisions.
It provides an understanding of:
- The fundamental accounting principles that underpin corporate financial reporting
- How the three primary financial statements collectively represent a firm's economic activities
- The financial reporting process and methodologies used to construct statements according to generally accepted accounting principles
- Key relationships between financial statements and their role in comprehensive performance evaluation
Students master the vocabulary of financial statements, develop analytical skills to evaluate operational efficiency, learn to make informed resource allocation decisions based on financial data and gain the ability to communicate effectively about financial performance in managerial contexts.
This module equips students with essential statistical and mathematical methods for business analysis. It develops analytical skills to transform data into insights, enabling evidence-based decision-making across management functions.
It provides an understanding of:
- Fundamental statistical concepts and probability theory for analysing business data
- Regression analysis techniques to model relationships and make predictions
- Optimisation methods and linear programming for resource allocation and efficiency
- Statistical inference and hypothesis testing to validate assumptions and guide decisions
This course develops strategic frameworks for creating competitive advantage at both business and corporate levels. Students’ progress from industry analysis and positioning to addressing complex challenges in portfolio management, global competition, and strategy implementation. The curriculum examines how firms create value, allocate resources, and build capabilities in dynamic environments.
It provides an understanding of:
- Analytical techniques for evaluating industry attractiveness, competitive dynamics, and strategic positions that yield advantage
- Methods for identifying distinctive capabilities that enable superior performance and sustainable positioning
- Corporate-level frameworks for resource allocation, portfolio management, and creating synergistic value
- Approaches for formulating global strategies that balance integration with adaptation to local environments
- Strategic considerations unique to diverse organisational forms, including family-owned businesses and emerging market business groups
- Techniques for evaluating how strategic investments and organisational design contribute to sustainable advantage
- Implementation frameworks that translate strategic intent into action through aligned systems and processes
Students learn to conduct rigorous competitive analysis, develop strategic positioning aligned with market conditions, design value-creating corporate diversification strategies, formulate international expansion approaches, address governance challenges across ownership structures, respond effectively to technological disruption, and implement systems that support strategy execution and enhance long-term profitability.
This module explores how organisations make optimal investment and financing decisions to maximise shareholder value. Students develop analytical frameworks to evaluate strategic financial choices, understand capital structure implications, and align financial policy with corporate objectives in diverse market conditions.
It provides an understanding of:
- Capital budgeting techniques for evaluating investment opportunities using discounted cash flow analysis and strategic assessment frameworks
- Capital structure decisions and their impact on firm value, cost of capital, and financial flexibility
- Dividend policy formulation and share repurchase strategies to optimise shareholder returns
- Risk management approaches using financial instruments to mitigate exposure while supporting strategic corporate goals
This module provides a comprehensive foundation in securities valuation and portfolio management principles. Students learn to evaluate different asset classes, understand risk-return relationships, and develop strategic investment approaches that balance financial objectives with market conditions and risk tolerance.
It provides an understanding of:
- Security analysis techniques for valuing equities, fixed income instruments, and derivatives using both fundamental and quantitative methods
- Modern portfolio theory and asset allocation strategies to optimise returns for a given level of risk
- Risk measurement frameworks and performance evaluation metrics to assess investment decisions
- Market efficiency concepts and behavioural finance principles that influence investment opportunities and pricing anomalies
This course equips students to understand and leverage emerging technological paradigms that are fundamentally reshaping business landscapes across sectors. Through case studies and interactive discussions, students develop frameworks for strategic decision-making in environments characterised by technological disruption and digital transformation.
It provides an understanding of:
- How frontier technologies—including artificial intelligence, blockchain, Internet of Things, and others—are creating new market opportunities while disrupting established business models
- The economic principles underlying technology platform businesses and their distinctive competitive dynamics
- Methods for evaluating technological investments and innovations in high-uncertainty environments where traditional financial metrics may be insufficient
- Organisational capabilities and structures needed to harness technological change and drive digital innovation
Students learn to analyse how emerging technologies impact competitive landscapes, develop strategies that exploit technological capabilities for sustainable advantage, implement digital transformation initiatives that enhance customer value, and lead organisations through periods of technological disruption with confidence and vision.
This course examines how marketing drives organisational value through strategic customer focus. Students master market analysis fundamentals and integrated marketing mix implementation—connecting consumer needs with profitable solutions through disciplined segmentation, positioning, brand building, and analytical decision-making in both traditional and digital environments.
It provides an understanding of:
- Marketing planning frameworks for identifying attractive segments, developing positioning strategies, and analysing consumer behaviour patterns to reveal profitable opportunities
- Value creation approaches through brand development and strategic marketing programmes that establish sustainable competitive advantages
- Pricing methodologies balancing value delivery with profitability across product lifecycles, including techniques for setting and adjusting prices
- Distribution and communication strategies that efficiently reach target customers and build brand equity, including digital marketing tactics leveraging data analytics
This course examines psychological and social forces shaping behaviour in organisational settings. Students explore evidence-based frameworks that explain motivation, decision-making, leadership, and team performance to enhance managerial effectiveness in diverse work environments.
It provides an understanding of -
- Psychological principles underlying individual behaviour, including motivation theories and cognitive biases that influence workplace performance
- Group dynamics and team effectiveness, exploring how social processes impact collaboration and decision-making
- Leadership approaches grounded in behavioural science, examining how different styles influence engagement and organisational culture
- Organisational structures and systems that shape workplace behaviour and communication patterns
This course develops the essential verbal communication capabilities required for effective leadership in complex business environments. By combining theoretical frameworks with practical application, students cultivate the verbal skills necessary to influence, persuade, and lead across diverse organisational contexts.
It provides an understanding of:
- The principles of compelling verbal communication and how masterful communicators effectively influence organisational outcomes
- The architecture of powerful business narratives and the critical role of storytelling in leadership
- Advanced techniques for audience engagement, including the strategic deployment of rhetorical devices to clarify complex concepts
- Methods for communicating numerical data effectively, recognising that presentation structure often determines impact
Students learn to craft and deliver high-impact presentations, organise thoughts coherently in high-stakes situations, build persuasive narrative structures, adapt communication approaches to diverse audiences, and develop a repertoire of essential business stories that drive strategic outcomes.
This course bridges analytical thinking with persuasive communication, establishing the foundation for strategic business decisions. Students develop methodologies for transforming insights into compelling narratives that influence stakeholders across organisational contexts.
It provides an understanding of:
- Analytical frameworks for systematic business problem examination
- Logical argument construction that connects claims with evidence
- Methods for avoiding reasoning fallacies in business writing
- Approaches for crafting various document types tailored to specific objectives
- Strategies for adapting communication to diverse audience needs
Students learn to analyse business scenarios using structured frameworks, translate findings into strategic recommendations, craft compelling documents, tailor approaches for various stakeholders, and apply these skills across different business contexts.
Global Perspective Term
Gain valuable exposure to international business practices, enhancing your understanding of diverse markets and cross-cultural competencies. You will learn from renowned faculty at top international business schools, who will share their global experiences and perspectives in the classroom.
- Innovation through Design Exploration and Actionable Solutions (iDEAS): A transformative business design lab that goes beyond traditional coursework, immersing students in real-world challenges while fostering a user-centric mindset. iDEAS empowers students to become visionary problem solvers and impactful leaders, equipping them with the skills to drive innovation and modern leadership.
- Mandatory Summer Internship: The mandatory summer internship at the end of year 1 provides students with a valuable opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a professional setting. This immersive programme enables them to apply knowledge to real-world challenges while developing essential managerial and teamwork skills. Through the internship, participants can explore potential career paths and gain insights into the operational dynamics of businesses.
- Platform for Innovation and Venture-Oriented Thinking (PiVOT): At PiVOT, students learn integrated design thinking, advanced business strategies, and cutting-edge technologies to develop a unified entrepreneurial framework. They create a comprehensive business plan, validate business models, devise scalable pricing strategies, and formulate growth-driven plans for long-term success. PiVOT offers a groundbreaking experience that prepares students to lead, innovate, and thrive in a world that is constantly changing.
Expand Your Global Vision
Broaden your horizons and embrace diverse perspectives with invaluable exposure to international business practices. The programme offers a unique opportunity to gain insights into global markets and enhance cross-cultural competencies while understanding how they play out in local contexts. Learn from esteemed faculty at top international business schools, as they share their global expertise and experiences, enriching your understanding of the interconnected world of business.
Graduate Degree Requirements
TBD
Move beyond theory into action through iDEAS, Summer Internships, and PiVOT—transformative experiences that develop your problem-solving capabilities, entrepreneurial mindset, and leadership skills while creating tangible business impact in real-world settings.
Develop strategic decision-making prowess by navigating complex business scenarios through advanced simulation tools, allowing you to test frameworks, analyse outcomes, and refine approaches without real-world consequences.
Sharpen analytical thinking through immersion in real business dilemmas faced by global organisations, developing the critical reasoning capabilities and judgment essential for leadership in ambiguous, high-stakes situations.
Cultivate crucial professional capabilities through role-playing exercises, live projects, and structured debates that transform classroom dynamics into training grounds for leadership, negotiation, and collaborative problem-solving.
Enhance your professional outlook through meaningful interactions with industry leaders and immersive organisational site visits, nurturing practical insights and networking opportunities that highlight evolving industry trends and practices.
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