Irish Management Institute

Year 1

Phase 1 - 8 Months

During this phase participants:
• Attend a series of monthly seminars (2 days each in length) held at IMI
• Complete a series of courses on topics of relevance to the practice of management
• Apply the basic strategy, design and behavioural models that are introduced in class to their own organizational environment.
• Document this in a report (orientation paper)

Phase 2 (Four Months)
During this phase, the main activities are as follows:
• Continuation of seminars and core programmes, exploring topics in greater depth (2 days per month)
• A deeper focus on the main issues resulting in action targets
• Submission of a thesis proposal and literature review

Phase 2 (Four Months)
During this phase, the main activities are as follows:
• Continuation of seminars and core programmes, exploring topics in greater depth (2 days per month)
• A deeper focus on the main issues resulting in action targets
• Submission of a thesis proposal and literature review

Year 2

Phase 3 (five Months)
In this phase of the programme, the emphasis is on:
• Continuation of common core seminars (2 days in length)
• Extended reading on selected topics
• Making interventions and engaging in progressive learning on the participant's change initiative
• Submission of progress reports (position paper)

Phase 4 (Seven Months)
In this final phase the focus is on
• Attending seminars
• Completion of intervention, analysis of results,assessment of learning points
• Documenting the initiative in the form of a draft thesis
• Refining of draft and submission of final thesis