Professional Program · Management Diploma
Professional Diploma in General Management
The Institute's flagship general-management program. A full-time course of study in strategy, finance, operations and leadership, built around live cases and a capstone advisory engagement.
Overview
The Professional Diploma in General Management is the Institute's flagship program: a full-time, 21-month course of study for people who expect to carry responsibility for teams, budgets and business decisions.
Teaching follows the case method throughout. Each week you prepare real decisions, defend a position in a capped cohort, and translate the discussion into work that can be used in a professional setting.
The program concludes with a supervised advisory engagement: a term-length client mandate assessed by written recommendation and oral presentation.
The cohort
- Cohort size
- 40, maximum
- Contact hours
- approximately 900 over 21 months
- Format
- Full-time, on campus
- Completion document
- Professional Diploma
Learning goals
On completion of the program, participants are able to:
- 01Construct and defend an operating plan, valuation and competitive strategy from primary materials.
- 02Read financial statements to the level required to challenge operating assumptions.
- 03Design organizational structures, incentives and rhythms appropriate to a chosen strategy.
- 04Negotiate complex agreements and lead decision processes among parties with divergent interests.
- 05Present a recommendation to senior stakeholders and defend it under sustained questioning.
Curriculum
The program is measured in internal contact units for workload planning. Contact units are not represented as transferable college credit.
Total: 48 contact units
Term One — Analytical Foundations
| Code | Module | Status | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| PMG 501 | Financial Reporting & Analysis | Core | 3 |
| PMG 502 | Managerial Economics | Core | 3 |
| PMG 503 | Data & Decisions | Core | 3 |
| PMG 504 | Organizational Behavior | Core | 3 |
Term Two — Enterprise Functions
| Code | Module | Status | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| PMG 511 | Corporate Finance | Core | 3 |
| PMG 512 | Marketing Management | Core | 3 |
| PMG 513 | Operations Management | Core | 3 |
| PMG 514 | Competitive Analysis | Core | 3 |
Term Three — Applied Strategy
| Code | Module | Status | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| PMG 521 | Corporate Strategy | Core | 3 |
| PMG 522 | Negotiation & Persuasion | Core | 3 |
| PMG 523 | Management Control | Core | 3 |
| PMG 524 | Leadership Practicum | Workshop | 3 |
Term Four — Advisory Application
The final term is devoted to the supervised advisory engagement and presentation.
| Code | Module | Status | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| PMG 590 | Capstone Advisory Engagement | Project | 9 |
| PMG 591 | Decision Colloquium | Core | 3 |
Assessment
Assessment is governed by the Assessment & Grading Policy (AC-02); grading criteria are published with every brief.
- Case examinations
- 30%
- Individual written assignments
- 25%
- Group projects & simulations
- 20%
- Advisory engagement & presentation
- 15%
- Class contribution
- 10%
Entry requirements
- A record of prior study, professional training, or equivalent professional experience.
- A minimum of three years' full-time professional experience; the cohort median is six.
- Two references, one of which should be from a current or recent line manager.
- Proof of English proficiency where applicable.
Fees — 2026 entry
- Program fee
- $48,000
- Payable in
- 4 installments of $12,000due at the start of each active term
- Processing fee
- $175non-refundable
- Registration deposit
- $2,500credited against first-term fee
- Materials & case license
- $900 per year
The full schedule of general fees, payment terms and the fee refund policy is published under Program Fees.
Key dates
- Applications open
- 1 October 2025
- Priority deadline
- 15 January 2026
- Final deadline
- 31 March 2026
- Decisions issued
- from 28 February 2026
- Term begins
- 14 September 2026