ISB’s Executive Programme in Business Management builds cross-functional business leaders

The operating environment for businesses is being rewritten by technology adoption, richer data availability, and sharper competitive pressure. For managers, the expectation is no longer limited to delivering within a function. Increasingly, they are required to interpret numbers, understand market signals, and turn plans into execution with speed. In India, where business decisions are closely tied to global shifts, this need for enterprise level judgement is becoming more pronounced.

For mid-career professionals and emerging leaders, this raises a practical question. How do they move beyond functional strength and develop the breadth needed to manage business priorities across functions?

A strategic response to business disruption

ISB Online’s Executive Programme in Business Management is designed as a comprehensive cross-functional learning journey for mid-career professionals, early stage managers, and entrepreneurs. Delivered over 32 weeks, the programme strengthens core business fundamentals while also building fluency in artificial intelligence (AI), innovation, and change leadership. The intent of the programme is to help participants develop enterprise level thinking and apply it across business functions rather than learning concepts in isolation.

Learn what is powering the new business world

The curriculum is structured across six phases, covering:

• Analytical foundations: Accounting, economics, and statistics to support data-driven decision making

• Marketing and operations: Marketing, financial management and operations to understand how performance is built and measured

• Macroeconomics and strategy: Linking macroeconomic forces and competitive dynamics to strategic choices

• Leadership and change management: Focusing on influence, negotiation, conflict resolution, and leading change

• AI, technology and innovation: Exploring digital disruption, artificial intelligence, generative artificial intelligence and applications across functions

• Capstone and campus immersion: Concluding with a mentor guided capstone project and a two-day campus immersion
  

The programme combines self-paced modules with live online sessions, supported by industry insight masterclasses. Participants learn through case studies and interactive workshops and complete a mentored capstone project designed to translate learning into workplace application.

Speaking about the programme, Sunill Sood, Executive Director, ISB Executive Education and Digital Learning, said, “Professionals today need to go beyond functional expertise. Organisations are looking for leaders who can think strategically, adapt to technology-led shifts, and execute with confidence in uncertain conditions. The Executive Programme in Business Management is an innovative programme tailored for impact and designed to strengthen business fundamentals while building capability in areas such as artificial intelligence, innovation and change leadership, enabling participants to drive impact across functions at an enterprise level.”

A blended learning model built for executives
Delivered through ISB Online’s flexible learning model, the programme requires 150-plus learning hours with a commitment of five to six hours per week. Participants learn with ISB faculty and industry experts alongside a peer cohort, and gain ISB Executive Alumni status after completing the programme.

Programme Details

• Start date: Mar 22, 2026

• Duration: 32 weeks

• Format: Online (self-paced modules + live online) with 2-day campus immersion

• Fees: ₹2,95,000 plus taxes
  

Applications are now open for the upcoming cohort of the Executive Programme in Business Management. This is your opportunity to step beyond functional expertise and build the clarity, foresight, and leadership capabilities to shape the future of business.

For more details on the programme, please visit here.