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1. INTRODUCTION

FORE and MBA education in India:

The ever-expanding Indian economy has led to an increase in the appetite for management education in

the country. Currently, MBA is one of the most sought after post-graduate degrees amongst the Indian

populace. The number of students giving CAT has been growing exponentially and this is evident from

the fact that more than 2 lakh students from all over India appeared for CAT 2010. With the growing

demand for an MBA degree, new business schools are mushrooming in every nook and corner of the

country.

The MBA degree as a designation originated in the United States, emerging as the country industrialized

and companies sought out scientific approaches to management. The first American business school,

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, was established in 1881. This was 62 years after the

world's first business school ESCP-EAP was established in 1819 in Paris. In India, Faculty of

Management Studies, Delhi University, is the oldest business school but the MBA degree as such has

only gained popularity since the turn of the century.

FORE is currently one of Indias leading business schools. Various surveys place it amongst the best

business schools in the country and the institute is striving hard to break into the top 10.

Fore stands for 'Foundation for Organizational Research and Education'. FORE was established in year

1981 as a non-profit institution fore advancement of Management Education, Research, Training and

Consultancy. Since its inception, FORE has been working with industry and academia for developing

new domains of managerial thought and education and contributing to building leaders in global business

environment.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDM) is a two year full time programme provided

by institute, it is one of the flagship programme of the institute. It focuses on comprehensive

understanding of the corporate world, integrating the theoretical knowledge with the practical aspects of

organizational settings and techniques of management, conceptual and analytical abilities required for

effective decision making and personality development.

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BACKGROUND

Statement of Problem:

Our group is studying the effectiveness of the FORE PGDM programme; for this we have conducted

various surveys and tests to observe the effectiveness of PGDM at FORE. We have got the questionnairefilled by both the first year as well as second year students for this. The aim is to get a clear understandingof the students perception about the teachings and learnings from FORE.

Research Objectives

We wish to explore the factors by which the PGDM course at FORE adds maximum value. We wish to analyze whether these 2 years of PGDM education at FORE really adds value to an

individual in various ways.

We wish to map the responses of students currently studying in the PGDM course at FOREindicating the different factors which have added value to them.

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LITERATURE REVIEW

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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY/DESIGN

Type of research design:

We have used both primary and secondary sources of research

Primary sources of Research:Wehave used the following primary source of research-

Surveys: we conducted an online survey with 240 students out of which we received responses fromapproximately 60 students. In the survey we had given the respondents a few situations and they had tochoose their most probable action from a list.

Secondary sources of research: we used inputs from EBSCO.