Brochure - 1 - Great Lakes

CREATING BUSINESS READY MANAGERS
THE EMPIRICAL STUDY
Empirical study is one of the excellent means to demonstrate
Great Lakes' firm belief that the best way for students to
advance their knowledge is to question conventions and
established frameworks. The empirical study requirement
achieves the Institute's mission of creating business-ready
managers by enabling every student to do a real life study
under the guidance of the best people from the industry and
academics. The most practical benefit of writing an empirical
article is that one learns how to actually persuade and
convince others by culling out relevant information, gathering
and analyzing data, and presenting the output to support one's
stand.
KARMA YOGA
Trying to learn leadership in a classroom is like trying to learn
swimming in a classroom. Just as a swimming pool is required
to learn swimming, a live setting with actual potential followers
is needed to learn leadership. Karma Yoga, a Leadership
Experiential Program (LEP) is an integral part of the Post-
Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) and Post-
Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) at Great Lakes.
There are 20 villages surrounding the Institute's campus that
have been adopted by Great Lakes for the LEP. Students visit
these Karma Yoga villages every week. The mission is to
enhance the self-esteem and self-efficacy of the villagers (i.e.,
to empower them), so that they are able to lead a better quality
life. Karma Yoga is a real life practical lab to learn and
experience the power of transformational leadership. In this
attempt by Great Lakers to transform people belonging to
nearby villages, the key focus has been in the fields of
Education, Health, Agriculture, and Small Business.