Management by Adventure ( MBA )

Concept

Managing is becoming increasing challenging. To be able to manage effectively in today's corporate world, managers need smart thinking, speedy action and effective people skills. MBA (Management By Adventure) presents a unique opportunity for manages to develop characteristics in an experiential setting than through classroom training.

MBA (Management By Adventure) is a series of programs conducted in wilderness sites far removed from normal living. In a calm and informal environment, up close with nature, people are found to become more introspective, uninhibited and inwardly ready for a comprehensive and valuable learning process. After experiencing MBA (Management By Adventure), managers learn the skills and tend to bond together in a way that is impossible in an office atmosphere.

In an unusual, unique and untried environment MBA (Management By Adventure) presents unpredictable situations and challenges stretching managers beyond their customary comfort zones. As a result of these experiences, managers tend to lose their hang-ups, shed their masks and become more receptive to learning.

Client feedback of our MBA (Management By Adventure) programs supports the fact that the participants in a well-designed outdoor program find the experience memorable, and the benefits are significant and long-lasting. MBA (Management By Adventure) programs in an outdoor setting have been found to be particularly effective in areas that involve interpersonal relationships, trust and bonding, communication of shared vision and goals, motivation, behaviour modification in response to changes and personal effectiveness.

What is MBA?

MBA (Management By Adventure) is not a walk in the jungle, a few jumps through hoops and a campfire. MBA is a carefully designed and executed to achieve specific organizational goals. Each MBA program is designed after consultation with representatives from your company. We understand, analyze and identify your organizational needs, and then draw up a program designed to deliver specific management development objectives.
Participants of this management development series, go through a number of activities that are specifically aimed at exploring issues like conflict resolution, risk-taking, goal setting, decision making, communication, leadership, team building, change management, creativity and self-reliance. Each activity is also customized to match your company's HR context, with the program continuously building on relevant themes for greater effectiveness. We further fine tune and refine our training activities after interacting with the participants in the field, so that they are given challenges and activities best suited to their requirement and capacity.
MBA (Management By Adventure) also provides managers a progression of carefully graded exercises that will set increasingly challenging tasks as participants progress to next level - gradually increasing the participants' performance levels and moving the group closer to your HR goals. The participants' responses to these situations become the raw material for review.

MODULES

MODULE 01: Basic Managerial Skills

Participants:            Young Managers
Duration:                  3 nights, 3 days
Venue:                     Client can pick from a range of venues
Difficulty level:         Low
Stay:                        Combination of hotel rooms and tents

MODULE 02: Advanced Managerial Skills

Participants:            Middle Managers
Duration:                  3 nights, 3 days
Venue:                     Client can pick from a range of venues
Difficulty level:         Moderate
Stay:                        Tents

MODULE 03: Strategic Management Skills

Participants:            Senior Managers & HODs
Duration:                  3 nights, 3 days
Venue:                     Client can pick from a range of venues including Base camp of Nanga Parbat
Difficulty level:         High
Stay:                        Creating your own shelters