Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai

TISS Mumbai Master of Hospital Administration program curriculum is spread over 2 years. TISS Master of Hospital Administration programme imparts training in managing financial, material and information systems in hospital settings and builds the perspectives, attitudes and skills needed for managing people. The MHA (Hospital) Degree is designed to be completed in 4 semesters spanning two years; but has a provision to complete over a maximum period of 5 years from the date of registration.

Students of the MHA (Hospital) programme find jobs to manage a variety of specialised services in hospitals, both in the private and in government sectors. Their job description includes managing various departments of large hospitals as well as planning and designing new services and new hospitals. In the past, students have found employment in leading corporate- and trust-run hospitals all over the country. Of late, there are also job opportunities arising in hospital consultancy firms, health care IT industry, and the health insurance sector.

TISS MA ODCL program curriculum is spread over 2 years. TISS MA ODCL programme transforms students, both personally and professionally. Students gain a deeper understanding of themselves and behavioural sciences, organisation strategy, operations and the interplay of systems and people processes. Those passionate about making a difference through OD should consider applying to our MA in Organisation Development, Change and Leadership.

The learning methods in the programme include lectures, case discussions, simulations, role-plays, fieldwork, internships, service learning, and facilitated human interaction processes. Students engage in experiential learning opportunities and reflective spaces and interact with experienced professionals, faculty and alums. In this manner, students better understand their challenges and those of organisations in various contexts involving change. One of the differentiators of this program is the opportunity for students to immerse in a real-world consulting project that intends to take them through a complete OD cycle.

During TISS MA in ODCL, students learn how to appreciate and proceed with the process of OD-intensive organisational change, including:

Understanding ‘organisation’ as an open system to infer organisational purpose and design linkages.
Diagnosing issues, causes, and designing approaches to enable internal renewal of capabilities of client organisations.
Evaluating and presenting options, developing interventions with clients and delivering them as change facilitators for sustainable change.
Exhibiting leadership and innovation for organisational change processes to enable organisational effectiveness.
Changes to the structure, culture, strategy, and processes of an entire organisation, including the impact on individual jobs and roles.
The application of behavioural science knowledge and practice to facilitate performance or internal transformation within an organisation.
The improvement of organisational effectiveness by involving members of the organisation in understanding the challenge whilst enabling in them new skills, knowledge and ways of thinking and doing tasks in service of the organisation’s purpose and strategy.
The promotion of high productivity, performance, quality products, financial performance and continuous improvement.
The facilitation of change in a flexible, adaptive and humanistic, participative way.
Sustainability, so consistent change in the right direction, continues beyond the life of the initial change initiative.

TISS MA HRM and LR program curriculum is spread over 2 years. Master of Arts Human Resource Management & Labour Relations (HRM & LR) programme at TISS Mumbai places importance on both theoretical and hands-on learning. While classroom learning through participation in the forms of discussions and case studies, presentations, simulation games, assignments, etc., emphasises conceptual clarity, practical inputs are provided through the rigorous fieldwork system, which complements the classroom inputs by throwing light on the practical dimension of the profession.

The insights that emerge out of such an experience make students conceptually strong and successful in practice of the profession. Students are also required to complete a dissertation on any topic of their choice. All these, coupled with the focused attention that students get owing to the small size of the batch, makes personal learning highly effective. Fieldwork is a continuous process, which seeks to facilitate student’s exposure to varied industry sectors. Besides, students undertake internships with organisations for a period ranging from 6–8 weeks, which is seen as an opportunity for the student to learn significantly from, and contribute meaningfully to organisations.

The M.A. in HRM & LR programme benefits from over 4 decades of teaching and research in the same area, is a challenging teaching–learning experience that blends cutting edge theory with innovative practice to develop business leaders for the global industry. The TISS HRM & LR post-graduates are amongst the most sought after in the global industry today. They occupy positions of leadership across a wide spectrum of industries and sectors including, IT/ITeS, banking and finance, telecom, manufacturing, public sector, pharmaceutical, retail and management consultancy.