Enriching Management Education through Experiential Learning

In today’s rapidly evolving business world, management education must go beyond the traditional boundaries of textbooks and lectures. At Poddar Business School, recognized as a top management college in Rajasthan, we recognize the need to equip students not only with theoretical knowledge but also with practical, real-world skill-based management education. One of the most effective ways to achieve this is through experiential learning—a method that integrates classroom learning with hands-on experiences.

This approach is being actively implemented across various subjects in our management curriculum of MBA and PGDM courses. Let us explore how key topics in management are enhanced through experiential learning activities:

1. Principles of Management: Learn Management by Doing

Students learn the core functions of management—planning, organizing, leading, and controlling—by simulating managerial roles in classroom-based business games and case study discussions. Activities such as "Create Your Own Company" or "Management Role Play" help students understand real-life business dynamics.

Experiential Activity Example:
Students form teams to run a simulated company and compete in terms of profits, market share, and HR strategies.

2. Marketing Management: Beyond the Classroom

Marketing is best learned in the field. Students undertake product surveys, design marketing campaigns, and even pitch real products through social media or college events.

Experiential Activity Example:
"Campus Bazaar" – A student-run market where teams launch a product, set prices, design promotion strategies, and sell to actual consumers.

3. Human Resource Management: Understanding People at Work

HRM students gain practical insight through mock interviews, role plays in conflict resolution, and participation in real recruitment drives.

Experiential Activity Example:
"HR Clinic" – Students act as HR consultants to solve workplace scenarios and suggest employee engagement plans.

4. Financial Management: Real-Time Decision Making

Students engage in stock market simulations, budget creation exercises, and financial analysis of listed companies, they experience the real-world applications of financial concepts.

Experiential Activity Example:
"Stock Market Game" – Students invest virtual money in real stocks and track market performance over time.

5. Operations Management: Learning through Industrial Exposure

Students learn by visiting manufacturing units and preparing process flow diagrams, students understand concepts like supply chain, inventory control, and quality management.

Experiential Activity Example:
"Factory Visit + Report" – Students visit local industries and analyze how operational efficiency is maintained.

6. Entrepreneurship Development: Nurturing Future Business Leaders

Idea generation workshops, business plan competitions, and interaction with start-up founders help students develop an entrepreneurial mindset.

Experiential Activity Example:
"Startup Pitch Day" – Students present innovative business ideas to a panel of faculty and entrepreneurs.

7. Organizational Behaviour: Insights into Workplace Culture

Through group exercises, personality assessments, and team-building tasks, students better understand motivation, leadership styles, and organizational culture.

Experiential Activity Example:
"Team Dynamics Workshop" – Involving group challenges and reflections on leadership and collaboration.

8. Strategic Management: The Big Picture Thinking

Students work on live case studies of companies and apply analytical tools like SWOT, PESTLE, and Porter’s Five Forces models to frame growth strategies.

Experiential Activity Example:
"Strategy War Room" – Teams analyze a failing company and present a turnaround strategy using analytical tools.

Conclusion: Shaping Future-Ready Leaders

At, Poddar Business School, a leading business school in Jaipur, experiential learning brings management education to life. It helps bridge the gap between theory and practice, enhances critical thinking, improves decision-making, and fosters leadership skills. Our real- world MBA training, creates a learning environment where students don’t just learn about management—they experience it.

As we continue to integrate more such experiential modules into our curriculum, we are preparing our students not just to be job-seekers, but future-ready leaders and innovators.