The event would also have atraining the teachersa exercise, which would see the dissemination of education practices for the IIMs to the school level. The teachers will be taken through a series of lectures and workshops to help them develop their skills in imparting knowledge, and generating a keen interest among their students for their respective subjects, as they are the catalysts who shape the thought process of young impressionable minds.
Ocumen 2009 has some games which cover various functional areas such as finance, marketing, HR, strategy, and operations. Highlights of the events scheduled for this edition are:
1) A Finance game by SIGFI, the special interest group in finance at IIM Lucknow, that aims to make the students conversant with terms like risks and returns, interest rates and investments.
2) A Marketing Game by PRiSM, the special interest group in marketing.
3) An Operations Game by the Operations Interest Group (OIG) to introduce students to the basic concepts of operations management.
4) An HR Game highlighting the importance of teamwork for creation of a successful enterprise.
5) The Strategy Game would expose the students to various strategic situations, in which they decide the course of their organization by indulging in strategic decisions, which shape the future of their organizations.