Introduction
Between 1996 and 2005, Harvard Business School offered The General Manager Program™ (TGMP), a seven-week Executive Education program for senior managers of business or country units who had demonstrated capabilities and proven leadership potential.
This selective program admitted managers from all over the world. They came to the HBS campus for a full-time, intensive program that took an integrated approach to the general manager's demanding job, weaving key components around two basic challenges: diagnosis and action.
In 2005, TGMP merged with a closely related program offered by HBS—the Program for Management Development (PMD). The resulting program—the General Management Program (GMP)—launched in September 2006.