An MBA program offers a two-year journey of real-world challenges, innovative thinking, healthy competition, and networking opportunities. Students can expect to learn through seminars, case studies, projects and presentations while gaining expertise in core subjects like accounting, economics, finance, and marketing. They will also select a career specialization and gain experience through internships and placements. The document provides guidance on coursework, career options, and myths within different MBA specializations. It emphasizes practical learning, networking, and extracurricular involvement alongside academics.
1. An Introduction on what to expect in the two years in MBA
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Note:This Presentation is from a 2 year MBA Course perspective. Some points may not be relevant to other programs
3. Prepare for the real challenges of the real world
Think innovatively with out-of-the-box “ideas”
Healthy competition with the best minds
Work along with diverse minded people
Speak your mind and grow in confidence
Network and make buddies
4. Learning and study would focus on the following:
Seminars from corporate & industry experts
Case- study analysis
Real life scenario analysis & discussions
Participation in Group Discussions / debates
Study-Group Projects and Presentations
Participation through Role-play
6. Most MBA Institutes offer 5 major career stream
options
Marketing
Finance
Operations
Human Resources
IT and Systems
The basic core subjects are common, and a student
has to decide the specialization area later
7. Important Courses
Marketing Management, Branding,Customer Behavior, Sales & Media
Management, Marketing Research, Services Marketing
Career Choices..
Sales & Marketing in FMCG, Marketing Research, Marketing financial
products, IT Consulting etc
What to expect initially..
Initially,Sales stint at rural locations or rigorous sales job in cities with
targets
Myths..
A role of a brand manager/marketing guru at the first job. Realistically,
everyone starts with a sales stint
8. Important Courses
Accounting, Economics, Banking,Corporate Finance, Risk,Trading
*Note: 3 -year CFA is popular value-addition course
Career Choices..
Corporate Finance, Investment banking, corporate banking, Equity
Research
What to expect initially..
Back-end investment bank profile, data-crunching on excel sheets
Myths..
A front-end investment bank or a critical multi-million dollar decision
making profile at the first job. Initially job focuses on a supporting role
9. Important Courses
SupplyChain Management, Production & Planning, Information
Systems, Logistics,Operations Management
Career Choices..
Manufacturing,Operation and Logistics Management, Retail Operations,
Procurement, Purchase
What to expect initially..
Managing small operations team, rigorous working hours at sites, KPO
back-offices
Myths..
Inter-supply chain role, critical decision making roles in logistics,
warehousing, supply-chain etc
10. Important Courses
Organizational Management, Behavioral Dynamics, Employee
Management,Training & Recruitment
Career Choices..
HR Departments across sectors, Executive search firms
What to expect initially..
Accompanying senior HR’s in training,CV Shorting-listing, recruitment &
learning more about the organizational management
Myths..
Starting with interviewing prospective employees, taking critical
recruitment/ lay off decisions
11. Important Courses
Management Information Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning(ERP),
Customer Relationship Management(CRM), Project Management etc
Career Choices..
DomainConsultant, ERP Specialist, Business Analyst,CRM or HCM
Consultant in major IT companies
What to expect initially..
Requirements Gathering, Fit Gap Analysis, Streamlining Business
Process, ShadowConsultant at Offshore, Use Cases,Testing etc
Myths..
OnsiteVisits on a regular basis, changing the entire business process of
the client, basic technical understanding not expected as ‘I am an MBA’.
12. The most important mile-stone for a first year student is the “Summer
Internship” as it helps you decide on your final career stream.
You can prepare the following:
Decide your area of specialization wisely before the process
Prepare the basic MBA concepts thoroughly
Look to score well in your exams as some companies have cut-offs
Participate in extracurricular activities
Improve and work on your CV (Resume)
During the selection, companies look out for good academics,
extracurricular achievements on yourCV and strong basic knowledge
By the time placements happen in the final year, you would anyways be
well verse with the selection process
13. Apart from studies, MBA is a highly competitive
platform
Inter B-Schools events
Corporate Projects
Inter-college B-Plan Contests
Case-study analysis competitions
ArticleWriting Contests
14. During your MBA, focus on…
Practical Learning along with regular classroom studies
Networking with seniors, peers and faculty
Maximizing Summer Internship experience
Doing additional Corporate Projects along with studies
Participating extensively in B-Plan contests, Article
Contests, Cultural and sports events etc
Joining Placement, Alumni or other clubs/cells
Reading & writing business articles on the internet to learn about
the trends and happenings
And lastly.. MAKE FRIENDS, CELEBRATE and ENJOY!
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It offers
BusinessArticles
Management Documents
BrandAnalysis &Top Brand Lists
Business Concepts
Official Pages and Magazines
Quizzes, Contests, Forum , Fun Corner and much more
Students can freely use, access, download, upload study material,
participate in contests, can get corporate projects etc
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