MBA Basics MBA - The Career MBA - Course Options MBA - The Curriculum What's a good B-school? Top B-schools Is there a 'Typical' MBA? MBA - Other Variants MBA FAQs   Interviews Marketing Manager Operations Manager HR Manager Chief Technology Officer (CTO)   B-school Updates  Exam Notifications Application Dates Results Knowledge Center Student Speak               Extensive business learning experience, from classrooms to campus life.               MBA: A Global Perspective     A holistic experience. A chance to network and specialize.           Choosing the “Right Specialization”     Understand, compare and choose. Select from conventional or unconventional specializations.             MBA - A Globally Recognized Course     Most MBA programs are two-year post-graduate programs comprising six trimesters of 10-12 weeks each, or 4 semesters of 16-18 weeks each. The two years teach future managers about the basic and specialist aspects of management. The MBA course is a holistic experience as the treatment is different from any other post-graduate course.         The MBA Curriculum                   MBA News MBA Events Applying to B-schools B-school Selection Process B-school FAQs     General Awareness   Reading Comprehension   Visual Reasoning     Management Compass Career Book: Management   A Day in the Life of a Marketing Manager A Day in the Life of an Operations Manager A Day in the Life of an HR Manager A Day in the Life of a Chief Technology Officer (CTO)   Choosing the “Right Specialization”     It is of prime importance to select the right field of management to specialize in, as normally this would be the discipline in which you would get your first job and possibly even make a career. The first step towards this is to understand what each specialization is about and what do they have to offer. Although the number of specializations offered by universities is increasing day by day, they can be classified broadly into the following categories:   Marketing - At the Front End of Business Look forward to a career in sales, brand management, or market research. You need to possess excellent communication and resource mobilizing skills. Marketing plays a key role in the industries such as fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), advertising and market research, sales & distribution, and product or brand management. A large number of CEOs often belong to this discipline.   Operations Management - Driving Back-End Efficiency If you exhibit an eye for detail, the ability to negotiate, can keep your calm in tough situations and have sound technical knowledge, manufacturing, sales and distribution companies are likely to knock on your doors. Operations play a key role in the fields of quality control, material management, productivity improvement, inventory control, production planning, supply chain management and logistics.   Finance - It’s All About the Money This field requires extremely high analytical ability, playing with numbers and balance sheets and needs an individual to be fond of being at the complete back-end. With a specialization in Finance you can look for exciting careers in banks, financial consultancies, or financial institutions. Finance plays a key role in the fields of consumer and investment banking, institutional finance, merchant banking, corporate finance and international finance.   Systems Management - Making Technology Work Involves custom-development of IT solutions in all areas, from putting up online daily sales to developing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions. Systems Management is normally an integration role between client (internal/external) and programmers; and generally require people with good technical skills coupled with good business domain knowledge. Systems plays an important role in the fields of systems consultancy, account management/project management, systems department of organizations, business development and sales & marketing.   Human Resource Management - A People Manager You focus on people management and form the backbone of any organization. You need to be a good communicator and should present yourself as competent, dependable and charismatic. It plays a key role in the fields of human resource development, personnel management and industrial relations.