The first year's curriculum is compulsory and covers the basic functional areas of finance and accounting, marketing, personnel and operations management. The basic principle of economics, behavioural sciences, information technology and quantitative methods are taught in the context of management. At the end of the first year, students work in organizations on summer assignments lasting eight to ten weeks. The second year courses provide the students with an opportunity to pursue studies in areas of special interest to them. Therefore, most of the second year courses are electives. This approach helps students develop an integrated approach to solving management problems. Some of these electives are:
Marketing
Marketing in its broadest sense is getting people and products together. This is the most popular specialization among students of management. It comprises four specific function areas Sales & Distribution, Product/Brand Management, Advertising, Market Research.
Finance
This function area is concerned with the efficient use of an important component of business - Money. The main career paths in this discipline are Consumer Banking, Investment Banking, Development Banking, Non-Banking Finance, Corporate Finance, International Finance etc.
Human Resources
The broad career opportunities in this area are Personnel Management, Industrial Relations etc.
Systems Management
After consolidation and restructuring in the Information Technology (IT) sector, there is again a huge demand for software professionals and systems managers. For MBAs specializing in Systems, there are broadly four career options in this field Systems Consultancy, Account / Project Management, Systems Depts. of Organizations, Business Development (Sales & Marketing).
Operations
Manufacturing is one of the most important areas for any product-based business. Management of large as well as small manufacturing companies involves various production and operational techniques and theories. These skills are especially useful for engineering graduates. The career options in this field are Quality Control, Material Management, Productivity Improvement, Inventory Control, Production Planning, Supply Chain Management & Logistics.
Method of Instruction:
Cases, Seminars, Group Exercises, Role Plays, Lectures, and Discussions are used as pedagogic tools in the instruction process. Cases are descriptions of actual management situations based on the experiences of organizations in a wide range of settings. They present facts known to the executives responsible for dealing with the situations presented, and through discussions of these situations, students learn how to solve different kinds of managerial problems.
MBA CURRICULUM