These programs basically consist of a 2 year term and they aim towards preparing a students to
take up executive responsibilities in various career fields in organizations through acquisition
of analytical skills, functional knowledge, problem solving skills, communication skills and leadership etc.
The two year MBA programme is generally spread over six trimesters (as in the case of autonomous
business schools: IIMs, XLRI etc.). It consists of four semesters (in University Colleges, FMS etc.).
The first year curriculum is almost common in most of the business schools.
The first year course curriculum generally consists of basic knowledge required to understand
and analyze the operations of an organization.
The courses are organised in such a way which helps the students to understand and solve
specific problems from the functional areas of marketing, human resource, production and
finance etc. The subject matters of separate courses are coordinated in a fashion which helps
the student in understanding the inter-related aspects of the functions within an organisation.
Students are generally expected to undertake summer projects in organisations for a period
of six to ten weeks at the end of the first year. This helps the students in applying their
academic knowledge in practical field works and acquiring further knowledge about the same.
This helps the student further in the selection electives in the second year of their
studies.
The second year curriculum is designed in a way which provides the students an in-depth study
of the functional areas of an organisation and the related career one chooses to specialise in.
Specialisations are generally offered in the following functional careers /areas:
- Finance
- Management and Control
- Marketing
- MIS
- Behavioral Sciences
- Economics
- Operations Management
- P M & I R
