BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Management has emerged as a highly coveted career option in recent times. In most modern organisations in the private and public sector, whether engaged in commercial activity or social service, there is a demand for professionally qualified managers.
DURATION OF THE COURSE :
Business management or MBA (Master of Business Administration) is usually the study programme of two-years duration taken up after successful completion of graduate studies in any discipline.
ELIGIBILITY :
Graduates with a minimum of 50% marks are eligible to apply for admission to management programmes.
BASIS OF SELECTION :
A candidate has to clear a written test and an interview. Sometimes, other forms of selection tests may also be involved, e.g. psychological tests, group discussions, group problem solving etc. The written tests commonly assess the candidates skills in mathematics, logical analysis and written English. Candidates with a proficiency in dealing with numbers, a large vocabulary in English, an ability to think quickly and logically and a trained eye for details are likely to do better in these written tests. Examples of such tests are Common Admission Test (CAT) which is held in the month of December every year for admission to prestigious Indian Institutes of Managements, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Bangalore, Indore and Kozhikode, MAT(Management Admission Tests), XLRI (Xavier Labour Relations Institute) Jamshedpur, etc. Universities conduct their own tests for admission to MBA programme.
The more reputed the Institute/University, the tougher is the selection process and better is the placement prospects.
INSTITUTIONS :
Management courses are conducted by specialised institutes as well as by more than 50 Universities in the country. Among the premier Institutes/Universities for management studies are:-
1. Indian Institutes of Management, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, Indore and Kozhikode.
2. Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi.
3. Jamanalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Bombay.
4. Xavier Labour Relations Institute Jamshedpur.
5. Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay.
6. Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune.
7. S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Bombay.
8. Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.
9. Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, U.P.
SOME INSTITUTES OF ORISSA :
1. Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.
2. Deptt. of Business Administration, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.
3. Deptt. of Business Administration, Berhampur University.
4. Regional College of Management, Bhubaneswar.
5. Institute of Co-operative Management, Bhubaneswar.
6. Deptt. of Business Administration, Sambalpur University.
The great demand for MBA degree has led to mushrooming of business schools around the country. However, an MBA aspirant must ensure the credibility of an institution before enrolling in the same.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES :
The career prospect of professionally qualified managers from India’s top management schools has been excellent in the recent years. Every year during January and February scores of blue chip companies, banks and financial institutions and construction houses, both Indian and foreign, throng to the campuses to recruit management students. Most students in top schools end up with lucrative job-offers with foreign postings.`
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