Career Guidance
Business management is one of the most sought-after careers today. This field has limitless opportunities in diverse spheres with good remuneration, status and scope for professional and personal growth. Moreover, in this achievement-oriented profession there is great demand for talent, and skilled professionals can rise to top positions quickly.
Managers usually operate within one of the five defined functional areas below:
- Human Resource Development - Human Resource Development (HRD) is the framework for helping employees develop their personal and organizational skills, knowledge, and abilities. Human Resource Development includes opportunities like employee training, employee career development, performance management and development. The focus of all aspects of Human Resource Development is on developing a superior workforce for an organization.
- Financial Management - Financial Management is the planning, organizing, directing and controlling of the financial activities such as procurement and utilization of funds of the enterprise. Some of the objectives of financial management are to ensure regular and adequate supply of funds to the concern, adequate returns to the shareholders and the market price of the share, optimum funds utilization and to ensure safety on investment.
- Production and Operations Management - Production and operations management talks about applying management concepts in creation of goods and services. The set of interrelated management activities, which are involved in manufacturing certain products, is called as production management . If the same concept is extended to services management, then the corresponding set of management activities is called as operations management.
- Marketing Management - Marketing management is a business discipline which is focused on the practical application of marketing techniques and the management of a firm's marketing resources and activities.
- Management Information Systems (MIS)- A management information system (MIS) provides information that is needed to manage organizations efficiently and effectively. It encompasses three primary components: technology, people (individuals, groups, or organizations) and data/information for decision making.
- International Management - Deals in all areas of international trade and business.
- Public System Management - Management of public enterprises, non-government organizations and cooperatives.
- Technology Management - specializes in all aspects of technology utilization in other management fields, including finance and marketing.
- Hospital Management - Responsible for the efficient running of hospitals and health care organizations.
There are also some special areas for work in business management that are particular to the type of industry involved.
Fresh management graduates are usually recruited on-campus. Corporate organizations, multinationals, foreign banks and financial institutions woo students from top management schools with lucrative job offers during the course itself. Most of the major business schools have also initiated career placement schemes for the benefit of graduating students.
Management degree holders can join any of the following industries:
- Banks
- Financial Organizations
- Public Sector Enterprises
- Industrial Houses
- Business Houses
- Export Companies
- Multinational Companies
- Marketing Organizations
Students who are keen to take up management as a career option after class 12th can opt for BBA (Bachelors in Business Administration), BBS (Bachelors in Business Studies) or BBM (Bachelors of Business Management). These courses are typically of 3 years duration where students are shaped to meet the industry standards in the field they wish to specialize in.
After graduation, students can then go for post graduation courses like MBA, PGDM etc. in specialized fields. Executive MBA programs for working professionals and part-time management courses are also conducted at various leading B-schools.
- Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, Delhi University
- Keshav Mahavidyalaya, Delhi University
- Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, Delhi University
- Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Pune
- Mumbai University
- DAVV, Indore
- Birla Institute of Technology, Noida
- UCBS, Shimla
- Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi
- GGSIPU, Delhi
- Affinity towards team work
- Positive attitude in difficult and strenuous situations
- Good articulation skills
- Critical thinking ability
- Bold decision-making ability
- Excellent negotiating skills
Delhi University BBA/BBS Entrance Test
Delhi University conducts a joint entrance test for admission into its BBA/BBS courses across various colleges.
- Eligibility Students appearing for this exam should have scored a minimum of 60% marks in class 12th.
- Test Pattern
This entrance examination includes five sections with a total of 150 questions. The duration of entrance examination is 2 hours. The written examination will cover the following subject areas -- General Awareness – 40 questions
- Business Aptitude – 20 questions
- Quantitative Aptitude – 30 questions
- Logical Reasoning – 30 questions
- Language and Comprehension – 30 questions
The candidates who clear the entrance examination will have to attend a Group Discussion and Personal Interview. The weightage for each stage in the selection process is as follows –- Written Test – 50%
- Interview – 20%
- Group Discussion – 10%
- Class 12th Marks – 20%
- Important dates (indicative)
Date for applying- 1st week of April
Date of examination- 1st week of June
Common Entrance Test - Guru Gobind Singh Indraprashtha University
The Common Entrance Test (CET) is conducted by Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) for admissions to the various engineering, technological & management programmes (at the undergraduate and postgraduate level) it offers.
- Eligibility Applicants should have passed 10+2 in any stream with at least 50% marks.
- Test Pattern
The entrance test will be of two and a half hours consisting of objective type questions from the following sections:- English Language & Comprehension-(25%)
- General Awareness-(25%)
- Logical and Analytical Ability - (25%)
- Aptitude relating to the field of Management and communication skills
- Important dates (indicative)
Date for applying- 1st week of April
Date of examination- Last week of May
- Eligibility The applicant should have passed class 12th in any stream with a minimum aggregate of 50%
- Test pattern
SET is an objective-type test of one and half hours duration. The questions are asked from the following sections:
Section Number of questions General English 40 Quantitative 40 General Awareness 40 Analytical & Logical Reasoning 30 Total 150 - Important dates (indicative)
Date for applying- 2nd week of April
Date of examination- 1st week of May
- Eligibility The candidate must have passed 10+2 with a minimum of 60% aggregate marks with mathematics/ statistics as compulsory subjects.
- Test pattern
NMAT ( C ) is an objective-type multiple choice test of 2 hours duration, comprising of the following sections:
Subject Number of questions Proficiency in English Language 40 Quantitative & Numerical Ability 40 Reasoning & General Intelligence 40 - Important dates (indicative)
Last date for applying- Last week of April
Date of examination- 2nd week of May
Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET)
NMIMS Management Aptitude Test (NMAT)
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) conducts NMAT (C), a joint entrance test for admission to its Bachelors of Business Administration (BBA) & B.Com (Hons.) courses.