MBAs For All
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"We have seminars, group
discussions, study tours as part of our curriculum but they are hardly
conducted. Our study tours are more jolly picnics. The required seriousness is
not found in these colleges. Immediately after I came to Bangalore, I was
short-listed in the entrance test of a reputed college.
But in the second round, I was told that I lacked communication skills. I even
joined a personality development course of one month. Now, I am a lot more
serious than I was before," says Somesh.
"It is not that all of us suffer.
There are unlimited openings. The private sector demands certain qualities,
which we need to possess. How many of us try to inculcate what we lack? Some
girls in my college did not know why they were in a management course? With such
attitude, it is indeed difficult to dream of success," says Sadashiv. He adds
that we never received any campus interviews. An IIM student has a complete and
concrete plan of his future. It should be a combined effort of the college as
well as the students to look after the benefit of the student. "Every non-IIM
student has to work as a trainee without much hope of good salary. The increased
number of graduates has forced the selection process to be tougher. We have to
be very selective. However, we cannot compromise with the quality as we are
answerable to the industry," says Sucheta G. who runs a consultant firm.
We have known it for a while now:
when the seven-figure salary itch happens, the MBA is the quickest way to move
up from the Dilbertian cubicle farm to the classy corner office with a view. And
industry opinion converges on this fact: an MBA is on everyone's radar. Says
Shiv Aggrawal, Director, ABC Consultants, "It may not seem like it now, but at
some point in the future everyone will consider further study in business at the
postgraduate level." Whether to broaden horizons and shift your career focus, to
accelerate your progression up the ladder by specializing in a particular field,
or to strengthen your CV and consequently, your earning potential, you are
undoubtedly aware of the value an MBA degree offers to both prospective students
and employers.
Now, however, two things are
changing. First, the demographic the degree addresses is no longer the same.
It's no longer the fresh graduate who signs up for the course but the
experienced professional as well. Second, the traditional two-year course is
morphing into a one-year degree.
