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Why MBA and Beyond

This document discusses reasons for pursuing an MBA and potential career paths after earning an MBA. It outlines that an MBA provides opportunities to shift careers, gain management skills, build a network, and increase long-term compensation. Potential post-MBA careers discussed include consulting, finance, marketing, IT, and human resources. Specific roles within each field like brand manager, investment banking, risk management, and market research are also described.

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Why MBA and Beyond

This document discusses reasons for pursuing an MBA and potential career paths after earning an MBA. It outlines that an MBA provides opportunities to shift careers, gain management skills, build a network, and increase long-term compensation. Potential post-MBA careers discussed include consulting, finance, marketing, IT, and human resources. Specific roles within each field like brand manager, investment banking, risk management, and market research are also described.

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Why MBA?

Why MBA?
 Opportunity Cost
– Tuition Fees
– Living Expenses
– Lost earnings
 Want to shift from current career profile/industry – Yes
 Significant upside on compensation in short term
(immediately after passing out) – Maybe
 Within current industry change from Tech/Ops to
Management/Business – Yes
 Build resume capabilities for executive/management roles
in the long term – Definitely Yes
 Good education and perspective building - Yes
 Most importantly – Building up a network of future industry
and thought leaders
What After MBA ?
Careers in IT
Consulting Client Development

Domain Consulting Pre-sales

Marketing
Business Analyst

Business Development
Security Management Consulting
Client Engagement

Technical Consulting
Program/ Project Mgmt

Strategic Marketing
What is Consulting?
 Solutions providers by understanding the customer’s
business better than the customer himself
 Trusted partner and advisor
 Look at the business from an external perspective –
giving a fresh look
 Analytical skills needed to critically and objectively
evaluate the business
 Delink the ‘emotional’ from the ‘professional’
ERP - Functional Consultant
 ERP Implementation
– Understand customer requirements
– Map them to ERP standard functionality
– Customize the gaps
– Conduct workshops / pilot room pilots / training
– Change Management
– Provide industry specific expertise
Careers in Finance
Finance Roles
 Investment Banking
– Comprehensive financial advisory
– Capital raising services to corporations and
governments worldwide.
– Integrated approach to client coverage, organizing
bankers into industry, product and geographic
groups.
– M&A
 Equity Research
 Financial Markets
– FM Sales
– Dealing Room
 Corporate Finance – Structured transaction delivery
for complex deals
Finance Roles (Contd.)
 Corporate Banking
– Relationship Management
– New Business Development
 Transaction Banking
– Product Management
– Product Sales
– Trade & Cash Management
 Risk Management
– Compliance
– Legal
– Credit Risk
 Operations and Credit Administration
Retail Banking
 Deposits
Savings Account, Private Banking, Salary Account, Women's
Account, Fixed Deposits,
 Investments
Bonds, Mutual Funds
 Insurance
 Loans
Home Loans, Car Loans, Personal Loans, Loans against
Securities, Two-Wheeler Loans,
 Cards
Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Travel Card
 Mobile Banking
 NRI Services
 Other Services
Careers in Marketing
Market Research
 Monitoring competitors
 Identifying market trends
 Developing customer profiles
 Monitoring market share
 Evaluating brand images
 Analyzing audience characteristics
 Evaluating impact of advertising and promotion.
 Evaluating distribution channels
Area Sales Manager
 Entrepreneur
 Manage Sales Officers, Distributors, Salesmen
 Target: Managing and breaking up of targets
 Allocation of resources & budget for promotions
 Managing local promotions
 Managing credit for distributors
 Supply Chain
– Order of new stock
– Forecasting of sales
 Coordinating consumer research
 Field trips
Brand Manager
 Budget
– Quarterly
– Region-wise allocation
 New launches
– Pilot
– National
 Execute instructions
– Marketing Manager
– Sales Manager
– Media & advertising agencies
 Analyze Consumer & Media research reports
 Promotional campaigns in consultation with marketing
 Manage the sub brands
Careers in HR
How HR Spends Its Time

Source: Adapted from “How Much Time Should Your HR staff Spend on Recruiting?”
Human Resources Department Management Report, June 2000, p. 6. Figure 1–6
So finally what after MBA?

Lots of Bright Options


Lots of WORK
Lots of RESPONSIBILITY
Lots of FUN
About me

IIM, Lucknow – Class of 2000


Joined Consumer Durables industry from campus
Consumer Durables sales for two years
Moved to Financial Services nine years ago
Currently Corporate Banker specialising in International
Trade
Also, trainer and content creator for topics pertaining to
International Trade

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