Know your specialisation: MBA in IT
MBA in Information Technology (IT) is a relatively new discipline. This industry recruits in large numbers and plays an important role in our lives today.
IT management graduates look after business development, operations, consultancy, sales & marketing and technical functions. MBA in IT is quite similar to a general management as both the degrees focus on a holistic approach to business.
IT firms often tend to look for MBAs with a computer science background to cut back on training. “MBAs would typically look to run large teams of network engineers, or manage a business unit in which network engineers are prominent,” informs TopMBA.
Course curriculum
The overall course curriculum involves the following subjects:
- IT Management
- Business Intelligence & Analytics
- Enterprise Resource Planning
- Digital Infrastructure
- E-Business
- Software project Management
- Software Administration and Development
- Product Cycle
- Strategic Management of Information Systems
- Decision Making
- Quality Assurance
- Mobile Computing
- Internet Marketing
Starting salaries
Starting salaries can range from anywhere between Rs 3.5 lakhs to Rs 20 lakhs. Students of top B-Schools can earn in the range of 15 – 20 lakhs pa.
Top Recruiters
Software firms and e-commerce ventures hires MBA IT graduates. Some of the top recruiters of 2013-14 are: Google, EBay, Amazon, FlipKart, InfoEdge, Cognizant, Hewlett Packard, HCL, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP.
Top colleges offering MBA in IT
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore
S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai
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