| In almost all of the top business schools at present, | | | | street-smart and capable of handling any and every |
| you will find at least 25 % students are engineers. | | | | situation. |
| This is apparently somewhat astonishing. One might | | | | While doing an MBA and engineer can specialize in any |
| naturally question that why does an individual already | | | | stream be it marketing, finance, organizational |
| trained in a particular discipline still want to be trained | | | | behavior, operations, or human resource |
| in something else? However, this trend clearly | | | | management. It is quiet understandable that an MBA |
| indicates a basic fact - if so many engineers are | | | | degree in either organizational behavior, or operations, |
| aiming for it, even at the cost of a couple of their | | | | or human resource management might help him in |
| valuable years, there must be some usefulness. So | | | | managing his organization of which he is in charge of. |
| why are engineers increasingly going for an MBA | | | | Even if an engineer does MBA in marketing its is |
| degree? What specialization should they opt for | | | | justified because when he starts off his own |
| when they are planning to do an MBA? In this blog | | | | business, he needs to have marketing knowledge to |
| we introspect a few such issues... | | | | sell his products. A specialization in finance too can be |
| For the future of engineers in the modern | | | | a great option. In fact there is a common |
| competitive times, getting a post graduation degree | | | | misconception that only people with commerce |
| is increasingly becoming important. There are certain | | | | background should go for an MBA in finance. |
| specified matching sections for engineers in order to | | | | However, contrary to popular perception even those |
| attain chartered status in their careers and one of | | | | that come with engineering background can also be |
| them is management. | | | | the best when pursuing the specialization of finance in |
| In addition, an engineer might start as a technical | | | | the tenure of their MBA course. Most financial |
| person at the beginning of his career, but it would be | | | | consultancy companies and banks seems to prefer |
| unjust to expect them to stay at the same capacity | | | | candidates who are MBA in finance and have an |
| all through their career. In most cases they would | | | | engineering background. This is probably because an |
| aspire to rise to the top management level. And here | | | | MBA in finance makes one proficient in financial areas |
| lies the catch as to why engineers should also need | | | | and the engineering training allows one to do logical |
| an MBA degree. To rise above his initial level and | | | | and practical analysis of situations. A culmination of |
| become a manager, an engineer will also need to | | | | these two qualities definitely produces a finance |
| have some proven managerial skills. Getting an MBA | | | | manager with strong domain knowledge in finance |
| degree will do exactly that and help him to progress | | | | and exemplary logical skills. |
| faster in his career. | | | | So if you are an engineer and planning to do an MBA |
| Moreover, if an engineer wants to start any | | | | you have made the right choice. Whatever be the |
| entrepreneurial venture on his own, only his | | | | specialization you choose, keep in mind that your |
| engineering training will not be sufficient. An MBA | | | | engineering background coupled with the MBA degree |
| training will not only give him a more practical and | | | | will go a long way to establish yourself in your future |
| analytical outlook towards every aspect of the | | | | career. |
| organizational management, but will also make him | | | | |