A specialised MBA opens a plethora of doors for fresh graduates, says DR DHANYA PRAMOD

MBA in Information Technology Business Management is an extensive course with specialised streams, designed to inculcate and amplify the necessary skills within students, which will help them understand the business requirements and devise potential technology solutions for the successful execution of the same. The programme aims at developing professionals with excellent leadership, management and entrepreneurship qualities. MBA in IT Business Management is a two-year post-graduate programme. It is one of the most advanced courses present in the education world today.

MBA (ITBM) trains the students to lead their organisations with proficiency and with caliber. This course gives them an opportunity to transform themselves into multifaceted experts in the Information Security industry. MBA (ITBM) has an extremely comprehensive scope as it offers various specialisations to the students and lets them select the field they would like to explore. This opens a plethora of professional doors for a fresh graduate to enter. The specialisation streams of MBA (ITBM) include systems, information security management, software solutions management, IT infrastructure management & data science.

The systems specialisation provides insights, knowledge, and practice on the vital amalgamation of business and technology, and builds the mastery it demands to manage and balance both. This programme focuses on equipping tech into business processes through the application of innovative strategies. The industry-centric course content covers all the essential aspects, including enterprise resource planning, service-oriented architecture, requirements engineering, enterprise performance management, six sigma for process optimisation and more. The career prospects in this specialisation include functional consultancy, requirements engineering, process optimisation, business development, ERP planning and implementation, business analysis, quality management and business process management.

Information Security Management specialisation emphasises on the management of risks associated with operating systems, databases, applications, routers and firewalls and others in organisations that are evolving and expanding each day. Alleviating these risks on each level has become an absolute necessity of a growing business. The Information Security Management specialisation aims at developing professionals who are capable of understanding information workflows and the risks associated with them so that they can form strategies for an information secured business environment. Prospective career profiles for this specialisation are information risk management, IT security consulting, IT advisory services, information security audit, identity and access management, BCM & ISMS implementation, HIPAA auditing and implementation, compliance and due diligence, IT project advisory.

Software Solutions Management specialisation teaches students the art and process of fetching effective solutions to the problems concerning the business of an organisation. They learn about management information systems, principles of marketing, finance, HRM, data warehousing & the concepts related to business intelligence. MBA SSM students comprehend how to handle technology, along with possessing standard managerial skills. They also gain knowledge about different and diverse domains like manufacturing or logistics and banking or finance. prospective career profiles for this specialisation are IT sales and marketing, business process analysis, software solution development, quality verification, enterprise solutions architecture, techno-functional consultancy, software architecture and devops.

IT Infrastructure Management specialisation gives students a detailed overview of emerging technologies like unified communications, enterprise-wide networks, and next-generation intelligent network solutions, which are needed collectively to fulfill the growing needs and demands of an organisation. Professionals who can plan, design, deploy and monitor large and complex networks, it is a distinctive role that demands a strong understanding of business and technological domains.

Prospective career profiles for IT infrastructure management are network security and audit, data centre management, IT advisory services, network infrastructure sales, IT infrastructure management services, BCP/DR consultant, business development IMS, network solution and design, infrastructure project management.

Data Science specialisation will provide intensive training to build the required skillsets for a successful career in the big data & business analytics industry. Students of this specialisation will procure the skill needed to offer customised solutions for the contemporary data problems surfacing in the business sphere. Prospective career profiles for this specialisation are big data analysis, market analyst, behavioral analytics, social network & sentiment analysis, business development, business process analysis, consumer analytics, business process management, business analytics.

The writer is Director, Symbiosis  Centre for Information Technology