MBA Re-Engineered......

Keeping superstructure as it is, just tweak the sub-structure to bring in the much needed focus of role specificity in to the curriculum is what I term as re-engineered MBA. To my surprise, this seems to be quiet an involved exercise and delivering this curriculum to the desired quality will always be a challenge.What is being offered to day stops with functional area specialization. This means, students specializing in marketing, for example, need not necessarily be a good brand manager or a business analyst. For one to become a good brand manager or a business analyst is left to the person to gain experience and has become the responsibility of the company where he or she joins to mould. Close to 80% of the specific knowledge and skills required for a particular role / career track, is gained after MBA with very little input forthcoming as part of the curriculum. Going by the trend, even this seems to be far-fetched expectation, as most of the students passing out of the business schools do not even know what kind of career they look for and where they will best suit at. SMOT curriculum will achieve this very fundamental requirement. Students therefore will know what they are best at and therefore which career / role they will be most suitable for.