What kind of work do people do after doing MBA in finance or MBA in strategy?

If we talk about MBA with Strategy as majors or electives, the people are expected to : 1. Formulate business plan covering marketing, human resource, operation and financial plan. 2. Use their understanding of state of the art of service management thinking and to use scientific tools in decision making. 3. To create, capture, and maintain value. Coordinate different functional areas, resources, and systems inside a company and align them with the external environment to enhance overall performance. 4. To initiate re-engineering activities in the organisation, translate the new vision into action plan, analyze the current processes, redesign the business processes and overcome the challenges encountered in implementation. 5. To conduct a sound external and internal analysis to come up with sound strategies helping organizations achieve organizational goals garnering sustainable competitive advantage. 6. Develop the methods for the analysis of the organizational, technological, industrial, and informational structure of the business firm’s competitive environment. In the process of introducing and developing applied business research methods and case studies, the competitive and strategic decisions made by firms will be assessed and evaluated. 7. To identify all the opportunities for mergers and acquisition. But these functions are performed by people only from top b-schools like IIMs, FMS Delhi, ISB, SIBM and LPU, etc.

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Dear Muskan, LPU is quite eminent for the MBA. You can do MBA in different streams like Financial markets, International Business, Tourism and hospitality, Banking and insurance, E-Commerce, Fintect, Business Analytics, etc. So you can choose any of the above-revealed streams according to your area of interest. Finance- Investment Banker, Analyst, Portfolio Manager, Equity Research, etc. Strategy is not a specialisation in MBA, it is just a function in organizations where business is strategized as to what needs to be done in short and long terms.

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MBA in strategy management deals with various tools and techniques used to prepare a strategy for organic/inorganic growth of a company. It includes BCG matrix, Internal-External Factor Matrix, Porters Five Forces these type of analysis is carried by business analysts who are MBA guys and they give presentations or make presentations and for higher management. Finance- Investment Banker, Analyst, Portfolio Manager, Equity Research, etc. Strategy is not a specialisation in MBA, it is just a function in organizations where business is strategized as to what needs to be done in short and long terms.

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MBA in strategy management deals with various tools and techniques used to prepare a strategy for organic/inorganic growth of a company. It includes BCG matrix, Internal-External Factor Matrix, Porters Five Forces these type of analysis is carried by business analysts who are MBA guys and they give presentations or make presentations and for higher management.

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If you get hired in an IT company then you may be posted in projects where you have to work with software like SAP. For finance, in banking industry you can get roles like portfolio manager, credit officer, etc. In other industries, you may get corporate finance or public accounting. The kind of role provided will be discussed during placements.

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Finance- Investment Banker, Analyst, Portfolio Manager, Equity Research, etc. Strategy is not a specialisation in MBA, it is just a function in organizations where business is strategised as to what needs to be done in short and long terms.

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Job titles ARE available to an MBA in Finance include financial manager/analyst, credit analyst, accounting manager, risk and insurance manager, treasurer, finance manager, cash manager, chief financial officer, VP (finance), and finance director, and it also depends on your interest.

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MBA in strategy management deals with various tools and techniques used to prepare a strategy for organic/inorganic growth of a company. It includes BCG matrix, Internal-External Factor Matrix, Porters Five Forces these type of analysis is carried by business analysts who are MBA guys and they give presentations or make presentations and for higher management. MBA in finance is altogether different from this, it generally related to quantitative study like past performance of the company, forecasting for next year, changes in financial statement which is affecting profit/loss. We can say, financial statement analysis is one of the inputs for making a strategy.

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Finance- Investment Banker, Analyst, Portfolio Manager, Equity Research, etc. Strategy is not a specialisation in MBA, it is just a function in organizations where business is strategized as to what needs to be done in short and long terms.

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MBA Finance students generally get absorbed as Business Analysts. They are paid more then other graduates comparatively. This is the scenario in Doon Business School, Dehradun.

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