Which is a better option among marketing and HR in terms of difficulty level and scope?

Whatever specialisation you take, there is going to be a common subject in your first year. The level of difficulty will be different from individual to individual. May be, law is very easy for me, PMS is very easy for me but same may not be in your case. Irrespective of specialisation you chose, you need to give equal number of assignments, project and time. So, first check what is your aptitude and interest, your own capability, career dimension and then choose your specialisation. As far as the scope is concerned, scope in terms of what? There is CMOs for those who have become CEOs, there are CHROs who have also become CEOs. Salary, you cannot decide your career by thinking salary scope. Even HR heads are earning equivalent to a CMOs but this is purely due to their own ability.Choose wisely.

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Irrespective of the specialization, you can opt for marketing or HRM. In terms of difficulty, it is dependent on individual to individual. According to me, HRM would be a bit tougher as subjects like labour laws, psychology influenced subjects are taught. Whereas, marketing can be managed, if you start connecting the concepts taught to current happenings across the world, field assignments given also helps in understanding the practical scenario in a better manner.

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In my view, marketing is a bit tougher as compared to HR, as former needs more of your analytical and reasoning skills and rapid changes in current market scenario making it tougher. On the other hand HR issues and problems are more of traditional kind and fixed tools and techniques are known. So, I personally feel marketing bit challenging as compared to HR.

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MBA in Marketing is generally a 2-year programme that prepares you for careers in marketing. Some career options include marketing manager, brand manager, sales manager, and digital marketing manager. Pursuing an MBA in marketing is one way to develop your marketing skills and understand consumer behavior whereas the core responsibilities of an HR include dealing with business functions pertaining to employees. To pursue a career in HR, one can either opt for MBA with Human Resources as a specialisation or pursue a Master's, Certificate degree or Diploma course in HR. HR is increasingly referred to is a profession that consistently ranks high on lists of best careers. U. S. News & World Report ranks the role of human resources specialist No. 17 on their list of Best Business Jobs and as one of the 100 Best Jobs overall for 2020, but it is not quite easy to get a job initially as a fresher in HR. I would like to advise you that MBA at LPU offers an optimum blend of theory and practice to provides a solid foundation in general business management with specializations in the area of choice. The Business School of LPU is accredited by ACBSP, Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs from the USA ensuring quality education and industry-experienced faculty members, studying in LPU will get a degree accredited from a body of USA. Impeccable placement records with more than 150 companies including ITC, Asian Paints, HDFC, Federal Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Moody's Analytics, WNS Global etc. And so on recruiting MBA students with the highest package of 21 Lacs Per Annum and on an average package will be 4LPA TO 6 LPA with nearly 90 % placement rates. International exposure with foreign internship opportunities with articulation programs opportunities where one can complete his/her degree in the foreign country under the 1+1 programme, where the student will study one year in LPU and final year abroad and get the degree of the foreign university. The largest private university with accommodation and food facilities for a staggering 20,000+ students in a single university. Admissions at LPU are on air these days, So, don't wait just go and get your seat confirmed.

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Dear Sachin, Both HR and Marketing are best and have a good scope in career. I have done a dual specialisation MBA in HR and Marketing at LPU. At LPU, you can do 2 specializations together. Being alumni of LPU, I highly recommend LPU for an MBA degree based on the following things- The Business School of LPU is accredited by ACBSP, Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs from the USA ensuring quality education and industry-experienced faculty members, studying in LPU will get a degree accredited from a body of USA. LPU is ranked No. 2 among Indian B-Schools in 'Outreach and Inclusivity by NIRF ranking released by MHRD, Government of India. Placement: Every year more than 550+ companies visit LPU for placements. LPU has a very good placement and achieved awards for employability also. The main thing for placement that I liked there is that LPU provides placement classes to the students from the first year, which helps students prepare for placement until their final year of the programme. The maximum package available for the management programme is 21 LPA. Specialisation offered in MBA: Agribusiness Management, Human Resource, Marketing, International Business, Financial Markets, Digital Market, Hospital and Healthcare, Business Analytics, Banking and Financial Services, Operations, Artificial Intelligence, Entrepreneurship, Information Technology, Auditing and Taxation, E-Commerce, Digital Marketing, Investment Banking, etc. Scholarships: LPU provides very good scholarships to bright students with good academic records, sports, or extracurricular activities achievement. LPU also helps students in the Education loan facility. Faculty: All faculty members are well qualified from IITs, NITs, Iims, and top-ranked universities all over the world. Infrastructure: All the facilities are available on the campus itself, a student does not need to go outside for anything. On the campus, Central Library, Hospital facility is available 24*7 for staff and students, Shopping mall, Indoor Sports Stadium with 3 Olympic size Swimming Pools, Public/Private Sector Banks, ATM, etc. For more details, you may refer to the LPU website. I hope this helps Thanks!

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Marketing is a bit tougher as compared to HR, as former needs more of your analytical and reasoning skills and rapid changes in current market scenario making it tougher. On the other hand HR issues and problems are more of traditional kind and fixed tools and techniques are known.

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Hi, People with a degree in MBA are experts in administering business tactics and knowledge to get better results and productivity from the inside of an organisation. In their core working, however, both the streams are way different from each other. While HR interacts with the internal elements and workings of an organisation by managing the needs of the human resource and making sure that everyone goals are aligned with those of the organisation. By hiring, staffing, training, performance evolution, dispute resolutions, salary negotiations, and performing paperwork formalities, the HR basically keeps the business running. Marketing interacts with the external elements of the business, which basically means clients. The main work of a marketing executive is to devise strategies and SEE that they are executed in order to generate more sales and profit for the organisation. And in the case of B2B (business to business) model, a marketing major works to get more businesses on board with them. While MBA is a rather vast field with many streams available to choose from, to create the best career out ahead for yourself, IILM University, Gurugram will be a good option, where course structure is designed in a way that you study all the aspects of management in the first year. Then you go for an internship for 3 months where you get a chance to actually SEE how things work in real world. Finally you come back and choose your area of specialisation and here again you have a freedom to choose electives from more than one domain. I think this is the right approach and one should always look for a MBA programme which is structured in a similar way. This gives you enough time and understanding to identify the best specialisation for yourself. Hope this help!

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HR in my personal opinion doesn't provide more job opportunities compared to Marketing and Finance. You can get jobs in the placement cell or the recruitment cells of the companies. Finance is definitely a good option if you are better with your accounts and numbers. This also has better job prospects.

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Scope of marketing is way more than HR.

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It depends on your interest level in the above-mentioned fields of MBA. Both of the fields provide immense opportunities and pay level is also very nice. In comparison, marketing is a more of a field-oriented job where one has to work in the market and collect on-ground information. HR is more kind of an office oriented job where one will have to manage organisation's workforce.

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