Know your specialisation: MBA in Operations

What does the term ‘Operation’ suggest? It includes a series of acts or events that produces the end result or end product.

MBA in Operation focuses on the entire functioning and creation of product – from design, processes and services to supply chain. It further includes strategy, development, optimising resources and quality control.

According to TopMBA, “An MBA specialisation in operations management looks at the underlying concepts of the production and operations function of an organization, and are generally divided into two areas. The first is the study of service operations, and the second is manufacturing or production operations. This may encompass study in the following areas: design-related activities that form the function of a particular operation; the planning and control activities necessary to run the operation; and/or improving the way a particular operation performs its function.”

Let us look at some of the aspects of MBA in Operations:

Course curriculum

Some of the common subjects taught in Operations Management in Indian B-Schools include:

• Project Management
• Productions /Manufacturing
• Supply Chain Management
• Logistics
• Enterprise Resource Planning
• Materials and Resources
• Manufacturing, Planning and Control
• Operations Strategy
• Services
• Strategic Cost
• Quality Control
• Intelligence

Starting salaries

Starting salaries can range from anywhere between Rs 3 - 20 lakh per annum. Students from top B-Schools earn in the range of Rs 15 – 20 lakh per annum.

Top Recruiters

Typically, FMCG firms hire graduates from MBA Operations, but now-a-days top consulting and IT firms are also hiring such graduates.

MBA Operations graduates can work in various sectors such as IT, Finance, FMCG, Production, Construction, Insurance, Hospitality, Travel, Retail, IT etc.

Some of the popular colleges offering MBA Operations are:

S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research

National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai

Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM)

Indian Institute of Social Welfare And Business Management(IISWBM)

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES)

Please note: The list doesn’t include IIMs and other B-Schools that offer PGP /MBA/MMS/PGDM (etc) programmes wherein the students can choose specialisation in the second year of study. The list includes programmes devoted to Operations Management.

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