MISTAKES THAT MBAs MUST AVOID:

 MISTAKES THAT MBAs MUST AVOID:

1. Not Choosing Properly

Proper Stream and Suitable College, Important First Step!

 

The field of management has been rightly tapped by the sharp educationists, thus various institutes offering a range of courses have found their place in the main metros and suburbs. This makes the selection task harder than ever for the choosers, comprising mainly of students and their parents. Moreover, the spectrum of specializations available is so wide, that picking the right MBA stream becomes another daunting issue for students and parents, alike.

2. Not Focusing From Start

Get Going From Day One!

 

Most students sit back and relax or party, reveling in the fact that they have secured a place in one of the top B-schools, thinking that everything will fall in place automatically. Sorry, my friends, but this is a big mistake on the part of students! And that they are just repeating the most common and grave mistake that their seniors have regretted. Instead, roll up your sleeves, sit straight, and start working with full vigour and focus from day one if you want to optimally reap the benefits of the management course.

3. Ignoring Practical Sessions &Training

Summer Training – Stepping Stone To Future Jobs!

Avert the biggest mistake of not giving due importance to internships and summer training. Internships often lead to job opportunities. The companies that employ MBA students for internships usually require full-time employees as well, so make the most of your training by giving serious attention to it.

4. Being Absent from Campus on Important Occasions

Being at the Right time at the Right Place Makes for a Right Career!

Generally, management colleges organize various activities like job fairs, conferences, talks by influential industry personnel, imperative for the much needed industry exposure for the students. However, students commit the usual mistake by not being present for such dos. Ample number of events and chances of leveraging opportunities are presented for the sole benefit of the students on such occasions, and students should pay due attention to such programs.

5. Not Focusing on Improving Communication & Language Skills

Success Comes with Effective Communication!

In the recent years, management has gained the number one spot in most of the operations in urbane industries and organizations. Good communication skill is considered to be an important aspect of powerful management. Despite the fact that effective communication has an essential niche in management science and has come up a number of times, students fail to use it to their advantage. They generally give secondary importance to it; however, they must understand the simple fact that concepts and principles can be best explained by superior communication alone.

Views of CEOs on MBAs:

 

Organizations may wrongly assume that the people they are hiring already have the skills to do the job, just because they have an MBA, the report points out. “An MBA degree doesn’t give licence for one to lead. And in certain pockets there is a realization that just having an MBA doesn’t make for a good leader," says DDI India managing director Amogh Deshmukh.

 

Despite the understanding that they should hire people who can “get results", K. Vaitheeswaran, co-founder of beverage startup Again Drinks, believes many do tend to get dazzled by a prospective candidate’s MBA degree. On his part, he largely looks for three qualities in a candidate: clarity of thought, clear communication of that thought, and ability to solve a problem.

“My view is no one should do an MBA unless they have spent a few years working. Many MBA graduates are ill-equipped to work," he says. “They often lack practical knowledge.

Pravallika Pinnelli [MBA]

Marketing Manager

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