Father of MBA

[pooja]

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I am interested in the field of management and for this planning to join Master of Business Administration (MBA). Will you tell details who the father of Master of Business Administration along with MBA course curriculum also provide list of MBA subjects available in course?

[pawan]

MBA in India or Master of Business Administration is a Postgraduate Academic Master Degree which is awarded for a course or program in Business Administration.

Father of MBA details:

While Joseph Wharton founded the first school of business in the US with a small donation to the University of Pennsylvania (hence the namesake The Wharton School), the MBA was not introduced until the early 1900s.

In 1908, the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration introduced the first MBA program.

MBA course curriculum in India can be categorized into the following 4 segments:

1. Full-time MBA - A full-time MBA usually comprises 4 semesters, inclusive of dissertation and project work, industrial exposure and summer internship. The students take up their respective major and minor specialization subjects. The choice of specialization subjects generally include: Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Operations and Logistics, Information Technology, Systems, International Trade and Business, Consumer Behaviour, Risk Management and many others.

2. Executive MBA - Executive MBA, part time MBA, distance learning MBA and even online MBA courses are increasingly becoming popular in India.

3. Part-time MBA.

4. Distance Learning MBA.

5. Online MBA.

Part Time, Distance Learning and Online MBA courses offer flexibility to the students to study according to the availability of time they have at their expense.

MBA Subjects

Fundamentals of Accounting.
Financial Accounting.
Strategy and Marketing Management.
Organizational Behaviour and Managing Human Resources.
Entrepreneurship and Business Planning.

MBA Specialisations

Accounting.
Quantitative Analysis.
Economics.
Marketing.
Organizational Behaviour.