subject: Mba For Professionals [print this page] Correspondence MBA Courses have opened up new doors of opportunities for thousands of students who are notable to pursue a full-time classroom course. One of the major differences between correspondence MBA and full time MBA is that of class contact hours.
While majority of the students prefer a full time classroom MBA course, there are many others who want to opt for correspondence MBA courses to suit their daily schedule. Students can also opt for correspondence MBA programs at various institutes abroad. There are a whole lot of institutes in India and abroad, which offer various corresponding MBA programs at the undergraduate and post graduate level.
The eligibility criteria for admissions to these mba for professional courses may vary from institute to institute. The only common eligibility requirement is that applicants must have a graduation degree in any discipline with a good percentage.
Students who have already completed their BBA course have an added advantage. Students who have done a
diploma courses in some kind of management studies also apply for admissions to correspondence MBA courses in some institutes.
One year executive MBA is one of the wisest choices for managers with three to five years of work experience. It gives them an edge over other employees and serves as a great force in their career progress.
There are quite a few business schools in India that offer a one year executive mba programme. Since this is a full time MBA programme, it is only of a years duration while other part time programmes last for three to five years. Oneyear executive MBA programme is a highly intensive course. The learning in this programme is usually conducted through a varied range of study modes like case studies, discussions, debates, interactive sessions, learning from each others work experiences, assignments etc.
Some of the one year executive MBA programmes in India are:
IIM Ahmadabad: PGPX (Post Graduate Programme for Executives)
IIM Bangalore: Executive General Management programme
IIM C (Kolkata): PGPX (Post Graduate Programme for Executives).
Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad: one year MBA for managers
XLRI, Jamshedpur: Graduate Management Programme
IMT, Ghaziabad
During the recession, the demand for one year full time executive MBA programme had gone up mainly because
managers thought that it was a good time to take a one year break especially with the world economy downturn and recession hitting the globe.
