BBA stands for Bachelor of Business Administration. It is a general management education course. Students who have passed 12th standard are eligible to pursue this professional course. If you are interested in pursuing a management course right after 12th.
| Name of the course | BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) |
| Type of course | Bachelor’s Degree |
| Field | Management |
| Duration | 3 years |
| Eligibility | Completed 12th standard (any stream) |
This general management course covers basic topics like HR management, organizational behaviour, business communication, management skills, office/organization administration, finance management, business laws, business ethics, accounting, planning, international business, retail management, supply chain management, marketing and operations management.
Exceptions do exist though! Many institutes are known to offer BBA Honours programs. Honours program can be considered to be ‘specialization’ course. Honours course is designed in such a way that apart from covering basic management subjects, it focuses exclusively on a particular discipline (within the field of management).
BBA in Finance Management, BBA in Hotel Management, BBA in Retail Management etc. At the end of the day, the nature of the course depends upon the program designed and offered by the institute.
In short, based on the course content, BBA programs available in India can be classified into two main types – BBA (General) program and BBA (Specialization) program. As I mentioned before, general BBA program deals with core management subjects. On the other hand, specialization program deals with core management subjects as well as domain-specific subjects.
In short, the type of BBA program you must select depends upon your career goals and aim.
Managers are usually hired to carry out high-stakes tasks such as – planning and strategizing, man-management, finance management, materials management, operations management, marketing etc. These tasks are crucial to a firm/company/establishment/industry’s success!
In short, skilled managers are in huge demand these days. But employers usually look for MBA or PGDM graduates! I’m not saying that BBA graduates have to hope at all! Yes, BBA graduates too are hired by employers. But your chances of finding a good job depends on the type of college you pass out from! Yes, if you pass out from a premier BBA college, you will be able to find a decent job with relative ease!
Management professionals possess skills and traits like leadership, vision, planning skills, HR skills, communication skills, finance and accounting skills etc. Such skills are essential for running a company, organization or industry.
For any organization or industry to function smoothly, management professionals are required. That’s why they are hired and given the administrative duties. They make sure that staffs are being managed well, operations are carried out efficiently, finance and money matters are being taken care of etc. In short, without them, it is quite difficult to carry forward the functioning of an organization.
Common tasks performed by management professionals include –
- Man management
- Finance management
- Operations management
- Headhunting and talent management
- Inter-department communication and coordination
- Addressing employee grievances
- Carrying out instructions given by upper echelon (managers)
- Marketing and sales operations
- Performance analysis
- Carrying out team meetings and discussions
There exists two main types of BBA colleges in India – Government colleges and private colleges. Govt BBA colleges are operated by relevant body/wing of the State or Central Government. Private BBA colleges are also known as self-financing colleges. These colleges are operated by private charitable or educational trusts.
ADMISSION PROCESS
Depending upon the institute, it could be direct admission process or merit based admission process. Reputed institutes are known to follow merit based admission process. Under this setup, marks scored by students in board exam and/or relevant entrance test are taken into consideration. Seats are allotted to deserving candidates on the basis of merit marks obtained by them.
FEES
Tuition fees depends upon the following factors – type of college (Government or self-financing), scholarship status of the student, rating of the college etc. On an average, tuition fees could be anywhere between 60-120K INR per year.
SYLLABUS
Here are some of the core subjects present in BBA curriculum –
- Economics
- Organizational behaviour
- Communication skills
- Accounting
- Finance management
- Business management
- Mathematics
- Statistics
- International business management
- Computer application
- Marketing management
- HR management
- Operations management
- Business laws
- Industrial laws
- Business ethics
- IT (for business)
- Planning
- Reasoning
- Problem solving
- Entrepreneurship skills
- Project work
Completing MBA or PG Diploma course will be good, since it will add more value to the CV of a BBA graduate. Pursuing relevant PG course will help one land a better job or climb up the career ladder more efficiently!
Talking about Government jobs, BBA graduates may apply for any government job that required basic ‘graduation’. Banks, Armed Forces, PSUs, Indian Railways, Municipal Corporations etc are places where one may land a job (after clearing relevant entrance test). Other than that, graduates may also appear for Civil Services examination and land administrative roles in the Government.
Other than office job, self employment is another opportunity available in front of BBA graduates. If you are an entrepreneur at heart, you may start your own venture or business. Other than that, working as an independent consultant is another excellent option!
Starting salary depends upon factors such as job profile, profile of the employer, job location, institute from which the employee has completed his education etc. Average starting salary could be anywhere between 10-30k Rupees per month. It depends on the factors mentioned above. Campus placement and the quality of institute (from which one pursues the course) plays a huge role in determining the starting salary figure.
