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Business careers cover running, growing and managing organisations, from marketing and operations to strategy, sales and human resources. Commerce is a common stream, but students from Science and Humanities also enter through BBA, BMS or B.Com degrees. Integrated five-year management programmes admit students straight after Class 12 through exams such as IPMAT, while most MBAs come after a degree and some work experience.
What the work involves
Planning, coordinating teams, understanding markets and customers, and making decisions with incomplete information.
Directions within this field include Marketing, Operations, Consulting and Human Resources.
Skills that help
- Communication
- Quantitative reasoning
- Negotiation
- Prioritisation
- Commercial judgement
Subjects to choose in Grades 11 and 12
- Accountancy, Business Studies and Economics are common but not required for most BBA programmes
- Mathematics, which several management and economics programmes require or prefer
- English
Education pathways
- Commerce stream is common, though other streams also work
- BBA, B.Com. or B.M.S. programmes
- Postgraduate management study after work experience
Entrance exams to know
Where students study this
- Universities offering BBA and B.Com. programmes
- Institutes offering integrated management degrees
- Business schools for postgraduate study
Frequently asked questions
Is BBA or B.Com better?
A BBA focuses on management functions such as marketing, operations and human resources. A B.Com goes deeper into accounting, finance and taxation. Choose by whether you are more drawn to managing people and projects or to working with financial information.
What is IPMAT?
IPMAT is the entrance exam for the five-year Integrated Programme in Management at IIM Indore, and IIM Rohtak runs its own version. These programmes combine undergraduate and postgraduate management study and admit students directly after Class 12.
Do I need Mathematics for a business degree?
Many BBA programmes accept students without Mathematics, but some management, economics and analytics programmes require it, and IPMAT includes a quantitative section. Keeping Mathematics widens your options.
When should I do an MBA?
Most MBA programmes admit students after graduation through exams such as CAT, XAT or GMAT, and many value a few years of work experience. There is no need to decide this in school.
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