The craze for Management education is increasing every day. More and more parents and aspirants are getting to know about the advantages of Management Courses. One thing every one should be aware is any management course/ program/ degree would be of great use only if they have any prior experience, Else its only a Lottery Luck kind of situation for a final placement. Indian Business needs as many MBA’s as possible. However note that only as little as 3-5% of them are getting the right kind of break to add value to business.

The primary reasons being the generic and normal, MBAs are getting opportunities which are meant for the Graduates only. Keeping this in mind its advised to each and every student to focus on their work experience before MBA. Any individual who have experience should focus on Part-Time (Evening) program to start with as priority and look for other Distance mode if its not possible absolutely.

There are few things you should keep in mind choosing the Institute:

1. First and foremost consider the University status and authenticity of the degrees provided by the Colleges.
2. If you have any experience prior any program in management would be of help, otherwise you need to consider the above point seriously..
3. Also look at the faculty who teaches have the experience from Industry.
4. Speak to a good number of Students passed out from the institute and judge the placement record for real.
5. Also the important aspect of your Return on Investment (Fee and your efforts)

MBA after polytechnic and 10 years IT experience: University Post Graduate Degrees would require a bachelor degree as mandatory. With your kind of experience it may be good to take up some Executive Management Programs with any good Institutes in India as you grow in professional career Degree alone may not be always required. However you should quickly pickup a graduation degree from IGNOU or any other distance education Institutes quickly… Alternatively check for an Integrated MBA program from universities. Also consider if you would like to do a full-time or part time or distance before you search.

Here is a questionnaire with 19 questions that can help you a lot in ranking any professional college on your own. Particularly, aspiring Management, Engineering and MCA graduates can use this for review of their college. It will be very useful for your career if you take this review before joining the college. This is a very simple method of ranking based on highly practical issues that needs attention of all students while selecting a college.

Answers should be one among these:
1. Good 2. Average 3. Not Good.
Write down the answers on a paper and count and evaluate based on the scores given below.

1. How is college physical structure?
2. How is Library facility?
3. How is Internet Lab/Computer Facility?
4. How are Classrooms?
5. How is Transportation Facility?
6. How is Hostel facility?
7. How helpful did you find college admin during your visit?
8. How well you were able to understand college’s management structure?
9. How do you feel about the faculty with their Industry Experience?
10. How was the response from the faculty/professors to help you with your objectives?
11. How was the satisfaction response from the current Students about the College?
12. How did you find the strength of Alumni’s in the College and their activities? (You may take this review for any alumni or information at college)
13. How is the response of companies about the college? (Reflects in the number of companies visited and number of people hired)
14. How is the satisfaction of placement with current and previous students?
15. How are the Number of external training/developmental programs conducted are attended by Corporates?
16. How are the alumni’s profile who attended the workshops/trainings at the college?
17. How was the Industry based Incubation Labs/setup of organizations in the college?
18. How do you feel about the time allocated for students to spend in Industry during the course?
19. How progressive are the extra curricular activities at college? (e.g. Sports, external seminars etc.,)

Total: There are total 19 questions, Below is result indicative

Give 2 points for good
Give 1 point for average
Give 0 point for not good

Scoring:

1. If total is between 33-38 then review is Excellent (First Choice)
2. If total is between 27-32 then review is Very Good (2nd Best Choice)
3. If total is between 20-27 then review is Good (Consider as choice but use discretion)
4. If total is less than 20 then review is average ( Rethink /Avoid)

Disclaimer: This review sheet is for your guideline only and result is only indicator. You may inquire more if you want better review.