IoBM’s MBA program is designed to produce transformational, ethical and change leadership for businesses and industry through an integrated curriculum and experiential learning and prepares graduates for business challenges emerging from globalization, connectivity and technology driven innovations. The program is designed to produce a skilled pool of business leaders possessing multidisciplinary expertise.
A distinguishing feature of the program is the academic ecosystem of experiential learning which immerses the student in a cycle of “learning by doing” through reflection. Case studies and project work are among the pedagogies used for delivery of the curriculum content. A significant value adding feature is the 6 credit hours of a Graduate Capstone Project divided into two 3 credit hour components. Students undertake, individually or in small groups, a real life project with a company that addresses a real life issue which, through the application of multidisciplinary knowledge and skills acquired during MBA studies, helps in more profitable and competitive decision making and implementation in the organization. This project is jointly supervised and evaluated by a faculty member with aligned skills and interest and an industry mentor and is evaluated in an open exhibition by executives and faculty. A Capstone Project report has to be converted into a publishable case study as a part of the degree requirement.
CBM’s MBA program is a 72 credit-hour program that most students can complete in two years. It is designed for students with a minimum of 16 years of education with degrees in a wide range of disciplines such as business, commerce, engineering, law, science, medicine, the arts and pharmacy. CBM MBA programs share a unified structure consisting of a foundation stage followed by the specialization stage. The Foundation Stage of the MBA program fulfills the minimum eligibility requirements of HEC to switch from a non-business major at the bachelor stage to a master level program in business as per PQF, Pakistan Qualification Framework. It consists of 30 credit hours.
The foundation stage consists of 30 credit hours of coursework from areas such as Communications, Economics, Quantitative Analysis, Behavior/ Psychology, Accounting, Finance, Law/Ethics, Management, HRM, Marketing, and Research.
The specialization stage consists of 42 credit hours of coursework covering strategic and operational areas of functional and domain-based specializations. The courses are in areas related to Marketing Strategy, Strategic Finance, Strategic Management, Leadership, Technology/Operations, Entrepreneurship, Organizational Processes, Analytics for Decision Making, etc. Students select two real life Capstone Projects in their area of specialization during their final year. MBA students must select at the time of admission from one of the following shifts for their entire program; morning week-days, evening week-days and week-ends. Functional area specializations are available in all three shifts. Domain based specializations are only available during weekends.
The foundation stage covers areas such as accounting, finance, marketing, economics and management in addition to other preparatory course work necessary for applicants coming from background unrelated to business studies. The foundation stage prepares the students for the higher level MBA courses. The program is divided into a foundation stage of 30 credit hours followed by the 42-credit hours of rigorous MBA level courses and the capstone project dealing with strategy and business transformation.
Students joining CBM for the first time are expected to have qualified the MBA Boot Camp
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CBM MBA Program offers students several options for specialization spread over 42 credit hours. Depending upon the specialization, students complete a minimum of 15 credit hours of strategy level courses, 12 credit hours of operational levels courses focusing on innovation, creativity and efficiency. They also conduct two final year capstone projects focused on real life issues of the industry.
Specializations include (i) functional area specializations and (ii) domain-based specializations:
Specialization in Health and Hospital Management
Specialization in Media Management and Marketing
Specialization in Finance and Risk Management
Specialization in Environment and Energy Management
Specialization in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Specialization in Industrial Management
Specialization in Entrepreneurship and SME Banking and Financing
Specialization in Educational Management
Students may choose 4 elective courses from the following specializations. They can also select from BBA (Hons) electives (maximum two courses) of 500 level or above:
ACC302 Accounting and Financial Information Systems
ACC503 Taxation
ACC505 Auditing
ACC506 Analysis of Financial Statements
ACC520 Managerial Analysis and Decision Making
ACC521 International Finance Reporting Standards
ACC522 Strategic Management Accounting
ACC523 Financial Regulatory Requirements for Business
ACC524 Corporate Governance and Reporting
MKT501 Strategic Marketing and Planning
MKT602 Marketing Analytics
MKT605 Pricing Models and Strategies
MKT611 Integrated Marketing Communications
MKT613 Marketing of Financial Services
MKT615 Brand Management
MKT618 Advertising Management and Strategy
MKT621 Marketing Strategies for Emerging Economies
MKT622 Marketing Strategies for Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP)
MKT623 Pharmaceutical Marketing & Quality Assurance
MKT625 Business to Business Marketing
MKT626 Marketing for Social Impact
MKT627 Future Marketing Technologies
MKT628 Competitive Strategies
MKT629 B2B Sales by Simulation/Gamification
FIN602 Behavioral Finance
FIN603 Entrepreneurial Finance
FIN608 Project Appraisal
FIN610 Debt and Equity Markets
FIN612 SME and Micro-Financing
FIN613 Financial Modeling for Investment Decisions
FIN630 Options, Swaps and Futures
FIN631 Applied Corporate Finance
FIN632 Fixed Income Securities
FIN633 Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring
FIN634 Enterprise Risk Management
FIN635 Risk Management with Derivatives
HRM607 Talent Acquisition
HRM608 Labour Studies and Employee Relations
HRM609 Learning and Organizational Development
HRM610 Negotiations and Conflict Resolution Skills
HRM611 Managing Organizational Change
HRM612 Strategic Human Resource Management
HRM615 Leadership Studies
HRM614 Rewards Management
HRM616 Talent Management and Performance Development
HRM617 HR Analytics
MAN501 Total Quality Management
MAN610 Environmental Issues and Management
MAN611 Project Management
MAN613 Corporate Governance
MAN614 Comparative Management
SCM601 Quantitative Methods in Production and Logistics
SCM602 Business Process Mgmt. in Supply Chain & Logistics
SCM603 IT Applications in Logistics
SCM604 Packaging Design and Environmental Aspects
SCM605 Supply Chain Management
SCM606 ERP Systems Design and Implementation
SCM607 Strategic Supply Chain Management
SCM608 Procurement and Inventory Management
SCM609 Storage and Warehouse Techniques
SCM610 Transportation Techniques and Management
SCM611 Sustainability & Env. Aspects in Managing Supply Chains
SCM612 Risk Management in Supply Networks
SCM613 Innovation Management in Supply Chain and Logistics
SCM614 Corporate Consultancy Project in Logistics
SCM615 Contract Management for Supply Chain & Negotiations
SCM616 Life Cycle Enterprise Asset Management
SCM617 Mobile Commerce and Mobile Logistics
SCM618 Aviation Logistics Supply Chain Management
SCM619 Humanitarian Logistics Supply Chain Management
SCM620 Supply Chain Project Management
SCM621 Lean Construction Supplychain Management
SSC601 Dimensions of Development
SSC602 Development Sociology
PDE703 Development Economics
STA601 Development Statistics and Research Methodology
MAN607 Project and Planning Management
ISF601 Economics for Islamic Finance
ISF602 Islamic Banking Practices
ISF603 Accounting for Islamic Finance
ISF604 Islamic Financial Services Marketing
ISF605 Islamic Capital Markets
ISF606 International Islamic Finance Standards
FRM514 Takaful and Risk Management in Islamic Products