Heard about these MBA specializations? The increasing business diversity and the globalization of organizations has called for a dedicated workforce that can handle the management aspects of a company regardless of the industry that it belongs to. The business program curriculum has continuously been subject to updates and modifications over the years to meet the complex demands of the industry resulted from the dynamic and volatile economic environment. This also has resulted in the introduction of myriad specializations and electives that tread down to not just the unexplored arenas of common businesses but also to the new ones. Let us have a look at a few specializations that are not common and may not be even heard of. Wine Shocked? Yes, it’s true. The Bordeaux School of Management in France offers this one-of-a-kind degree that is titled as a ‘Wine & Spirits MBA’. According to the school, the Wine & Spirits MBA aims to prepare students for a career in the industry by offering an in-depth knowledge of both traditional and new markets and proposing training tools adapted to new management methods. Football The University of Liverpool Management School offers an MBA program in Football Industries. The program is run in partnership with the English Football Association. It offers the students perfect networking opportunities from top personalities from the football world. Music Likewise, Henley Business School’s MBA for Music & Creative Industries is designed for experienced business managers across all segments of the music industry. It is a move that has now been replicated by a partnership between Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) and the online wing of Berklee College of Music following the recent announcement of the US’ first fully online MBA program in music business. Henley’s Music MBA places a particularly high value on entrepreneurship and it seems that applicants within an industry which has endured a somewhat rocky few years are only too keen to take advantage. One of their recent self-financed graduates, for example, has gone on to create a new music label with the Grammy award-winning US poet and rapper, Malik Yusef. The MBA graduate in question, John Anthony Martinez, was quick to praise the music MBA’s existence. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph he said, “There are other universities that offer certificates and degrees in music business but none of them have the added value and credibility that a top–flight MBA can provide. The fact that Henley Business School has identified a need for an MBA that focuses on this industry is indicative of its importance.” Fashion The desire for an industry to have its own specialized MBA brings us back to September’s launch of the first Executive MBA in Fashion at the London College of Fashion, a division of the University of Arts, London. It is a move that couldn’t come soon enough for many industry insiders. "The executive MBA in fashion is long overdue. A qualification that can help to develop talented visionary people in the fashion industry, and provide them with the requisite management skills to run businesses, will be invaluable to those individuals and the industry as a whole", said Jane Shepherdson, chief executive of clothing brand Whistles. According to the college, the fashion industry possesses unique characteristics. So, by putting expert-advice at the disposal of students arriving to begin their new MBA program, they hope to allow them to compete and thrive in the challenging world of fashion. Source: Top MBA
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