Master of Business Administration – MBA in International Business (IB)

The Mission of TAPMI’s new MBA-Master of Business Administration in International Business Program is “Global Leadership through innovation and integrated Value-Creation”. We aim to create well- rounded global leaders with a cross-functional and cross cultural orientation. Students are expected to jointly work with our faculty for achieving the following outcomes:

• Mastery of the International Business domain with enhanced functional skills in cross country contexts
• Taking initiatives under global uncertainty, with minimal guidance and supervision
• Persisting with unfamiliar contexts, especially international ones, subject matter and platforms
• Ability to interact and collaborate with people from across cultures
• Clearly communicating arguments and listening to feedback, some of which may run counter to one’s own views
• Understanding the need for and value of contribution beyond personal goals and achievements
• Reflecting while taking decisions, limiting the need to be swayed by short-termism or other types of cognitive biases

The MBA-IB is divided into four semesters spread over two years of the Program. The first year covers courses like Accounting, Organizational Behavior, Finance , Economics , Human Resource s , Communication, Operations Management, Global Business Environment and Fundamentals of Strategy, to name a few. Second-year students can choose their courses from two tracks and a corresponding list of electives, subject to fulfilment of a set number of credits.

This provides the student with an opportunity to acquire first-hand experience in applied research in International Business under the supervision of an experienced faculty. The student is also encouraged to disseminate the findings at reputed conferences or through publication in peer-reviewed journals.

X-Culture is a large-scale international experiential learning project. The X-Culture project will allow the students in this course to gain first-hand experience in international business collaboration and business consulting. Several companies are selected to present their real-life international business challenges, and the student will have to select one of those challenges and suggest a solution.

The international project is initiated by the student who consults with the organization and creates a holistic international business proposal by providing detailed reflections on critical management lessons.

The Case study will be written to provide an erudite and intriguing story about some individuals within organizations who must make difficult decisions in uncertain international business contexts. Along with the case, a teaching note will be written to guide the case instructors on key teaching objectives to be achieved through the case study.

MBA IB students have the possibility to spend the 4th Semester of the program at one of TAPMI’s several partner universities / business schools around the world.