Marketing Options and Options in Marketing

In today's competitive world where competition is at itsmanagement, strategic marketing, B2B marketing,
peak, customers are no more emotionally driven anddistribution and channel management and other
flooded with products from every sphere of the world,important areas besides core marketing papers.
marketing as a practice has emerged as the mostExposure to these subjects not only give an in-depth
important activity and has got due importance by theknowledge but also sharpen the expertise and skills of
corporates. After globalization, most of the firms havemanagers thus helps them to become a thorough
identified the need for specific courses in marketing asmarketing professional who can balance the
they are now expanding their reach from local toexpectations of various stakeholders of the firm-
global market and not only deal with physical productscustomers, owner and society at large. They will also
but also offer various services which demandbe able to contribute to the long term sustainable
designing of special marketing programme and ancompetitive advantage through proper scanning of
urgent need for competent managers.firm's micro and macro environmental forces.
Therefore, in order to meet the industry demands,The marketing programme offers many multi-faceted
there are several courses being offered by most ofcareer choices in planning & strategizing,
the institutes which include both- long term and shortcommunication, brand building, customer relationship
term courses like PGDM Marketing, MBA Marketing,management, distribution & supply chain
Certificate courses in Marketing, six month diplomamanagement, retailing, and marketing research, etc
courses in marketing etc. Short term courses arewhich not only offers exciting career options and
designed and suitable for working executives, and alsolucrative rewards but a speedy growth in the career
for those who do not have any formal degree ingraph of the managers. It offers a unique opportunity
marketing but are determined to excel in the field ofto fresh graduates and experienced persons who
marketing whereas full time courses are good for thewant to enter the challenging area of marketing where
candidates who are yet to pursue and complete theirprofessional growth is limited only by their aptitude,
professional education, clear with career goals inobjective and application. From just being an executive,
advance and zest to have an in-depth knowledge ofa person can go up to the level of VP Marketing.
marketing.Eligibility criteria to apply to any full time (two year
The PGDM Marketing or MBA Marketing offers anprogramme) especially in case PGDM marketing or
opportunity to students to learn various related fields ofMBA marketing is Bachelor's degree in any discipline
marketing like consumer behaviour, internationalwith 50% marks in aggregate recognized by
marketing, brand management, integrated marketingAssociation of Indian Universities/AICTE as eligible for
communication, rural marketing, retail marketing, eventpostgraduate studies in management. In case of short
marketing, services marketing, customer relationshipterm courses, candidates with 10+2 can apply.