What Specilisation to Opt. for a Mech. Engineer in his MBA

Very different specializations with advantages to each:

Finance if you ever want to move out and beyond engineering - or Civil is using more enormous resources and the financial structuring is sometimes harder and more critical than the hard engineering. OR, at least in the US, there is a great deal of Civil smaller projects (small municipal waste water treatment) NOT being done because of lack of knowledge of deal structuring.

MIS if you want to do larger and larger engineering? Don't know....lots of engineering is using rendering that will require lots more IT resources, OR lots of engineering is a black hole management wants more transparency into - just off the top of my head.

The most important consideration now that you have experience in your field, which appeals to you? I understand choices are limited, but within those there must be something that calls you?

Another way to measure this, can YOU see non-traditional applications for these specializations? To follow a charted path is easy, i.e. BS Engineering to MS Engineering to PhD Engineering. But you are a mature engineer - can YOU chart a path that builds on where you have been, adds the new skills available, that others can follow?

Hai Mukkuram,

Being a professional engineer the following mode of career planning could be of value to you.

#Management lessons are best learned during daily official life.Seeking an M.B.A degree after experience, shows your interest on knowing professional management aspects.

#For engineering careers field specialization and technology upgradation could be the first choice.

#If you happened to be in service and settled for long term career,and specific goals of reaching management positions, well your approach could be positive.

#Additional qualifications should be always motivated by self drive of learning/specilizing on something based on one's value/area of interest.Hence do your M.B,A.primely to add to your faculty than expecting weightage on promotions.Caliber counts more than qualifications.

Coming to your narrowed down choice between FINANCE and MIS ,the following guideline may be taken.

FINANCE ,if your wish is to be a future entreprenuer,because you will be knowing the rest of technicalities.

M.I.S,if you look for service continuation and hope you can contribute to your organization in project managements and future expansions.

Keep learning and best wishes.

Dear Mr. S. Udhayamarthandan,

Very much appreciate your advise.

Thank you very much.

Mukkarum M.