General Management Roles At A B-School - All You Need To Know
By InsideIIM - Konversations
General Manager
About
A career in General Management is a part of business routine and involves taking care of managerial activities of the business unit. Instead of being responsible solely for one type of duty, General Management requires working on a wide range of activities; in a way, taking care of matters on the ground level ach day, every day. A General Manager would consider all the issues that require a managerial jurisdiction, starting from the bottom to the top. General Managers pose as personnel with understanding and knowledge of detailed business strategy and referable expertise and analytical ability to juggle various bowls of duties.
Education
High School
Any Stream
Bachelor's
Any Stream
Master's
Business Administration
Skills Required
Job Prospects
- Vendor Manager
- Production Manager
- Marketing Manager
- Operations Manager
- Business Development Manager
Salary / Annum
600,000
Fresher1,400,000
Average2,500,000
ExperiencedCities Data
Jobs Outlook
- Due to the diverse nature of the job, one can try out various domains and sub-fields and choose to specialize later on with certifications and on-the-job training.
- To be a General Manager is not easy; the pressure is tremendous and the to-do list is never ending. Therefore, one needs to keep this pressure on one’s shoulder and yet perform well as a General Manager.
- Most often, decisions taken by General Managers are not liked by many! Thus, the career is not well suited for people who do not have a thick skin and find it challenging to deal with people.
Promising Profiles
Kriti Gupta
General Manager at Amazon
Parmeet Singh Nayar
Vice President Operations & General Manager Hospitality at MBD Group
