They have the technical side and now they are looking to move into management. Many are looking at e-commerce. It's stimulating many people from technology to move into management. So is finance, especially because of what the stock market is doing. The trend toward e-commerce specializations in MBA curricula is necessary for the futures of both the student and business.
Most business is different in e-commerce.
Think of how marketing is different on the Internet than when the customer walks into Macy's. If the Internet is changing the way business does business, it is also changing the way students can learn what they need to know, notes Dilip Mirchandani, director of the MBA program at Rowan University in Glassboro. Mirchandani says Rowan is geared toward the professional who seeks to add an MBA to his or her resume. One way he sees Rowan increasing access to working graduate students is offering courses over the Internet or the World Wide Web. We see that as a future trend where time and space don't mean much anymore.