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Which field is better, Business analyst or Business development executive?

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Question added by Hany Sewilam Abdel Hamid , Director of Sales and Marketing , Creative Sense
Date Posted: 2016/10/25
Mark Anthony Siason
by Mark Anthony Siason , Governance & Risk Manager , Elan Group, Qatar

Its not entirely a comparison between apples to apples, but to put things in perspective, business analysis is essential in the early stage of the business where business are needed to spun off through programs or projects and when business are operational, that's where business development comes in. 

So it really depends on one's technical skills and experience if he considers to be business analysis or business development as his better niche in the job market. For that one has to do a hedge-hog analysis of his best traits and values.

shiva subramanian
by shiva subramanian , Sr. Manager (Events) , Three D Entertainment Pvt Ltd

Both the field has it advantages. It depends on what is career goals.

Business development  is usually associated with the sales team within an organization.  Sales and marketing are responsible for growing existing business

Business analysis is a set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison among stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies, and operations of an organization, and to recommend solutions to enable the organization to achieve its goals.”

 

Both the aspects are very critical, but lately Business analyst has been emerging as a great career option.

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