The high salaries and prestige associated with business management and administration positions are strong reasons to supplement your real world experience with degree programs that will give you the advanced skills to be effective in rapidly expanding business environments. Business managers and executives plan and coordinate the operations of organizations and their major departments. The opportunity to achieve managerial and executive status is available in hundreds of domains including finance, energy, international, health care, human resources, marketing, small business, technology, information systems, and sales.
Business administration and management degree programs will train you to: identify and solve organizational problems using systematic decision making approaches, motivate and manage personnel, assess business vision and mission, and lead during conditions of uncertainty. Bachelor’s degrees offer overall education with special concentrations that prepare students for entry level jobs, and top executive positions are often filled from an organization’s lower level managers. Employers watch for important personal qualities including self-confidence, persistence, decisiveness, and leadership. There are many basic types of MBA programs: two-year full time, accelerated, part-time, executive, distance learning, and dual or MBAs that combine professional training in advanced business processes with another concentration, for example, a combination MBA and law degree.
According to The Bureau of Labor Statistics, persons who expand their knowledge of business and particular industries by attending professional training programs, exhibit personal qualities attractive to employers, earn certifications in their chosen areas, and take advantage of promotions, transfers, and networking can expect to be competitive in these highly compensated and rewarding careers.
More Business Administration degrees:
- Continuing Education in Business Administration
- Associate in Business Administration
- MBA Programs
- Doctorate in Business Administration
Resources to help you evaluate a Business Administration career:
- Best of the Web: Business Administration Careers
- Best of the Web: Business Administration Blogs
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Report: Occupational Outlook Handbook on Business Administration and MBA Careers, 2010-11 Edition
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Report: Management and Business Careers, 2000-10 job outlook (PDF)
