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1. What do students in your program learn how to do?
Students who choose to study Pre-Business at the Eller College of Management here at the U of A get a well rounded education. For the first two years as a Pre-Business major students learn about general business topics including economics, accounting, financing, ethics, and management, just to name a few. Once a student is accepted into Eller, at the start of his or her junior year, is the time when he or she will be able select which of the nine specific majors they want to study in more depth and get a degree in. The topics of study include: accounting, business administration, business economics, business management, entrepreneurship, financing, management information systems, marketing, and operations management.
2. What do people who get degrees in this field usually go on to do for work?
One of the best things about being a business major is that there is no set job that one must seek after receiving a business degree. The job path that a business major selects is based off of his or her personal interests, specialty, and his or her long-term goals. Additionally, a business major is not even confined to find a job in one of the majors listed in question one. An individual with a business degree can decide to go into law, entertainment, teaching, and many other fields, that build upon the knowledge that his or her business degree enlightened him or her with.
One of the best things about being a business major is that there is no set job that one must seek after receiving a business degree. The job path that a business major selects is based off of his or her personal interests, specialty, and his or her long-term goals. Additionally, a business major is not even confined to find a job in one of the majors listed in question one. An individual with a business degree can decide to go into law, entertainment, teaching, and many other fields, that build upon the knowledge that his or her business degree enlightened him or her with.
3. What drew you to this field?
I have always really enjoyed math. Being able to effectively solve problems in an efficient way is very rewarding. Also, I have always liked handling money, and making money lol. Additionally, I believe that I have good leadership skills, which I think is essential in being successful in any field, especially business. For all of these reasons and more I have been drawn to the business field.
4. Who are the leaders/most exciting people involved in your field right now? Why? These could be individual people or specific companies, organizations, businesses or non-profits.
- I believe that one of the leaders in the business field right now is Howard Shultz, CEO of Starbucks. Starbucks is a world-wide brand, loved by millions, but it always stays fresh in the mind of its followers, due to intelligent marketing and business choices. Shultz also treats his employees, even part-timers, in a respectable by providing them with stock options, health benefits, and college tuition reimbursement, just to name a few partner perks.
- I think another business leader that deserves recognition is Tim Cook, the new Apple CEO. Cook had big shoes to fill, following the death of Steve Jobs, however I believe that he has handled the pressure quite well. He is running Apple with an innovative and creative mindset, which Jobs would be proud of.
- Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, is another leader in business that is worthy of respect. Bezos has created a company that is now one of, if not, one of the biggest retailers on the market. Also, Bezos has created many new jobs by hiring thousands of individuals to work in his many Amazon warehouses.
5. What are the leading academic/scholarly journals in your field? Where are they published? Give us the names and locations of at least 3.
- Academy of Management Journal is published by The Academy of Management
- Barron's is published by Dow Jones
- The Economist is published by The Economist Group
Reflection:
I really had an interest in what Lauren and Jessi had to say about their disciplines of study, and I will talk about my thoughts about their entries in this post.
Lauren, Jessi, and myself all plan to study very different topics in college, however I am still able to see clear similarities between their thoughts about the future and my own. In her post, Lauren discussed how until recently she had no idea what she wanted to study in college. This made me feel a lot better about myself because I just recently came to the conclusion that business seems like the right major for me. I usually get stressed out whenever someone is able to list all of their life goals and have a grand plan that they want to adhere to, therefore it was really nice to read Lauren's post.
Jessi's post was also reassuring for me, but in a completely different way than Lauren's. I enjoyed the fact that Jessi mentioned that there are a plethora of career options for a physiology major, because it reminded me about the many professional paths that a business major can take. Sometimes I get overwhelmed by the many job possibilities that a business major will have to chose from. Therefore, it was nice to know that their are other majors that leave graduates with a lot of optiona, and that it is okay to embrace the many opportunities that a general field of study can provide me with.
Tom, I really enjoyed your perspective about the business world! I've never personally taken much interest in the field, but your post opened my eyes to how many aspects of my own interests (medicine) can be applied to business. After all, running a hospital is essentially running a business.
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