Business Administration : Becoming A Leader

Some administrative assistants need management skills because they direct the actions of others and recommend corrections for better performance. An example is a busy executive's office in which an assistant manages all clerical personnel and handles requests from other staff members, such as time-off requests. He can develop management skills through courses offered by employers, professional associations, local colleges or e-learning providers.

There are many ways to define leadership, but perhaps the most laconic as well as accurate definition is presented in Peter G. Northouse's Leadership: Theory and Practice book (Northouse, 2013, p.5): "Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal". Individuals, engaged in leadership, use influence to solve challenges, which the groups under their leadership face, in order to succeed in their common goals.

Back in the early 1990's I acquired my Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts Degree through LAHC's accelerated program. When it was time to pursue my bachelor's degree I could not decide what to major in. I checked out several colleges and when University of Phoenix came to my attention I met with their Administration department. They offered accelerated programs in business, business administration, etc. but while it was nice, it sounded very ridged and boring. It was also extremely expensive so I didn't move forward. Baldwin's article identified that the largest degrees issued in the 1990's were in business so it's all put in perspective now as to why the colleges were offering those majors.

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An Executive Assistant/Office Management wears many hats and many times more than one at a time. They are not the ones that make decisions but they are the ones that have to enforce them. The assistant I interviewed is the backbones of her office and a large part of the college. She works is responsible for ensuring all operations run efficiently. She has to know the mission, values, and services/products they offer, she has to know about everything that is going on.

In a large company like ours, there are a variety of jobs an employee can seek out because each position in management and higher levels tend to have their own areas that can be studied while in school. A person can study Human Resources Management because they like to work with people while another person can study Computer Science because they are interested in technology. Other career options can take an employee outside of our building and to headquarters to help head marketing positions or work with the public on company image. With career options like these, employees can choose a profession that they like and also earn more money doing it.

However, with a degree in accounting, there are many career options one can take. For example, one can pursue a job as a Financial Accountant. As a Financial Accountant, the job can consist of preparing financial statement, or running spreadsheets. On the contrary, accounting major can also acquire a license as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). This will allow them to work as an auditor, tax compliance, estate and financial planner. The texts I have selected were written by and for Business majors and all have a common structure and

Are you a team leader by nature? If you would rather lead than follow, a degree in business administration, an MBA or any of the degrees in organizational leadership are good choices for a career in administration. Business management is evolving with the technology that is used in operations today and managers coming into the field need to understand employee issues as well as the quarterly report. There are also options to work as a management consultant on organizational

Early in their career, many people find it difficult to nail down a specific area of focus. They may be interested in a lot of things, including owning a business or managing a business. As a result, a general business degree makes sense. Instead of wasting valuable time enrolling in school as undecided, they can spend their

When making my decision for what major to take I needed to gather all the information I could on the respected majors that I would like to do. I n doing this I went to the Saint Leo website and searched all business majors. Once I found a list of all the ones that where offered on the university campus, I wrote them down on a piece of paper. The issue or

Business is a growing major and currently the most common major among college students. Being a business major at a liberal arts college is underappreciated amongst the students because they see courses as unnecessary towards their future careers. The question of “what a college education should provide” arises. Education is important but it is also important to learn how survive in the world and contribute to it. Business majors are growing meaning the requirements in a business are growing as well. It takes more than knowing how to do your job in todays society, you have to be able to stand out. The world is challenging and simply knowing the basis of business no longer cuts it because education is tied together as one. Furthermore, a liberal arts education provides the necessities needed for a successful year.

When I was told I was coming to the Advanced Leaders Course (ALC) I was excited to get it out of the way and I thought I would learn a lot because I am new in this Military Occupational Specialty (MOS). I turned down ALC for my last job because I heard I can learn a lot for my new MOS. Since, I have been here the only leadership part of this course, in my opinion was the class leader and when I had to lead physical training (PT). We were told, the leadership part was front loaded in this course and we would only learn from our peers. This course is setup in a way with the instructor only guides us through the topics and the peers teach each other. For me, being an older soldier, this was a huge difference in the way I am used to being

Before this class, I had a very primitive and vague definition of leadership. Not only did I define it as per my views and ideologies, but I also said that each individual has their own definition of leadership. My initial belief was that leadership does not have a clear cut definition, but there were well defined leadership traits which made an individual. I also initially believed that personal traits did not translate into leadership traits with no strong correlation. After going through the various modules this class offered, it is safe to say that I have significantly redefined leadership and underwent a strong personal assessment. This paper talks what I took back from each of the class activities, assignments and how my self-assessment compares to the perception of others.

Majoring in business is a really interesting and popular major to choose. You learn a lot of new things as growing into the business areas. You discover the employment opportunities, which is seeing what skills you are into and what are you more interested in. For example, some employment opportunities would be a retail trade, manufacturing, and wholesale trade. There are different types of business areas, which are

Secondly, business administrators have their income based on their knowledge, not actual products or services. Unlike what many people may assume, those who are involved in business administration are not merchants who sell products, but professionals who participate in different aspects of the trade process. According to Henri Fayol’s "the 5 elements of administration," business administrators have the function of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling and budgeting. These responsibilities require a diverse range of studies such as statistics, economics and management like I said in the previous paragraph. Hence one can easily see that business administrators are employed to give instructions and information, not to do non-intellectual errands or to produce physical products.