Business Administration Degrees Offer Skill Set For Variety Of Careers

Several institutions are adding or revamping business degree offerings in what some say are the growing areas of technology, entrepreneurship, and the environment and sustainability, as well as areas that address global issues. MBA programs particularly are changing with the times, according to reports. Working professionals who want to change or advance their careers might particularly find MBA programs appealing and in some instances can work toward MBA degrees online.

Chalk it up to innovation, something that the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business says drives success in business and society and that business schools are doing a lot to foster. In the report, Business Schools on an Innovation Mission, the Tampa-based association recommends revamped curricula as well as promoting interdisciplinary research, conducting outreach initiatives and more. The association, which accredits worldwide business schools and accounting programs, works also to advance management education.

In terms of outreach efforts, an Ivy League institution's business school recently announced that it has established a presence on Twitter and Facebook as a means of updating 2012 applicants on admissions. In fact, 95 percent of college and university admissions offices used at least one form of social media in 2009, according to a University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth study mentioned in an August 2010 WebProNews report. Colleges, universities and technical schools continue to outpace Fortune 500 and fast-growing Inc. 500 companies in social media blogging, the study notes.

Business schools at colleges and universities are researching areas of technology such as e-commerce and social networking as well. In 2009, a Harvard researcher who studied social networking use found that most people spend time on these sites looking at pictures. MySpace is popular particularly in hotspots such as Alabama, Arkansas, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Florida, the researcher noted. You can also earn an online business degree from your own home!

The Internet has made it possible for anyone with access to take a course or more from a distance and it's the same for those earning online business administration degrees as it is to those seeking their associates or their PhD. Getting a college degree has now been made accessible to anyone with web access and the time and dedication to pursue it, the same dedication that will stand by them well in their new career.