10 Misconceptions about Business Administration

It’s a degree, for people who don’t know what they want to do. You’ll never climb the ladder if you study business administration. Your background won’t impress hiring managers. These are a few of the more common misconceptions about business administration. The truth is that pursuing a business administration program can open doors in many fields.

Let’s bust some of those misconceptions.

Business administration is boring. Yes, you do have to learn quite a few basic principles about running a business successfully. However, the learning process is filled with information about many business sectors – human resources, finance, marketing, accounting, customer service and management – and gives you skills you can carry with you throughout your career.

You’ll never advance from an entry-level position. If you hear that you’ll only be an office clerk or receptionist, that is not correct. With a degree in business administration, you may even bypass those positions because you will have a broad scope of business knowledge behind you. Although many who are senior-level business admins have advanced degrees, many have also worked their way up the ladder. When you study business administration, you may boost yourself up through the ranks because you:

• Increase your self-confidence by developing interpersonal skills to help you deal with people
• Improve your communication and listening skills by learning to write reports, letters and emails; deliver presentations; and negotiate with customers and colleagues
• Become an involved team player working in a collaborative environment
• Learn to provide excellent customer service by understanding your company’s services and how to best present them to your customers and satisfy their needs
• Solve problems and make decisions that can help your company grow and profit
• Exert your creativity by presenting new ideas and making innovations that make an impact

Business administration is not an “in-demand” career.  According to O*NET Online, jobs in business administration are projected to grow faster than average through 2026. Your education will provide familiarity with human resources and business management, marketing, finance and accounting, and the legal environment of modern business. You can apply your knowledge in nearly every industry.

It’s only appropriate for someone who wants to work for a corporation. This is also not true. Although it prepares you to work within a corporation, you can also work in government, retail, advertising, health care, market research, nonprofit, insurance, real estate, manufacturing, service firms and hospitality. Your skills are transferable. Although you may be a “generalist” when you graduate, you can soon become a “specialist” because of the versatility your education provides. You may get a first job in a hospital, for example, and decide that you want to focus on business admin possibilities in health care.

Once you start your business administration program, you must have a career plan. You may know exactly what you want to do once you graduate, but this program is actually ideal for someone who doesn’t really have specific career ambitions. As you study, you may find that you prefer human resources to finance, or marketing to management. You have the opportunity to explore and develop your passion.

 Figure that you’ll be in a traditional 9-to-5 job. Some companies still prefer this type of arrangement, but the trend in today’s workplace is toward the untraditional, with flexible hours, job sharing, telecommuting and even shortened workdays. Depending on where you work, you may have options.

Career options in business administration are limited. Getting the education is just the start. There are so many different paths you could choose. You could become an accounting technician, an airline customer service agent, a facility manager, a restaurant manager, human resources administrator, special events coordinator, account manager, property manager, credit analyst, marketing director and more.

It’s hard to find a job in business administration. Because your education gives you knowledge of so many components of business, your job search can cross multiple boundaries and fields. You will have a broad set of transferable skills. If you are studying an MTI College business program and are in good standing, you can take advantage of free job placement assistance through MTI College’s Career Services Department.

You must be good with numbers and math. Although part of running a business involves accounting and financial skills, you are not limited to those fields as a business administrator. Organizational skills and attention to detail – keeping track of the numbers – are more important than knowing the math.

Where to get an education in business administration

If you think the versatility of a business administration career might be for you, consider studying at MTI College Sacramento. You have a choice of studying one of two business administration programs:

• Business Administration (associate degree program) that provides you with business training in general administrative skills and the principles of business management
• Administrative Office Professional (diploma program) that, in as little as nine months, teaches you the skills you need for an entry-level business support position as a secretary, an administrative assistant or an executive assistant

When you have an opportunity to get hands-on experience, you learn better. That’s one of MTI’s signature training methods. Since your instructors have worked in business, they share their experiences with you and put you into real-world scenarios that you may well be faced with once you enter the business workplace.

With both program options, MTI prepares you with the hands-on training and skills you need to confidently work in business. The skills you earn are easily adaptable to any type of business, and they provide a foundation for job growth.

There’s no time like the present to begin your business administration career training. Contact MTI today.

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