Summation

BUS 499 Week 11 Discussion 1 Summation

Create a metaphor or analogy that captures the essence of the major lessons learned in the BBA program (e.g., business administration is like . . .).

Business administration is like a seed… it will never grow unless planted and nourished. I can agree with this metaphor because building a business is the seed that you planted and making sure it continues to run smoothly is the nourishing aspect of it all. I learned that in business one must be firm and continue to learn in order to constantly grow with the business. This program has taught me a lot and I am grateful to have learned so much within this program that I tend to use on a daily basis in my career.

Discuss the single most interesting or surprising thing you learned in the BBA program, as well as what made it so.

I have learned quite a lot of different things in this program but the main thing that sticks out was statistics. It was one of my hardest classes but it was the most effective for me. I found it to be very challenging but rewarding in the end. I never realized that I used so much of this information in my current position. Especially once I received my promotion it made me see things very clearly when it comes to how a business is ran and how to keep it from going belly up.

DQ 2

Discuss how you will use the lessons learned in your BBA program to be more productive in your current (or future) career. Provide specific examples to support your response.

I plan to use the lesson that I learned in this program to help me perform my new job duties to the fullest extent of my education. With all of the lessons learned I should be able to perform my job better than ever because I have learned so much that I am already using even before I am finished my degree. This new position doesn’t seem so hard these days because I am able to compare what I learned to what I do every day at work.

Predict what major issues this program will be addressing 10 years from now. Explain your rationale.

I believe that 10 years from now this program will be addressing the same or similar issues because those issues will still be happening. For example ethics will still play a huge roll in this program. Statistics will be a huge part as well because most people do not know how to do accounting, finance or statistics without the computer program that is downloaded at their job sites. I believe that the main change will be technology because technology is always evolving to become something better, faster and more equipped for the world that we live in.