Wallace State: Business Management

Admission Requirements and Curriculum (catalog)

AWARD OFFERED Associate in Applied Science Degree

The management curriculum is designed to provide a sound familiarity with many intricate but practical business concepts. It exposes students to the challenges facing today’s managers in both business and industry.

The process of management is the pursuit of goals. Management consistently involves four basic functions—planning, organizing, directing, and controlling. Each addresses a particular set of problems and requires a particular set of skills. The importance of leadership, closeness with customers and employees, motivation, and communication are lessons that business persons must know well.

Managers can be found in a variety of fields, including sales, construction, food service, human resources and health services.

For sales positions, some employers prefer a degree in business administration with an emphasis on marketing. Courses in business law, economics, accounting, finance, mathematics, and statistics are advantageous. Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales manager jobs are highly coveted. Median annual earnings in May 2004 were $84,220 sales managers.

Construction managers plan, direct, and coordinate a wide variety of construction projects, including the building of all types of residential, commercial, and industrial structures, roads, bridges, wastewater treatment plants, and schools and hospitals. Excellent employment opportunities for construction managers are expected through 2014 because the number of job openings will exceed the number of qualified individuals seeking to enter the occupation. Median annual earnings of construction managers in May 2004 were $69,870.

Employment of medical and health services managers is expected to grow faster than average for all occupations through 2014, as the health care industry continues to expand and diversify. Job opportunities will be especially good in offices of health practitioners, general medical and surgical hospitals, home health care services, and outpatient care centers. Applicants with work experience in the health care field and strong business and management skills should have the best opportunities. Median annual earnings of medical and health services managers were $67,430 in May 2004. (Source: U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Dr. JoAnn Persall, Advisor
256/352-8252
joann.persall@wallacestate.edu

Terri McGriff-Waldrop
256/352-8072
terri.waldrop@wallacestate.edu