Business is a broad term that refers to the occupations, professions, trades, or activities that each of us pursues every day in the process of making a living. Almost any enterprise may be considered a business, whether it is for-profit, nonprofit, private, or publicly owned.
The United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics identifies twelve industry
supersectors that cover nearly every existing occupation and business endeavor, including:
- construction,
- education and health services,
- financial activities,
- government,
- information (publishing, internet, broadcasting and other media, telecommunications),
- leisure and hospitality,
- manufacturing,
- natural resources and mining,
- other services (such as religious activities, equipment and machine repair, grant-making, death care, personal care, pet care, or photofinishing),
- professional and business services (such consulting, accounting, engineering, computer-based services, architecture, science-based services and research, advertising, or law),
- transportation and utilities, and
- wholesale and retail trade.
Increasingly, education beyond the high school level is important for achieving success in business. Many programs at JFK University support your interest in business.
The
School of Management (SOM) offers the Master of Business Administration (MBA) that prepares you for organizational careers at the professional and executive levels of business. Coursework includes individual, group, and organizational behavior; financial analysis and management; quantitative decision making and other analytical skills; practical ethics in the business arena; strategic planning and implementation; marketing theory and practices; management of change; impact of technology; international issues; and global economics. Also available is an undergraduate-completion program: the BS in Business Administration. Specializations include e-commerce, project management, leadership, and strategic management.
SOM also offers the MA in Career Development. The program combines career theory, management techniques, humanistic psychology, and practical skills that prepare you to assist individuals and groups with career issues, whether they work in businesses, nonprofit organizations, or educational institutions.
In addition, SOM provides a BA in Legal Studies and a Paralegal Certificate that can benefit those interested in being effective members of a legal team.
JFKU’s
School of Education and Liberal Arts (SELA) offers the MA in Museum Studies. The business-related administration specialization in the program covers financial management, fundraising, marketing, and administration for those interested in pursuing careers related to museums.
Through JFKU’s
Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP), your interest in business is supported through the MA in Organizational Psychology or the MA in Sport Psychology with a specialization in Sport Management. The program in organizational psychology educates practitioners in organizational change, a key factor in any business operation. The sport psychology program may facilitate those who work in event management or in the business side of professional sports.
The
School of Holistic Studies (SHS) at JFKU offers programs that may assist people at all levels of business to cope with the rapid changes of the 21st century global workplace, including counseling psychology (with specializations in holistic studies, somatic psychology, and transpersonal psychology), consciousness and transformative studies, and integral psychology.
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