Business administration is a wide-ranging field that ultimately includes a myriad of management positions. That’s because everyone from the largest corporation to the smallest independent business requires skilled administrators to succeed.
The U.S. economy grew at the best rate in a year and half in the third quarter of 2013, which ended in September.
Revised numbers from the U.S. Department of Commerce show that the nation’s gross domestic product expanded by 3.6%, a number that easily beat the prediction from economists of a 3.1% growth rate.
The number is the highest since a 3.7% expansion in the first quarter of 2012.
Numbers from the private sector are again demonstrating the irrelevance of the October government shutdown to the nation’s private business sector.
The private sector added 215,000 jobs in November, far more than the 185,000 jobs anticipated by most economics, according to ADP, the payroll processing company. It’s the most jobs added in a one-month period in the last year.
Amazon will slowly phase in its plan to deliver products by using a drone, a technology most Americans still associate with use in covert military missions rather than dropping holiday gifts on the front porch.
The revelation of the drone delivery system, unveiled on a segment of “60 Minutes,” has generated a lot of talk both in the public and in the business community. That buzz, according to a column from Forbes, was part of the marketing plan all along.
General Motors (GM) – as well as most major car companies – are offering a discount on car purchases for college students, allowing them to purchase vehicles for thousands of dollars less.
The offer is extended to college students, recent college graduates and current nursing school and graduate students, according to the GM website.
Business schools are discovering that cutting programs may actually lead to a better learning experience for students and make more economic sense for the university.
After years of adding programs to attract more students in a competitive market, business schools have discovered that the result has been students confused by the number of programs offered and administrators burdened with trying to manage it all, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Applications to build new homes reached a five-year high in October, another sign that the economy is improving as 2014 approaches.
Numbers from the United States Department of Commerce indicated that permit applications increased by 6.2% in October. There were no figures for housing starts as U.S. government data has been delayed due to the government shutdown that lasted for about half of October.
Unemployment claims dropped last week, another sign that the economy and the overall job picture may be improving as the country heads into the holiday season.
According to the federal Department of Labor, jobless claims fell by 10,000 to 316,000. Most experts had projected about 330,000 jobless claims, according to an article from Reuters.
The automobile industry continued its rebound this week from the depths of the recession, with the federal government announcing it will sell its stock in General Motors and advisors with once-broke Chrysler projecting a $10 valuation for the company.
The United States Treasury Department announced this week that it is selling the final 31.1 million shares it holds in GM. This will end taxpayers’ investment in the giant auto maker, which faced bankruptcy in 2008 before being bailed out by then-President George Bush and, later, President Barack Obama.
A new book takes a detailed look at the state of Massive Open Online Classrooms (MOOCs), finding they are neither a passing fad nor the savior of higher education.
However, the book finds, they could change how professors teach at the most basic level.
In “Beyond the MOOC Hype,” Jeffrey R. Young – a technology editor at the Chronicle of Higher Education – delves into the ongoing debate about how MOOCs will fit into the future of education.