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Imaya
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What's the best HBCU for going into business management?
What's the best major to start with this for? What can I expect to have to do to become successful?
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Hagen Finley
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The short answer is READ (or watch videos). You need to get a well rounded picture of what business management really means and you don't need to wait until college to acquire that understanding (which by the way will take years). Start with some basic finance overviews such as:
Financial Intelligence - Berman and Knight - great place to develop a financial vocabulary
What the CEO wants you to know - Charan - Charan has a lot of great management books
Zone to Win: Moore - another great prolific management writer
You don't need anyone's or any institution's PERMISSION TO LEARN and you need to LEARN HOW YOU LEARN because that process doesn't start or end with the university.
That will also help you decide if business management is really what you want- might be, but it would be a shame to go to college for 4 years only to find it's not - I know a fare amount of people with MBAs who aren't using them professionally.
My other thought is business is rarely just 'business'. There are many different businesses and you need to learn how they work. Managing a retail store is very different from managing a factory. Managing a university is very different from managing a sales organization. It would help to think about managing and WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS is appealing to you.
You should also consider getting a job in whatever business arena interests you. There's nothing like working in that job and learning from people who already manage in that space. Then your MBA will have some grounding and you'll better understand what and MBA can teach you.
Read as many management books as you can tolerate - if you don't like those, you may not like managing.
Get a job in a business type that interests you
If possible talk to people who are already doing what you think you want to do - you'd be surprised how many would be happy to share with you
Financial Intelligence - Berman and Knight - great place to develop a financial vocabulary
What the CEO wants you to know - Charan - Charan has a lot of great management books
Zone to Win: Moore - another great prolific management writer
You don't need anyone's or any institution's PERMISSION TO LEARN and you need to LEARN HOW YOU LEARN because that process doesn't start or end with the university.
That will also help you decide if business management is really what you want- might be, but it would be a shame to go to college for 4 years only to find it's not - I know a fare amount of people with MBAs who aren't using them professionally.
My other thought is business is rarely just 'business'. There are many different businesses and you need to learn how they work. Managing a retail store is very different from managing a factory. Managing a university is very different from managing a sales organization. It would help to think about managing and WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS is appealing to you.
You should also consider getting a job in whatever business arena interests you. There's nothing like working in that job and learning from people who already manage in that space. Then your MBA will have some grounding and you'll better understand what and MBA can teach you.
Hagen recommends the following next steps:
This is good advice but doesnt answer the question. Do you have recommendations on HBCUs?
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Emily Colville, MPA
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There are sources that you can look up aside from doing a web search. Librarians at your local library can also help you search for resources. Once you have a list of HBCU that are the top, I recommend reaching out to the advisors of the business schools. Advisors can help with what the requirements are. At the same time, there are several majors in business. For me, I majored in business administration in marketing. I enjoy learning about how consumers behave, think, and motivate them to take action through multichannel of communication. As a professional in higher education doing fundraising, I am always framing the next campaign to raise money for scholarships or programmatic needs. Bottom line for me is that I want the students to succeed at my university. So this is adding passion and meaning to the work I do.
Other things to consider: talk to people you know who have business backgrounds. Think about what drives you, what are you curious about, and want to learn? If you can, get a mentor who may add value during your business school search. Use your network who can help navigate your educational interest.
Another way to find people to talk who graduated from HBCUs that you are interested in. Contact that HBCU and find out if their have Alumni Association can connect you with a business Alum who can talk to you about their experience. That way, you can collect information. Ask questions.
I hope this was helpful.
Other things to consider: talk to people you know who have business backgrounds. Think about what drives you, what are you curious about, and want to learn? If you can, get a mentor who may add value during your business school search. Use your network who can help navigate your educational interest.
Another way to find people to talk who graduated from HBCUs that you are interested in. Contact that HBCU and find out if their have Alumni Association can connect you with a business Alum who can talk to you about their experience. That way, you can collect information. Ask questions.
I hope this was helpful.
Loriel Johnson MHEd
Academic Advisor II
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Loriel’s Answer
I'm going to drop a link here for you. Google tell you everything that you need to know especially when it comes to general questions like this hope this helps you!
You will find here that they are giving you the top 10 HBCU schools to go to for business programs. The way you get started is you apply to the schools and declare business management as your major. If there is a school on this list that you are strongly consider take the time to reach out to admissions and see what their admissions process is.
HBCUs will not admit you solely because you are an African-American student. You do need to have the grades and you do need to have other areas like extracurriculars to back you up. Not every school is the same so if you wanna go to Howard and you want to go to Morgan State and you're looking at Florida A&M you need to reach out to each school individually to see what their processes are and what they're looking for in a student.
https://ripplematch.com/insights/hbcus-with-strong-business-programs-e3bed28f/
You will find here that they are giving you the top 10 HBCU schools to go to for business programs. The way you get started is you apply to the schools and declare business management as your major. If there is a school on this list that you are strongly consider take the time to reach out to admissions and see what their admissions process is.
HBCUs will not admit you solely because you are an African-American student. You do need to have the grades and you do need to have other areas like extracurriculars to back you up. Not every school is the same so if you wanna go to Howard and you want to go to Morgan State and you're looking at Florida A&M you need to reach out to each school individually to see what their processes are and what they're looking for in a student.
https://ripplematch.com/insights/hbcus-with-strong-business-programs-e3bed28f/