Business Administration

Corporate leadership credential

Business administration is the management of a company or organization—overseeing operations, finances, personnel, and strategy.

It appears most often as a field of study: She earned her MBA in business administration.

The term covers the practical skills of running an enterprise rather than specialized functions like engineering or marketing.

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budgeting · branding · leadership · corner office · board meeting · accounting · governance · departments · logistics · supervision · auditing · bottom line · profit margin · data analytics · supply chain management · organizational chart · decision-making · financial analysis

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Business Administrationliberal arts

Non-vocational higher education

humanities · fine arts · philosophy · literature · art history

organizational function

Business Administrationmanual labor

Work done bodily

blue-collar work · labor · manual work · field work · skilled trades

economic sector orientation

Business Administrationpublic administration

Managing government agency operations

nonprofit management · government service · social work · public service · charity work

Family

business, administration, busyness, businesses, administer, administrate, administrator, administrative, administratively

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