2010 would still be a great time to Invest in Africa. Moreover, investments will be fruitful all throughout the year. This is a forecast released by Africa Practice, late days of December 2009. According to a business survey they conducted, business leaders are optimistic for 2010. More than 95% of respondents said that they are expecting to expand their businesses on the upcoming year.
Africa Practice is no new to this kind of survey. It is actually a strategic communications consultancy with a network of branches all across the continent. They are experienced in developing business and strategy for sustainability in Africa.
This report is seen a support to the belief that what was Africa in the past few years, especially during recession, will continue and will stay beneficial to Africans and investors. Quoted from the report, “All the respondents (100%) said they anticipated foreign direct investment (FDI) to increase in 2010, with the majority expected to come from China,” the report indicated. This represents a much-improved outlook when compared to last year’s survey in which 69% of respondents predicted a reduction in FDI in-flows.”
These positive answers were brought about by the faith that Africa will pick up itself where it left off in 2009. The continent is becoming the focal point for many countries that are lacking resources. Adding to this is the upcoming FIFA World Cup. South Africa will be the one to host soccer’s largest league. And of course, it is not just South Africa who will gain from this, the neighboring countries will be dragged into this opportunity. Travel and tourism is more likely the sector that will have more gain form FIFA World Cup. The said event will open up more growth and business opportunities for many people. The Black Continent will served as the center of the earth for 2010. The attention will focus mainly on the world’s poorest continent. And eventually, the monicker will turn into something more pleasant, both for Africans and other people.
But when asked what will be the challenge that this growth may face, although in just a small percentage, respondents answered access to credit and availability of talent, 35% and 30% respectively. Physical infrastructure, legislative environment, advancement in technological infrastructure were also cited as barriers for further growth. Although this has been all addressed in some small ways, many are still in doubt because other investors have not yet recovered from the blows of financial crisis. If investment in such sectors will be halted, development will also be affected.
The other challenge which is the availability of talent, was also mentioned as a problem from previous findings wherein 31% of the respondents answered the same. This challenge is about the lack of business management skills which is usually the cause of downfall of many businesses in Africa.
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How many years do you have to go to school for Business Management?I want to go to college for Business management and open my own Beauty Salon. I am just wondering, How many years would it take to complete a Business Management Class??
And another question, how long do you have to go to Cosmetology school before you get your Cosmetology Lisence?
Another question, if I am the manager of a business, who pays me if I am paying my employees?
Your help is appreciated.
Honestly, Its everything. So I choose
e. All the above
Although it is predominantly done by the owners or senior management of a business, business management comprises of all the points u had mentioned.
Government or private should not matter. Understand the purpose of this organization and its customer. Understand what this customer needs and considers of value. Help workers understand this and have them do more of what is valuable and less of what is waste.
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As to whether it is necessary to have the degree, the answer is no. The only time it is truly necessary to have a degree is when you wish to be hired by an existing company that requires a degree, or when you wish to be credentialed for for some practice that requires a degree, such as medicine or engineering.
The things you should get from the degree include business computing skills, business communication, a bit of human resources, possibly a good internship, and maybe some other things like marketing and job seeking skills. I would get ahold of their catalog and read the course description for every course in the curriculum. If the descriptions sound like things that could be useful to you then you might give it a shot.
Alternatively, you might just take only the classes you're most interested in. It's likely that the community college offers a one year certificate with many of the same courses, so you might think of doing that instead.
I will offer one caveat – what if your plan doesn't work out and you decide you'd be better off with a bachelors or masters degree, like an MBA or MBF? The problem with the degree you're considering is that it is probably not a good choice should you decide to try to transfer. If you think you may eventually be interested in a four year degree or beyond, you might look into your community college's general studies curriculum. Also, check out to see whether this college has a career center. Those folks should be able to help you out. If not, speak to an advisor from the business program.
Good luck!
I have a Business Management degree and have worked at a non-profit. My choices were not as broad as yours, but here is what I did. I choose general management. Choices were supply chain, general, finance and one other that I can't remember. I went back later on and got a second degree in marketing. Marketing really helped me because all business basics are covered but marketing is always necessary in whatever you do. You have to be able to keep your client happy, you have to be able to attract them into doing business with you. My second degree has actually been favorably looked upon. Maybe you can try something like that.
Yep, most degrees are NOT confined to just one area of careers. With that business degree and depending on the school system, you might be able to teach in some of their schools.
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In terms of business administration, there isn't really that much of a difference. A hotel is a company selling a product. Big chain hotels function as multinational companies just like any other.
Hotels as companies follow the same business laws but have some specific industry laws (reimbursement, accounting, VAT breakdown, insurance, etc.) However, every sector has its specific laws.
The main difference is that a hotel sells services to clients that come into the hotel to consume the product (roomnight, seminar, dinner, etc). A "non service" company will sell a product to a customer who will take the product somewhere else to consume (car, washing machine, etc.). So the selling/marketing process works differently. But that doesn't concern management that much.
In order to build on your hotel experience you should try a school that has less marketing and more human resources and accounting studies. Most of the good hotel managers I know, have been front office or revenue managers (former sales managers have the people skills but not always the operations experience). But that's only my own experience.
If, on the other hand, you want to leave hotel business completely, than you should try a sales orientation. If there is one thing you learn in hotels, it's dealing with people. So there you could try marketing, sales, PR studies and get your foot into business through customer service/care.
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I think you have to choose the Marketing section in Human Resource Management(HRM) because in marketing you get the nice job in the good reputed company on a high post..
All business associate degree will give you a foundation in business management including accounting, marketing, sales economics etc…
When you pick a focus like marketing, human resources etc… you will then take 3-5 courses that go deeper into that concentration.
A business management concentration will go deeper into managing people (HR), processes (IT, operations), money (finance/accounting) ..All the knowledge one would need to Supervise and manage a business as a whole.
A marketing management concentrartion will go deeper into educating tthe public about a company's products and persuading them to buy those products. You will learn more about sales, advertising, public relations, consumer behavior and media.