Career Spotlight
Business & Entrepreneurship
April 26, 2022
Sarah Strohbeck, Career Readiness and Counselor Consultant
Today’s Agenda
Macomb Community College
Business Pathways
Challenges with Students
How did Donald Trump become a successful businessman?
Entrepreneurship and Influencing
The best entrepreneurs seek to solve a problem and not necessarily invent something brand new. How can one improve on the lives of others in some way?
Globalization
As worldwide economies cross the bridge from analog to digital, every part of global business—currency, credentials, contracts, collaborations—will be backed by and amplified by digital technologies. If the speed of digital commerce seems breakneck now, when less than 20% of the US economy has transformed to digital, just imagine the pace of a fully digitized, global economy.
-Heather McGowan
Adaptation Advantage
Advising Students
Example:
*Works well with people and helping them = Human Resources
*Very detail orientated=Accounting
*Natural Leader=Business Management
Business Pathways
Business Should be Stacked
Business Degrees�
Associates of Business Administration (ABA)
ACCOUNTING
Dual Track Program
Pathway 1: Four-year transfer plan
Pathway 2: Associate Degree
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Designed for transfer into a Bachelor of Business Management or entry into the field of Management.
Principles of Management�
Principles of Marketing�
Principles of Accounting�
Personnel & Human Resource Management��Organizational Behavior and Team Development��Management Decision Making & Critical Analysis (Capstone)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP &
SMALL BUSINESS
Macomb’s Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Program provides students with the diverse skills needed to start their own small business or manage someone else’s.
Students learn how to
Serves Macomb students and alumni, and community residents, including small business owners.
GENERAL BUSINESS
Highly Transferable
Transfer Pathways
Students can transfer up to 92 credits from Macomb to a 4-year partner university .
Students who intend to transfer and pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration (BBA), should speak with a Macomb counselor or academic advisor as soon as possible after they have applied to Macomb to plan the best pathway.
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GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Students learn about purchasing, delivery and storage of materials and components, coordination of supplier services and logistics, as well as how decisions are made strategically throughout the supply chain.
Students who graduate from the program are ready to work in purchasing, warehouse management, distribution, transportation and supplier negotiation processes that are utilized to bring a product to market in the most timely and cost-effective way possible.
Students can take 82 credits at MCC and transfer to
HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
Reviewing how to implement Credit for Prior Learning into the Hospitality Management degree.
Beverage Service
Business Enterprise
Lodging Management
Sanitation
Table Service
Internship
MARKETING
E-Marketing
Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Customer Service
Professional Selling
Advertising & Promotion Management
Consumer Behavior
Marketing Strategies
Students learn to identify and understand target markets, develop effective marketing strategies and create profitable relationships with customers. Students get hands-on experience using marketing research data to make strategic decisions.
PARALEGAL
Associate of Applied Science
Approved by the
American Bar Association
Michigan Legal System & Ethics
Legal Research & Writing 1 & 2
Legal Procedure
Mechanics of Real Estate Law
Principles of Family Law
Estate Administration and Elder Law in Michigan
Proceedings Under the Federal Bankruptcy Code & Debt Collection
Proceedings Under Administration Agencies
Criminal Law & Procedures
Electronic Evidence & Discovery
Computerized Litigation Support Concepts
COURT REPORTING
Macomb has the only program in Michigan approved by the
National Court Reporters Association
100% Remote & Online
Continuing Education program (not a Degree Program)
The average Court Reporter salary in Michigan is $59,804 as of March 29, 2022.
In Michigan, the salary range typically falls between $43,150 and $78,275.
Business by the Numbers
ACCOUNTING STUDENTS | 438 | ||||
PARALEGAL STUDENTS | 130 | ||||
HOSPITALITY STUDENTS | 70 | ||||
GENERAL BUSINESS STUDENTS | 124 | ||||
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT STUDENTS | 638 | ||||
MARKETING STUDENTS | 196 | ||||
ALL BUSINESS DISCIPLINE STUDENTS | 1596 | ||||
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WAYNE STATE TRANFER STUDENTS | 376 | ||||
OAKLAND UNIVERSITY TRANFER STUDENTS | 319 | ||||
WALSH TRANSFER STUDENTS | 223 | ||||
NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY TRANFER STUDENTS | 24 | ||||
ALL BUSINESS TRANSFER STUDENTS | 942 | ||||
THANK YOU!