Interview

I interviewed one of the head professional golfers in my major, and she had some very different things to say about professional golf management, and the business aspect of it. One of the questions that I asked, was: How does the golf business differ from a typical business? The main difference that she stated was that a typical business is busy all year round and they usually do not have a slow period of a year. The golf industry is in fact the exact opposite. During the summer in Florida, most golf clubs are cutting back people and figuring out how too stay under the budget. This is different than a normal company because they usually have their staff set year in and year out, as to where the golf industry is fluctuating all year round. She also said that budgeting in the golf industry is different because the salaries vary so much from person to person.

Undergraduate writing

As an undergraduate student in any major, you are required to take composition 1101 and 1102.Another required course for most majors, including business management is professional writing. During these courses you will be assigned to write a number of essays and at the end of the semester you must have written at least 6,000 words. Depending on your professor you can write papers on just about anything. During your first two years as a business major you are required to take classes such as introduction to business, introduction to computers and accounting one. In these classes little or no amount of writing is necessary. For intro to computers you might have to conduct e-mail and use programs such as Microsoft word, PowerPoint, and excel but you are basically just plugging in data.

Arguement

Mangement is similar to many other styles of writing and fields of study when it comes to argument. After speaking with a professor here at FGCU they told me that the common goal is "communicating effectively and apporpriately." Communicating to the audience, wheather it be your employees or students, in all formats, like written, verbal, non-verbal, etc. The professor told be that there should be a sensitivity of the culture and background of the audience and listenter that you are argueing with, because you want to be on the same page as them and don't want to hurt their feelings. Argument is very similar to the arts and sciences and it's all in how you portray yourself and the vibe you give off.

Graduate School

When graduate school comes around, I will definitely have my hands full with the types of writing and argument techniques I will have to endure. Being that Business Management concentrates in finance, general management, interdisciplinary, information systems, and marketing, I will have to be conducting many argument methods, and writing in various ways. Marketing, interdisciplinary, and information systems will definitely get me prepped to conduct all the correct argument methods in the business world. Along with argument, all those fields in business require many different writing techniques. This is because building a business requires many types of trial and error, and there are many problems to it. Making a note of the different types of problems you encounter everyday in your business will only make it better.

Composition with Management

After I did a short interview with Dr. Arthur Rubens, an associate proffessor with the college of business, I learned a lot more about different techniques and styles used between both business management and writing classes. Dr. Rubens explained that one of the most major things he sees with the way a writing class or composition class writes papers is that most of them are written from a first person approach, they talk about them selves more. While in the business world the writing should be mostly from a thrid person approach and more objective than a normal composition writing paper. Dr. Rubens also informed me that there are a lot of things that we do in a composition paper that should be avoided when writing in a business paper, one being personal feelings. You should never use the word I in your business management writing and express how you feel, you should also never write statements or valued laden judgement without proper citation and support. Dr. Rubens was very helpful in allowing me to view the proper way to write in a management class or to specific employees and students.

Citation style used in business management

Business management majors will do a lot of writing during their career. At Florida Gulf Coast University business majors are required to take an important professional writing class. The most two common styles of formatting academic papers are MLA and APA. Depending on your teacher you will most likely be using one of those styles as a guideline for any paper you will write in a professional writing class. When it comes to actually writing when you get into your profession there are a number of things you will have to write. E-mails are a big part of any career you choose and when you are managing a business you will be most certainly being writing e-mails. When you write an e-mail you do not necessarily have to follow MLA or APA style but it is important to make your writing professional, and in order to do you must use a proper greeting and closing.

Interview with the business reference librarian

After meeting with a FGCU librarian I learned how to narrow down a search for a specific academic area. FGCU’s library web site has a page called LibGuides which conveniently lists links for every major. In my case I used the business link. By clicking the business link, it then narrowed down the subject to 6 sub links of business
Accounting and Tax
Company Information
Industry Information
International Business
Resort & Hospitality Management
Small Business and Entrepreneurship

These links will lead me to helpful search engines. We chose the small business and entrepreneurship link in order to help me find some helpful research about managing a business. According to FGCU’s business reference librarian Kay Oistad when it comes to writing any professional paper for any work force, it is important to use trust worthy search engines and by going through the business research guide you are guaranteed to have legit sources.