business administration

noun

1. a program of studies at the university level offering courses on general business theory, management, and practices.

Word History and Origins

Origin of business administration¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

When she receives her associate’s degree, she intends to transfer to a Cal State or UC campus and major in business administration.

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According to Ranjay Gulati, a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, courageous leaders “take bold, risky action to serve a purpose that they perceive to be worthy, usually in the face of an abiding fear.”

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Mr. Luca is a professor of business administration and the director of the Technology and Society Initiative at Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School.

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Sánchez would eventually settle in Newport Beach and study business administration at Rancho Santiago Community College, but he dropped out and hawked perfume, enticed by promises that he could get rich quickly.

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Companion chatbots are designed to build emotional relationships with people, so they’re trained to act as human as possible, even projecting a false sense of vulnerability, says Julian De Freitas, an assistant professor of business administration in the marketing unit at Harvard Business School and a co-author of the study.

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