Business schools make up a large portion of institutions that students can attend online, particularly graduate level schools. Because of the rigorous benchmarks that business administration students have to rise to, students seek our camaraderie with someone who knows what business school is actually like as the student is living it today. In the same turn, a business major is expected to stay current on news, have knowledge of resources, and to create a toolkit to use in the now and after they graduate. An abundance of managers await the student on the web to teach them in a space outside the classroom to build upon everything they have learned on the inside. Use the Internet to research each aspect of business to become a true leader and manager.
Business Administration Students
Personal accounts of students currently in business school who would like to contribute their experiences to the blog world. Many bloggers give a timeline of their rejections and highs and lows for the reader to judge a school on for himself or herself.
- Jeremy C. Wilson
The author of this blog is a current joint degree-MBA student at Northwestern University. This Stanford graduate writes posts involving admissions, the GMAT, and inside student POV information about business school.
- My life, my blog, and B-school somewhere in between A blog set up to follow the journey of student into the process of applying to business school, their successes and failures. Blog posts lead up to the student’s triumph as a current student of the MBA program at Kellogg.
- Palo Alto for a While
A blog by a current Stanford GSB MBA student finishing in 2011 who breaks down the entire process of getting into and attending business school for a student at any institution. An outline of the blog is contained in a list of posts that the reader can easy skip through.
- Military To Business - A US military officer begins a new journey with two years at Harvard Business School ('11)
This blog exists as a resource to other students who do not the common demographic of an MBA student. The owner is an ex-military officer turned business man finishing graduate school in 2011.
- To MBA or Not to MBA
A mother of two young children chronicles her life as an MBA student at Booth School of Business in Chicago. The writer shares feelings about the program in comparison to her desires in accordance with her decision to apply and subsequent acceptance into Booth.
- B-School Voyage
Find current news about the happenings at Kellogg Business School at Northwestern, plus major events on this bloggers path to end of their graduate degree. Posts also include the author’s past education, and their current aspirations and interests.
Business Administration Professors
Professors at prestigious business schools lecture on their blogs about current events for valuable dialogue the student can take back to their individual classes. Some professors coauthor their blogs with other professors, students, or alumni.
- Sustainable Business Design
An Arkansas professor writes, researches, and consults on the green area of business. Her business is to support responsible professionals in their industries with sustainable business practices.
- Robert Salmon
Stern School of Business associate professor at NYU discusses a wide range of topics from his placement at the heart of the international business world. Economics, technology, business strategy, and a bit of humor make up the posts here.
- Business and Economics – The Berkley Blog
The Berkley Blog brings together their professors to about the business of economics. Their thoughts on global markets are highly opinionated and thought provoking towards the student and readers interested in the given topics.
- Dean's Talk
Deans from different business schools and one financial editor congregate on management education. Videos and real-time chat are displayed for the student to consume.
- Scott Testa
A professor of business administration at Cabrini helps students think and behave like a leader with his blog. Social marketing is another major topic of this blog as the professor seems to heavily support it as a tool for advertising.
- Macrobuddies
Farrokh Langdana, a business professor at Rutgers lectures on macroeconomics with his MBA students and alumni. Data usually presented in a classroom is splashed onto each page of this blog.
- Digitization 101
Jill Hurts runs this blog as a place for posting relevant news to the digitization side of business for the purpose of connecting and collaborating. Copyright discussions also are featured her as well as social media.
Business Management
Several blogs focalize on management in general. There are many niche areas to cover and these bloggers hone in on some of the best and most popular areas that a student can use.
- Manage to Change
Ann Michael philosophizes about the information portion of the business world. Her motives are placed on changing business managers into people who focus on their customer in all aspects to increase revenue.
- Results Only Work Environment-Rowe
A conglomerate of contributors hash it out here about the work environment. This blog is a sidecar to the original consulting organization by the same name.
- Management by Baseball
An ex-baseball reporter switches over to business management and blogs about the many connections he has found between the sport and the profession. Posts are in-depth with visual aids to support theories.
- David Goldsmith
Another blog that helps the business manager become a thinker. The blog has a clear focus on performance, strategies, the future, and learning as a leader.
- Management Craft
The author of Management Craft supports bosses with typical motivational and practical advice posts. There are also link posts to resources and personal interests.
- Kent Blumberg
Kent Blumberg writes to help bosses expound upon their personal strengths and diminishes their weaknesses in ethics, branding, and goal setting. This is a blog about growth.
- The Enlightened Manager
Cheri Baker writes to make the manager more enlightened. She talks about the thought processes of a manager who is also a good leader.
- Leading Thoughts
Leading Thoughts is a management blog for executives as a part of the Executive Skill Works brand. The blog is written to cover manager performance topics.
- CEO Blogger's Club
This blog collects posts from other CEO bloggers for a one-stop reader. Each post gives links to blogs with summaries of the particular post featured.
Leadership in Business
Management is not only a duty but an active state of mind. Bloggers with professional backgrounds in the various industries coach readers with strategies they have developed or know to be successful for proactive and value-driven leading.
- Three Star Leadership Blog
Wally Bock shows business pros how to be leaders too. This is a management blog that points you into the right direction for resources and best readings for the topics at hand.
- Leadership is a Verb
This blog is about leadership topics not only for leaders. The goal here is to learn how to lead with real-life discussions.
- Say Leadership Coaching
The unusual Hawaiian theme is attached here to teach managers how to be personable while still leading. This is a blog that supports business ethics for an improved work environment.
- Plain Talk
Eileen Mcdargh connects the idea of being a good leader in the workplace to leading well in life. The blog connects the reader to case studies, products, and free managing resources.
- Mick's Leadership Blog
Mick is another writer of a leadership blog. His offerings focalize at the values aspect of managing. There are sprinklings of social marketing post as well.
Business Management News
The global business world is a buzz in these blogs, which regularly deliver management news to subscribers. Readers will find another diverse set of websites with clear niches such as federal law and green business.
- The Corporate Library
The Corporate Library’s blog is about corporate administration and risk analysis. They discuss trends, current events, and their own research findings.
- Securities Law Prof
A blog that looks at the legal side of business and brings forth current issues related to this area. Unique aspects here involve judicial opinion and SEC Action posts.
- Federal Financial Management News
Doug Davidson is a member of upper management that delivers federal financial news to executives. This blog has a few standout labels such as the U.S. House of Representatives, Grants Management, and Social Security.
- Biz Growth News
This blog shows you how to grow a business with social marketing and other marketing strategies. The articles posted are not all about online presence and teachers how to grow a business offline as well.
- Black Bear Speaks
An environmental and green business news blogs focused on the Great Lakes area. There are also news posts on what the area has to offer those outside of the area in the realm of green business.
Business Administration Resources
Business managers have a wealth of knowledge to afford to online business administration students. Like professors, they have trusted experience to impart on anyone willing to learn from a seasoned professional.
- A Continuous Learner's Weblog
Steve Pietrek shares a lot of what he learns on his blog. The posts are useful as resources for an administrator that wants to up their skill sets in areas of technology.
- The Corporate Storyteller
Evelyn Clark writes a blog that tells managers how to use storytelling to be better leaders. Everything shared out is about the communication skills a manager has to possess and use in the work environment.
- Deborah Schultz
This is a blog written by a woman in business. Posts here are on the happenings in the business world with a marketing and consumer focus.
- Responsible Marketing
Here is a blog written with a social consciousness point of view for marketing success. PR is delved into here plus videos or other media are posted to accompany articles.
- Koka Sexton
This blog is written for business managers that like the geeky side of operations. Here again is a blog about social media marketing with a few other ideas shared from time to time.
- The Accounting Onion
A blog that examines each layer of financial news and tidbits from an accounting perspective. Blog post categories at The Accounting Onion include financial operations, instruments, and analysis.
- Funny Business
Elana Centor writes a blog about the funny happenings of the business world per media stories. All posts center on the politics of business and on the level of performance of corporate America.
- The PR Guy: Straight to the Point
Articles on social marketing make up this business-to-business blog. The author writes from his experience as a strategist marketing for a technology company.
- Jim Garven's Blog
This blog is written by professor of finance and insurance at Baylor University with some postings on life, economics, and risk management. Headlines are often pulled for further examination of business management news.
- Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation
This blog provides a forum for commentary by contributors on federal and state regulations on securities. Breakdowns of current trends, SEC rulings, and international business by Jim Hamilton and his bloggers are also written for students to consume.
Business Management Tools
Social media marketing is the standard of internet selling of goods and services. Business students learn the best methods to reach customers for growth and expansion.
- CEO Tools
CEO Tools is another business management blog but with a special twist of the ability to purchase business tools through the website. There are webinars available, how tos, and cure-alls for common issues that a business manager may have.
- Biz Toolkit
Practical business tips are contained within this blog given by a certified business coach. This is a blog targeted small businesses that want to boost their operations.
- Business Coaching
Paul Simister walks entrepreneurs and business managers through the process of finding opportunities for business. Many topics are good for building a business model.
- The Coach Connection
The Coach Connection blog tells you everything you need to know about the life coach’s role. Their aim is to help you decide if you need one and their company can provide one.
- Open Source Project Management Tools
This blog is useful for student business managers when working on projects. Tools are linked in alphabetical order with screenshots, reviews, and descriptions for each one for ease of use and selection.
- Nate Ritter
Consultant Nate Ritter writes on community topics, entrepreneurship, and gives some ideas throughout the blog. This is a blog for business managers with a stance on public issues.
- Business Opportunity Connection
Primarily this blog is about business ideas. In addition, team-building strategies are given plus standard resources to compliment ideas posted.
- Solo Business Marketing
An entrepreneur who shares her ideas and concepts with business people like her runs solo Business Marketing. All of the posts are centered on touching every possible customer that an individual can with their business.
Business management far reaches beyond delegating orders to subordinates. A thorough manager guides their employees, shapes their business, and studies their climate. Students in online business schools are always expected to do their research and bring something substantial to table in classroom communications and current managers, consultants, and teachers help to facilitate that.
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