Entrepreneurship Major
What Is Entrepreneur:
A person who organizes and operates a business, taking on
great than normal financial risks in order to do so.
What Does It Take:
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Self directed/disciplined
Self Nurturing
Action-Oriented
Highly energetic
Tolerant of Uncertainty
Women Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are not over dominated by men. In fact, the past 3
decades women entrepreneurs have entered the field in increasing
numbers at a faster rate than the male counterparts. Women have been
motivated to work past the “glass ceiling” and rise above the ideal that
women make less then men. The following information was provided by
the National Foundation for Women Business Owners:
1) There are over 9.1 million women-owned businesses in the
United States.
2) In a 12 year period the number of businesswomen
increased:
A. 103% in the nonprofit sector.
B. 320% in employment of women.
C. Sales grew by 436%
of the nation.
3) More women are attending
secondary schooling into
the business field.
WMU Program
Because of resources required for this major are limited, there is an
acceptance process for students to pursue the Entrepreneurship Major.
Last year 11 were admitted. The University will allow up to 40 each year
begin the Entrepreneur Major.
Requirements:
1. Students must take 24 of the Entrepreneurship credit hours that
include: exploring entrepreneurship, business model design,
entrepreneurial marketing, professional selling, small business
finance, funding new and growing ventures, and building the
business.
2. Students must also take 9 elective credits in a focused track.
3. Students must take both accounting courses before beginning the
program.
Also check our the Entrepreneur Club!!
Social Working
Management
What Is A Manager:
Managers are team leaders that are skilled in communicating,
and completing tasks by using an organized structure.
There are over 50 different
kinds of management in the
career world. It can be in a
store, a CEO company, a
hands on worker, a marketing
director, an attorney, or any
group of people that needs
some sort of leadership.
Average salary is $64,000
starting, and later increases by
years after graduation.
What Is Social Working:
Social work is the assisting of families, children, and individuals
with social, interpersonal, financial, and medical issues.
Special Skills You Need:
To be a social worker you need certain characteristics that set
you apart like:
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Sympathetic
Kind
Detail Oriented
Communication
Conflict Resolver
Organized
Estimated Median Salary-
Effecting My Future
My career goals are unlike many at the Haworth College of Business.
The reason I am attending Western is to become an Entrepreneur to
open a children’s center in Muskegon that allows children with low
income families to have the same opportunities that everyone else
has. Whether it be for tutoring, sports facilities or after school
activities, my center will provide for those who need it.
I chose these majors because it is a possibility that by combining all
three of them (maybe not in their entirety) I can be successful in my
future.
Social Working to understand the children, and know what they
need.
Entrepreneurship to have the grounds and basis of starting my
own organization, and how to fund it, and how to take the risks
that I need to achieve it.
And Management to know how to treat employees, and work
as a team to achieve the dream.
o $44,200 per year
o 21.25 an hour
Schooling Needed
WMU Management Major
Western offers 3 different Management Majors:
1. General Management
2. Integrated Supply Chain Management
3. Human Resource Management
Requirements are:
 6 Management Courses
 2 Electives under the management course
 A Baccalaureate-Level Writing Requirement (Integrated
Communication in Business)
 An Advance ECON course
Western also has access to programs for
management such as the WMU Management
Student Organization, International Facility
Management Association, Institute of Management
Consultants and the American Management
Organization.
There are different levels of social working. The more educated the
higher the salary. Most receive a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work
(BSW). However, there are many that go back for their Master’s. A
person must also pass the American Social Work Board examination
and undergo a required internship before they graduate. Also in most
states there is a requirement of continuing education every 2 years
(30 credit hours) to maintain licensure.
WMU Programs
The Social Working Program at WMU offers an undergraduate and
graduate program. The program requires 122 credit hours, and a
required internship. Certain programs a person has to complete are:
public speaking, physiology and sociology before entering into the
classes required for the major.
The College of Human Services have special programs that involve
social working such as the:
 Graduate Connections
 Eta Eta Sigma
 Master of Social Work Student Organization
 Phi Alpha Social Work Honor Society
 Social Welfare Action Alliance
References!
THE STATUS OF WOMEN’S ENTREPENEURSHIP: PATHWAYS TO FUTURE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELEOPMENT
AND EDUCATION
Gundry, L. K., Ben-Yoseph, M., & Posig, M. (2002). The status of women's entrepeneurship: Pathways to future
entrepreneurship development and education. New England Journal of Entrepreneurship, 5(1), 39-50. Retrieved from
http://search.proquest.com/docview/231217187?accountid=15099
WESTERN’S CATALOG
Entrepeneurship, Undergraduate Catalog (2014). In Western Michigan University. Retrieved November 17, 2014, from
http://catalog.wmich.edu/preview
_program.php?catoid=22&poid=6410&returnto=894
Social Work, Undergraduate Catalog (2014). In Western Michigan University. Retrieved November 17, 2014, from
http://catalog.wmich.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=11&poid=2300&returnto=271
CAREER CENTER WORKSHEETS
Human Resource Management Career Pathways. (2014). The Career Center, Haworth College of Business.
STUDENT REVIEWS:
Business Management and Administration Salaries and Career (2013, October 12). In Student Reviews. Retrieved November
24, 2014, from http://www.studentsreview.com/contact_center.php3?searchpid=7
SENSUS BUREA OF LABOR STATS
Occupational Employment Statistics (2014, April 1). In Bureau of Labor Statistics . Retrieved November 24, 2014, from
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes110000.htm
MCGRAWHILL CONNECT
Nickels, . (2013). Understandng Buisnesss (10thth ed.). N.p.: McGrawhill. Retrieved November 29, 2014, from
http://connect.mheducation.com/connect/hmStudentSectionHomePortal.do?sectionId=33787500
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