| Since the inception of online learning, many have | | | | universities. The ability to communicate electronically, |
| wondered whether the lessons of academia can be | | | | to transmit information and data through electronic |
| effectively taught through a computer interface. In | | | | means and to do so with an understanding of how |
| truth, there are several areas of education that can't | | | | those communications are received on the other end |
| be conveyed online and do indeed require the | | | | is nothing to be taken lightly. In a world where |
| combined presence of the student, the instructor and | | | | impersonal presence is the norm, the likelihood of |
| the necessary learning aids. Chemistry comes to | | | | managing a business through these channels is |
| mind, and true to form, there are few if any online | | | | growing at a rapid pace. People write to loved ones |
| chemistry degree programs. But what about the | | | | online, find information online, read about what |
| study of general business management? Can business | | | | interests them online and do their taxes online. Is it |
| savvy and acumen be better garnered or developed | | | | any wonder why more people are banking, investing, |
| in person rather than online? To answer this question, | | | | buying and selling online as well? Within the structure |
| it's necessary to keep in mind the age we currently | | | | of most businesses, even those with one location, |
| live in. Without question, the ability to effectively | | | | electronic communications between management and |
| manage a business requires intelligence, people skills | | | | personnel is standard practice. From department wide |
| and determination, none of which can be gained | | | | memorandums to company wide initiatives, effective |
| through either online or campus based education. | | | | management is not a one on one endeavor, and |
| What can be taught, however, are the business | | | | never has been. As companies grow and personnel |
| practices that enable effective communication | | | | are more often allocated to the field and out of the |
| between employers, employees, customers and | | | | office, being able to manage from afar is crucial. If |
| other business entities. In the information age, those | | | | students are able to schedule their own studies, |
| communications are more often than not created and | | | | receive and obtain study materials and communicate |
| maintained through contact other than face to face. | | | | with faculty and other students online, they will |
| For this reason, online general business management | | | | undoubtedly be better equipped to handle the |
| degree programs from distance learning educational | | | | pressures of business management in the information |
| providers offer somewhat of an advantage over | | | | age. |
| those from traditional brick and mortar colleges and | | | | |