1. TEMPLATE DESIGN © 2008 www.PosterPresentations.com Women Entrepreneurs WMU Management Major WMU Program Schooling Needed WMU Programs References! Fold or cut poster here 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 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: Sympathetic Sympathetic Kind Kind Detail Oriented Detail Oriented Communication Communication Conflict Resolver Conflict Resolver Organized Organized Estimated Median Salary- o $44,200 per year o 21.25 an hour 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. 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 What Is Entrepreneur: A person who organizes and operates a business, taking on great than normal financial risks in order to do so. Entrepreneurship Major 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. What Does It Take: Self directed/disciplined Self Nurturing Action-Oriented Highly energetic Tolerant of Uncertainty 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. Western offers 3 different Management Majors: 1.General Management 2.Integrated Supply Chain Management 3.Human Resource Management Requirements are: 6 Management Courses 6 Management Courses 2 Electives under the management course 2 Electives under the management course A Baccalaureate-Level Writing Requirement (Integrated Communication in Business) A Baccalaureate-Level Writing Requirement (Integrated Communication in Business) An Advance ECON course 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. 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. 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 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=7http://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 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