business administration
noun
: a program of studies in a college or university providing general knowledge of business principles and practices
Examples of business administration in a Sentence
a degree in business administration
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Following graduation in 1937, McNamara went on to Harvard Business School, blazing a path of such distinction that he was invited to join the faculty as an assistant professor of business administration soon after receiving his master’s degree.
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Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Before the height of his social media fame, Tucker studied business administration and management at Furman University, according to his LinkedIn profile.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
Swenson graduated from Bellarmine with a Master's of business administration in 1988.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Dec. 2025
As Kallayil and co-panelist Suraj Srinivasan, professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, emphasized, people now expect AI agents to handle discovery, compare options, plan tasks, interpret interfaces and make sense of the physical world through multimodal inputs.
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Before the height of his social media fame, Tucker studied business administration and management at Furman University, according to his LinkedIn profile.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
Swenson graduated from Bellarmine with a Master's of business administration in 1988.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Dec. 2025
As Kallayil and co-panelist Suraj Srinivasan, professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, emphasized, people now expect AI agents to handle discovery, compare options, plan tasks, interpret interfaces and make sense of the physical world through multimodal inputs.
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Business administration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20administration. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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