GE 1401 T26 – Analytical Essay
Wong Oi Man (Student ID: 53568137) 12/10/2013
Wong Oi Man (Student ID: 53568137) 12/10/2013
‘What should I major in’ is definitely an
overwhelming question that I have long thought about. Being a student in College of Business, I
need to major in either accounting, finance, economics, marketing or
management. Hardly can I be utterly
resolute as each major has its own good.
Can I find the right tool that will shape me into a Goddess Venus when I graduate?
Presumably,
choosing accounting, finance or economics has its virtues – graduates have the
opportunity to become a professional, like an accountant or economist. Essentially, these majors entail extensive
use of advanced Mathematics in the technical theories. For example, students
need to study quantitative methods and financial modelling in finance, and
derivatives analysis in economics. Because
I am not particularly strong on Mathematics, it seems unlikely that I can be a
top gun on those subjects, although I can manage to pass the exams. Overall, going for a major in accounting,
finance or economics doesn’t match my greatest learning potential, which is on grasping
practical knowledge and human skills. It
proves that, in class activities, I can promote my ideas and motivate other people
effectively – a quality material for marketing indeed.
Apart
from that, at the workplace, professional staff is so often tied down with excessive
workload and their work is monotonous. Even
worse, jobs on accounting are said to be very tedious, especially during the reporting
period. In review, my learning
experiences indicate that I excel in interpersonal skills and communication. It goes without saying that I am fond of
handling tasks and working with different people, which is my strongest
aptitude. Being basically a sociable and
outgoing person, I guess I would be easily fed up with the formal duties, such
as compiling a long spreadsheet, if being engaged in professional practice. As pursuing a professional career is not my good
interest and I lack the corresponding learning potential, I am not prepared to
major in accounting, finance or economics.
To
juggle interest and a career, should I go for marketing or management? Significantly, marketing generates lateral
thinking and creativity to deliver value to both customers and firms. At broader sense, this function increases GDP,
creates jobs and improves our quality of life – this grand mission, plus its
interesting job duties, make marketing a great job! In contrast, management is defined as the art
of getting things done through the efforts of ‘other people’ – apparently, this
rationale goes against my interest, which marketing can satisfy, in handling
tasks and in close contact with people directly. Furthermore, management emphasizes
leadership, entrepreneurship and strategy, making it more suitable for those
who are assertive and resolute, which is, nevertheless, not my strongest
aptitude. In comparison, I therefore prefer
marketing to management to be my major.
How far
can I go, then, in marketing? Each year,
a great number of our graduates enter the field of marketing, reflecting its abundant
job supply. Indeed, apart from good
employability, a career devoted in marketing probably offers excellent prospects
in the long run. One should have noticed
that a growing number of CEOs today are people with strong marketing backgrounds. Legendary CEOs like Mary Ash and Ross Perot
are role models. CEOs like Jeffrey
Immelt at General Electric and Mark Hurd at Hewlett-Packard are showing how a marketing
career can lead to the pinnacle of the organization. Perhaps, being a CEO is too challenging for I
am not that ambitious! Thus, I desire to
major in marketing, to prepare me for becoming a high-calibre manager in a field
of my interest, such as aviation or green business, as my goal.
To sum up, I am not prepared to major either in accounting, finance or economics, since the study content
To sum up, I am not prepared to major either in accounting, finance or economics, since the study content
