My Senior Project will be a business-related topic. When I went to Yearbook Camp this past summer, I took the “Business of Yearbooks” workshop to prepare for my editorial position this year as well as to gain more knowledge to share with the other editors. Through the activities and ideas introduced to us, I was able to see an appeal to business for the first time. I saw that there was something more to business than just trying to make money. There are many components to it- you have to know your audience, balance a budget, and make records of your activities (to name a few).
Business is such a broad topic that I have narrowed it down to Marketing or Accounting- accounting because I am really comfortable with numbers and I originally wanted to go with something math-related for my Senior Project, and marketing because there was something interesting to me about planning sales campaigns and actively engaging the people you are trying to market to. At this point, I may end up doing marketing because of how much depth there is to it, but I am still torn because accounting sounds just as interesting to me.
No matter which specific topic I go with, I hope that, through this project, I will be able to get an understanding on how the world of business works. I have never given business a second thought, since I personally do not know a businessperson and have never cared for it. But in these tough economic times, it might be useful to know the basics. I also hope to figure out whether or not I should pursue a business- oriented career, or any career that will force me to constantly step out of my very small comfort zone.
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