Business Management Organization

The Business Management Organization is a group of Temple students all committed to learning and improving themselves in the Business Management world.

Our Student Professional Organization exists to prepare members for management careers in businesses of all types. Our mission is to bring business and education together through innovative leadership, career development opportunities, and career preparedness through focusing on the following: leadership and management development, management competitions, case study competitions, resume enhancements, educational programs, membership benefits, and awards and recognition. We have a network of approximately 20 management professionals that we often pull from for networking events and guest speaker meetings. And, we are affiliated with the Pennsylvania chapter of DECA, information about DECA and Temple’s previous chapter involvement is listen below:

DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.

DECA Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit student organization with more than 225,000 members in all 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Canada, China, Germany, Guam, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Spain. The United States Congress, the United States Department of Education and state, district and international departments of education authorize DECA’s programs.

Our guiding principles explain how we fulfill our mission by addressing what we do and the outcomes we expect. DECA’s comprehensive learning program Integrates into Classroom Instruction, Applies Learning, Connects to Business and Promotes Competition.

Through these principles, DECA prepares the next generation to be:

  • Academically Prepared
  • Community Oriented
  • Professionally Responsible
  • Experienced Leaders

In its first year of operation, Temple University DECA was awarded the Executive Leadership Passport Award. The Collegiate DECA Leadership Passport Program encourages local chapters and individual members to plan activities and participate in events that enhance the experiences of members. The leadership passport rewards action taken by members and chapters that build personal and professional skill sets focused around the organization’s four attributes and values: competence, innovation, integrity, and teamwork. Members and chapters earning the various levels of passport success will be recognized at the International Career Development Conference.

Meetings

Day

Time

Location

Mondays

12:00-12:50pm

1810 LW Room 210 and ZOOM

Wednesdays

12:00 - 12:50pm

1810 LW Room 320