Undergraduate Program
The Undergraduate Business Advising Center (UBAC) is an advising center specific to current and prospective students.
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Graduate Programs
The College of Business Administration offers 4 graduate degree programs and one Certificate Program for new students.
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Business Student Services
We offer a wide range of student services and programs designed to help both undergraduate and graduate students achieve success.
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Our Faculty
Faculty in the College of Business Administration are committed to providing the highest quality of education to our students.
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Companies & Recruiters
The College of Business is best known for delivering the highest quality and prepared graduates to the workforce.
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Institutes & Centers
Institutes to satisfy research and business consulting needs of the greater Sacramento region.
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Partner With Us
There are numerous ways to participate in and support the College of Business Administration.
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Alumni
With about 30,000 alumni in the region, we work in the private sector, public sector, not-for profit, and civic leadership positions.
MBA Faculty - Jerry Estenson
Jerry Estenson is a Professor of Organizational Behavior at California State University, Sacramento.
Professor Estenson has spent twenty-five years working in various management positions leading to chief administrative and operations officer of a public agency and chief executive officer of two private corporations. His primary management focus has been on turning around organizations in trouble and start-ups. He is now dedicated to taking his hands-on experience to academics where he has created courses which link theory and action. His current research interests include facilitating organizational change and leadership in rapidly changing environments.
In addition to teaching in U.S. universities he has taught and consulted across sectors and borders. Internationally, he assisted in the development of market-based management curriculum at Far Eastern State University in Vladivostok Russia, taught public sector management at the Russian Customs Academy, and conducted seminars in organizational design and behavior for public and private sector managers in Vladivostok and Kharbarosk, RFE. In China, he taught TQM methodology and management to China Merchants Banks, the National Coal Industry, and to members of the Shanghai Light Industry Council. Work in the United States includes assisting numerous public and private organizations build systems to help manage the human dimensions of change.
He is a former U.S. Army’s Special Forces officer in Viet Nam where he served as a Project Delta Recon Team leader. This relationship with the U.S. Military Special Operations Community has provided the opportunity to share perspectives on leadership and management with senior military leaders. He is past president of the Industrial Relations Research Association of Northern California and has served on the board of directors of Sutter Hospital’s Planned Giving Foundation while actively supporting the formation of the Victim of Violent Acts Foundation.
Education:
- DPA, University of Southern California (1997)
- MPA, University of Southern California (1995)
- MBA, Oregon State (1975)
- Bachelor's degree, University of San Francisco (1971)
