It's highly unlikely you'd go from graduate to CEO of a company, but it is possible to graduate and become a manager of a retail store and then work your way up.
People might be interested in studying management because
1. It's broad. You can have a major in management and still work in whatever area interests you in 3 years time whereas if you do something as specific as finance or accounting, you're pretty much stuck working with money for the rest of your life (or until you get new qualifications)
2. It's varied. A major in management can include subjects from Government, economic history, economics as well as ir/hrm. You can do a little bit from each, or do only the ones that interest you.
3. Management isn't all "hands on". There's a lot of other things to be considered, such as planning, thinking about the economy and the implications of the actions of local, national and world politics on the company, thinking about legislation and law, strategy, goal setting and planning of a company. Sure, you could learn these things in a hands on, trial and error kind of thing, but that would take a long time, probably time that your company cannot afford to waste.
. Business Studies (even tho i know doesnt fairly or accurately depict management to the slightest) put me off management.
