College of Business and Technology

Management Major

            The management program prepares students for positions as managers and future executives in business and other organizations.  Professional opportunities in management often begin as “management trainee” in large companies or as an assistant manager in other businesses.  Persons with careers in management are found in entrepreneurial, private, public, and not-for-profit organizations.

Objectives

Student completing the management major should be able to:

1. Understand the managerial function of planning, organizing, directing, staffing, and controlling.
2. Recognize major managerial issues: international business, management of diversity, and ethics.
3. Understand the organizational and environmental context in which human resource managers function.
4. Incorporate quantitative decision making into solutions of business problems.
5. Understand factors that influence behavior and use this knowledge to improve job performance.
6. Develop managerial skills in the following: teamwork, motivation, decision making, negotiation, conflict resolution, leadership, and management of change.
7. Recognize and access the impact of environmental factors in decision making, as well as develop conceptual skills.
8. Improve both written and oral communication skills.
9. Develop competency in the use of computers for communication and solving problems.

• Management Degree Plan
• Undergraduate Management Course Descriptions
• Management Faculty
• University Core Curriculum
• Business Field of Study
• Two Year Rolling Schedule