Management is the process of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the people and work of the organization in such a way that the organization achieves its goals. Management ranges from the simple to the complex. It encompasses a wide variety of behaviors and tasks within the organization. It may be functionally concentrated, being found in all areas of the organization from production, marketing, finance, human resources, legal, engineering, and the like. Management may also be a general function of the organization, with authority and responsibility for the entire unit.

Management requires the ability to work in a competitive environment and situation. It also requires excellent social skills and oral and written communication skills, together with the ability to think analytically, and takes place under conditions of stress. Further, management involves ethical challenges on a routine basis. Additionally, management often requires computer literacy and quantitative competence. For these reasons, among others, management competence is in high demand.

Concentration in Management

• BUS 240 Business Law
• BUS 345 Human Resources Management
• BUS 364 Production and Operations Management

Courses recommended for the two additional departmental courses are:

• BUS 324 Managerial Cost Accounting
• BUS 323 Income Tax
• ECO 335 Managerial Economics
• BUS 257 Consumer Behavior

Other college courses that would be useful include:

• ENG 201 Exposition
• ENG 232 Persuasion
• MAT 220 Calculus I
• PHI 214 Approaches to Ethics
• PSC 325 Public Administration and Public Policy
• PSY 309 Social Psychology
• TEC 352 Quality Control

Note: Competence in a foreign language is strongly recommended.

Additionally, numerous other courses within the broad college curriculum may meet the needs of individual students who seek more specialization.

All management courses will help you achieve general departmental goals, particularly critical thinking, decision making, development of communication skills, connection of learning within the major and between the major and your experiences beyond the college. All management courses also consider ethical issues. Quantitative and technological skills are specifically addressed in BUS 364 Production and Operations Management.