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The Management major focuses on using resources to achieve goals in organizations. It studies the activities and operations that bring together human, financial, material, and information resources. Management majors should graduate with an understanding of the business world and a set of tools to manage successfully parts or all of an organization’s operations. The Management degree allows students the ability to customize their degree within one of four focus areas:
1) Entrepreneurship Focus - The Entrepreneurship specialization is designed to equip students with the skills, knowledge, and mindset to launch and manage their own businesses or manage innovation streams within existing organizations. Students will learn how to identify opportunities, assess risks, develop business models, and execute strategies in dynamic and competitive environments. The program emphasizes essential competencies for entrepreneurship through hands-on, experiential curriculum.
2) Hospitality Management Focus - An experiential-learning focused program designed to provide students an understanding of the operations of multiple domains of the hospitality industry including food and beverage, tourism and lodging, entrepreneurship, and consumer relations. Knowledge in these areas is critical for anyone desiring to work in the hospitality industry or for a business that services the hospitality industry.
3) Human Resources Focus - This experiential-learning program prepares students to develop and manage an organization’s human capital. Students will learn to create and implement policies for recruitment, training, development, compensation, and employee relations. As organizations increasingly view employees as valuable resources, the role of human resources becomes vital for ensuring success, sustainability, and reputation. A focus on Human Resource Management helps students recognize individual potential and structure supportive work environments that enable employees to perform at their best and achieve organizational goals.
4) Leadership Focus- The leadership specialization equips students to become leaders in all types of organizations through a 4-tiered framework: leading the self, leading others, and leading organizations. The program is highly experiential, with hands-on learning opportunities such as real-world projects, simulations, and leadership challenges. Students will develop personal leadership styles, enhance team dynamics, and gain the ability to lead within complex organizational structures and broader systems. Graduates will be prepared to drive change and foster sustainable success in dynamic environments
5) Supply-Chain Management Focus - Through experiential learning and collaboration with industry partners, students will gain hands-on experience tackling real-world challenges such as designing agile, sustainable, and costeffective supply chains. They will also focus on key areas such as logistics optimization, supplier relationship management,risk mitigation, and quality improvement. The curriculum integrates advanced technologies, including data analytics, automation, and artificial intelligence, ensuring graduates stay ahead of emerging trends and innovations. Students will prepare for leadership roles in global supply chain and operations management, implement innovative strategies, drive continuous improvement, and enhance organizational competitiveness in an evolving global economy.
6) General Management Focus - A multi-faceted program designed to prepare students to manage multiple business functions across a variety of organizational types. A particular emphasis is to help develop interpersonal and problemsolving skills so they are capable of resolving a broad spectrum of problems for large or small organizations, or with organizations about these issues. This focus area is designed to provide students with a large degree of flexibility when considering different career paths, because students will be prepared to systematically think through the processes that organizations use to create and maintain sustainable competitive advantage. General Management prepares students to work in for-profit businesses, non-profit organizations, entrepreneurial ventures, or in government organizations.
The Management major is available to students as an online degree completion program under the General Management focus area.
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