Management: Bachelor's Degree
The study of management prepares men and women for positions of leadership in profit and nonprofit organizations of all sizes. Management curriculum focuses on the nature and capabilities of human and other resources, as well as how the manager plans, organizes, staffs, coordinates, and evaluates those resources in an organization and its environment.
Management Degree Program
Students who elect to major in management can choose from one of three concentrations: Human Resource Management, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Organizational Leadership.
Program Overview: Which Management Concentration Should I Choose?
Management Degree: Human Resource Management Concentration
The Human Resource Management Concentration is designed to prepare students for careers in human resource-related occupations. Among issues and areas addressed are management-employee relations, quality of work life, compensation and other reward systems, organizational staffing, and training and development. The Human Resource Management track emphasizes the importance of integrating individual goals and organizational objectives.
Eight-Semester Degree PlanManagement Degree: Small Business and Entrepreneurship Concentration
The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Concentration is suggested for students who are interested in starting and/or operating a small business or independent company after graduation. The Small Business and Entrepreneurship focus provides excellent preparation for students wishing to obtain a highly integrated view of business operations.
Eight-Semester Degree PlanManagement Degree: Organizational Leadership Concentration
The Organizational Leadership Concentration prepares new students for leadership positions within organizations. Among the topics explored are employee motivation, how to manage power and influence within organizations, developing effective teams, managing diversity, organizational transformation and change, and globalization.
Eight Semster Degree PlanManagement Courses
View a listing of all undergraduate management courses offered by the Sam M. Walton College of Business.
View CoursesManagement Minor
The Department of Management offers a minor for students desiring more knowledge of management to assist them in their careers.
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Learning About Management: The Business of People
Part of a series of articles that examine what students learn by pursuing different degrees at the Walton College. Peter Drucker had a unique ability to make points in ways that were both obvious and, at the same time, often overlooked, especially when it came to the practice of management. So, it’s not surprising to … Continue reading Learning About Management: The Business of People
Simon and Colleagues Finalist for Scholarly Impact Award
Lauren Simon, an associate professor in the Department of Management, and her co-authors were finalists for the 2020 Scholarly Impact Award by the Journal of Management.
University Innovation Is a Cycle, Not an Arrow
By Sarah Goforth In my role as an entrepreneurship educator at a research university, I regularly “hit the streets” in search of non-business graduate students who are driven to solve problems, commercialize technologies or start new ventures. (The business students tend to find me.) In academia, “publish or perish” is often viewed as the core … Continue reading University Innovation Is a Cycle, Not an Arrow
