Every successful person, at some point, has to manage others. Some people experience this early in their careers when they are appointed to lead a key team on a major project. Others may encounter this experience later in their careers as part of a successful business venture where the hiring of additional personnel is required. No matter when it happens, you will likely need, use, and desire skills taught within the Management department.
Students enrolled in management courses hone skills and add to their knowledge base through courses in leadership, innovation, communication, and decision-making. The content taught within these classes is supplemented by the latest technology trends and the global perspective necessary for success in today’s multicultural world.
Faculty within the Department of Management stay on the leading edge of current trends and research findings and remain dedicated to ensuring that each student has a meaningful educational experience in all of our classes.
The Management major provides students the opportunity to develop analytical and interpersonal skills that create value for any enterprise. Students learn to efficiently organize and use the organization’s assets, especially its human assets, in a manner appropriate to 21st century enterprises. Students develop their skills and talents through 21 hours of coursework, including one foundational course, “Leadership and Ethics,” and a collection of six courses within one specialized area, or concentration. The three concentrations that may be applied toward the management major are entrepreneurship, health care analytics, and human resource management. These concentrations provide students with the in-depth knowledge and experiences necessary to compete in today’s complex marketplace. Many graduates secure careers in such fields as corporate development, family business, health care management, human resource management, and corporate communication. Others choose to continue their education by attending some of the best graduate programs in the nation.
More information about minors, majors, and concentrations is available in the UA Course Catalog.
Entrepreneurs bring new ideas, technologies, and solutions to market and improve how we live. As the rate of change escalates, entrepreneurship is even more valued. In the entrepreneurship minor, students are prepared to become part of the entrepreneurial changes taking place. In this program, HOW students learn is as important as WHAT they learn. The program focuses on doing. All entrepreneurship classes use experiential learning as a key framework for immersing students in the entrepreneurial process. The classes embrace the art of competition, learning new technology, working with students from multiple disciplines on campus, networking with entrepreneurs and investors, building on their ideas, and in some cases, winning significant funds to move their ideas forward. Entrepreneurship students come from multiple colleges at UA; this means team experiences provide students with unique opportunities to meet a diverse group of peers. Entrepreneurship learning provides students with a lifelong love of innovation, creativity, and problem-solving. No matter where the entrepreneurship students take jobs or create their own jobs, they are a positive force for innovation, growth, and change.
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