Chairperson: Jeffrey Gale, Ph.D.
Professors: Jeffrey Gale, Edmund Gray, George Hess, Fred Kiesner, David Mathison, Yongsun Paik, 
                 Peter Ring, Charles Vance, Thomas White, John T. Wholihan, Anatoly Zhuplev
Associate Professors: Ellen Ensher, Cathleen McGrath
Assistant Professors: Dong Chen, David Choi, Elissa Grossman, Patricia Garcia Martinez

Management is planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the activities necessary to successfully run an organization. In studying management, the student will focus on the practical skills, ethical issues, and management theory necessary to succeed in our diverse global economy. The Department offers, essentially, two types of courses: general knowledge courses and specialized courses. General knowledge courses are required of all business majors. Specialized elective courses are chosen by majors and minors who wish to

• Students will understand and be able to explain and evaluate the critical role and functions of management in organizations and apply the principal concepts and models in the field of management within an organization

• Students will understand and be able to describe and explain how the human resources function in an organization contributes to overall productivity through its component activities and its interactions with managers throughout the organization

• Students will understand be able to apply concepts of career planning and management both generally and to their own career

• Students will understand and be able to explain the role of business in a global society with multiple stakeholders and apply the concepts of corporate social responsibility and business ethics to individual and corporate business behavior

• Students will understand and be to analyze major trends and issues in international business and the global economy, including global differences and how they affect international businesses and the dynamics of the global monetary system and its implications and their management

• Students will be able to engage in "strategic thinking" for firms in both domestic and foreign settings through integrating knowledge from specific functional disciplines and appllying strategy models to analyze a firm’s competitive situation and resources, develop and articulate corporate and business strategies, and formulate organization plans to implement them

• Students who choose to pursue more in-depth study will understand and apply advanced concepts in human resources management, general management, international business, and/or entrepreneurship to business situations