Management

The management major provides students with the knowledge and specific skills required to lead or manage organizations in an entrepreneurial and innovative manner. A business administration minor is available for students not pursuing a major in the College of Business.

In addition to general business concepts, the program provides an additional focus on global organizational behavior, international business and human resource management. Electives may be chosen from entrepreneurship, economics, finance, accounting and marketing.

Management is more than planning, organizing and controlling resources; it is the direction of human effort in all facets of business, industry and government. Students in the program learn the knowledge and skills required to ethically lead and manage global businesses, with attention to customer value, returns to stockholders and satisfaction in personal and corporate employee development.

Students have the opportunity to participate in small business consulting exercises and solve problems of real companies. The program uses business simulations to help illustrate the consequences of management decisions.

Topics of Study

• models for effective leadership and management
• strategic and operational planning, including the development of organizations' vision and mission statements
• assessing how corporate cultures and organizational structures support or impede attaining the organization's vision and mission
• how to identify, prioritize and address business opportunities and problems
• leading and managing the organizational changes necessary to achieve the organization's vision and mission
• defining the roles for ethics and social responsibility within the context of the current business environments

On-Campus Associations

Management students are encouraged to join UT's chapter of Delta Sigma Pi, the international business administration fraternity that sponsors programs in professional and community development. The local chapter of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and the Society for International Business are open to management students, as are eight other campus professional business organizations.