Management, BABA

Through close relationships with faculty, you’ll learn innovative management strategies and build on your strengths and goals. You’ll also cultivate a strategic management perspective and learn how to structure organizations that meet both profit and social responsibility goals. Classes are small and experiential, which means you can really get to know your professors and other students. This network of management professionals who care about creating a more equitable world stays with you throughout your career.

• Four-Year Program of Study
• Junior Transfer Program of Study

Undergraduate Business Foundation

• Demonstrate critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Demonstrate competent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate competent leadership skills.
• Demonstrate understanding of the body of knowledge encompassed by the UG Business Foundation courses.

Management (MGMT)

• Demonstrate an understanding of how business management concepts relate to service to others, organizational social responsibility, ethical practice, and commitment to justice.
• Demonstrate an understanding of diversity (national, ethnic, cultural, gender, etc.) and the issues and challenges related to managing a workforce that is diverse.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the role of leadership in organizations both at the micro level (individual, teams) and at the macro level (e.g., strategic management, organizational structure).
• Demonstrate an understanding of major organizational behavior/general management concepts, theories, and their applications (such as motivation, teams, and decision making).

• Demonstrate an understanding of human resource management concepts and their application (such as compensation, training, and benefits).
• Demonstrate effective written communication skills.

To achieve this minor, you will need to complete 30 hours of coursework, including Principles of Management and an ethics course. You can also choose between several other courses that discuss content such as human resources, managing work teams, diversity or organizational behavior. The goal of this coursework is to help you learn to motivate, lead and develop others while structuring organizations capable of meeting multiple goals.