The B.S. in Business Administration Management Concentration fosters the notion that every organization needs a leader, who is competent and able to make effective decisions concerning organizational resources, goals, and plans. This program is intended to give students the skills necessary to design, operate, and control business systems and procedures. Coursework is geared toward building student understanding of the social, legal, environmental, technological, organizational and international context within which American businesses operate. The numerous management electives allow students to emphasize human resource or business management.
Graduates typically enter an organization in various capacities and eventually move up to middle and top management positions with increasing responsibility. Some of the industries which typically hire graduates with a concentration in management include agriculture, forestry, mining and construction industries, manufacturing industries, transportation, communications and utilities, wholesale and retail trade businesses, state, local and federal governmental units.