Executive Management
This concentration takes an integrated approach to business
management and is aimed at those students interested in the general
management of the enterprise. The program is designed to provide
students with the flexibility to meet their individual needs.
Specifically, by choosing an appropriate course from the list of
courses listed below, students can acquire expertise in such
specialized areas as:
- E-Business Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Human Resource Management
- International Management
- Management Information Systems
- Operations/Supply Management
Or, students can choose a general approach to executive
management. This program synthesizes the following general and
specific aspects of modern management: strategic management, global
management, managerial problem-solving and decision-making,
management information systems, entrepreneurial management,
organizational behavior, human relations, corporate social
responsibility and management of change.
The goal of this program is to expand the learning experience of
our students beyond traditional problem-solving and decisionmaking
methods, to include the examination of the impact of the global
business environment, information technology and the social
system on the operations of the business firm.
The Department of Management also offers the Colman Mockler
International Responsible Corporate Leadership Program. This
program brings distinguished business leaders to give talks and
workshops for students and faculty and to visit classes. Past
speakers include Warren Buffett, Al Zeien, Chairman and CEO of
Gillette and Patrick Purcell, President, Publisher and Owner of The
Boston Herald and Jobfind.com.