Management
Department of Management
Dr. Donald Vest, Department Chair
Wright-Young Hall, Room 313
Telephone: (404) 880-8465
dvest@cau.edu
Management Area
The mission of the Management program is to prepare a diverse student body with the ethical principles, managing organizations and corporate social responsibility skills to become managers, entrepreneurs, educators and leaders in a global environment. The vision of the Management program is to be a renowned center for high-achieving, critical thinking entrepreneurial-minded individuals who are prepared to create new businesses and innovative ideas and solutions in a global environment.
Management Concentration
The Management Concentration offers instruction in the forms of work that all managers must perform – planning, organizing, staffing, motivating, and controlling. The objective of the management program is to provide students with the knowledge necessary for being an effective manager in the private and public enterprise sectors.
Student Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the Business Administration with Management concentration will be able to:
- Analyze the information content of organizational processes and use information technology to enhance individual productivity.
- Identify and appropriately respond to ethical, legal and strategic concerns relating to human resource and organizational management.
Degree Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| CBUS 337 | Intro. to Int'l Business Mgnt | 3 |
| CBUS 372 | Personnel Management | 3 |
| CBUS 468 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| or CPSY 318 | Industrial/Organizational Psy | |
| CBUS 480 | Entrepreneurship & Enterprise | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| Marketing Management | ||
| Global Leadership | ||
| Quality,Diversity,Productivity | ||
| Labor Relations | ||
| Total Hours | 18 | |
Business Administration, B.A., All Concentrations
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | |
| CENG 105 | College Composition I (Area D1) | 3 |
| CGED 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| CMAT 109 | College Algebra for Bus & Econ (Area C1) | 3 |
| CBIO 101 | Biological Science (or other course - Area C3) | 3 |
| CFLS 201 or CSTA 101 |
Intermediate Spanish (Area D3) or Fundamentals of Speech |
3 |
| Any Social Science course in Area B | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CENG 106 | College Composition II (Area D2) | 3 |
| CGED 101 | 1st-Year Seminar | 1 |
| CMAT 110 | Calculus for Bus & Econ (Area C2) | 3 |
| CBUS 250 | Personal Finance (Area E1) | 3 |
| CPSY 211 | General Psychology (or other course - Area B1) | 3 |
| CBUS 120 | Intro to Business Administrati | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| CPHI 105 | Critical Thinking (Area A3) | 3 |
| CECO 251 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| CHIS 201 | United States,Africa & World (Area A2) | 3 |
| CBUS 207 | Principles of Accounting I | 3 |
| CHUM 228 | or other course - Area A1 | 3 |
| CBUS 295 | Leadership & Prof Dev I | 1 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CBUS 335 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| CECO 252 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| CBUS 206 | Management Info Systems | 3 |
| CBUS 208 | Principles of Accounting II | 3 |
| CBUS 340 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| CBUS XXX | Business Elective | 3 |
| CBUS 313 | Statistics I | 3 |
| CBUS 325 | Business Communication | 3 |
| CBUS 341 | Business Finance | 3 |
| CBUS 330 | Legal,Social,Ethical Aspect I | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CBUS XXX | Course in Concentration | 3 |
| CBUS XXX | Course in Concentration | 3 |
| CBUS XXX | Concentration Elective (See list of concentration elective courses) | 3 |
| CBUS 395 | Leadership & Prof Dev II | 1 |
| 2nd Concentration/Minor/Credential/Other | 3 | |
| 2nd Concentration/Minor/Credential/Other | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| CBUS XXX | Course in Concentration | 3 |
| CBUS 460 | Production/Operations Mgmt | 3 |
| CBUS 495 | Leadership & Prof Dev III | 1 |
| CBUS XXX | Concentration Elective (See list of concentration elective courses) | 3 |
| 2nd Concentration/Minor/Credential/Other | 3 | |
| 2nd Concentration/Minor/Credential/Other | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CBUS 485 | Business Policy | 3 |
| CBUS XXX | Course in Concentration | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 122 | |
Note: A minimum grade of “C” is required in all Business Core Courses, courses taken in the Concentration, CMAT 109 College Algebra for Bus & Econ, CMAT 110 Calculus for Bus & Econ, CENG 105 College Composition I, and CENG 106 College Composition II.