Management
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The Management major rests on two principal foundations: teaching management in a liberal arts environment and teaching the general management core requirements that comprise the accepted body of knowledge in the discipline. The Management major is designed to prepare students for entry level managerial positions and to provide the educational foundation for admission into graduate school. The ultimate goal of the major is to prepare students for responsible management and leadership positions in business and society, both domestic and international.

At Eckerd College, the practice of management is viewed as a liberal art. The Management program stresses developing ideas, problem solving, and communicating solutions rather than the routine and mechanical application of knowledge and skills. The Management program emphasizes critical thinking, effective writing, asking probing questions, formulating solutions to complex problems, and assessing ethical implications of decisions. The management faculty has identified a set of interdisciplinary management skills or competencies that students need to acquire but which do not fit neatly into the boundaries of the core management requirements. These skills build upon competencies acquired in the general education program and include: critical thinking, decision making and problem solving, negotiating and resolving conflicts, systemic thinking, information processing, entrepreneurship, introspection, cross-cultural skills and international perspectives, communication, and computer skills. As part of the liberal arts emphasis, the Management discipline addresses individual and societal values as a component of each course in the program.

Students in the Management program also develop the following management competencies:

• management under uncertain conditions, including policy determination at the senior management level
• production and marketing of goods and services and financing the organization
• knowledge of the economics of the organization and of the larger environment within which the organization operates
• knowledge of ethical issues and the social and political influences on organizations
• concepts of accounting, quantitative methods, and management information systems
• organizational behavior, interpersonal communications, and personnel/human resources management theory and practice

A minor in Management is also available. Contact us for more information.

Business Management Concentration
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The Business Management Concentration is designed to prepare students for bachelor's level positions in the business community.

Students may individualize their concentrations by combining the Business Management core classes with other courses which focus in the following specialty areas:

• Marketing
• Information Systems
• Finance

The Global Business Concentration is designed for students interested in the global context of business. The concentration is interdisciplinary and consists of courses from anthropology, management, and international business.

The Management and Health Care Concentration is designed to provide health care professionals with the foundation to prepare them for bachelor's level management positions in their fields. This concentration requires a background as a health care professional with administrative responsibilities in an organizational setting.

The Management and Public Safety Concentration is designed to provide public safety professionals with the foundation to prepare them for bachelor's level management positions in the public sector.