Minor Objectives

Upon successful completion of this minor, the student will be able to:

• Relate and discuss the potential functions and applications of management processes in the areas of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, leading, and controlling.
• Identify and examine the needs of today’s managers in assessing and implementing strategies used in the management of information technology in the workplace.
• Recognize and describe issues as they relate to organizational behavior in terms of individual, group/team, and overall organization.
• Examine and explore potential management problems and opportunities and discuss possible strategies and applications to be used in addressing such managerial concerns.
• Recognize and discuss ethical conduct and the social responsibility of business in the lives of internal and external stakeholders.
• Analyze the external and internal environmental forces affecting business organizations that affect the effectiveness of managers in today’s competitive and global organizations.

Minor Requirements (18 semester hours)