Management

Description

The Concentration in Management is appropriate for students whose career focus is on managing people and processes. In contrast to concentrations that focus on depth in a technical area, this concentration emphasizes general skills for enhancing the performance of people and organizations. Relevant skills include organizing for effective decisions, building strong interpersonal relationships, motivating others, and running successful teams.

These general abilities are relevant for students on three possible career tracks.  First, they are relevant to Fuqua graduates who will be managing others directly out of Fuqua.  Second, they are relevant to Fuqua graduates who are initially hired into technical positions, but who will be required to manage others as they are promoted to higher positions over time.  Third, they are relevant to Fuqua graduates who wish to focus on management consulting.

All Fuqua students gain a basic breadth in functional knowledge through the core courses.  This concentration focuses on depth in skills for managing others. The curriculum primarily builds on behavioral research in organizational behavior, psychology, and sociology. However, students are required to gain a complementary perspective grounded in the formal methods of economics and statistics.

Coursework

Organizing and motivating (choose four of the following courses):

• MANAGEMT 321 - Organizational Design
• MANAGEMT 424 - Managing Human Assets and Organizational Change
• MANAGEMT 421 - Negotiation
• MANAGEMT 422 - Power and Politics
• MANAGEMT 491 - Managing Innovation in a Global Organization
• MANAGEMT 420 - Managing Decision Making
• STRATEGY 338 - Strategic Modeling and Business Dynamics

Formal methods for managing decisions (choose one of the following courses):

• DECISION 312 - Decision Models
• DECISION 410 - Decision Analysis
• FINANCE 351 - Corporate Finance
• MARKETNG 361 - Market Intelligence

Formal methods for managing incentives and organizing processes (choose one of the following courses):

• ACCOUNTG 341 - Managerial Accounting
• ACCOUNTG 491 - Management Control and Financial Reporting
• OPERATNS 472 - Service Operations Management
• OPERATNS 476 - Distribution/Supply Chain Management