Program Overview

Management Program Overview

The Management (MGMT) major provides current curricular content and practical experience that employers seek. With a core that is strongly rooted in understanding organizations, ethics, and strategy, students develop self-awareness, critical thinking and problem-solving, teamwork, cross-cultural communication, leadership, and social and emotional intelligence.

Program Details

Through the courses in the MGMT major, students can potentially develop knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) that will prepare them to effectively manage organizations and the people in them, as well as develop and implement strategies that will lead to success.

Courses in the Management Major

• Prescribed MGMT Courses:
  • MGMT 326 - Organizational Behavior
  • MGMT 451W - Business, Ethics, and Society
  • MGMT 481 - Global Strategic Management
• Additional MGMT Courses (Choose any three courses from the following list based on your interests.):
  • MGMT 341 - Human Resource Management
  • MGMT 355 - Leadership and Change in Organizations
  • MGMT 420 - Negotiation and Conflict Management
  • MGMT 441 - Organizational Staffing and Development (Spring Semester)
  • MGMT 443 - Performance Management (Fall Semester)
  • MGMT 445 - Managing a Diverse Workforce (Spring Semester)
  • MGMT 480 - Business Transformation Consulting (Spring Semester)
  • BA 441 - Strategies for Enterprise Sustainability

Careers in Management

With a degree in Management, career opportunities are many and diverse. Management majors find positions in all industries, including professional services and consulting, consumer products, insurance, manufacturing, banking, retail, sports, and more. Graduates pursue positions in consulting, leadership development, human capital management, business analysis, and customer service management, among many others.

Getting Involved in Management

• Professional Management Association: Develops management principles and skills, offers project management experiences, and promotes professionalism through hands-on learning opportunities.
• Consulting Training Program (CTP): A 10-week program where students learn about management consulting while learning consulting fundamentals to help them succeed in the consulting recruitment process.
• Nittany Lion Consulting Group (NLCG): Penn State’s experiential learning program in which students earn credit by staffing and leading a management consulting firm with support and guidance from faculty.
• Management Major Ambassadors: Student representatives for the Management major.
• Arnold Scholarship Awards: Recognizes outstanding students majoring in Management, acknowledging their academic achievement and involvement in the Smeal College of Business.
• The Alan M. Cabelly Award for Excellence in Human Resource Management: Recognizes a graduating senior who has been successful in their human capital studies and who has also contributed to the campus and community.