Management Minor

The Management Minor supplements a student's major by offering courses that enhance the ability to analyze organizational challenges from various viewpoints. This minor focuses on cultivating vital managerial skills, including communication, interpersonal effectiveness, and teamwork.

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  • Admission Information

    A minimum 2.0 GPA is the requirement for admission at Union Commonwealth University. 

  • Curriculum Summary

    Management Minor Requirements (21 Credit Hours) (For Non-Business-Related Majors)


    Requires 21 semester hours including:


    MGMT 352 Principles of Management (3 Credit Hours)

    This course introduces management and leadership as a functional area of business, including the development of organizational plans, policies and procedures, and provides exposure to basic theoretical developments in management and leadership thought. Research and theoretical analysis associated with management activities of an organization in the global and ethical environments will be studied. Management and leadership analysis will be presented in written and oral communication media. Prerequisite: BUAD 151 or permission from instructor.


    MGMT 372 Human Resource Management (3 Credit Hours)

    Using a system-process model, this course discusses the various subsystems (recruitment, selection, compensation, task specification, etc.) which fall under the responsibility of the HRM function. The subsystems are designed to provide for the efficient and effective utilization of human resources in business concerns. Prerequisite: MGMT 352.


    MGMT 374 Operations Management (3 Credit Hours)

    This course utilizes the systems approach to study quality, process, capacity, inventory, and workforce to analyze and solve both production and service enterprise problems. Topics include product management and control, process flow analysis, environment layout, forecasting, materials requirements planning, and performance improvement. Prerequisite: MGMT 352.


    MGMT 400 Organizational Behavior & Team Dynamics (3 Credit Hours)

    This course responds to the increasing need for cooperative skills in projects, concurrent design and engineering, interdepartmental committees, quality circles, self-managed work teams, and relationship selling. Areas to be covered include small group dynamics; team building; cohesiveness; trust; power; role constraints; facilitative communication; and conflict resolution. Teams will perform in simulated work environments and analyze cases. Prerequisite: MGMT 352.


    Business Electives (300+ level or above)

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