Department of Management

The MBA in Management is designed for students who wish to develop the interpersonal and management skills needed to advance to levels of leadership in their companies, as well as develop a long-term perspective and value system which will serve them their entire careers.  Students in the program will improve their skills in managing people and organizational systems, build their leadership capabilities, and become well versed in team building and employee motivation.  The program builds knowledge of how business strategy affects organizational interaction with the marketplace and how to structure the workplace to enhance organizational growth and productivity.

E-mail Dr. Jones, department chair, at gjones@fdu.edu for further information on the academic features of this program of study.  Contact the MBA advisors (right hand column) for questions regarding the overall MBA program and admissions policies. 

The management department course offerings emphasize:

• An approach to classroom instruction that fully engages the student in the learning process
• Concentration on knowledge and skill sets that are practical and useable
• A global perspective that emphasizes ethics and long-term sustainable business practices
• The use of team-based teaching and learning

It is our goal that our Management majors will:

• Receive solid conceptual grounding in management disciplines
• Develop competencies to become highly effective individually and with others
• Develop and demonstrate these competencies with hands-on learning, including work on real-world consulting projects and service to the community
• Undergo rigorous assessment of their overall accomplishments
• Enter a fast track to successful and rewarding careers.

Our expert faculty combine scholarship, business experience and teaching excellence to help students become more aware of the challenges that face global business leaders and develop the tools, competencies, and long-range mindset needed to meet these challenges.  Our management curriculum emphasizes a strategic orientation towards managing people, leading individuals and organizations through times of change, and work on actual HR/OD consulting projects.  We also promote the values of ethical leadership and sustainable business practices. 

Career Opportunities:

An MBA in Management can be used to pursue a wide variety of career opportunities.  Those already employed in technical areas of business can use their management degrees to pursue managerial and leadership tracks in their companies.  Students can also use their applied knowledge to pursue careers in management consulting or in mid-to-upper level managerial positions.  Finally, within the management major, one can also specialize in Human Resources Management and pursue many careers in this specialty area (please see the website for this program, listed to the left). 

Degree Requirements

All students enrolled in the MBA program must complete the MBA Core Curriculum in addition to their major-specific requirements listed below.

Major Requirements (12 credits)

• MGMT6621 Strategic Human Resource Management
• MGMT6633 Managing Change
• MGMT6693 Field Analysis of Performance
  Systems and Strategic Management
• One Management Elective