Management, Department of

Introduction
Learning Goals and Student Learning Outcomes
Programs and Courses Offered

Department Chair

Gus Monoochehri

Department Office/Website

Steven G. Mihaylo Hall 5313
657-278-2251
business.fullerton.edu/management

Faculty

Farouk Abdelwahed, Thomas Apke, John Barbuto, Gerard Beenen, Lorenzo Bizzi, Peng Chan, Jennifer Chandler, Paul Choi, Ellen Dumond, Harold Fraser, Adelina Gnantlet, Laurie Girsenhagen, Gamini Gunawardane, John Jackson, Thomas Johnson, Ellen Kim, Casey Kleindienst, Brian Kleiner, Kalin Kolev, David Leibsohn, Gus Manoochehri, Lori Muse, David Obstfeld, Richard Parry, Shaun Pichler, Goli Sadri, Charles Smith, Don Smith, Hamid Tavakolian, Atul Teckchandani

Introduction

Managers are needed in a wide variety of different types of organizations - business and non-business, large and small, foreign and domestic. In all of these organizations, managers need technical, human and conceptual skills to help achieve organizational goals.

Management courses are designed to teach the fundamental principles underlying organizations, to emphasize education that will improve students’ thought processes, provide familiarity with the analytical tools of management and develop in the student, an ability to use the techniques involved in analyzing and evaluating managerial problems and making sound decisions.

Students may pursue a wide variety of academic and career interests through four different management emphases. These emphases include: (1) general management; (2) human resources management; (3) operations management; and (4) legal studies. The entrepreneurship and entertainment and tourism concentrations are also housed in the management department.

Learning Goals and Student Learning Outcomes

The following goals and learning outcomes have been established for students pursuing a degree in business administration:

Problem solving and critical thinking skills

Effectively use quantitative/analytical, problem-solving and critical thinking skills in a business situation

Interpersonal relations

Motivate self and others to achieve group and organizational goals
Diagnose and resolve conflict in group and organizational settings

Ethical awareness

Demonstrate an awareness of ethical issues and responsibilities

Functional knowledge

Understand and appreciate the principles and roles of each of the major business disciplines and the interrelationships of these disciplines within a strategic framework

Multicultural awareness

Appreciate diversity and understand how workforce and market diversity challenge, benefit and influence the activities of the organization

Information technology skills

Use information technology to support business analysis and operations

Global awareness

Understand the impact of the global economy and business environment

Economic and legal environment knowledge

Demonstrate knowledge about the economic and legal environments in which business operates

Communications skills

Demonstrate knowledge and skills to communicate effectively about business issues using written and oral communications