Management
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Program Description
Management provides the leadership and direction for any organization. To survive, grow and thrive, organizations need managers with a command of the knowledge of the field, excellent interpersonal communication skills, sensitivity to diverse and challenging cultures and a respect for all individuals. Effective managers demonstrate a sense of passion for their work, a shared vision and a high sense of social and corporate responsibility.
Curriculum
Management is the broadest of the seven concentrations offered in the Sellinger School of Business and Management. The management concentration allows students to pursue a range of courses in leadership, decision making, human resources, law, small business and international business.
Students should complete the foundation areas of business by the end of the third year, including organizational behavior, legal environment, marketing, finance, operations and management information systems. Students select electives in management to be completed during the last four semesters of their education. Management students are also encouraged to consider studying abroad — especially in programs with strong business faculties — and to complete an internship in Baltimore during the Fall, Spring or Summer semesters. A Sellinger management education provides these leaders with key conceptual, analytical and interpersonal skills that allows them to be responsible, ethical and strategic leaders.
Management Internships and Independent Study
Students are encouraged to work with their Sellinger advisor or management professor to develop an internship that satisfies academic, practical and employer interests. The department’s Management Practicum enables students to complete an internship as part of the business curriculum. Loyola has on-going contacts and relationships with Baltimore area and Atlantic Seaboard businesses and corporations, ensuring a wealth of opportunities. Internship experience provides valuable lessons in “real world” management challenges. In addition, students may choose to pursue a management research project, an independent study of a specific management topic under the guidance of a faculty member.
Placement
Recent alumni have secured positions in areas as diverse as financial services, government agencies, human resources and the banking industry. They have taken positions with Black & Decker, the Chessie System, Marriott Corporation, the NFL Players Association, the City of Baltimore, Northrop Grumman, JP Morgan Chase, the Department of Defense and Bank of America. In addition, many students have gone on to graduate programs in law or business.
Business Plans
Through a focus on business entrepreneurship in specific classes and associated out-of-class activities, students have the opportunity to develop plans for start-up businesses they hope to begin after graduation.
Other Activities
Student organizations of interest to management majors include Beta Gamma Sigma (National Business Honor Society), International Business Club, Society for Human Resource Management, Business Entrepreneurship Club and the Strategic Management Society.
Faculty
Jeffrey L. Cummings
Associate Professor
B.B.A, M.B.A., Ph.D., George Washington University.
Harsha B. Desai
Professor; Director, Center for Closely Held Firms B.E., University of Poona;
M.S., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.
Harsha Desai
Professor
Christy L. DeVader
Associate Professor and Department Chair
B.S., Fort Hays State University;
M.A., Ph.D., University of Akron.
Hung-bin Ding
Assistant Professor
B.A., Soochow University;
M.A., George Washington University;
A.B.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
John Everett
Assistant Professor
B.A., Mount St. Mary's College;
M.L.A., Johns Hopkins University;
M.B.A., Loyola College in Maryland.
Richard H. Franke
Professor
B.Ch.E., Cornell University;
M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh;
Ph.D., University of Rochester.
Roger Kashlak
Professor and Senior Associate Dean
B.S., University of Pennsylvania;
M.B.A., Ph.D., Temple University.
Peter Lorenzi
Professor
B.S., M.B.A., State University of New York (Binghamton);
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.
Anthony J. Mento
Professor
B.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland;
M.A., Towson University.
Course Sequence
3rd year
Management electives (2)
Required core business courses (3)
College core courses (2)
General electives (2)
4th year
Management electives (4)
Business Policy
Required business courses (2)
College core course
General electives (3)
Management electives:
Applied Research in Management
Entrepreneurship
Human Resource Management
International Management
Leadership and Decision Making
Management Internship
Power and Influence
Social Entrepreneurship
Research Project in Management
Special Topics in Management