management

Dates: July 20-31, 2009

The Summer College Management program's primary objective is to help you develop the skills, knowledge, and professional orientation that employers demand of college graduates.

Skills include teamwork, leadership, technology, communications, and decision-making. Knowledge includes a basic understanding of management, international business, and career options. Professional orientation refers to recognition of management ethics and social responsibility.

What's the deal?
• Explore the fields of business and management with the experts
• Learn how your strengths and interests fit into the management picture
• Analyze an industry and present your findings to the class
• Polish the specific skills that support your natural leadership

Typical day
As a Summer College management student, you enroll in the two-week small business development and Management course, which combines classroom discussions, readings, and seminars by guest speakers. The course will guide you to understand the art and science of the development and management of a small business. You will learn about management's role in maintaining ethical, productive, and socially conscious organizational structures. You will heighten technology skills to locate and communicate information, and you will grapple with issues that challenge managers in a dynamic global environment as you work on the development of a business plan for an original business concept.