2020/2021 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Management
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OFFICE: Student Services East 3428
TELEPHONE: 619-594-5306 / FAX: 619-594-3272
WEBSITE: https://business.sdsu.edu/management
A Member of the AACSB International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
Undergraduate Information
Faculty
Emeritus: Atchison, Belasco, Brady, Butler, Dunn, Ehrlich, Hampton, Hergert, Naughton, Rhyne, Robbins, Singh, Shore, Wright
Chair: Sundaramurthy
Professors: Chung-Herrera, De Noble, Musteen, Randel, Ryan, Sundaramurthy
Associate Professors: Ahsan, Bernerth, Dean, Francis, Shin, Zheng
Assistant Professors: Chakravarty, Eissa, Grissom, Wiegand
Lecturers: Robbins, Sannwald, Sloan
The Major
Management is defined as the process of administering and coordinating resources in an effective and efficient manner to achieve the goals of an organization. Managers plan, organize, lead, and control:
- Planning deals with the establishment of goals;
- Organizing involves the determination of tasks to be done, who will do them, and how they will be organized;
- Leading is the function that directs members of a work group to achieve the goals of the organization; and
- Controlling involves the identification of deviations between planned and actual outcomes of the organization.
Major areas within management include international business, entrepreneurship, human resource management, and corporate governance.
- Recent studies indicate that the demand for professional managers will continue to increase. Typical careers include:
- Organization and management analysts design and evaluate strategy, structure, and culture;
- International managers supervise foreign-based manufacturing and/or marketing operations for American companies;
- Entrepreneurs start new ventures or create new ventures within an existing organization;
- Human resource management analysts/administrators function as recruiters, trainers, compensation and benefits specialists, labor relations specialists, and ethical officers for the organization;
- Top managers lead organizations and may share power and responsibility with directors, investors, and employees.
Business Honors Program
The Business Honors Program offers excellent upper division business students the opportunity to explore issues in our local, regional, and global business environments focusing on the social and ethical responsibility that business has to the community and society. Honors students will enroll in a one unit business honors seminar each semester. During their enrollment they will participate in activities to promote their academic and personal growth, documenting their work in a written portfolio.
Generally, students should apply to this program at the time of application to upper division business. Applicants must submit an essay with their application. Applicants must have a 3.6 cumulative GPA or good standing in the Weber Honors College. Students not meeting these requirements may petition for admission to the program. Successful completion of the Business Honors Program will be recognized at graduation. Contact Dr. Robert A. Judge, Department of Management Information Systems, for more information about this program.
Statement on Computers
Before enrolling in upper division courses in the Fowler College of Business, students must be competent in the operation of personal computers, including word processing and spreadsheets. Business students are strongly encouraged to have their own computers capable of running word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, e-mail, and Internet applications such as those found in packages sold by major software publishers. Availability of on-campus computing resources can be limited due to increasing demand across the University.
Retention Policy
The Fowler College of Business expects that all business students will make reasonable academic progress towards the degree. Business premajors who have earned 60 units but have less than a 2.9 may be removed from the premajors and placed in undeclared. Upper division business majors earning less than a 2.0 average in their major GPA for two consecutive semesters may be removed from business and placed in undeclared.
Business Passport
All majors in the Fowler College of Business will be introduced to the Business Passport in B A 310 , and complete the Business Passport in the capstone course (B A 404 , B A 405 , or B A 458 ). Contact the Fowler Center for Student Success (EBA-448), 619-594-5828, for more information.
Transfer Credit
Lower Division: Courses clearly equivalent in scope and content to San Diego State University courses required for minors or as preparation for all business majors will be accepted from regionally accredited United States institutions and from foreign institutions recognized by San Diego State University and the Fowler College of Business.
Upper Division: It is the policy of the San Diego State University Fowler College of Business to accept upper division transfer credits where (a) the course content, requirements, and level are equivalent to San Diego State University courses and (b) where the course was taught in an AACSB International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business accredited program. Exceptions require thorough documentation evidencing the above standards.
Impacted Program
The management major is impacted. Before enrolling in any upper division courses in business administration, students must advance to an upper division business major and obtain a business major code. To be admitted to an upper division business major (accounting, finance, financial services, real estate, information systems, management, or marketing), students must meet the following criteria:
- Complete with a grade of C (2.0) or better: ACCTG 201 , ACCTG 202 ; ECON 101 , ECON 102 ; FIN 240 (or an approved business law course); MIS 180 ; MATH 120 (or an approved calculus course or an approved three-unit finite mathematics course); RWS 290 (RWS 290 is not required for the accounting major); and either STAT 119 or ECON 201 . These courses cannot be taken for credit/no credit (Cr/ NC);
- Complete a minimum of 60 transferable semester units;
- Have a cumulative GPA of 2.9.
Students who meet all requirements except the GPA may request to be placed on the waiting list. While all spaces are usually filled by eligible students, if there is room in the program after all the fully-qualified students have been accommodated, students will be admitted from the waiting list in GPA order. Contact the Fowler Center for Student Success (EBA-448), 619-594-5828, for more information.
To complete the major, students must fulfill the degree requirements for the major described in the catalog in effect at the time they are accepted into the premajor at SDSU (assuming continuous enrollment).
Major Academic Plans (MAPs)
Visit http://www.sdsu.edu/mymap for the recommended courses needed to fulfill your major requirements. The MAPs website was created to help students navigate the course requirements for their majors and to identify which General Education course will also fulfill a major preparation course requirement.
Graduate Information
Faculty
Chamundeswari (Chamu) Sundaramurthy, Ph.D., Professor of Management, Chair of Department
Beth G. Chung-Herrera, Ph.D., Professor of Management
Alex F. De Noble, Ph.D., Professor of Management
Martina Musteen, Ph.D., Professor of Management
Amy E. Randel, Ph.D., Professor of Management
Lori V. Ryan, Ph.D., Professor of Management
Mujtaba Ahsan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management
Jeremy B. Bernerth, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management
Michelle A. Dean, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management
John D. Francis, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management
Lawrence C. Rhyne, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management, Emeritus
Taekjin Shin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management
Congcong Zheng, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management
Dwarkaprasad Chakravarty, M.B.A., Assistant Professor of Management
Gabi M. Eissa, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Management
Valerie A. Grissom, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Management
Justin Wiegand, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Management
General Information
The objective of the Master of Science degree in global busi- ness development is to prepare students to start or accelerate careers related to international business development across a wide variety of sectors. As economies continue to be integrated via trade, investment, and advanced technology, an increasing number of companies seek quali ed global professionals. They seek culturally intelligent individuals capable of employing data- driven and relationship approaches to growing international sales and global business opportunities. The program is designed to provide graduates with the analytical skills, entrepreneurial perspectives, and cross-cultural competencies needed to suc- cessfully engage in sales and business development in a global context. Upon completion of the program, students should be competent in leading e orts-either in established organizations or in their own ventures-to identify, analyze, assess, and pursue international sales and business opportunities for both U.S. and foreign companies.
Imperial Valley
Faculty
Emeritus: Fatemi
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