Offutt School of Business
Management
Prepare yourself to take on leadership roles of the future in the Offutt School of Business.
Whether you want to oversee business operations, dedicate your life to nonprofit work, or help companies develop sustainable practices, you can prepare yourself for all your career goals as a business management major at Concordia College. Management involves mission and vision fulfillment, oversight of employees, and expansion plans development. It takes critical thinking, ethical leadership, and a versatile mindset, and the Offutt School of Business aims to provide you with those skills through a focused liberal arts curriculum.
Program Options
Major in Business with a Management Concentration
The business major offers seven concentrations. The business major with a management concentration includes coursework on methodologies of organizational behavior, business analysis, and strategic management.
Degree Requirements and Courses
Accelerated Master of Science in Business Analytics
With our new 4+1 accelerated business analytics program, you will earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in business management and a Master of Science in business analytics degree in just five years.
Featured Course:
BUSN 462
Offutt School of Business
Leadership: Theory and Applications
Dr. Shontarius Aikens
I have taken several management courses throughout my four years, but the one that has shown me the most would be Theory and Applications in Leadership (BUSN 462) with Dr. Shontarius Aikens. This class has taught me a lot of aspects of leadership and has helped me in my career in human resources. While interning at RDO Equipment Co., I have dealt with many leadership styles; this class has helped me adapt and learn from my work peers.
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Gabby Tunheim '24
The Offutt School of Business Difference
Earning a business degree with a concentration in management allows you to focus on the essential knowledge and abilities needed to successfully lead organizations in our current and future climate. You’ll learn core management skills such as strategic planning, goal development, organizational structure, leadership of employees, and performance assessment.
Courses are highly interactive and engaging. Each management class will allow you to demonstrate management and leadership within the classroom. You can also take your education outside the classroom through internships and Peak experiences. These will prepare you for real-world application in your chosen career.
“Concordia management students have opportunities to develop expertise in discussing and analyzing situations that correspond to what managers face in real life. We want to equip students with tools and strategies that will enable them to think critically and develop innovative solutions to challenging problems.” — Dr. Shontarius Aikens, Associate Professor of Management
Graduate Success
Management is important and has broad applications across a variety of industries and organization types. You can work for a for-profit corporation, government agency or a nonprofit company. Graduates have gone on to run family businesses, specialize in human resources management and hold leadership positions in a number of businesses of varying sizes. Other potential opportunities include management consulting, business analysis, training, sales, banking
Our graduates have also used their management concentration to set the groundwork for their next career step. This has included law school, medical school
Hired! Concordia business graduates are employed by a variety of companies, including:
Global, Ethical, Entrepreneurial
Our students attend classes in a state-of-the-art facility. They receive a hands-on educational experience, dedicated to developing global, ethical, entrepreneurial business leaders.
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