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Do you enjoy working with others to achieve challenging goals? Are you aspiring to become a leader comfortable with decision making, creativity enhancement and problem-solving? Do you desire to enhance your leadership knowledge and skills for the future? If so a major or minor in the Management program can prepare you for leadership and managerial roles in both profit and non-profit organizations. In recent years the Management program has shifted its focus onto “the new paradigm of management and leadership.” In this context, Management program learning focuses on enhancing teamwork skills, human relations, creativity, organizational change management, employee potentiation and ethical, sustainable organizational success.

The primary Management program faculty have decades of active practice in the innovative use of interactive, experiential learning methods. In this context, the learning climate in most Management classes focuses on the learners’ engaged involvement in learning activities, projects, classroom dialogues and team-based methods. Innovative experiential learning methods are a hallmark of the department. Faculty members use problem-solving projects, case studies, team exercises, class discussions, and contemporary training methods so learners can learn to succeed as managers and move to higher levels of leadership. Interpersonal communications, conflict resolution, team development, creative problem solving, and effective leadership skills are bolstered by a solid conceptual foundation in organizational behavior, human resources, organizational change and development, managerial ethics, and cross-cultural management challenges.

Faculty

Diverse professional backgrounds and academic qualifications of the Management program faculty offer learners a broad knowledge base and exciting insights into advanced management practices. Committed to excellence in learning and teaching, Management program faculty are actively engaged in innovative research related to effective teaching, student success and management dynamics within many organizational contexts. 

• William Andrews, Ph.D., University of Georgia; Associate Professor of Management and International Business.  Focal Areas: international and strategic management, entrepreneurship, venture capital studies (since 1993)
• Robert Boozer, D.B.A., Mississippi State University; Professor of Management. Focal Areas: organizational behavior and theory, psychological typology in organizations, organizational politics (since 1990)
• Jon Carrick, Ph.D., University of Edinburgh; Associate Professor of Management. Focal Areas: strategic management and international business (since 2011)
• R. Peter Heine, D.B.A., Memphis State University; Associate Professor of Management. Focal Areas: human resources practices and functions, human relations, teamwork, leadership (since 1987)
• Nick Maddox, Ph.D., Florida State University; Professor of Management. Focal Areas: organizational change, managerial ethics and futurism, creativity and innovation, leadership (since 1985)
• Carolyn B. Mueller, Ph.D., University of South Carolina; Professor of International Business and Management. Focal Areas: international and strategic management, cross-cultural management, short-term study abroad programs (since 1999)
• Peggy Stahl, M.S., David Libpscomb University; Lecturer. Focal Areas: interpersonal dynamics and organizational communications, consulting, organizational development (since 2007)

Course Information

Management majors and minors have a wide variety of unit courses from which to craft a major or minor. The current set of Management major and minor classes include:

• Human Relations, Teamwork and Leadership (required)
• Advanced Studies in Organization Behavior (required)
• Developing and Empowering Organizational Cultures (required)
• Human Resource Processes and Practices (required)
• Managerial Ethics, Sustainability and the Future (required)
• Organizational Creativity and Innovation (elective)
• Cross-Cultural Dynamics and Management (elective)
• Advanced Leadership Development (elective)
• Organizational Change and Development (elective)
• Entrepreneurial Management (elective)
• Management Internship (Business elective only)

Internship Opportunities

Management students can receive elective business course credit for completing an approved, supervised internship. Most recently, interns have worked with Frontier Communications, the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Orlando Science Center, Brown & Brown Insurance Companies, and various government agencies. In previous years, interns have worked at Sea World, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Target Stores, Marriott hotels, Dillard's stores, NASCAR, and United Way. To discuss internship requirements and expectations, contact Dr. Nick Maddox.

Career Opportunities

Management is a dynamic and rewarding career arena with many emerging opportunities as more and more organizations recognize the centrality of “people management” to organizational success. Skills in problem solving, human relations, and leading change give Management Program graduates an edge in building careers in a wide range of industries, including financial services, retail firms, consulting services, technology, and government. Additionally, the self-awareness and understanding of others that are central to Management studies prepares learners for future leadership engagements of all types. Many past students work in human resources functions within large organizations, while others have started their own entrepreneurial ventures. 

Alumni Highlights

• Adam Hersch, 09, L3, University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, FL
• Madison Goode, 09, MBA Candidate (focus on Health Care Administration), Jacksonville, FL
• Cheryl Thompson, 09, Store Manager, Sherwin Williams, Savannah, Georgia
• Nolan Ramsey, '02, Financial Systems Intelligence Administrator, First Coast Service Options, Jacksonville, FL

Clubs and Organizations

The Management program supports the Management Program Quality Enhancement Council. The MPQEC is made up of top Management learners who are committed to increasing program quality, positive communication between faculty and learners and overall student success. Membership on the MPQEC is open to any Management major or minor who wants to contribute to these quality enhancement efforts.

Department Awards

• E.C Furlong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Management
• Business School Foundation Award for Achievement in International Business
• Business School Foundation Award for Achievement in Entrepreneurship 

Contact:
Nick Maddox, Ph.D.
Professor of Management
Coordinator, Management Program and Internships
386-822-7435
nmaddox@stetson.edu

Full Time Faculty: 6

Degrees Offered:

• Bachelor of Business Administration – Management Major (requires 6 courses beyond MGT 305)
• Minor in Management (requires 3 courses beyond MGT 305)
• Minor in Entrepreneurship (within the Prince Entrepreneurship Program – requires 4 courses)

Our Graduates Attend:

• Florida State University
• Rollins College
• Stetson University
• University of California at Los Angeles
• University of Florida
• University of Georgia
• University of South Florida
• University of Texas