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Within this detailed paper about the leadership and applied management skills concentration and the entrepreneurship.
January 28, 2015
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Dr. Ethlyn Williams, Chair
COB UG Council
FROM: Dr. Peggy Golden, Chair
Management Programs
SUBJECT: Update to management major concentrations
The Leadership and Applied Management Skills Concentration and the Entrepreneurship
concentration currently consist of nine-credit concentrations within a 15-credit Management
major. We propose expanding the concentrations to 15 credits each, which will increase the
Management major to 21 credits. This is consistent with University and College goals to grow
Leadership and Entrepreneurship programs here at FAU. Moreover, it is necessary in order to
stay competitive with comparable programs at other schools. This does not extend the time to
graduation because the 2 additional courses required for the major replace the 2 business
electives in the curriculum.
Update to the Leadership and Applied Management Skills Concentration
Florida International University, for example, offers a 21-credit major in Management, and the
University of Tampa offers a 20 credit major in Management. University of South Florida has a
21-credit major in Management. The University of Central Florida offers Management “tracks”
consisting of 15 credits in Human Resource Management or General Management within a 24-
credit Management major.
The proposed changes will provide students with greater depth and flexibility. Depth will
increase as we expand the concentration from nine credits to 15. Flexibility will be enhanced by
giving students choices among electives. A central feature of the program will be a three-course
sequence where students will focus on leadership and team development in MAN 4046, human
relations and negotiations in MAN 3611, and learn applications in operations management in
MAN 4504.
Note that no new courses are required. We include electives that are focused in human resource
management, operations, and business law to allow students to select areas for expanded focus.
Sufficient faculty resources are available because we have faculty that focus in the areas of
leadership, human resources and industrial organizational psychology, and operations; including
a new hire in this area. We have included an email from the Accounting department allowing us
to include the Business Law courses in this track.
Update to the Entrepreneurship Concentration
The University of South Florida at St. Petersburg, for example, offers a 24-credit major in
Entrepreneurship, and the University of Tampa also offers a 24 credit major in
Entrepreneurship. Both of those programs have been recognized as outstanding by the United
States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Florida State University has a 21-
credit major in Entrepreneurship. Conceptually similar to our Entrepreneurship “option,” the
University of Central Florida offers an Entrepreneurship “track” consisting of 15 credits in
Entrepreneurship within a 24-credit Management major.
Our proposed changes will provide students with greater depth, flexibility, and experiential
learning in entrepreneurship. Depth will increase as we expand the concentration from nine
credits to 15. Flexibility will be enhanced by giving students choices among electives.
Experiential learning will be gained by taking the Entrepreneurial Assistance Project (ENT 4934)
where student teams work as consultants to local businesses, and either the New Venture Launch
(ENT 4932) or an Entrepreneurship Internship (ENT 4940) where students will participate in a
business startup. A central feature of the program will be a three-course sequence where
students will be able to develop a business model in ENT 4024, plan the startup in ENT 4114,
and then start the business in ENT 4934 so that they will be in business for themselves by the
time they graduate.
Note that the only new course in this proposal is ENT 4132. That course has already been
approved and will be offered as part of our recently approved minor in Entrepreneurial
Management. Sufficient faculty resources are available because we have faculty that focus in the
area of entrepreneurship. We have a newly hired department chair arriving in the fall of 2015
which allows the current chair to return to full time faculty duties and teach in this area, we also
have an entrepreneurship professor who has recently returned from a roughly 18-month leave of
absence, and a recent hire with expertise in this area.
OLD CATALOG INFORMATION
Management Major
A grade of "C" or better is required in all major courses.
Core Courses (6 credits)
International Business MAN 3600 3
Human Resource Management MAN 4301 3
Management Major Options
(Choose one of the concentrations below; 9 credits)
Leadership and Applied Management Skills Concentration
Leadership, Supervisory Skills and Team
Development
MAN 4046 3
Cross-Cultural Human Relations and
Negotiations
MAN 3611 3
Choose one of the following courses:
Service Operations MAN 4029 3
Operations Management Applications MAN 4504 3
Entrepreneurship Concentration
Entrepreneurship ENT 4024 3
Advanced Business Planning ENT 4114 3
Intellectual Property Law BUL 4514 3
NEW CATALOG INFORMATION
Management Major
A grade of "C" or better is required in all major courses.
Core Courses (6 credits)
International Business MAN 3600 3
Human Resource Management MAN 4301 3
Management Major Options
(Choose one of the concentrations below; 15 credits)
Leadership and Applied Management Skills Concentration
Leadership, Supervisory Skills, and Team Development MAN 4046 3
Cross-Cultural Human Relations and Negotiations MAN 3611 3
Operations Management Applications MAN 4504 3
Choose two of the following courses:
Service Operations MAN 4029 3
Human Resources Development MAN 4350 3
doc_145624775.pdf
Within this detailed paper about the leadership and applied management skills concentration and the entrepreneurship.
January 28, 2015
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Dr. Ethlyn Williams, Chair
COB UG Council
FROM: Dr. Peggy Golden, Chair
Management Programs
SUBJECT: Update to management major concentrations
The Leadership and Applied Management Skills Concentration and the Entrepreneurship
concentration currently consist of nine-credit concentrations within a 15-credit Management
major. We propose expanding the concentrations to 15 credits each, which will increase the
Management major to 21 credits. This is consistent with University and College goals to grow
Leadership and Entrepreneurship programs here at FAU. Moreover, it is necessary in order to
stay competitive with comparable programs at other schools. This does not extend the time to
graduation because the 2 additional courses required for the major replace the 2 business
electives in the curriculum.
Update to the Leadership and Applied Management Skills Concentration
Florida International University, for example, offers a 21-credit major in Management, and the
University of Tampa offers a 20 credit major in Management. University of South Florida has a
21-credit major in Management. The University of Central Florida offers Management “tracks”
consisting of 15 credits in Human Resource Management or General Management within a 24-
credit Management major.
The proposed changes will provide students with greater depth and flexibility. Depth will
increase as we expand the concentration from nine credits to 15. Flexibility will be enhanced by
giving students choices among electives. A central feature of the program will be a three-course
sequence where students will focus on leadership and team development in MAN 4046, human
relations and negotiations in MAN 3611, and learn applications in operations management in
MAN 4504.
Note that no new courses are required. We include electives that are focused in human resource
management, operations, and business law to allow students to select areas for expanded focus.
Sufficient faculty resources are available because we have faculty that focus in the areas of
leadership, human resources and industrial organizational psychology, and operations; including
a new hire in this area. We have included an email from the Accounting department allowing us
to include the Business Law courses in this track.
Update to the Entrepreneurship Concentration
The University of South Florida at St. Petersburg, for example, offers a 24-credit major in
Entrepreneurship, and the University of Tampa also offers a 24 credit major in
Entrepreneurship. Both of those programs have been recognized as outstanding by the United
States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Florida State University has a 21-
credit major in Entrepreneurship. Conceptually similar to our Entrepreneurship “option,” the
University of Central Florida offers an Entrepreneurship “track” consisting of 15 credits in
Entrepreneurship within a 24-credit Management major.
Our proposed changes will provide students with greater depth, flexibility, and experiential
learning in entrepreneurship. Depth will increase as we expand the concentration from nine
credits to 15. Flexibility will be enhanced by giving students choices among electives.
Experiential learning will be gained by taking the Entrepreneurial Assistance Project (ENT 4934)
where student teams work as consultants to local businesses, and either the New Venture Launch
(ENT 4932) or an Entrepreneurship Internship (ENT 4940) where students will participate in a
business startup. A central feature of the program will be a three-course sequence where
students will be able to develop a business model in ENT 4024, plan the startup in ENT 4114,
and then start the business in ENT 4934 so that they will be in business for themselves by the
time they graduate.
Note that the only new course in this proposal is ENT 4132. That course has already been
approved and will be offered as part of our recently approved minor in Entrepreneurial
Management. Sufficient faculty resources are available because we have faculty that focus in the
area of entrepreneurship. We have a newly hired department chair arriving in the fall of 2015
which allows the current chair to return to full time faculty duties and teach in this area, we also
have an entrepreneurship professor who has recently returned from a roughly 18-month leave of
absence, and a recent hire with expertise in this area.
OLD CATALOG INFORMATION
Management Major
A grade of "C" or better is required in all major courses.
Core Courses (6 credits)
International Business MAN 3600 3
Human Resource Management MAN 4301 3
Management Major Options
(Choose one of the concentrations below; 9 credits)
Leadership and Applied Management Skills Concentration
Leadership, Supervisory Skills and Team
Development
MAN 4046 3
Cross-Cultural Human Relations and
Negotiations
MAN 3611 3
Choose one of the following courses:
Service Operations MAN 4029 3
Operations Management Applications MAN 4504 3
Entrepreneurship Concentration
Entrepreneurship ENT 4024 3
Advanced Business Planning ENT 4114 3
Intellectual Property Law BUL 4514 3
NEW CATALOG INFORMATION
Management Major
A grade of "C" or better is required in all major courses.
Core Courses (6 credits)
International Business MAN 3600 3
Human Resource Management MAN 4301 3
Management Major Options
(Choose one of the concentrations below; 15 credits)
Leadership and Applied Management Skills Concentration
Leadership, Supervisory Skills, and Team Development MAN 4046 3
Cross-Cultural Human Relations and Negotiations MAN 3611 3
Operations Management Applications MAN 4504 3
Choose two of the following courses:
Service Operations MAN 4029 3
Human Resources Development MAN 4350 3
doc_145624775.pdf