A major in operations and supply chain management gives students an edge in a corporate world that is motivated by customer-driven quality, management by facts and integrated partnerships. Work as an undergraduate intern for some of the nation's leading controls firms, such as Rockwell Automation and Johnson Controls, right here in Milwaukee. Understand human behavior from a variety of perspectives through your business management courses and your liberal arts core courses. You'll discover how people are more similar than dissimilar. Since management positions are rare for new graduates, it's often necessary to understand how a firm works by beginning in its traditional departments, such as accounting, finance or marketing, before moving into quality management.
Graduates also begin as business analysts bound for promotion.