Increasingly in the modern business world, the success of a manager is dependent on the ability to manage in situations requiring complex moral judgments. Not only must managers be concerned with their own actions, but must also oversee the ethical behavior of the people they lead. In addition to courses such as business ethics and social issues in management in which ethics is the predominant focus, concern for ethics is infused in courses throughout the management curriculum. Specializations within the Field and Graduate Studies Success in a business career depends more and more on one's ability to organize and lead people. The undergraduate management major at Virginia Tech may be distinguished from other majors by the fact that it combines a balanced preparation in all basic business functions with a comprehensive knowledge for leading people in work organizations.
Faculty members are committed to excellence in teaching.
Research conducted by the faculty investigates the problems and issues that organizations and leaders face today and likely will face in the future. Many faculty members are nationally renowned. The Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech program is fully accredited by the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business. The Management major offers course work in organizational behavior, labor relations, human resources management, leadership skills, quantitative methods, and a capstone course in business policy and strategy. The program allows twenty four hours of electives that the student may use to further supplement concentrations within the major or to complement the management major with additional work in related business disciplines, or in other fields such as biology, communications, sociology, psychology, or economics.