The management concentration is one of TLU's most popular programs. In addition to the business core, economics and computer applications, the management concentration includes courses in international business, human resource management, operations, and business strategy. The management concentration expands the analysis of problems and perspectives across national boundaries. Management skills and perspective also are developed by the study of the human resource function and operations management. Study of the human resource function develops understanding of employment planning, recruitment, selection, placement, compensation, training and development, performance appraisal, labor relations and safety.
Operations management addresses the efficient production of goods and services.
Operations management employs over one-third of the U.S. working population who make decisions about everything from product quality to scheduling. Management graduates from Texas Lutheran often begin their careers in a management training program of a major corporation or pursue careers in banking, real estate, insurance, investments, manufacturing, sales and marketing. Marketing Expanding world markets make marketing one of the most exciting business fields offered today. A marketing student learns about actual problems and situations facing today's marketing experts, and how to analyze those problems in order to develop the best, most effective solutions. Because market research plays such an integral role in every aspect of today's business industry, marketing research is emphasized.