Students in this track develop key skills in managing work force diversity, team building, and negotiation. Focus in this track is on developing skills in managing people. Students are involved in class activities such as cases and experiential exercises which develop skills in preventing and solving human resource problems. Most new innovations spring from small to midsize firms. New venture opportunities emerge each day.
Smaller firms constitute the job-creation engine of the nation.
The sequence of courses in the small business and entrepreneurship track does not limit student ability to seek employment in the corporate environment. Rather, it provides an enhanced skill set many firms will value, and it offers alternative career options. The small business and entrepreneurship course sequence provides a broad-based understanding of the entrepreneurial process and the unique problems and challenges faced by smaller firms. In addition, students gain an opportunity to develop their own potential venture concepts. All students will learn about developing business plans and working in small business.