Focus in this track is on developing skills in managing people. Students are involved in class activities such as cases and experiential exercises that develop skills in preventing and solving human resource problems. Small Business and Entrepreneurship Track Managing, growing, developing, and starting small businesses is one of the most vital and challenging segments of the economy. 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. Students completing the small business and entrepreneurship track are most likely to work in small businesses or new ventures within larger corporations.