All organizations - businesses, nonprofit groups, and government agencies - need people who can manage resources effectively and efficiently. The Management major prepares students to lead and coordinate people, activities, and systems to achieve organizational goals through focusing on the critical functions of managers: planning, organizing, controlling, and directing.

There is no typical career path for management majors.  The knowledge and skills developed through the major provide students career flexibility.  Finding an entry level position immediately after college requires management majors to start career planning early by identifying their own strengths and career criteria and researching opportunities that meet those needs.  Internships are an excellent way to explore those opportunities.

The School of Business Management Major offers three concentrations:

• General Management
• Human Resource Management Concentration
• International Concentration

Students in each concentration develop knowledge and skills needed for entry level positions that serve as a foundation for career growth.  Students who specialize in certain areas may obtain certifications after college.  Those who are interested in becoming upper level executives generally work for a few years and then pursue a graduate degree such as the MBA (Master's in Business Administration).

Student Organizations for Management: Society for Human Resource Management and The e-Group (Entrepreneur Group)

EIU's Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management has been awarded the Superior Merit Award for 2007-2008.

Students who succeed as Management Majors are:

• Adaptable and flexible
• Analytical
• Problem solvers
• Planners
• Decision makers
• People oriented
• Goal oriented
• Leaders

The Management Major curriculum emphasizes:

• Analytical skills
• Ability to interpret data
• Planning and organizing
• Research skills
• Written communication
• Presentation skills
• Problem solving
• Teamwork