Department of Management and International Business

David L. Duhon, Chair
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
601.266.4673

C. Becker, B. Becton, G. Bradley, B. Collins, B. Cumbie, D. Duhon, W. Fennell, S. Gibbs, B. Gilstrap, F. Lai, J. Lambert, C. Mark, J. Peyrefitte, J. Sequeira, A. Sevier, S. Topping, J. Wang, J. Williams, K. Zantow

Business Administration: Entrepreneurship

The entrepreneurship emphasis is designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to develop, market and manage their own business. At the core of this emphasis is the process of entrepreneurial discovery, evaluation and exploitation of business opportunities. Students are exposed to a multidisciplinary set of courses, which cut across accounting, finance, marketing and management disciplines.

However, entrepreneurship students are not only trained for business ownership, they are also uniquely prepared for careers in small business consulting, leadership and management development programs, sales management, general consulting and supervisory positions in relatively any industry. Because of their experience performing market research, preparing financial statements and investigating new business opportunities, entrepreneurship students can also compete for careers in business development and finance.

Management

The programs of study in management have three objectives: (1) to provide students with concepts, knowledge and skills required in the effective management of organizations; (2) to prepare students for employment that will lead to positions of managerial responsibility; and (3) to make education in general management available to students pursuing technical, educational and professional careers.

Students interested in majoring in management may elect to emphasize either human resource management or business administration management. The Business Administration Management emphasis is a broad degree preparing students for careers in a wide range of business settings. The emphasis is appropriate for students who wish to obtain a business degree but who do not wish to specialize in a specific area of emphasis. The Human Resource Management emphasis is designed to provide students with the competencies needed to help organizations aquire, develop and retain the people whose efforts are crucial to organizational success. Courses in the human resource management curriculum expose students not only to useful human resource management principles, but also to specific, realworld techniques and practices.

Careers in management are available in industry, government, service organizations and teaching. Students’ education and training will, when coupled with additional maturity and experience, serve to further their careers in more responsible management positions such as production or plant manager, labor relations director or personnel administrator.

International Business

The international business major is designed to prepare students for positions with international business firms operating in the global environment as well as state and federal agencies involved in facilitating the export-import processes. In addition to the international business courses in the major, students are required to participate in one international seminar abroad to enhance sensitivity to foreign culture, language and international business acumen.

Programs

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Non-degree