Are you passionate about people and processes? A creative problem solver? A major in management can help you develop your leadership skills so you will inspire and motivate workplace teams.

This is a very popular major at CNU and the largest in The Luter School of Business. It offers the greatest flexibility and broadest application of all the business majors, incorporating all the other disciplines in a liberal learning environment. This interdisciplinary program includes accounting, finance, human resources, economics,
law, operations, marketing, logistics and information technology.

In this major, you will learn to use critical thinking and analytical skills to make decisions and take action when facing a novel, complex problem. You will learn to lead, plan and organize; express your ideas clearly; and embrace diversity in a changing workforce.

Through the management curriculum, you will cultivate people skills to help navigate the global world you will encounter. An emphasis on ethical standards is an integral part of every course.

Our graduates are in demand by top-tier companies for positions in human resources, consulting, operations planning, supply chain management, purchasing, logistics, contract management and as management trainees. With a major in management, students may become entrepreneurs or pursue advanced business education in graduate school.

At The Luter School of Business, a management education is not all in the classroom – students learn by doing here. Students work in teams to manage virtual companies using on-line simulation, applying business principles to make decisions about a future course of action.

The capstone course gives students the unique opportunity to learn field-based consulting in our award-winning
Small Business Institute. The Small Business Institute Director’s Association has recognized the excellence of CNU student projects for the past decade. CNU teams won first place in the nation for undergraduate cases in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007, and our SBI™ program received the prestigious Showcase Award for its outstanding business consulting class.

Students may join a number of student chapters of business organizations, including the Society for Human Resource Management and the Contract Management Association.

The management faculty, with a notable background of both academic and professional experience, mentors students and helps them transition into careers. Top executives from local business are recruited as frequent speakers. Professors offer many opportunities to work side-by-side with them on research projects and to complete internships at leading Hampton Roads companies.

If a career at the top is what you seek, CNU’s management program will boost you up the ladder!