B.A. or B.S. in Management and Innovation
 Managers in a dynamic and competitive global economy must simultaneously understand the total enterprise and comprehend the forces shaping the organization’s direction, policies and goals. One key task of managers is to exercise personal leadership in acquiring, developing, allocating, and managing the firm’s resources to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. A second key task of managers is to develop and exploit the firm’s capacity for innovation. This requires that the manager be able to assess the firm’s innovative capabilities and identify how they may be leveraged or improved. Today, technology drives innovation and it is critical that managers sustain innovation by punctuating value-added innovations with value-creating innovations. The third task of managers is to apply entrepreneurial tools to recognize and create opportunity, test a business concept in the market, and gather the resources to execute the business concept. These entrepreneurial tools are applied in the context of a new venture, whether that venture is a start-up, a venture inside a large corporation, or a spin-off venture from a large corporation.
To meet these managerial tasks, Aurora University provides the Management and Innovation major in-depth familiarity with approaches to lead the innovation process within existing organizations, and entrepreneurial methods to initiate new business ventures. Because of the range of management activities, it is imperative that Management and Innovation majors obtain a solid background in the core business disciplines of accounting, economics, marketing, finance, and strategic management. Depth in Management and Innovation is achieved through required courses in management information systems, international business, dynamics of leading organizations, human resource strategy, entrepreneurship and venture initiation, and intrapreneurship and innovation.
Students in the Management and Innovation major are prepared for management positions in both industry and not-for-profit settings. In larger organizations, graduates typically expect to obtain entry-level management positions. The Management and Innovation curriculum provides the background necessary to later advance to middle- and upper-level management positions. In smaller firms, graduates may expect to enter middle- or upper-level management positions. Students who are uncertain as to their career goals will find that the Management and Innovation major provides excellent preparation in business for a wide range of job opportunities. Additionally, students are well prepared for graduate level business courses or public administration programs, law school, and other graduate school programs.
MAJOR IN MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION
Required Business Core Courses for the BA: 33 semester hours
ACC2010 Principles of Financial Accounting (3) §
ACC2020 Principles of Management Accounting (3) §
BUS2010 Legal Environment of Business (3)
ECN2010 Principles of Microeconomics (3) §
ECN2020 Principles of Macroeconomics (3) §
BUS2300 Principles of Marketing (3) § #
BUS3200 Principles of Management (3) §
BUS3400 Principles of Finance (3) §
BUS4990 Senior Seminar in Business Strategy (3)
MTH1120 Finite Mathematics (3)
MTH2320 General Statistics (3)
Required Courses: 6 semester hours
BUS3220 Management Information Systems (3)
BUS3500 International Business (3)
Selected Courses: Choose 12 semester hours from the School of Business offerings in management.
BUS3250 Human Resource Management (3)
BUS3280 Organizational Behavior (3)
BUS4440 Entrepreneurship and Venture Initiation (3)
BUS4600 Intrapreneurship and Innovation (3)
BUS3810,4810 Selected
Topics (2-4 with approval of program chair)
BUS3940,4940 Business
Internships (2-4)
Students planning to attend graduate school should consider a BS. For
the BS, the following 9-10 semester hours are required in addition to
the semester hours required for the BA for majors in Business Administration,
Accounting, Marketing, Management and Innovation, and Organization Management.
- BUS4230 Operations
Management (3 semester hours)
- ECN3330 Business
Statistics (3 semester hours)
- MTH2120 Calculus
for Management & Sciences (3 semester hours)
- ... OR MTH2210 Calculus
I (4 semester hours)
NOTE: Supporting coursework in computer science, sociology, psychology, writing, and philosophy is strongly recommended by the faculty.
§ The name of this course has been changed since the printing of the 06-08 Undergraduate Catalog.
# The number of this course has been changed since the printing of the 06-08 Undergraduate Catalog.
MINOR IN MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION - 18 semester hours
Required Courses: 9 semester hours
ACC2010 Foundations of Financial Accounting (3)
ECN2010 Foundations of Microeconomics (3)
BUS3200 Foundations of Management (3)
Selected Courses: Students must select 9 hours from the courses below
BUS3250 Human Resource Management (3)
BUS3280 Organizational Behavior (3)
BUS4400 Entrepreneurship and Venture Initiation (3)
BUS4600 Intrapreneurship and Innovation (3)
A maximum of 9 semester hours applied to the student’s major may also be applied toward a minor in Management and Innovation.
MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Please refer to Business Administration Course Descriptions
For more information please contact:
Steve
Van de Ven
The Dunham School of Business
Aurora University
347 S. Gladstone Ave.
Aurora, Illinois 60506
630-844-4893
vandeven@aurora.edu
Please note: The information listed on this page is current according to the 2006-2008 Undergraduate Catalog, unless otherwise noted.
‡ This information has been added since the printing of the 06-08 Undergraduate Catalog.
§ The name of this course has been changed since the printing of the 06-08 Undergraduate Catalog.
# The number of this course has been changed since the printing of the 06-08 Undergraduate Catalog.
±This information is additional information specific to the Web site, not provided in the Undergraduate Catalog.
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