Department of Management

 The Department Office is located on the 4th floor of the VBT building, Room 435.

Hours Open: 9:00AM to 6:00PM Monday through Friday.

Dept. Phone: (510) 885 - 3307

Faculty

Professor Emeritus

Zinovy Radovilsky, Ph.D. Scientific Research Institute of Labor (Moscow)

Professors

Ekin Alakent, Ph.D. University of Texas at Dallas

Lynn Bowes-Sperry, Ph.D. University of Connecticut

Jed DeVaro, Ph.D. Stanford University

Hongwei Du, (Chair), Ph.D. Florida Institute of Technology

Vishwanath Hegde, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh

H. Steven Peng, Ph.D. York University (Canada)

Asha Rao, Ph.D. Temple University

Surendra Sarnikar, Ph.D. University of Arizona

T.T. (Rajan) Selvarajan, Ph.D. Arizona State University

Gangaram Singh, Ph.D. University of Toronto

Glen Taylor, Ph.D. York University (Canada)

Gregory Theyel, Ph.D. Clark University

Chongqi Wu, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Jiming Wu, Ph.D. University of Kentucky

Associate Professors

Izzet Darendeli, Ph.D. Temple University

Mee Sook Kim Ph.D. Rutgers University

Alexey Makarevich, Ph.D. Stanford University

Daniel E. Martin, Ph.D. Howard University

Kaumudi Misra Ph.D. Michigan State University

Balaraman Rajan, Ph.D. Simon School of Business, University of Rochester

Stephanie Seitz, Ph.D. State University of New Yourk at Buffalo

Lan Wang, Ph.D. University of Florida, Gainesville

Peng Xie, Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology

Assistant Professors

Grant Brady, Ph.D. Portland State University

Thomas Cassidey, Ph.D. University of Alabama

YuanYuan Gao, Ph.D. University of Utah

Jia Guo, Ph.D. University of Alabama

Mohammadmehdi Shafizadeh Khoolenjani, Ph.D. Politecnico, Milano

Inkyu Kim, Ph.D Michigan State University

Somak Paul, Ph.D. Ohio State University

Department Statement

Tough global competition requires companies to be extremely responsive to the needs and expectations of customers. In addition, many companies today are in a period of rapid changes brought about by technological breakthroughs, business globalization, and extended supply chains. In such a time, the role of the manager and the management professional in facing these challenges and maintaining a competitive edge becomes even more important. Our Management options provide students with an exciting and diverse education in various areas of management including human resource management and organizational behavior, operations and supply chain management, strategy and international business, and information technology management. Past and present employers of our Management students include almost all major firms, and numerous small and mid-size companies in the Bay Area.

About the Department

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Programs

• Business Administration, B.S.: Entrepreneurship Concentration
• Business Administration, B.S.: General Management Concentration
• Business Administration, B.S.: Human Resources Management & Organizational Behavior Concentration
• Business Administration, B.S.: Information Technology Management Concentration
• Business Administration, B.S.: Operations and Supply Chain Management Concentration
• Business Analytics, B.S.: Information System and Supply Chain Analytics Concentration

A BA/BS Degree Completion Program is for anyone who has already completed their lower-division general education breadth requirements. Only upper-division, major requirements will be taken completely online.

• Business Administration, B.S.: General Management Concentration (Self-Support Only)(Online Degree Completion)
• Business Administration, B.S.: Human Resources Management & Organizational Behavior Concentration (Self-Support Only)(Online Degree Completion)
• Business Administration, B.S.: Information Technology Management Concentration (Self-Support Only)(Online Degree Completion)
• Business Administration, B.S.: Operations and Supply Chain Management Concentration (Self-Support Only)(Online Degree Completion)
• Business Analytics, B.S.: Information System and Supply Chain Analytics Concentration (Online Degree Completion)

• Business Administration Minor
• Information Technology Management Minor
• International Business Minor

• Business Analytics, M.S.

• Business Administration, M.B.A.: Analytics for Managers Concentration
• Business Administration, M.B.A.: General Business Concentration
• Business Administration, M.B.A.: General Business Concentration - One-Year Intensive (Self-Support Only)
• Business Administration, M.B.A.: Global Innovators Concentration (Self-Support Only)
• Business Administration, M.B.A.: Human Resources Management and Organizational Behavior Concentration
• Business Administration, M.B.A.: Operations and Supply Chain Management Concentration
• Business Administration, M.B.A.: Strategy & Innovation Concentration

Courses

• BAN 310 - Data Analysis with Python I
• BAN 315 - Data Analysis with Python II
• BAN 320 - Optimization and Simulation for Business Applications
• BAN 340 - Machine Learning for Business Applications
• BAN 350 - Data Wrangling and Data Pipeline
• BAN 441 - Business Data Visualization and Reporting
• BAN 449 - Big Data Technology and Business Applications
• BAN 499 - Capstone Seminar

• BAN 601 - Technology Fundamentals for Analytics
• BAN 602 - Quantitative Fundamentals for Analytics
• BAN 610 - Database Management and Applications

• MGMT 375 - Launching and Scaling New Ventures
• MGMT 376 - Business Model Innovation
• MGMT 377 - Social and Environmental Entrepreneurship
• MGMT 378 - Entrepreneurship Practicum

• MGMT 673 - Entrepreneurship Strategy
• MGMT 674 - Corporate Entrepreneurship

• ITM 330 - Business Applications Programming
• ITM 331 - Database Management and SQL
• ITM 332 - Business Data Communications
• ITM 336 - Information Systems Development and Management
• ITM 338 - Cloud Computing and Ecommerce
• ITM 398 - Internship
• ITM 440 - Business Intelligence Systems
• ITM 441 - Business Data Visualization and Reporting
• ITM 442 - Healthcare Information Systems
• ITM 445 - Blockchain and Smart Contract
• ITM 446 - Information Security
• ITM 448 - Information Systems Analytics
• ITM 449 - Advanced Topics in Information Technology
• ITM 490 - Independent Study
• ITM 497 - Issues in Information Technology Management
• ITM 498 - Internship

• ITM 690 - Independent Study
• ITM 697 - Issues in Information Technology Management
• ITM 698 - Internship

• ITM 110 - Fundamentals of Information Systems and Applications
• ITM 300 - Information Technology Management
• MGMT 300 - Business and Professional Ethics
• MGMT 310 - Organizational Behavior
• MGMT 311 - Managing Diversity in the 21st Century Workplace
• MGMT 312 - Human Resources Management
• MGMT 314 - Leadership and Management
• MGMT 316 - Training and Development
• MGMT 318 - Employee Relations and Employment Law
• MGMT 320 - Negotiation and Conflict Management
• MGMT 350 - Decision Science
• MGMT 360 - Operations Management
• MGMT 362 - AI-enhanced Service Management and Quality Improvement
• MGMT 364 - Global Supply Chain Management
• MGMT 365 - Enterprise Resource Planning and Control
• MGMT 369 - Supply Management and E-Commerce
• MGMT 370 - Business, Government and Society
• MGMT 385 - International Business
• MGMT 398 - Internship
• MGMT 400 - Seminar on Special Topics in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior
• MGMT 402 - Managing the Global Workplace
• MGMT 404 - Staffing and Talent Management
• MGMT 406 - Compensation and Reward Systems
• MGMT 408 - HR Analytics
• MGMT 450 - Project Management
• MGMT 455 - AI Enabled Supply Chain and Logistics Analytics
• MGMT 460 - Healthcare Analytics
• MGMT 465 - Supply Chain Forecasting with Machine Learning
• MGMT 485 - Launching and Scaling New Ventures
• MGMT 487 - Entrepreneurship Practicum
• MGMT 490 - Independent Study
• MGMT 497 - Issues in Management
• MGMT 498 - Internship
• MGMT 499 - Seminar in Strategic Business Management

• BAN 612 - Data Analytics
• BAN 620 - Data Mining
• BAN 622 - Data Engineering and Business Intelligence
• BAN 630 - Optimization Methods for Analytics
• BAN 632 - Big Data Technology and Applications
• BAN 660 - Advanced Topics in Big Data
• BAN 670 - Advanced Topics in Analytics
• BAN 671 - Data Analytics with R
• BAN 672 - Data Analytics with SAS
• BAN 673 - Time Series Analytics
• BAN 674 - Machine Learning for Business Analytics
• BAN 675 - Text Analytics and Generative Artificial Intelligence
• BAN 676 - Deep Learning for Business Applications
• BAN 693 - Business Analytics Capstone Project
• BAN 698 - Internship
• MGMT 601 - Leading People and Organizations
• MGMT 602 - Business Analytics for Managers
• MGMT 603 - Managing Complex Issues in Global Context
• MGMT 608 - Operations and Supply Chain Management
• MGMT 609 - Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
• MGMT 610 - Strategic Human Resources Management
• MGMT 612 - Strategic Compensation and Reward Systems
• MGMT 614 - Talent Management
• MGMT 616 - People Analytics
• MGMT 618 - Human Resources and the Law
• MGMT 620 - Leading Teams and Managing Creativity
• MGMT 622 - Managing the Global Workplace
• MGMT 624 - Special Topics in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior
• MGMT 650 - Global and Sustainable Supply Chains
• MGMT 652 - Service Operations Management
• MGMT 654 - Enterprise Planning and Control