MANAGEMENT

Effective: WINTER 2010

Degrees and Certificates - Click for Program Outline:

• AAS - SFCC
• Certificate - SFCC

Enrollment: Fall, Winter, Spring

Program Description

The challenge of management! It takes a special kind of person with a special knack to be a good business manager. Over 60 percent of the workforce in Spokane is employed in a distributive occupation. This creates a big demand for persons with training as middle managers or junior executives.

The management programs at SCC and SFCC are designed to give an individual on-the-job work experience while learning the basic principles of business management. Students are given credit for approved work experience.

Courses in the program include management, marketing, salesmanship, advertising and human relations. In addition to the academic courses, there is opportunity for teamwork and leadership experience through participation in Delta Epsilon Chi, an affiliate of Distributive Education Clubs of America.

Course of Study

Keyboarding proficiency of 35 wpm expected at completion of AAS degree.

Program Goals

1. Understand organizational behavior and leadership, management, business operation, finances, location and layout, record keeping, merchandising and business promotion.
2. Understand the planning, organizing, leading and controlling functions of running a business on a day-to-day basis.
3. Incorporate information technology and computer applications, including Internet, to the business environment.
4. Understand human relations, possess an awareness of cultural diversity, the role of international business, the fundamental principles of business law, credit and collections, problem solving, and group decision processes as used in today's business world.
5. Understand and possibly accept the challenging entrepreneurial role of owning their own business.

Career Opportunities

Employment opportunities include positions from every level - entry, supervisory, management, and owner-manager - of the manufacturing, wholesaling, and retailing of goods and services.

POTENTIAL POSITIONS INCLUDE: assistant buyer, bank branch manager, business owner, department manager, hotel or motel manager, insurance agent, sales and distribution, theater manager, management trainee, retail operations manager in a variety of retail operations, customer service, and assistant manager. Salaries in the Spokane area range from $8.50 per hour upward depending on skills, motivation, experience, and attitude as well as the student's ability to sell herself/himself at the interview.