Management
Lead with Confidence
As the largest department in the business school, we offer core courses for all undergraduate business majors, MBA, and masters programs. From learning to manage individual human resource issues to designing the organizational structure of a global company, the breadth of our program allows you to lead at any level.
Our undergraduate management majors take a rigorous foundation of courses to foster innovative ideas and efficiently work in a variety of organizational structures. We emphasize management as a deliberate practice wherein graduates are theoretically informed, technically skilled, and imbued with a sense of responsibility and care for all stakeholders and the public good. And there is no better place than Silicon Valley to learn about Entrepreneurship and Leading Innovative Organizations through our MBA concentrations.
About our Programs
Our programs take a rigorous foundation of courses to foster innovative ideas and efficiently work in a variety of organizational structures. We emphasize management as a deliberate practice wherein graduates are theoretically informed, technically skilled, and imbued with a sense of responsibility and care for all stakeholders and the public good.
Undergraduate
As a management student, you will gain a broad perspective of the challenges faced by business today, and develop the skills and abilities needed to become a leader in successful organizations, large or small.
Undergraduate
The minor in international business is designed to educate students in a broad range of management and business skills in a global context. The program includes coursework in language, social science, and international business and is open to all undergraduate students.
Undergraduate
Declare an entrepreneurship minor if you're interested in either developing a business or working in a startup with the chance to explore entrepreneurship as a career option and acquire the skills that can help you be successful.
The Leavey Difference
Management Faculty
Management & Entrepreneurship faculty are dedicated to exploring how organizations work–and how to make them better. With strengths in leadership, organizational behavior, entrepreneurship, and strategy, they prepare students to lead teams, drive change, and navigate complex business challenges.
CHAIR, PROFESSOR, MANAGEMENT
Barry Posner
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MGMT
Esther Sackett
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MGMT
Shaohua Lu
PROFESSOR, MANAGEMENT
Tammy Madesen
Beyond the Classroom
Get involved outside of the classroom! Join one of our student networks to participate in Santa Clara University’s management community and to meet others interested in management and entrepreneurship.
News in Management
Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business is proud to announce that Professor Tammy L. Madsen has begun her term as President of the Academy of Management (AOM).
As the Class of 2025 prepares to graduate, the Leavey School of Business is proud to honor five outstanding students who embody the values of leadership, service, and academic excellence.
Mike Ford '11 knew he wanted to build community through sports. Now senior director of partnership marketing for the San Jose Earthquakes, he’s helping shape the future of sports—while giving back to Leavey as an advisor.
If you have any questions regarding management department programs and events, please contact the following individuals:
Undergraduate Management Program Admissions Inquiries: Jo-Anne Shibles, jshibles@scu.edu
All Other Inquiries: management@scu.edu