Department of Management, Marketing, and Information Systems

Dr. Cooper Johnson, Chair
113 Business Administration Building
731- 881-7238
fax 731-881-7231

Faculty

Christian Bushardt, Tommy A. Cates, Hui-Chuan (Christie) Chen, Dexter J. Davis, Lajuan V. Davis, Samuel C. Faught, C. Bryan Foltz, Kevin L. Hammond, Cooper Johnson, Taeuk (Will) Kang, Ashley J. Kilburn, Brandon R. Kilburn, Jamye Long, P. Michael McCullough, Hyung-Jin (Michael) Park, Clint Taylor, Sean C. Walker, Denise P. Williams

Mission

The mission for Management and Marketing disciplines supports the missions of The University of Tennessee at Martin and of the College of Business and Global Affairs. With a primary focus on teaching, our mission is to provide outstanding teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The educational programs of the department are to be delivered in an academic environment that promotes the development of professional skills and an understanding of global, social, political, technological and economic forces affecting society. The faculty are to perform research and service consistent with the teaching emphasis of the disciplines and the mission of the College of Business and Global Affairs.

The Information Systems mission is to prepare students for employment or graduate study in information systems. With a primary focus on teaching, the department emphasizes quality undergraduate and graduate instruction. The educational programs are delivered in an environment that promotes the development of technical skills and encourages a broad understanding of the forces shaping global, social, political and economic change. The faculty performs scholarly activities and services consistent with the teaching emphasis of the disciplines and the mission of the College of Business and Global Affairs.

Expected Outcomes

Students graduating with majors in Business Administration will:

demonstrate an understanding of the global aspects of business.
demonstrate an understanding of the ethical aspects of business.
demonstrate effective critical and analytical thinking skills.
demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills.
demonstrate an understanding of the business core.
demonstrate competence in their major.