The Industrial Management program teaches the necessary foundation in applied physics, business, economics, and mathematics. The emphasis is not necessarily industrial, but includes management positions in any technical setting.
Concepts of temperature, laws of thermodynamics, entropy, thermodynamic relations and potentials, processes, properties and cycles, applications to physical systems, introduction to statistical mechanics.
The historical and current development of management principles is covered including theories of motivation for individuals, groups and organizations, leadership, organizational design and performance evaluation.
Focus on the development of students' ability to communicate in the business and professional world through the letter, memorandum, and in-house report. Emphasis on the importance of written communication as a tool for problem-solving in administrative and management settings.
