Department of Management Sciences Connections
The faculty in the Management Sciences department works with students in research and/or creative efforts in several possible ways:
- The first is the annual Springboard business plan competition. This competition involves students developing an original business plan for a business startup. The development of these plans involves considerable research into the business environment of the proposed startup, and these plans involve faculty and our business entrepreneur-in-residence working with the students. These plans are presented to a panel of judges, and in poster form at the dinner exhibition.
- Honors projects – Our faculty work on projects with honors students to research specific business related topics.
- Student organizations – Our faculty work with students in such organizations as Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), American Marketing Association. These students perform research or other projects for outside organizations and report on their findings to those organizations. The SIFE students develop a presentation for the regional competitions.