Major: Leadership & Business Strategy
The Leadership and Business Strategy program gives you a competitive advantage and accelerates your career, no matter your major. You will gain the skills most desired by top companies – leadership, teamwork, and strategic problem solving. The LBS program culminates in two internship-level consulting experiences where you solve a strategic business problem for two different companies. Through these experiences, you will grow personally and professionally in a community of the most ambitious students at WMU.
A Co-Major for any Career Path
Develop Yourself Professionally, Gain Valuable Experience
Leadership and Business Strategy majors enjoy flexibility in their studies. Talk to an advisor about how you can tailor your elective choices to your personal, academic, and career goals.
Why Join this Program?
Learning By Doing
Do real life projects with companies
Run a real wine brand
Develop skills in role plays
Mentored by leading executives from companies like McKinsey, Stryker, and Earnst and Young
Motivated Community
Welcoming, supportive, diverse community of students from across campus
Be pushed by your peers to become the best version of yourself
Connect with high achieving students striving to lift you up
Leadership and Strategy Training
Develop the top skills valued by employers
Become effective change makers in you community
Be part of a rare population of exceptional leaders
Major Coursework
Required Courses
Elective Courses (1)
MGMT 2020 - Leading in Business Organizations Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 2500 - Organizational Behavior Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 3010 - Leadership and Business Strategy I – Practicum Credits: 6 hours
MGMT 4010 - Leadership and Business Strategy II – Practicum Credits: 6 hours
BUS 4750 - Crafting & Implementing Strategy Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 2140 - Exploring Entrepreneurship Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 2511 - Leadership and Business Strategy - Practicum Elective Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 2520 - Human Resource Management Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 2750 - Analytical Foundations Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 3350 - Building the Entrepreneurial Business Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 3500 - Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 3540 - HR Analytics Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 3580 - Labor and Employee Relations Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 4000 - Topics in Management Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 4040 - Business and Society Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 4070 - Change Management Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 4100 - Global Human Resource Management Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 4320 - Total Rewards Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 4340 - Family Business Management Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 4350 - Growing the Entrepreneurial Business Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 4510 - Staffing Organizations Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 4640 - Production Management and Control Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 4650 - Managing for Quality Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 4740 - Entrepreneurial Strategy Credits: 3 hours