Career Journeys - General Management

General managers must make sound business decisions based on insightful financial analyses with a desire to be good stewards of enterprise resources. Core to that endeavor is the need for cost control, capital allocation and performance measurement at various levels within an organization.

Informed management decisions require an understanding of the broader environment in which your business operates. These courses and other GEM courses provide an understanding of the broader economic drivers of the business environment.

When you have profit and loss responsibility for a business unit, you are accountable for delivering results. These courses help you understand how to manage product development and innovation, crafting the value proposition for the customer, and manage operations to deliver to the customer.

General managers must chart a path forward for their organization, leveraging technology and disruptive forces to create new ways of delivering value to stakeholders. These courses craft your strategic thinking and prepare you to lead in the digital economy.

The best solutions are useless if they aren’t shared with stakeholders in compelling ways. You must ensure your message is received and embraced by other individuals, teams, clients and corporate and government entities.

Being original is not a luxury in a globally diverse, hypercompetitive marketplace. You must be able to see — and help others see — problems as novel opportunities upon which they can capitalize. These courses help you foster creative environments and generate innovative outputs.

Effective general managers are skilled leaders who leverage the talent of their people to create results. To be an effective leader, you must develop, empower and inspire your people to perform at the highest level and with the greatest degree of integrity possible.

Sustainable success requires organizations to innovate and grow to maintain or increase profitability. Students in this concentration will learn the fundamentals of managing innovation, organic growth, and acquisition and integration of mergers and acquisitions.

Faculty Contact: Jeanne Liedtka

Business Development and Growth Concentration Requirements

A student will be recognized as having this concentration when they have completed 9.0 credit hours from the courses listed below.

Note: Not all courses may be offered in a given year.

Obtain additional grounding in operations management concepts and develop depth of knowledge in supply chain management concepts, particularly from a general management perspective. Build strength in related cross-functional skills including sustainability, technology and digital operations.

Faculty Contact: Raul Chao

Supply Chain Management Concentration Requirements

A student will be recognized as having this concentration when they have completed 7.5 credit hours from the courses listed below.

Note: Not all courses may be offered in a given year.

Through Darden’s Career Center and Alumni Career Services, you’ll gain career guidance from the moment you enroll and for wherever your career takes you after graduation. Here’s what you can expect:

• Pre-matriculation, First Year and Second Year career education 
• One-on-one, industry-specific coaching 
• Darden-facilitated opportunities for networking, meeting alumni and industry leaders, and interviewing 
• Resume and cover letter reviews 
• Access to advanced analytics and data to craft recruiting marketing materials such as resume, LinkedIn and more 
• Industry- and employer-specific database for interview prep and salary research 
• Technical interview prep 
• Mock interviews 
• Employer case competitions 
• Negotiation skill-building 
• Executives-in-Residence Program 

General Management and Operations Club 

As the largest career-oriented organization at Darden, the Marketing and General Management Club is committed to bridging the gap between the classroom and the job market. 

Darden Marketing, General Management and Tech (MGMT) Conference

Darden's MGMT Conference provides a unique opportunity for three of the School's largest career clubs to host and engage with top employers hiring Darden talent.