Chair's Message

The Department of Management, Marketing and Public Administration is committed to developing future leaders and managers who are adaptable, flexible and creative.  Our mission is to prepare our diverse undergraduate and graduate student population with professional skills that will allow them to compete technically and professionally in the global work force.

Evidence indicates that our students are highly successful in gaining meaningful employment in their chosen fields.  We are proud of the fact that they are also successful in achieving upward mobility in their professional careers.  Graduates are highly visible in the corporate, public and nonprofit sectors of the work force throughout this region, and across the nation.  A number of our students are from international origins, thus, some return to their respective countries to assume prominent positions.

The Department of Management, Marketing and Public Administration (MMPA) is part of the new College of Business.  It is located on the campus in the Center for Business and Graduate Studies, Room 2323. 

Please feel free to browse our website at http://www.bowiestate.edu/ to review our undergraduate catalogue of courses.  You may also contact us at mhharris@bowiestate.edu.  We can be reached by telephone at 301-860-3623.

Marion H. Harris, DPA
Professor of Public Administration and Management
Chairperson, Department of Management, Marketing  and Public Administration

Mission Statement:

Our mission is to develop leaders and managers in the fields of management, marketing and public administration.  We are dedicated to building character, humility and ethical behavior among our students. Our faculty emphasizes to students the importance of acquiring the ability to be flexible, adaptable and creative as professionals entering a constantly changing workforce in a rapidly changing global marketplace.

Learning Goals Statement

•       Understand the political, economic, and social context of public administration. Conceptualize a complex issue into a coherent, persuasive written statement or oral presentation. Graduates should understand the importance of effective communication in an organization.  They should be information literate able to develop well-written, persuasive business reports, memos, and letters; to make effective oral presentations; and to explain and interpret findings and conclusions, justify a conclusion or recommendation, and organize ideas into a coherent train of thought.

•         Acquire and use analytical tools and skills for evaluating information, solving problems, and making sound decisions; in other words be information literate. They should be able to recognize when they face an ethical dilemma and to apply one of several evaluative frameworks to form a personal standard for dealing with the dilemma.

•       Develop the skills needed to work productively in organizational teams. Understand the importance of culture and diversity to organizations. They should appreciate the need for effective group consultation and teamwork, within diverse and cross-functional environments, in accomplishing organizational goals.