School Profile

School Overview

The goal of the Management Department is to equip young officers with the skills necessary to manage and lead in today’s complex Air Force. The curriculum is designed to provide students with the ability to understand, analyze, and improve any organization.

The Department of Management produces critical thinkers who are able to adapt quickly to a dynamic, highly technical, information rich environment to accomplish the mission. The skills students develop are extremely important for Air Force officers as well as future community leaders. Depending on their focus, Management Department Majors study traditional business topics such as accounting, finance, human resource management, marketing, production & operations, information systems, strategy, operations research, systems engineering and other aspects of management. Related subjects such as personal finance and investing are also popular.

Each of the faculty members in the Department of Management strives to play a balanced role in the lives of the cadets. The first priority is teaching. Class sizes are typically 15-20 students. With these small classes, the faculty members offer highly personalized instruction for each cadet. With this emphasis on a balanced role for the Management faculty, the education received by our cadets embodies the whole person concept essential for producing tomorrow's leaders for the Air Force. Faculty members are also engaged in high quality research and provide expertise in service to the Air Force, USAFA, and the department. USAFA is AACSB accredited.