Systems Management (SM) is Western Kentucky University's professional major for career-focused students.  Modern organizations are growing more complex and need people who have a "Systems Perspective".  This is the ability to see the big picture, adapt to change and be able to manage accordingly.  The SM major is designed to prepare graduates with the knowledge, skills, and values to effectively apply managerial principles and tools in diverse organizational settings.

 The SM program emphasizes practical managerial skills, problem solving, critical thinking, communication, and computer fluency suitable for a 21st-century knowledge worker.  In addition, SM majors are able to select an area of Professional Concentration to provide them with additional background in one of a dozen related areas of interest.  Students take elective courses in this area in addition to their Systems Management classes.  All of this helps make the SM graduate highly competitive for a wide variety of positions.