Graduate MBA Learning Goals

Program Learning Goals and Outcomes

1. COMMUNICATION: Students will be able to communicate effectively.

Learning Outcome 1 (written): Students will demonstrate effective, professional written communication skills when preparing business plans, analyzing cases, and communicating day-to-day matters.

Learning Outcome 2 (oral): Students will demonstrate effective, professional oral communication skills when making persuasive and knowledge transfer presentations.

2. LEADERSHIP AND TEAMS: Students will demonstrate leadership and team membership behavior.

Learning Outcome 1: Students will demonstrate leadership competency by describing and identifying leadership traits and by exercising leadership behaviors in group assignments.

Learning Outcome 2: Students will demonstrate team membership competency by acting as effective team members during group assignments and simulations and by describing and identifying the traits possessed by effective team members.

3. CRITICAL THINKING/ETHICS: MBA graduates will demonstrate strong critical thinking and sensitivity to ethical issues.

Learning Outcome 1: Students will demonstrate strong critical thinking skills through the recognition of assumptions, evaluation or arguments, and drawing of appropriate conclusions.

Learning Outcome 2: Students will demonstrate knowledge of ethical issues influencing business decisions.

4. GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE: Students will demonstrate knowledge of global business issues.

Learning Outcome: Students will demonstrate knowledge of global business issues influencing decision making by business organizations.