College of Business Meta-Objectives

Graduates will acquire knowledge of current business practices and theory and will apply basic business concepts to contemporary business issues.

• Interpreting, recording, summarizing, reporting and analyzing the financial transactions of a company.
• Using accounting information for business decision making.
• Creating value through the integrated production and distribution of goods and services.
• Understanding the strategic value of information and the process of managing information technology projects.
• Identify potential customers/industrial buyers, determine their needs, and manipulate the elements of marketing strategy (price, product, place and promotion) to profitably fulfill those needs.
• Evaluating the varied roles and activities of managers in leading organizations to accomplishing objectives.
• Understanding the process of creating and interpreting external financial reports.
• Conducting an analysis of an industry including structure, competitive analysis and forecasts of future industry developments.
• Graduates will be able to apply business knowledge to make recommendations to business clients (real or simulated) that add value to the business.

Graduates will consider information from all business core courses and will demonstrate the ability to apply a holistic, integrated approach to framing and solving business problems.

• Graduates will be able to apply business knowledge to make recommendations to business clients (real or simulated) that add value to the business.
• Identify fundamental issues in need of resolution.
• Organize and synthesize information and ideas appropriate to that situation.
• Generate potential alternatives or solutions.
• Select among alternatives and make final recommendations.
• Graduates will consider information from multiple business disciplines when framing a business problem and making recommendations

Graduates will evaluate the domestic and global dimensions of organizations (legal/ethical, economic, social, political, and multicultural) and will analyze the interactions between the organization and its environmental context.

• Graduates will be able to recognize situations in the workplace that require consultation with legal counsel to improve compliance with law, mitigate the impact of personal or corporate wrongdoing, and encourage ethical practice in business.
• Graduates will be able to describe the importance of diversity in organizations and society and how organizations can encourage a value for diversity among its employees.
• Graduates will gain an understanding of at least one other culture and demonstrate the ability to analyze the impact of cultural differences on operating effectively in that culture.

Graduates will demonstrate critical professional development and leadership skills.

• Use of technology to improve personal productivity and decision making.
• Analyze the ethical dimensions of business decisions.
• Achieve professional goals through effective, concise, and grammatically correct business writing.
• Make effective oral presentations and arguments.
• Analyze business situations quantitatively.
• Reflect on personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Function effectively in a group.