Student Learning Goals and Objectives

1. Each student will be an effective communicator with the ability to prepare and deliver oral and written presentations using appropriate technologies.

   • Students will create well written documents on a business topic
   • Students will deliver an effective oral presentation on a business topic
   • Students will use appropriate technologies to enhance the effectiveness of their written and oral presentations
      

2. Each student will be skilled in critical thinking and decision-making, as supported by the appropriate use of analytical and quantitative techniques.

   • Students will weigh the significance of key assumptions used in business decision-making scenarios.
   • Students will solve business problems using appropriate quantitative and analytical techniques
   • Students will defend reasoned solutions to business problems
   • Students will demonstrate proficiency in using appropriate software (e.g., Excel, Minitab, etc.) to solve business problems
      

3. Each student will be sensitive to the ethical and justice ramifications of business activities.

   • Students will apply a framework for examining ethical dilemmas in specific business cases.
   • Students will identify key concepts in business ethics.
   • Students will identify social justice issues relevant to a business decision
   • Student's will identify a business decision's potential impacts on environmental sustainability.
      

4. Each student will be able to appreciate the importance of integrating business processes across functional areas.

   • Students will decide how one functional area impacts another
   • Students will articulate contributions made by functional areas to the overall well-being of an organization.
      

5. Each student will be able to apply functional area concepts and theories appropriately.

   • Students will conduct a SWOT analysis for a real or fictitious business.
   • Students will discuss implications resulting from changes in business conditions.