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School Intended Learning Outcomes
The School of Business and Management (SBM) Learning Goals and Objectives
Goal 1: Graduates will be critical and creative thinkers who make effective decisions supported by appropriate analytical techniques.
Objectives: Graduates will:
- Analyze the core issues and weigh the significance of key assumptions used in business decision-making scenarios.
- Solve business problems using appropriate analytical techniques.
Goal 2: Graduates will be effective communicators in oral and written English for general business applications.
Objectives: Graduates will:
- Produce professional quality business documents in English.
- Deliver professional quality presentations in English.
Goal 3: Graduates will have broad understanding of the core business functions and integrate these functions to solve business problems.
Objectives: Graduates will:
- Identify the key functional areas that are involved in specific business problems and articulate contributions made by these functional areas to the overall well-being of anorganization.
- Connect different functional areas to formulate integrated solutions.
Goal 4: Graduates will have in-depth grasp of their business major.
Objectives: Graduates will:
- Demonstrate substantial knowledge of their business major.
- Apply discipline-based frameworks and tools to resolve business problems in their business major.
Goal 5: Graduates will be effective team leaders and members.
Objectives: Graduates will:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the various roles played within the team.
- Collaborate and lead positively by actively seeking and engaging in discussion of the views of others while showing sensitivity to opposing views.
Goal 6: Graduates will be effective in multi-cultural and international settings.
Objectives: Graduates will:
- Demonstrate a global outlook and an understanding of cultural diversity.
- Apply business concepts and theories to make proper business decisions in international settings.
Goal 7: Graduates will be effective users of information technology and sources of information in business applications.
Objectives: Graduates will:
- Demonstrate proficiency in using IT applications in business and management.
- Locate, gather, organize and evaluate information using appropriate information technology and systems.
Goal 8: Graduates will understand their professional and ethical responsibility.
Objectives: Graduates will:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the role played by managers in ensuring the integrity of the firm and maintaining appropriate levels of social responsibility.
- Identify the activities/issues in their chosen profession that may present ethical challenges, and articulate the consequences associated with unethical behavior.