MBA Competency Goals

Communication Skills

Primary Focus of Competency Goal

Focus on oral and written communication skills.

Learning Objectives

Our graduating students should:

1. Effectively communicate professionally and persuasively when writing, speaking, and giving oral presentations
2. Proficiently tailor their messages to various business audiences
3. Properly document sources of information and articulate how their own opinions compare, contrast, and are informed by others
4. Clearly formulate and organize written documents and oral presentations
5. Convey complex ideas and information in a coherent, sophisticated, and professional manner, utilizing technology as appropriate

Critical Thinking Skills

Primary Focus of Competency Goal

Focus on analyzing quantitative and qualitative information.

Learning Objectives

Our graduating students should:

1. Be critical thinkers who are able to draw meaning from complex quantitative or qualitative data and information
2. Perform sophisticated statistical data analysis using appropriate measures, extract, summarize, and display data, and interpret statistics related to business issues
3. Evaluate the relative importance and credibility of data and information, identify conflicting or missing data and differentiate symptoms from substantive issues
4. Draw information from multiple perspectives, differentiate fact from opinion, identify, and prioritize salient information and develop and support sophisticated solutions
5. Synthesize and propose alternative approaches, evaluate alternate courses of action and critique opposing viewpoints

Ethical leadership

Primary Focus of Competency Goal

Become ethical decision-makers and demonstrate a strong understanding of leader behaviors and characteristics.

Learning Objectives

Our graduating seniors should:

1. Recognize complex ethical dilemmas and identify appropriate leader traits, behaviors, and styles
2. Distinguish between ethical and legal considerations leaders face in a business environment
3.  Identify and explain the pros and cons of alternative decisions from multiple perspectives
4. Evaluate, analyze, and critique how leadership behaviors and characteristics affect employees, businesses, situations, and outcomes
5. Propose future courses of action that ethical leaders can take, justify the recommendations and formulate alternative plans