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Learner Outcomes/ Assessments The mission of the Hutton School of Business and the Robert W. Plaster Graduate School of Business is to foster academic excellence and student achievement at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Students are provided with a strong academic foundation in business, and are prepared to become productive, competent, and ethical professionals. The Hutton School of Business and the Robert W. Plaster Graduate School of Business provides a learning environment that is characterized by student-oriented instructional methodologies and the development of leadership and life-long learning skills in its students. At the Hutton School of Business and Plaster Graduate School of Business, the following broad-based goals for students have been developed: • Students will acquire the relevant disciplinary knowledge and competencies appropriate to their program of study. • Students will acquire effective business-related professional skills. • Students will be challenged to assess their personal values and connect them to ethical behaviors appropriate to their intended endeavors. Based upon these broad-based goals, the Plaster Graduate School of Business has identified the following general intended student learning outcomes (MBA ISLO) for students: 1. Students will be able to demonstrate well-developed problem-solving skills. 2. Students will be able to identify major theories and concepts in the areas of accounting, finance, management, and marketing. 3. Students will be able to apply their findings from the major theories and concepts in the areas of accounting, finance, management, and marketing to organizational decision making. 4. Students will be able to analyze the opportunities and challenges of global business issues. 5. Students will be able to apply standards of ethical behavior in business to managerial decision making. 6. Students will be able to apply appropriate technological and quantitative methods and tools to the solution of practical management problems. 7. Students will be able to demonstrate advanced professional business communication skills. 8. Students will be able to demonstrate well-developed organizational, leadership, and teamwork skills. 9. Students will be able to integrate theory and practical application across business functional areas for the purpose of strategic analysis, planning, implementation, and control.