Graduate Program Goals

Graduate Program Goals

In pursuit of the missions and outcomes identified above, the School of Business Graduate programs have identified certain goals as follows: The Goal of the NNU School of Business MBA Program is to provide to patrons a broad-based graduate-level curriculum relevant to the contemporary business environment. In this way, the program seeks to augment the value added by program graduates in the business workplace, enhance the employability of program graduates in the workplace, and advance the competence of the business workforce. To this end, the program recognizes the following measurable objectives:

  1. Students shall be provided with information necessary to increase their knowledge across a range of important contemporary business subjects, including economics, accounting, finance, management, leadership, information science, operations and systems, international business environment, law, ethics, marketing and communication. With regard to such subjects, students shall demonstrate acceptable levels of academic excellence.
  2. Students shall experience activities which provide exposure to skills which are relevant to the contemporary business environment and which facilitate creative engagement in that environment, including teamwork and leadership, qualitative and quantitative analysis, written and oral communication, technology, cross-cultural environments, case studies and decision-making.
  3. Students shall be involved in activities which will increase their awareness of important business issues fundamental to the formation of a business environment that is consistent with the University goal of Christ-like character, including business ethics, social responsibility, workplace respect, international business and cross-cultural environments, and legal compliance.