Why Us
We are not an educational factory mass-producing business school grads for cookie-cutter jobs. We are teachers, scholars, and mentors steeped in the Catholic Lasallian tradition of learning that is rigorous, experiential, ethical, and inclusive.
Where individuals, equipped with the will to learn, are prepared for a successful future of informed service and prepared to lead with a global perspective.
As an AACSB-accredited business school, we are held to high standards, and, as a result, produce graduates who are considered to be more highly skilled and desirable to employers.
We are living in an age where the value of a degree is measured by the likelihood of future earnings. But what marks our graduates is the belief that while their degree is a means to an end, their Lasallian Business education is a means to a beginning.
Undergraduate Program Learning Goals
- Students will examine how personal, professional, religious or spiritual values inform their business and discipline world view.
Students will demonstrate the ability to:
- solve open-ended business problems
- evaluate, identify, and understand: different perspectives; positives and negatives, and/or strengths and weaknesses
- integrate and synthesize diverse information
- In oral presentations, students will exhibit acceptable nonverbal behaviors, hold the audiences’ attention, and present clear and organized content
- Students’ written work will convey content with the appropriate clarity and organization
Students will demonstrate:
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- an understanding of the elements of sound research
- the ability to perform basic quantitative analyses and interpret the results
- the technical skills needed to solve business problems and make decisions
- Students will demonstrate the attainment of core business knowledge through the application of that knowledge in various functional business situations
- Students will demonstrate the ability to identify relevant ethical issues in a situation and apply appropriate principles or framework to their analysis
Graduate Program Learning Goals
Students will demonstrate the ability to:
- integrate business disciplines to achieve strategic objectives
- identify and evaluate the usefulness of various competitive strategies (e.g., adaptive, market entry, positioning) that firms use within domestic and global markets
Students will demonstrate the ability to:
- identify and analyze current leadership style and the ability to develop and enhance leadership skills
- work effectively and collaboratively in a team
Students will demonstrate the ability to:
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- prepare and deliver a professional presentation on a business issue
- write a clear, concise, and well-organized professional presentation of a business issue
Students will demonstrate:
- the ability to identify and analyze ethical and legal business dilemmas and the ability to recommend and defend appropriate solutions and strategies
- an understanding of how cultural, economic, and political factors shape the management of global business
Students will demonstrate the ability to evaluate the financial position of for-profit organizations through the examination of financial information contained in balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, and footnotes, as well as information gathered from other sources (such as public filings, business news publications, and Web sites) in order to enable stakeholders (management, shareholders, creditors, etc.) to understand a firm’s progress in maximizing its value to stakeholders .