AACSB Accreditation

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) is the premier accrediting agency for bachelor, master, and doctoral degree programs in business and accounting, and the highest distinction that business schools can receive worldwide. AACSB accredited schools have the highest quality faculty, relevant and challenging curriculum, and provide educational and career opportunities that are not found at other business schools. Less than six percent of the world's 13,000 business programs are AACSB accredited.

The College of Business at North Dakota State University has been accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) since 2001. To learn more about AACSB accreditation, visit: www.aacsb.edu/accreditation.

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Competency Goals

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

Success Targets

(min. 70%)
Example: Describe the evolution of emergency management. 80%

1. Our students will be effective communicators.

1.1. Students will deliver oral presentations that are well organized, informative, and persuasive.

 70%

1. Our students will be effective communicators.

1.2. Students will write grammatically correct, well-organized, and persuasive reports.

 70%

2. Our students will demonstrate effective critical thinking & decision making.

2.1. Students will evaluate available information, determine its relevance, and use it in conjunction with business theory to solve a business problem.

 70%

2. Our students will demonstrate effective critical thinking & decision making.

2.2. Students will utilize information technology tools such as spreadsheets and databases to aid in making a decision

 70%

3. Our students will be knowledgeable about key business domains.

3.1. Students will apply marketing, management, MIS, accounting, finance, business law and economic theories to business problems.

 70%

4. Our students will show sensitivity to ethics/ethical reasoning.

4.1. Students will identify and apply ethical perspectives to business decisions.

 70%

5. Our students will be effective collaborators.

5.1. Students will work with others to complete a project in a team setting.

70%

5. Our students will be effective collaborators.

5.2. Students will explain the role of leadership in collaboration.

 70%

6. Our students will be sensitive to issues of globalization.

6.1. Students will evaluate the impact of the global environment on business.

 70%

6. Our students will be sensitive to issues of globalization.

6.2. Students will analyze the impact of global factors in making a business decision.

 70%

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

Success Targets

(min. 70%)
Example: Describe the evolution of emergency management. 80%
1. Explain and apply relevant accounting principles, practices, and standards to business scenarios. 80%
2. Analyze business data using spreadsheets and analytic methods for decision-making. 80%
3. Identify relevant ethical and professional conduct relating to business scenarios and recommend an appropriate course of action. 80%
4. Prepare and deliver effective written and oral communication. 80%

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

Success Targets

(min. 70%)
Example: Describe the evolution of emergency management. 80%
1. PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION. 1-A. Students will prepare and deliver persuasive written and oral presentations on an issue pertinent to a business organization. 80%
2. CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS KNOW-HOW. 2-A. Students will demonstrate an understanding of fundamental business theory and practice by analyzing an integrated business case. 80%
2. CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS KNOW-HOW. 2-B. Students will demonstrate discipline-specific knowledge. 80%
. RESOURCEFUL BUSINESS PROBLEM-SOLVING. 3-A. Students will creatively apply available resources to derive alternatives to address a business problem scenario, and recommend a course of action to solve the problem. 80%
4. EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION. 4-A. Students will be able to coordinate and collaborate with others from diverse backgrounds to meet common goals. 80%
5. PRINCIPLED LEADERSHIP. 5-A. Students will accurately identify ethical issues in business decisions and provide ethically sound business solutions. 80%
5. PRINCIPLED LEADERSHIP. 5-B. Students will learn to lead by example and motivate others to act. 80%

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

Success Targets

(min. 70%)
Example: Describe the evolution of emergency management. 80%
1. Identification and analysis of business problems: Students will be able to identify business problems facing organizations, use data to understand and clarify these problems, and analyze them in a systematic way. 80%
2. Applied innovative problem solving: Students will be able to apply data to business problems to derive innovative solutions that contribute to organizations reaching a defined goal. 80%
3. Business analytics methodologies and tools mastery: Students will learn and apply methods of contemporary business analytics and demonstrate proficiency in the use of current business analytics software tools. 80%
4. Integrative thinking: Students will be able to combine ideas from various perspectives and incorporate them into a coherent result that enhances managerial decision making. 80%
5. Effective collaboration and communication: Students will exhibit effective oral and/or written communication skills to be able to work together in a team and contribute toward a common objective. 80%

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

Success Targets

(min. 70%)
Example: Describe the evolution of emergency management. 80%
1. Prepare and deliver effective written and oral communication on supply chain problems and opportunities. 80%
2. Demonstrate an understanding and application of contemporary supply chain competencies to supply chain issues. 80%
3. Creatively apply available resources to derive alternatives to address supply chain challenges and recommend a course of action to solve supply chain problems. 80%
4. Demonstrate the ability to manage the supply chain operation and lead fellow supply chain professionals. 80%

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

Success Targets

(min. 70%)
Example: Describe the evolution of emergency management. 80%
1. Doctoral students through their core courses will have the necessary technical knowledge and research tools to pass their qualifying exams. 80%
2. Based on their technical knowledge and research tools, doctoral students will be able to develop a research topic that will lead to them being able to successfully defend their dissertation proposal. 80%
3. Through the support of their chair and committee, doctoral students will be able to transform their proposal into a complete research project and be able to successfully defend their research dissertation. 80%

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