SUU - School of Business: Mission and Goals

Mission Statement

The School of Business is a vital part of Southern Utah University; a mid-sized, selective, comprehensive, residential institution. In harmony with the mission of the University, the School of Business views teaching and the enhancement of student learning as its primary mission. Complementary to this mission are our obligations to make intellectual contributions to our colleagues, the region, and our academic disciplines. We further succeed by serving the university and the region.

Excellent undergraduate teaching is our top priority. We also invest our resources in small, high-quality graduate programs as a service to our region. Faculty members who are prepared, well-versed in their fields, and able to communicate with students are our most important assets. We facilitate learning and growth by emphasizing small classes with individual attention, and a collegial atmosphere with frequent opportunities for student-faculty interaction. Our faculty members work together to provide students with challenging learning experiences that combine business theory and practice and enable them to become thoughtful and effective practitioners.

School of Business actively seeks to attract, reward, and retain faculty who are able to make significant intellectual contributions to their disciplines.

The service we offer to Southern Utah University, our disciplines, and the business community in southern Utah (primarily Iron, Garfield, and Beaver counties) is also fundamental to our mission. We view as our external stakeholders: current and future employers, alumni, and small businesses in our region. We also desire to involve students in providing service to the region whenever feasible to provide important learning opportunities and create linkages between students, the school, and external stakeholders.

Goals & Objectives

We will produce graduates at the Baccalaureate level who:

Effectively use information systems and technologies,
Have basic knowledge of the major functional areas of business,
Write with clarity, and use proper form and organization,
Have effective verbal presentation and communication skills,
Understand the ethical roles of business within society,
Possess sufficient qualitative and quantitative tools to perform quality business analyses,
Understand the principles and dynamic nature of markets,
Understand the roles of government with respect to business and markets,
Have basic knowledge of how to manage the resources of the organization to achieve its goals and objectives.

We will produce graduates at the Master's level who:

Have greater depth of development in each objective listed for our baccalaureate graduates,
Synthesize and extend compartmentalized knowledge,
Possess high level of analytical capability to facilitate decision making in the most complex environments,
Possess the strategic thinking skills necessary to provide vision and mission to their organization,
Perceive mission-appropriate opportunities within a dynamic environment, and effectively manage the resources of the organization to capture their benefits.

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