Assessment : 2013 - 2014 : Educational Programs :
Business Administration MBA
1 Goal 3 Objectives 3 Indicators 3 Criteria 3 Findings 3 Actions
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GOAL: Leadership Development
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Objective
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Graduates of the MBA program should be able to distinguish relevant and non-relevant information regarding a business problem and develop a valid argument in support of a conclusion.
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Indicator
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Critical Thinking Writing Assignments
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Written assignments throughout the MBA courses will be assessed using a common rubric, with students receiving scores indicating below, meets, or exceeds standards on the ability to 1) distinguish relevant and non-relevant information, and 2) develop a valid argument in support of a conclusion.
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At least 85% of all MBA students should achieve a meets or exceeds standards score on both components of critical thinking.
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Critical Thinking Results
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Online MBA students (n=138): 80% scored meets or exceeds standards on component 1 of critical thinking, while 81% scored meets or exceeds standards on component 2 of critical thinking.
Face to face MBA students (n=99): 75% scored meets or exceeds standards on component 1 of critical thinking, while 78% scored meets or exceeds standards on component 2 of critical thinking.
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Actions for Objective:
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The Graduate Advisory Committee will continue to meet in Fall 2014 to study the assessment results from the past year. The committee will continue to refine the assessment process as needed to obtain information that will enhance student learning outcomes.
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GOAL: Leadership Development
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Objective
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Strategic Decision-making
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Graduates of the MBA program should be able to consider different strategic options using available evidence through the lens of organizational goals and generate applicable solutions for business problems.
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Indicator
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Strategic Decision-making Writing Assignments
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Written assignments throughout the MBA courses will be assessed using a common rubric, with students receiving scores of below, meets, or exceeds standards on their ability to 1) consider different strategic options using available evidence through the lens of organizational goals, and 2) generate applicable solutions for business problems.
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Strategic Decision-making Metric
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At least 85% of all MBA students should achieve a meets or exceeds standards score on both components of strategic decision-making.
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Strategic Decision-making Results
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Online MBA students (n = 20): 95% scored meets or exceeds standards on component 1 of strategic decision-making and 95% scored meets or exceeds standards on component 2 of strategic decision-making.
Face to face MBA students: No face to face students were assessed this year on this objective.
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Actions for Objective:
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The Graduate Advisory Committee will continue to meet in Fall 2014 to study the assessment results from the past year. The committee will continue to refine the assessment process as needed to obtain information that will enhance student learning outcomes.
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GOAL: Leadership Development
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Objective
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Graduates of the MBA program should be able to demonstrate language and content that suits the intended audience and organize content in a logical sequence.
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Indicator
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Communication Writing Assignments
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Written assignments throughout the MBA courses will be assessed using a common rubric, with students receiving scores of below, meets, or exceeds standards on their ability to 1) demonstrate language and content that suits the intended audience, and 2) organize content in a logical sequence.
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At least 85% of all MBA students should achieve a meets or exceeds standards score on both components of communication.
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Online MBA students (n=39): 80% scored meets or exceeds standards on component 1 of communication and 90% scored meets or exceeds standards on component 2 of communication.
Face to face MBA students (n=37): 67% scored meets or exceeds standards on component 1 of communication and 74% scored meets or exceeds standards on component 2 of communication.
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Actions for Objective:
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The Graduate Advisory Committee will continue to meet in Fall 2014 to study the assessment results from the past year. The committee will continue to refine the assessment process as needed to obtain information that will enhance student learning outcomes.
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Previous Cycle's "Plan for Continuous Improvement"
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We intend to gather data from a wider array of classes. To accomplish this we are studying the use of Blackboard's Assessment capabilities. By tagging questions with categorical labels we should be able to gather data on a broader spectrum of objectives.
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Update on Previous Cycle's "Plan for Continuous Improvement"
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The Graduate Advisory Committee met in Fall 2013 to redesign the MBA assessment process so that assessment of objectives could occur throughout the program rather than only at the end.
The rubrics reported on above were developed by the committee and were implemented in 17 MBA courses taught in Spring 2014.
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Plan for Continuous Improvement
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The Graduate Advisory Committee will continue to meet in Fall 2014 to study the assessment results from the past year. The committee will continue to refine the assessment process as needed to obtain information that will enhance student learning outcomes.
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