MBA Student Learning Outcomes

Leadership: Rockhurst MBA graduates demonstrate the pursuit of personal and organizational excellence while helping others develop to their full potential.

Student Learning Outcomes:

1. Apply leadership theory and organizational behavior to organizational contexts and make suggestions for improved organizational effectiveness 

Ethical Behavior & Social Responsibility: Rockhurst MBA graduates demonstrate a stakeholder orientation and practice ethical and socially responsible decision making.

Student Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify and analyze ethical or corporate social responsibility issues in a case or situation. Analysis includes characterization of the issue and an analysis of the stakeholders involved. 
2. Recommend and explain organizational and leadership actions that effectively address corporate social responsibility and individual business ethics issues.

Critical & Creative Thinking: Rockhurst MBA graduates identify issues, develop alternatives solutions using appropriate analytical techniques, draw conclusions, and make recommendations. 

Student Learning Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate depth and breadth of inquiry and analysis in understanding a business problem through the application of appropriate analytical techniques.

2. Demonstrate curiosity, optimism, imagination, and the suspension of judgement in drawing conclusions and making recommendations on how to address a business problem.

Interpersonal/Communication Skills: Rockhurst MBA graduates are effective communicators who possess interpersonal skills needed to promote collaboration and success within organizations. 

Student Learning Outcomes:

1. Effectively communicate ideas, problems, and data through written and oral communication.

2. Analyze the interpersonal and collaboration skills needed to contribute to organizational success.

Business Skills & Knowledge: Rockhurst MBA graduates integrate disciplinary knowledge to effectively lead and manage organizations. 

Student Learning Outcomes:

1. Integrate and apply foundational business knowledge across multiple business disciplines to effectively lead and manage organizations.  This integration includes areas such as management, marketing, communication, business intelligence, economics, as well as accounting and finance.

International/Cultural Understanding: Rockhurst MBA graduates appreciate and understand the value of diverse perspectives in business decision making and organizations. 

Student Learning Outcomes:

1. Analyze the dynamic business environment that drives globalization and the cultural context(s) in which business decisions are made. Make recommendations on how they affect multinational businesses on aspects such as potential emerging markets, cross cultural management issues, institutional (risk) factors, currency fluctuations, and strategic business entry and exit strategies.

For more information about the suite of graduate business programs from Helzberg, please click here: School of Management Programs.