Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business Learning Goals

Graduates of the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business will achieve the following learning goals:

1.  Understand the legal, ethical, organizational and historical aspects of business;
2. Demonstrate accounting literacy and financial analysis;
3. Understand group dynamics, systems thinking, and business strategy;
4. Understand economic systems and the role of business within the domestic and international economies;
5. Understand the role of marketing within the organziation and society.

Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business Skills

1. Computer literacy—applying software tools to business problems, and using databases and library resources to find and evaluate relevant information;
2. Communication—clear and succinct oral, visual, and written;
3. Ethical literacy—ability to identify, discern, and understand the social responsibility of business organizations;
4. Quantitative literacy—ability to apply mathematical techniques to business decisions and to present results in tables, graphs, and words; to use and apply statistical techniques and to interpret empirical results;
5. Interpersonal/team skills—ability to work with and through people to accomplish goals.