Indianapolis Undergraduate Business Learning Goals and Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
The Kelley School of Business has adopted and supports these Business Learning Goals and Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs). They are tailored and prioritized to the needs of business education and reflect the intellectual competence and cultural and ethical awareness that every Kelley School of Business graduate should attain.
Faculty members in each discipline have been charged with determining which of the goals and SLOs will be taught and assessed in each of their courses – and what graduates in that major will know and be able to do to illustrate competence in each of the areas addressed by them.
Instructors must distribute the Business Learning Goals and SLOs to students with descriptions of how the principles are enacted in the course as they apply to all undergraduate degree programs.
1a. Business Language (Maps to IU Indianapolis PLUS – Communicator 4: Conveys Ideas Effectively)
Students will prepare and deliver written and oral messages that effectively express ideas and facts to others. Students will prepare and deliver effective oral and written persuasive arguments.
- SLO 1a.1: Prepare and deliver both planned and impromptu oral presentations on selected business topics.
- SLO 1a.2: Critique, revise, and improve written and oral communication for both self and others.
- SLO 1a.3: Express business ideas in writing, taking message structure, audience, and content into consideration.
1b. Business Quantitative Skills (Maps to IU Indianapolis PLUS - Problem Solver 3: Analyses, Synthesizes, and Evaluates)
Students will perform quantitative analysis and use the results to make business decisions.
- SLO 1b.1: Identify the appropriate technique, tool, or concept needed to analyze and solve a business problem or make a business decision.
- SLO 1b.2: Apply a technique, tool, or concept to solve a business problem or make a business decision.
- SLO 1b.3: Interpret or evaluate the results of quantitative analysis to solve a business problem or make a business decision.
1c. Information & Business Resource Skills (Maps to IU Indianapolis PLUS – Innovator 2: Designs & Creates)
Students will analyze business problems, situations and opportunities by identifying and applying appropriate and relevant information.
- SLO 1c.1: Identify and use current technologies to transform raw information into usable formats that enable decision-making.
- SLO 1c.2: Use technological concepts and relevant computer programs to solve business problems.
- SLO 1c.3: Apply technological concepts to organize, streamline, or improve contemporary business events.
Students will arrive at reasoned conclusions and make informed decisions in assessing current and predicted business situations by applying course concepts learned across the curriculum.
- SLO 2.1: Identify and describe the problem, issue, or dilemma in a given business situation.
- SLO 2.2: Gather, analyze, and evaluate information relevant to solving the business problem, issue, or dilemma.
- SLO 2.3: Articulate possible solutions to the problem, dilemma, or issue, supporting each with data or analysis.
- SLO 2.4: Select and defend the best solution to the business problem, issue, or dilemma.
- SLO 2.5: Analyze business situations, problems, or issues from an international perspective
3. Professional Skills & Competencies (Maps to IU Indianapolis PLUS – Innovator 1: Investigates)
Students will apply substantial knowledge and understanding in their chosen major in the study of business.
- SLO 3.1: Explain how decisions in one business functional area affect other functional areas of business.
- SLO 3.2: Meet professional standards and demonstrate competence in important skills and knowledge in a chosen field of study.
Student will assimilate data from different sources, and use more than one business discipline to develop a model to solve a business problem.
- SLO 4.1: Define and analyze unstructured problems and ambiguous situations.
- SLO 4.2: Solve business problems requiring analysis and deductive reasoning.
- SLO 4.3: Explain the cross-functional implications of problems and situations.
- SLO 4.4: Propose solutions to problems and situations that include-cross-functional perspectives.
- SLO 4.5: Explain the impact of the global economy on business strategies and operations
Students will use their understanding of the importance of diverse worldviews and practices, cultural competencies, and sociocultural and socioeconomic factors to foster cooperation and teamwork.
- SLO 5.1: Identify the strengths and weaknesses of multiple viewpoints and incorporate multiple values in business decisions.
- SLO 5.2: Explain the dynamics of culture in work groups, teams, and organizations.
- SLO 5.3: Apply intercultural communication skills to communicate, solve problems, make decisions, and resolve conflict.
- SLO 5.4: Explain the dynamics of motivation in the business context.
- SLO 5.5: Identify and apply effective responses to different social norms and cultural practices in a global economy.
Students will make business decisions that seek to align their personal values and beliefs (integrity) and respond to the expectations of others, the organization, and society.
- SLO 6.1: Articulate the link between one's personal value system and those of others in business or society.
- SLO 6.2: Identify possible ethical problems or issues in a given business situation.
- SLO 6.3: Select and apply appropriate analytical frameworks of ethical thought and reasoning to a given ethical dilemma.
- SLO 6.4: Identify potential resolutions to ethical dilemmas and assess the impact on stakeholders
Updated 4/22
