Illinois State University
College of Business
(Adopted March 20, 2009, by College Of Business Coordinating Team)
Mission: The mission of the College of Business is to enhance lives, advance organizations, and strengthen society through our teaching, research and service. In order to accomplish this mission
Core Values: We value balanced excellence in the classroom, in research and intellectual contributions, and in service to our institution, our disciplines, and to the local, state, national and international communities.
Mission and Planning Linkage: This statement of the Mission and Core Values of the College of Business is expressed through the three pre-eminent goals of the College Of Business at Illinois State University. These goals, anchored in our Mission and the values inherent in balanced excellence, will be implemented through an annual strategic planning review that involves all constituents of the College of Business community.
Professionalism and High Ethical Standards:
An important set of core values underlying balanced excellence are professionalism and high ethical standards, as embodied in our Standards of Professional Behavior and Ethical Standards. As a community of scholars and business professionals, we strive to embody the characteristics of responsibility, honesty, trust, respect, and fairness in our professional and personal lives.
Excellence in Instruction and Enhanced Student Learning:
A key component of our core values is excellence in instruction and the resultant enhanced student learning that takes place. We endeavor to be the first choice college of business among public universities in Illinois for high-achieving, motivated students who seek an individualized educational experience with the resources of a large university. The College of Business supports the Illinois State University tradition of excellence in teaching. We attempt to provide a holistic approach to learning, relying on excellent classroom teaching but reaching beyond to provide mechanisms for students to engage faculty, industry and each other through experiential learning and individualized attention.
Knowledge Creation:
Another important key component of our core values is a dedication to knowledge creation. Intellectual contributions and the intellectual discipline required of high quality scholarship are directly related to excellence in the classroom and in our service activities. Most of the efforts of the faculty will fall in the area of discipline-based scholarship as currently defined, but we also value intellectual contributions in the areas of interdisciplinary research, learning and pedagogy, and contributions to practice.
Citizenship and Service:
A final component of our core values is a commitment to citizenship in and service to our institution, state, and nation. Our commitment to a dynamic global business environment demands that we take an active role, both as individuals and as a college of business, in the institutional and public processes related to our disciplines. We operate in an environment of shared government and we commit ourselves to an active role in campus share government processes.
Three pre-eminent goals of the College Of Business at Illinois State University
Goal I. To develop professionals who can provide leadership and contribute to business and society;
Goal II. To be a demographically and intellectually diverse community promoting excellence; and
Goal III. To enhance positive recognition of the College. of the College of Business at Illinois State University. These goals, anchored in our Mission and the values inherent in balanced excellence, will be implemented through an annual strategic planning review that involves all constituents of the College of Business community.
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