| A. Improvements Related to Vision
Statement |
| In the 1994-95 Self-Analysis,
three major goals in the undergraduate Vision Statement were identified: |
| |
| 1.
integrating lessons from
the barracks leadership laboratory into classroom instruction, |
| 2. creating
participatory classrooms which better reflect the realities of
the work place, and |
| 3. developing a comprehensive
four-year program of job-market preparation which we call coaching
the career. |
| |
| Highlights of the success in
integrating the leadership lab include these changes: |
| Management and Law courses now use
examples from the Corps of Cadets to |
| illustrate concepts such as
ethical issues, organizational structure, delegation, |
| responsibility
and authority, and diversity which are covered in classes. |
| |
| Nine of the faculty have volunteered
to serve as either Company Academic |
| Advisors or Barracks
Officers-in-Charge (OC) in order to spend time in the cadet |
| barracks
interacting with cadets and gaining first-hand knowledge of their
daily |
| routines and procedures. These experiences also provide
opportunities for |
|
gathering material to use in writing case studies
for use in the classrooms. |
| |
| Cases have been developed based upon
actual barracks experiences reported by |
|
students or observed by
faculty first-hand while serving as Company |
| Academic Advisors or
Barracks OC's. |
| |
| Exam questions, out-of-class
assignments, and other projects based upon |
| the cadet experience are
interspersed with more traditional business |
| environment assignments
and projects in Management and Law courses. |
| |
| Tremendous progress has also been
made in creating participatory classrooms. |
| One hundred percent of the
department faculty now use some form of interaction |
| between the professor and
students in the classroom as a teaching technique. |
| |
| The vision's third theme was coaching the
career. Since 1996, we have: |
| hired two full-time
Executives-in-Residence who are former CEO's of |
| major companies, |
| |
| initiated the Krause Foundation
Business Plan Competition which has teams of |
| cadets developing plans
for new entrepreneurial businesses (In what will now |
| be an annual
event, teams composed solely of Citadel students compete for a |
| first
prize of $20,000 and a second prize of $10,000), |
| |
| created two new elective courses, Professional
Selling and |
| Business Presentations, and |
| |
| created an Executive Speakers Bureau
comprised of retired upper-level corporate |
| managers who live at
Seabrook Island Resort just outside of Charleston. |
| |
| B. Improvements Related to
Assessment Results |
| Assessment data from surveys of
alumni, graduating seniors, and recruiters who hire our graduates identified
some specific parts of the program which needed attention. Paying attention to
these results, several steps have been taken to give students more exposure to
the international aspects of business, made a concerted effort to improve the
quality of the department's faculty advising, and changed Communication in
Business from an elective course to a required course. The ratings in all of
these areas have increased significantly on three types of surveys since the
implementation of the changes. |
| |
| C. Total Revision of the MBA
Curriculum |
| The department faculty looked at the
education needs of a number of constituent groups in the Lowcountry. Surveys of
the Department's Advisory Board, current MBA students, entering MBA students,
individuals contemplating entering an MBA program, and members of the Chamber of
Commerce were conducted. A task force of faculty members spent several weeks
researching curriculum innovations in other leading MBA programs around the
country. After much debate and discussion, a major change in the MBA curriculum
was introduced in response to the changing needs of the business world in the
Lowcountry and the global marketplace. The new curriculum is tailored to better
meet the demands of today's MBA student, whether that student is a recent
graduate with a degree in business or a returning older worker with a different
degree earned years ago who sees his/her prospects changing. The Department
developed a curriculum which enables us to prepare individuals of these
divergent backgrounds to graduate well prepared to meet the challenges of
today's business environment. |
| |
| The Citadel has received a draft
report on the Business Program review from Dean Jo Ann Jones, Dean of the J.
Whitney Bunting School of Business at Georgia College and State University. The
Citadel offered a few comments on that draft report but found no errors in fact.
A final report has not been received, but Dean Jones offered the following
summary statement in her draft report: |
| |
| "My visit to The Citadel
was truly an enjoyable experience. The administration of the College was
very helpful and gracious. The meetings with the students and faculty
were informative and congenial. The Department of Business at The
Citadel demonstrates overall high quality in its programs. The Chair of
the Department provides effective leadership for the Department and is
knowledgeable and committed to the continuous improvement of the
program. The mission of the Department contributes significantly to the
unique mission of the College. Processes are in place for the continuous
review and improvements of the curriculum. The Department has a strong
enthusiastic faculty and provides opportunities for continued faculty
development. Sufficient library and technology support is available to
support the instructional needs of the program. Special programs of the
Department that merit special recognition for their quality and
originality include: |
| 1. The Krause Foundation
Business Plan Competition |
| 2. the two executives in
residence |
| 3. the linkages of the
barracks program in leadership to the classroom |
| 4. the Executives Speakers
Bureau |
| 5. Participatory Classrooms |
| |
| Opportunities for continuous improvement include: |
| 1. continued support for
faculty development |
| 2. increased participation of
students in travel abroad activities |
| 3. continued efforts to
increase the number of women and minorities in the student body and in
the faculty |
| 4. increase in the amount of
multi-media equipment available in the classrooms for instruction |
| 5. assessment of the new MBA
curriculum |
| 6. more frequent meetings
with the business advisory committee for strategic planning purposes |
| 7. consider creating a
student advisory committee to meet with the Department Chair |
| |
| Recommended status of
programs: |
| BSBA - Approval |
| MBA - Approval |
| |
| The Citadel will address each of the
recommendations provided by Dean Jones. Two fully-equipped multimedia systems on
carts have already been purchased for the Department of Business Administration.
These systems include a computer and projector. |
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