For the Master in Business Administration:
-Accounting and Finance
-Finance
-Marketing
-Management
-Operations Management
-Project Management
-Health Care Management
-Human Resource Management
-Organizational Psychology and Development
-International Business

To provide students with a holistic view of technology and of the management skills necessary to effectively lead a global organization in the 21st century. Students should be able to demonstrate knowledge in Marketing, Finance, Leadership, Ethics, and Economics. This demonstration of acquired knowledge will be evidenced by the successful completion of the capstone course (MGT680), in which the student will complete a research project involving the strategic analysis of a multinational, public company.

Upon completion of the MBA program, the student should be able to:
1. Adapt and innovate to solve problems
2. Analyze various leader, follower, cultural, and situational characteristics that contribute to leadership, and adapt to the needs of situations, employees, and co-workers
3. Apply quantitative reasoning and analysis to business and management problems using knowledge of mathematics, statistics, finance, and economics.
4. Develop plans to improve business operations.
5. Apply principles of quantitative and qualitative research to business cases, and evaluate the quality of research presented based on these principles.
6. Use knowledge of economic concepts, principles, and theory to critically analyze and evaluate economic problems and opportunities.
7. Use critical thinking skills, including deriving the issue, understanding argument reasoning and developing conclusions.
8. Discuss the opportunities provided by technology for businesses.
9. Recognize and manage potential ethical and legal conflicts.
10. Communicate effectively in business situations.

AIU has developed a unique assessment process to assess the quality of student work in four major areas throughout our program. Every class has one common assignment that is used to rate each student's abilities in Business Program Content, Effective Communication, Critical Analysis, and Research and Information Literacy. These criteria are linked to course, program, and institutional level learning outcomes. The data from these assessments are used to gauge the progress of learning within our program.

Business Program Content: This assessment measures the mastery of appropriate, relevant, and innovative content in the fields of functional areas that include, where applicable: Leadership, management, innovation and teambuilding, operations and marketing, finance, economics, qualitiative and quantitative tools, technology and internet, ethical and legal issues, and international issues.

Effective communication: This assessment measures the mastery of appropriate approach and purpose, organization, style, grammar, mechanics, format, presentation and delivery (where applicable).

Critical Analysis: This assessment measures the mastery of the ability to analyze assumptions and evaluate evidence, complexities of issues, and alternatives and to use creativity and originality in problem solving.

Information Literacy and Research: This assessment measures the mastery of the ability to select and use high quality, credible, and relevant sources to support the ideas that are appropriate for research papers, cited under required documentation (APA).

The results shown below reflect student achievement for all courses within the Master degree of Business Administration (MBA). The figures represent the percentage of students who received above average (exemplary or accomplished) ratings for rubric criteria. The results are for the second quarter of 2010, with a total of 75 students in 3 course sections.

Program Content = 79%
Effective Communication = 79%
Critical and Creative Thinking and Problem Solving = 73%
Information Literacy and Research = 73%

Not Applicable