Mission of the
College of Business Administration

Vision

 The College of Business Administration at Missouri State University seeks to be recognized as one the leading Colleges of Business in the state of Missouri and in the Midwest Region of the United States.

Mission

The College of Business Administration is committed to effectively developing educated persons in the business disciplines with a broad understanding of public affairs.  This will be accomplished by providing students, primarily from Missouri, with knowledge, skills and values to succeed and adapt in a global economy, by encouraging faculty to focus on applied intellectual contributions and convey the results to the wider academic and business community, and by building effective partnerships with global institutions, industry, the public and our colleagues.

 Shared Values and Guiding Principles

       We value ethical behavior

We believe in consistently practicing honesty and professional ethics in all aspects of the work we do.  We believe it is extremely important to promote ethical behavior in our students, faculty, administrators and staff.

      We value our students

We believe in providing a high quality educational environment that facilitates learning through students’ interactions with faculty, staff and administrators.  We believe it is important to instill a commitment to lifelong learning in our students.

      We value our faculty, staff and administrators

We believe in nurturing and supporting a collegial environment for faculty, staff and administrators that is supportive of our individual and collective educational efforts.  While we recognize, support and applaud differing viewpoints, we strive to maintain a decision-making process that considers alternative views before decisions are made.

      We value our research endeavors

We believe our scholarship should be directed at discovery of new ideas and applying knowledge to support improvement in business.

      We value our community and our region

We believe in developing programs that support our community and region.  As the largest College of Business Administration in the region and as a state-supported institution, we strive to provide organizations with serious, well-prepared students to make available various support functions to help businesses to be more successful in their dynamic environments.

      We value continuous improvement

We believe in individual and collective efforts that support the College mission; we will strive for continuous improvement.  By committing to continuous improvement over time, we will take areas that need attention and ultimately make them strengths, and take existing strengths and further increase the College’s points of differential advantage.