Direct Measures
The Major Field Test program is an innovative battery of undergraduate outcomes tests used by schools and departments at more than 600 colleges and universities globally to measure student academic achievement and growth. The scores of this test allow for detailed curriculum review and evaluation. The Major Field Test is an objective, end-of-program test. The content specifications for the Major Field Test reflect the basic knowledge and understanding gained in the undergraduate curriculum. In addition to factual knowledge, the test evaluates students' ability to analyze and solve problems, understand relationships and interpret material. It contains questions that call for information as well as questions that require interpretation of graphics, diagrams, and charts based on material related to the field.
The Major Field Test is constructed by committees of faculty experts in each subject area who review and revise content specifications and update and prepare questions. Selected experts in appropriate subject matter areas at Educational Testing Service review and analyze the specifications, questions, and assembled tests before the tests are made available for use. Statistical properties of each questions, such as difficulty level and degree of correlation with the total score, are on record or are computed when new or revised test forms are first administered to help ensure that each question contributes meaningfully to the test results. The aim of the test is to provide an instrument that measures the subject matter and skills a student should gain from his/her undergraduate study.
All business majors complete this test as part of the requirements for successful completion of BMGT 495. The test is administered during Final Week. After the test has been scored, the results are returned to the College and distributed to the departments. These results are then used for curriculum assessment and change.
Objective
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Participants
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Evaluators
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knowledge: 1
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all majors
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external experts
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All business majors complete this course during their senior year at UNK, therefore they participate in the assessment process as part of this course. Students in this course complete the following items gathered and used for assessment purposes:
- The Major Field Test-discussed above in #1. This examination is given during final week and completion of the examination is a requirement of the course.
- Oral presentations-Students in BMGT 495 are assigned analyses of organizations that they assess and present in groups of three to five students. The knowledge that students have gained from past courses is integrated into the presentations. The presentations also include the use of technology-PowerPoint presentations.
At the designated time in the semester, tapes involving an appropriate random sample of the students enrolled in the course during the given semester will be selected and evaluated by an interdisciplinary faculty panel comprised of faculty not involved in teaching BMGT 495.
Faculty on this panel will be rotated so that faculty who do not teach the course are involved in the evaluation process. The faculty will jointly determine the standards for the qualifications of "exemplary," "good," "satisfactory," and "needs improvement" using Assessment Rubric Oral Assignments. Students will be evaluated on the following criteria:
- Organization of the presentation
- Analysis of the data
- Speaking conventions
- Technology capabilities
- Discipline knowledge
- Integration of functional areas
- Critical thinking
- Ability to work in groups
- Written business papers. Students completing BMGT 495 will also be assigned and required to complete written business papers analyzing business situations. An appropriate random sample of these papers will be copied prior to grading by the instructor and stored until the faculty panel meets to assess them.
An interdisciplinary faculty panel comprised of faculty not involved in teaching BMGT 495 will be rotated from semester to semester so that faculty who do not teach the course are involved in the evaluation process. The faculty will jointly determine the standards for the qualification of "exemplary," "good," " satisfactory," and "needs improvement" using Assessment Rubric Written Communication. Papers will be evaluated on the following criteria:
- Content
- Organization
- Data analysis
- Grammar, punctuation, word choice
- Integration of functional areas
- Critical thinking
- Knowledge of the field
- Appearance
The following courses capture all management majors. BMGT 485-Seminar in Human Resource Management is offered in the spring semester and BMGT 490-Seminar in Organizational Behavior is offered in the fall semester. Therefore, all management majors take one or the other of these courses as required by the students' major.
- BMGT 485-Seminar in Human Resource Management. BMGT 485 requires students to write papers that analyze and interpret relevant research. Students utilize critical thinking by asking questions and developing their own research questions. Additionally, students work in groups studying four to five focused topics, interacting, and sharing their ideas. Appropriate random samples will be collected for assessment by a faculty panel composed of management faculty not involved in teaching the class.
- BMGT 490-Seminar in Organizational Behavior. Student groups (two to three students) are required to critically analyze and orally report on two to three readings/articles by answering specific questions prepared by the instructor. Class members are required to prepare a series of five to ten content points related to each article. Content points are defined as points of significance requiring discussion and analysis. The student groups present their analyses orally using PowerPoint technology. The presenters and the class are also asked to integrate current issues, prior scholarly knowledge, and their personal experiences with the assigned readings/articles. Appropriate random samples of presentations will be assessed by a panel of management faculty that are not involved in teaching the class.
Indirect Measure
The College of Business and Technology has adopted an external survey offered by Educational Benchmarketing, Inc. Spring of 2006 was the first time the online survey was given. Students are encouraged, but not required, to participate.
Objective
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Participants
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Evaluators
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knowledge: 1
skill: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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seniors
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External education professionals
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Reporting and Using the Results
For each assessment tool, the designated group will prepare a report for the Management Department. The department members will discuss these results in a meeting and may then recommend changes or additions to the cirriculum.
Previous Plan, Replaced Spring 2007