Using Educational Outcomes and Student Portfolios to Steer Management Education

Abstract

In response to numerous external pressures, business schools today are struggling to enact and evaluate educational outcomes to help establish both validity and accountability. This article describes the process used by a management department to create an outcomes document that serves as a student guide for skills development. Student portfolios are now a required part of the curriculum to measure the attainment of knowledge, skills, and abilities. The article concludes by discussing the ramifications of these processes (for curriculum, students, and faculty) as well as articulating the lessons learned from this process, which may serve to guide other institutions.