Archived Assessment Report
| Program | Business Manager Certificate |
| Assessment Reporter | [email protected] |
| Theme | Practicing Community |
| Review Year | 2024-2025 - Midpoint Report |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Focus Area |
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| 1. Identify, analyze, and record business transactions to prepare financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. | Do students have the necessary skills to prepare GAAP-approved financial statements in a workplace setting? |
| 2. Apply general business and human resource management functions. | Do students have the skills necessary to apply general business and human resource management functions in a workplace setting? |
| 3. Describe the basic managerial processes including decision-making and other key skills necessary for managers to perform their roles. | Do students have ability to describe the basic managerial processes including decision-making and other key skills necessary for managers to perform their roles in a workplace setting? |
| 4. Prepare and review common accounting documents, such as bank reconciliations, employee payroll registers, and budget reports. | Do students have the necessary skills to prepare and review accounting documents in a workplace setting? |
| 5. Demonstrate ability to use governmental accounting including budgetary, appropriation, and encumbrance accounting. | Do students have the necessary skills to apply governmental accounting processes in a workplace setting? |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population or Courses Assessed | Hypothetical Analysis/Target |
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| 1. Identify, analyze, and record business transactions to prepare financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. | Common Final Exam | Acct 2110 | Students will average a 71% or higher exam score on the common Acct 2110 Final Exam. |
| 2. Apply general business and human resource management functions. | Final Competency | BUSA 2220 (CBE Format) | 80% of students will achieve 81% on all four competencies |
| 3. Describe the basic managerial processes including decision-making and other key skills necessary for managers to perform their roles. | Final Project | BUSA 2270 | Final Score on Employee Handbook Project - 80% of students will achieve 71% or better |
| 4. Prepare and review common accounting documents, such as bank reconciliations, employee payroll registers, and budget reports. | Common Final Exam, Bank Reconciliation problem | ACCT 2125 | 75% of students will receive a score of 75% or higher on the Bank Reconciliation problem on the Acct 2125 Final Exam. |
| 5. Demonstrate ability to use governmental accounting including budgetary, appropriation, and encumbrance accounting. | Comprehensive Government Accounting Problem (Appendix A) | ACCT 2250 | 75% of students will score 75% or higher on the Comprehensive Government Accounting Problem. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Results | Reflection on Focus Area | Intepretation of Results |
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| 1. Identify, analyze, and record business transactions to prepare financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. | ACCT 1210
80% of all students achieved 71% or higher on the final exam | Students evaluated and applied financial data for decision making in a community or within an business environment | Goal Met |
| 2. Apply general business and human resource management functions. | 74% of students achieved 81% or higher on all four competencies. | The results support the original focus area - human resource management. | Goal was not met. 100% of students achieved an 81% or better in the prior year. |
| 3. Describe the basic managerial processes including decision-making and other key skills necessary for managers to perform their roles. | Data unavailable. Course was not offered Spring 24. | Data unavailable. Course was not offered Spring 24. | Data unavailable. Course was not offered Spring 24. |
| 4. Prepare and review common accounting documents, such as bank reconciliations, employee payroll registers, and budget reports. | 81.25% of Acct 2125 students received a score of 75% or higher on the Bank Reconciliation problem on the Final Exam. The average grade on the Bank Reconciliation problem was 85.55%. Target was met. | Yes, the results support the focus question. | In comparison to prior year's assessment data, these results show a marked improvement. The target/goal was met in these results where it was not met in the prior year. |
| 5. Demonstrate ability to use governmental accounting including budgetary, appropriation, and encumbrance accounting. | Data in unavailable. Course was not offered in Spring 2024. | Data in unavailable. Course was not offered in Spring 2024. | Data in unavailable. Course was not offered in Spring 2024. |
| 1. Identify, analyze, and record business transactions to prepare financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. |
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| Describe the change that was implemented. | With this target met, ACCT 2110 faculty team will continue to monitor these results. |
| Type of Change | |
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | No change needed at this time. |
| What data motivated the change? | No change needed at this time. |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | No change needed at this time. |
| 2. Apply general business and human resource management functions. |
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| Describe the change that was implemented. | A more effective measurement system is being developed to better connect specific projects to specific outcomes, enhancing the value of the SAAC process for instructors and administrators. |
| Type of Change | |
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | Unknown at this time. The current assessment approach/tools are currently being reviewed. |
| What data motivated the change? | Spring 2024 Final Competency assignment grades. |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | The value of the SAAC process for both instructors and administrators will be enhanced. |
| 3. Describe the basic managerial processes including decision-making and other key skills necessary for managers to perform their roles. |
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| Describe the change that was implemented. | Update assessment tool to Principles of Management, MGMT 2110.
85% of all students achieve 71% or higher on the leadership quiz. |
| Type of Change | |
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | Yes. The change will require the assessment tool to change to the MGMT 2110 leadership quiz. |
| What data motivated the change? | There are only four students enrolled in the Fall 2024 BUSA 2270 course. There is a good possibility that it will not be offered again. |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | Data will be available by changing the assessment to a regularly offered course. |
| 4. Prepare and review common accounting documents, such as bank reconciliations, employee payroll registers, and budget reports. |
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| Describe the change that was implemented. | The Final Exam Review document was updated to direct students to End of Chapter exercises and prior exam questions that can be used a study tool for the final exam. |
| Type of Change | |
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | No |
| What data motivated the change? | In an examination of the Final Exam Review document, it was determined that it did not fully align with the Final Exam questions and content. |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | Students are directed to more relevant study resources that can be used to prepare for the Final Exam. |
| 5. Demonstrate ability to use governmental accounting including budgetary, appropriation, and encumbrance accounting. |
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| Describe the change that was implemented. | Since ACCT 2250 was not offered in Spring 2024, more data will need to be collected to determine the viability of this assessment as a measurement tool. |
| Type of Change | |
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | The answer to this question is unknown at this time. Once the Acct 2250 faculty team has more data, an informed decision can then be made. |
| What data motivated the change? | More data will need to be collected before an informed decision can be made to made a change to this assessment tool. |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | Based on the results of more data, the Acct 2250 faculty team can then determine what changes may need to be made. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population of Courses Assessed |
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| 1. Identify, analyze, and record business transactions to prepare financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. | Common Final Exam | ACCT 2110 |
| 2. Apply general business and human resource management functions. | Unknown at this time. The current assessment approach/tools are currently being reviewed. | BUSA 2220 |
| 3. Describe the basic managerial processes including decision-making and other key skills necessary for managers to perform their roles. | Unknown at this time. The current assessment approach/tools are currently being reviewed. | MGMT 2110 |
| 4. Prepare and review common accounting documents, such as bank reconciliations, employee payroll registers, and budget reports. | Common Final Exam, Bank Reconciliation problem | ACCT 2125 |
| 5. Demonstrate ability to use governmental accounting including budgetary, appropriation, and encumbrance accounting. | Comprehensive Government Accounting Problem (Appendix A) | ACCT 2250 |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Second
Round Results | Intepretation of Results,
Pre- and Post-Change | Follow up questions,
possible next steps |
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Describe any change in student achievement observed as part of this assessment process, and what led to those changes.
Describe long-term changes in the program(s) that the assessment process led to, and what motivated those changes?
What did you learn about the teaching and learning of "Practicing Community" in your programs?
Describe any external factors affecting the program or affecting assessment of the program.