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Siena Heights University 7. 8. Cognates may be double counted towards a Management minor and towards other Business and Management majors. The Management minor does not apply to students majoring in Business Administration. Program Learning Outcomes The business program prepares students for management positions in a wide variety of organizational settings. Business students will achieve the following competencies: Communication – the ability to express ideas – in writing, verbally and visually. Creativity – challenging the status quo by imagining new business models, processes and solutions. Analytical ability – the skill to effectively separate a complex problem into its component parts in order to identify solutions. Integrative thinking – the ability to detect interrelationships among component parts and assess their importance in creating solutions. Ethics — the ability to examine decisions in light of ethical and corporate social responsibility principles as well as their effects on stakeholders worldwide. The business learning outcomes are skills employers seek, and therefore cornerstones of the program. Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2016-2018 130