Lutgert College of Business

AACSB Accredited
Our Mission

Mission

The Florida Gulf Coast University Lutgert College of Business is dedicated to providing technologically progressive educational programs and services designed to enhance the skills and competencies of university students and working professionals in the five-county region of Southwest Florida. We achieve this through a variety of flexible partnerships, programs, and scholarship within a 'second circle' international partnership model that bridges the university and the domestic and international community in a technologically advanced and rapidly changing global economy.

Vision

The Lutgert College of Business will help set new standards of excellence with its academic programs, faculty accomplishments, and student success, while continuously reflecting the dynamic environment of modern business opportunities. The college's model of partnership with its external business constituents will be a national benchmark that will constantly bring powerful new knowledge into our undergraduate and graduate learning. The college will be an international leader in innovative ways of integrating technology and global awareness into the business education experience.

Goals

The following goals give direction to the College's mission, and recognize that scholarship and service support is the primary focus on teaching and learning.

Undergraduate Program Goals
Goal 1: Ensure graduates attain competency in the following core areas:

  • Technological proficiency: Graduates will be able to use technology to facilitate life-long learning and professional development and to add value to clients, customers, and employers.
  • Communication skills: Graduates will be able to give and exchange information within meaningful contexts and with appropriate delivery and interpersonal skills.
  • Teamwork and interpersonal skills: Graduates will be able to work with others in diverse and cross-functional environments and to both follow and to lead as the need arises.
  • Systems orientation: Graduates will understand the inter-related nature of the various functional areas of business and the information needs and flows of the various parts of an organization. They will also be able to function within systems that are constantly adapting to changes in the internal and external environments.
  • Creative and analytical thinking: Graduates will be able to link data, knowledge, and insight together in order to make quality strategic decisions on a timely basis.
  • Appreciation of the diverse environment of business: Graduates will have a broad perspective of the diverse demographics and environment of business. They will understand the issues and challenges encountered by profit and not-for-profit entities, entrepreneurial enterprises, and businesses functioning in a global economic environment.
  • Ethical framework: Graduates will be aware of their general ethical responsibilities to clients, customers, employers, and the environment, as well as the specific ethical standards of their profession

Goal 2: Create and foster academic programs and business partnerships that are regionally responsive to the economic development needs of Southwest Florida and strengthened through state, national and global outreach.

Goal 3: Encourage faculty to engage in a wide array of scholarship, including applied scholarship that contributes to the economic development of Southwest Florida.

Goal 4: Actively practice assessment and continuous improvement leading to high quality programs and methods of instruction.

Graduate Program Goals
Goal 1: Ensure graduates attain competency in the following core areas:

  • Technological proficiency: Graduates will be able to use technology to facilitate life-long learning, to enhance leadership development and to add value to stakeholders, customers, and employers.
  • Communication skills: In their leadership positions, graduates will be able to give and exchange information within meaningful contexts and with appropriate delivery and interpersonal skills.
  • Teamwork and interpersonal skills: Graduates will be able to work with others in diverse and cross-functional environments and to lead as the need arises.
  • Systems orientation: Graduates will understand the inter-related nature of the various functional areas of organizations and the information needs and flows of organizations. They will also be able to lead and to adapt to changes in the internal and external environments.
  • Creative and analytical thinking: Graduates will be able to link data, knowledge, and insight to make quality strategic decisions on a timely basis.
  • Appreciation of the diverse environment of business: Graduates will have a global perspective of the diverse demographics and environment of organizations. They will understand the issues and challenges encountered by profit and not-for-profit entities, and entrepreneurial enterprises.
  • Ethical framework: In their leadership roles, graduates will understand that organizations operate within a global environment with a responsibility to their stakeholders to consider the organizations' impact on legal, ethical, social, and environmental issues.

Goal 2: Create and foster academic programs and business partnerships that are regionally responsive to the economic development needs of Southwest Florida and strengthened through state, national, and global outreach where appropriate.

Goal 3: Encourage faculty to engage in a wide array of scholarship, including applied scholarship that contributes to the economic development of Southwest Florida.

Goal 4: Actively practice assessment and continuous improvement leading to high quality programs and methods of instruction.