DHILLON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 2 0 2 1 - 2 0 2 6 S T R AT E G I C P L A N
MISSION Developing Responsible, Effective, and Creative Leaders And Business Professionals for Life
VISION
Advancing and Integrating Management Knowledge and P r a c t i c e To w a r d s a M o r e Prosperous, Inclusive, and Sustainable Society
C O R E VA L U E S
Mokakit – Practice wisdom, apply your knowledge
Kanaitsowapii - Beauty, balance, harmony Kanowaanapii - Everything that is new Kanitapiiwahsini - Coming together as a whole
Manistaihtsiiisini - Harmonious continuity
Sao'ohkoomaimohsini - Achievement Inakootsiiyssini – Respect The University of Lethbridge is located in traditional Blackfoot Confederacy territory. Our University’s Blackfoot name is Iniskim, meaning Sacred Buffalo Stone. We honour the Blackfoot people and their traditional ways of knowing in caring for this land, as well as all Aboriginal peoples who have helped shape and continue to strengthen our University community. In the spirit of reconciliation and in respect for being on traditional Blackfoot lands, the Dhillon School of Business includes Blackfoot words and translations used to describe our core values.
C R E AT I V E
I N N O V AT I O N
EFFECTIVE
INCLUSIVE
S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y
PROFESSIONALS
RESPONSIBLE
PRACTICE
The School’s revised mission, vision and values are intended to expand the DSB traditions of innovation, integration, internationalization, engagement and discovery. We have continued our work in indigenization, and developing a shared understanding of the importance of reconciliation in creating the leaders and professionals of tomorrow. During a year-long consultative process, the School assessed the strategic initiatives of our previous strategic plan and created a more focused plan with priorities reflecting the revised mission, vision and values.
The School's revised mission-driven strategic initiatives will guide the School in emphasizing engagement, innovation and impact. For example, initiative one advances the School's aspiration to improve equity, diversity and inclusion across the current curriculum and immerse these principles in any new programming. When fully achieved, this initiative will have added a rich dimension of diversity to our curriculum, engaged disadvantaged communities, and reduced barriers for underrepresented populations.
DUAL CAMPUS, 10 MAJORS, ONE SCHOOL
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Evolve existing curricula and create new programs to support strategic directions
• Goal 1: Increase curricular content related to innovation, inclusion, insightful leadership and sustainable business practices
• Goal 2: Develop flexible and supportive learner pathways to meet the needs of diverse student demographic profiles: high school, mature, Indigenous and international students
• Goal 3: Review all program admission requirements to remove barriers to acceptance of capable candidates
Integrate experiential learning and professional development opportunities throughout the curriculum in the DSB
• Goal 1: Increase experiential opportunities for students
• Goal 2: Optimize professional development opportunities for students
“I recognized that I’m going to graduate soon and with COVID and the economy being so uncertain, I needed to gain that experience to look attractive on my resume…I wanted to really learn and develop my career as a professional”—Lionel Migrino, (BMgt ’22) CEWIL Student of the Year
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Increase student enrolments on both Calgary and Lethbridge Campuses
• Goal 1: Increase brand awareness • Goal 2: Improve student recruitment
Advance research and increase community engagement in areas related to our values and strategic importance.
• Goal 1: Increase scholarship in the areas of innovation, inclusion, insightful leadership, and sustainable business practices.
• Goal 2: Increase community involvement in our research areas of innovation, inclusion, insightful leadership, and sustainable business practices.
• Goal 3: Encourage reporting of societal impact activities by all members of the School.
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Strengthen organizational sustainability and Scaleability
• Goal 1: Optimize course offerings • Goal 2: Improve DSB Internal Processes • Goal 3: Improve workload equity • Goal 4: Enable faculty to more effectively meet teaching, research, and service responsibilities
• Goal 5: Acquire additional resources to support curriculum and teaching
S T R AT E G I C P L A N T I M E L I N E
Develop flexible entry and exit options for students
Increase awareness of DSB research Expand partnerships with business communities
2022
2023 Expand EDI training opportunities
BANA Business Analytics introduced at graduate level
Build Sustainability curricular content
Include more curricular content related to Innovation
2024 Expand experiential opportunities for students Expansion of hyflex classrooms
2025
Increase curricular content related to inclusion
2026
Integrate Indigenous content
One of our objectives is to focus new programming on business practices that support sustainability and address climate change in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
The Dhillon School of Business was an early adopter of corporate social responsibility. The foundational education around these systemic corporate values has been intrinsic to my leadership style, growth and development.” Angela Thompson (BMgt '12), Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 and Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women recipient
Use the QR code below to see progress on our strategic initiatives
https://qrco.de/DSBPlan
https://www.ulethbridge.ca/dhillon