Strategic Priorities
At Smith School of Business our role is to develop the people, research, and insights that drive best business practices so organizations can thrive and benefit society.
Mission
To develop outstanding leaders with a global perspective and create new knowledge that advances business and society.
Vision
To be one of the world’s most innovative and influential business schools.
Priorities
- Offer rigorous and innovative academic programs that provide an exceptional experience. Train with the tools of today and create an aptitude and mindset for tomorrow.
- Encourage the development of world-class research and the integration of this research into both the classroom and the boardroom.
- Support each other and our community as we obtain these goals.
Values
- Truth – We stand for truth, integrity, creativity, and the power of the mind to understand problems and find solutions.
- Responsibility – We accept our responsibility to build a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and anti-racist community for our people, to indigenize and decolonize the academy, and in all that we do, to observe the interests of the planet and the life it sustains.
- Respect – We believe in collegiality, civility, generosity, trust, equity, inclusion, and respect for all, and in the relevance and potential of all the disciplines and professions, especially in their intersections and synergies.
- Freedom – We uphold the principles of academic freedom and defend university autonomy.
- Wellbeing – We nurture the health, safety, and wellbeing of our people and community.