Ross Mission in Action

Mission in
Action

Building a Better
World Through Business

Our Outcomes

GRADUATES who are analytical, action-oriented, collaborative, inclusive leaders who thrive in a globally interconnected world 

Addressing foundational business ideas and the grand challenges of the day through TRANSFORMATIONAL RESEARCH 

Global business leaders see us as a PREMIER SOURCE of talent, knowledge, inspiration, and connection

Essential
Foundations

Place where everyone can do their best work, continual learning orientation, financial sustainability, UM values

DIFFERENTIATING MECHANISMS:

LEADERS
& BEST
highest aspirations for Ross and ourselves

ROLL UP OUR
SLEEVES
bias towards action,
action-based learning

MAKE AN
IMPORTANT IMPACT
academic, economic
or social

“GO BLUE” PRIDE
AND AFFILIATION
inclusive learning and work community, accomplishment and breadth of alumni/
friends network

Priorities

  1. An exceptional student learning experience on teams/ collaboration, including cross-campus opportunities
  2. Refine and share ABL learning objectives, consistent with the wider action-oriented framing. Clear thought leadership in ABL across all b-schools
  3. Promote teaching excellence and innovation including determining how to integrate global experiences, DEI, sustainability, ethic, into curriculum or co-curriculars
  4. DEI 2.0
  1. Research acceleration initiatives
  2. Make research more visible internally and externally
  3. Stake out positions on grand challenges that are relevant, timely and effective for stakeholders; bring together and engage academics (across disciplines where appropriate), practitioners, other experts
  1. Brand enhancing initiatives
  2. Assess, identify and leverage specific global locations / markets for targeted engagement
  3. Strategically targeted executive education engagements
  4. Amplify success of Ross alumni
  5. Improve Financial Times MBA rankings

GRADUATES who are analytical, action-oriented, collaborative, inclusive leaders who thrive in a globally interconnected world 

Priorities

  1. An exceptional student learning experience on teams/ collaboration, including cross-campus opportunities
  2. Refine and share ABL learning objectives, consistent with the wider action-oriented framing. Clear thought leadership in ABL across all b-schools
  3. Promote teaching excellence and innovation including determining how to integrate global experiences, DEI, sustainability, ethic, into curriculum or co-curriculars
  4. DEI 2.0

Addressing foundational business ideas and the grand challenges of the day through TRANSFORMATIONAL RESEARCH 

Priorities

  1. Research acceleration initiatives
  2. Make research more visible internally and externally
  3. Stake out positions on grand challenges that are relevant, timely and effective for stakeholders; bring together and engage academics (across disciplines where appropriate), practitioners, other experts

Global business leaders see us as a PREMIER SOURCE of talent, knowledge, inspiration, and connection

Priorities

  1. Brand enhancing initiatives
  2. Assess, identify and leverage specific global locations / markets for targeted engagement
  3. Strategically targeted executive education engagements
  4. Amplify success of Ross alumni
  5. Improve Financial Times MBA rankings
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