The mission of the College of Business is to provide high quality business education to a diverse learning community through innovative teaching, research, and support. Vision. The mission is predicated on a vision of a 21st century in which SF State plays an essential role in establishing and maintaining San Francisco as an epicenter of global business, innovation, stability, and leadership. Core Values. How the CoB fulfills its mission is as important as the mission statement itself. The core values guiding COB decision-making and behavior are: Facilitating Access Building on a tradition of offering broad access to diverse students—both traditional students and working adults—the CoB will offer classes morning, afternoon and evening, on weekdays and on weekends, on campus and off at affordable prices. Intellectual Capital The CoB strives to reinforce basic skills and substantive business knowledge that can be adapted and applied throughout our students' careers. We do so in a setting that promotes inquiry, respects differences, tolerates dissention and encourages lifelong learning.   Engaged Learning Partnership As a learning community involving faculty, staff, students, administrators, and business professionals, the CoB will work as a team in pursuit of learning, shared discovery, and intellectual inquiry. Knowledge Creation & Dissemination The CoB faculty is committed to the study, understanding, advancement, and diffusion of knowledge through research that improves global business practice. While the CSU focuses on applied research, the CoB encourages all forms of quality research. Ethical and Professional Management The CoB strives to manage our enterprise in an exemplary manner, respecting the principles of shared governance, effective leadership, and faculty/staff service.  San Francisco Mindset The CoB celebrates the fact that our school reflects our community and the greater San Francisco community is among the most cosmopolitan, diverse, and tolerant in the world. Such a munificent environment offers opportunities for the CoB to focus on emerging technologies, global markets, and service industries. Culture of Collaboration In accordance with SF State values, the CoB embraces innovation as it relates to delivering learning opportunities, providing core service and support, and engaging the community through collaborative interactions. Spirit of Kaizen As part of the continuous improvement process, we build in processes to obtain feedback from all constituencies including faculty, staff, students, alumni, employers, other universities, and business professionals.