Our mission

Vision

Karlstad Business School is influential and highly visible in society - the first choice for students, employees, and partners.

Mission statement

"We educate responsible professionals and conduct research with high societal impact."

We define a responsible professional as a person who makes an impact in society through knowledge, shared thoughts and actions with consideration given to following sustainable social, environmental, and economic values. Our areas of expertise are management and analysis of organizations and their stakeholders, with particular excellence in service research. 

Strategic Goals

Karlstad Business School (KBS) has defined five expected outcomes and seven overarching and interlinked goals in the strategic plan:

• We offer the labour market competent and responsible professionals
  - To attract students to apply and invest in our business school
  - To expand executive education with synergies in education.
   
• Our education is co-producing knowledge and abilities that makes an impact in private/public organizations 
  - To provide opportunities to make impact in academia, private/public organizations and society at large
  - To educate employable students with high academic standard.
   
• Our research is competitive with leading business schools in our areas of expertise
  - To identify challenges that exist at a local, national, and global level that we should be addressing in our research
   
• Our researchers are co-producing knowledge and abilities that make an impact in private and public organizations 
  - To support research, funding and applications   
   
• We empower faculty with a variety of competencies and provide an open and vibrant environment
  - To attract and retain teachers, researchers, and doctoral students of high standard

Our mission, expected outcomes, and overarching goals are reflected in our motto:
“Knowledge is worth nothing without the ability to use it.”