Management elective courses
Program: MBA
This course is designed to instill the knowledge and key skills necessary for graduate business students to understand the fundamental principles of governance, to assess the governance practices of public companies through their disclosure documents, and to understand the legal and regulatory frameworks for the governance of modern organizations. Students also learn the importance of risk management in the role of corporate governance and how ethical and governance principles can be applied to practical situations as they arise in their work experience.
Prerequisites & notes
Prerequisite/Corequisite: The following courses must be completed previously or concurrently: MBA 650.
Students who have received credit for the topic Corporate Governance under a MANA 695 number may not take this course for credit.
Program: MBA
This course explores how businesses can create a competitive advantage through embracing issues of environmental and social sustainability in their core business strategies. This course focuses on developing both conceptual and applied understandings of sustainability and how firms can successfully develop and compete through sustainability-oriented action.
Prerequisites & notes
Prerequisite/Corequisite: The following courses must be completed previously or concurrently: MBA 641.
Students who have received credit for the topic Sustainable Business Strategy under a MANA 695 number may not take this course for credit.
Program: MBA
This course focuses on the management consulting profession and process. The course is structured around three parallel streams. The first stream of the course examines the consulting process - the five phases of a consulting project from entry to termination. The second stream focuses on core consulting skills that are required to operate and succeed as a management consultant. The third stream is a real-world consulting project that students conduct in teams with a client firm. The course concludes by reflecting on the role of consultants and management consulting as a career choice.
Prerequisites & notes
Prerequisite/Corequisite: The following courses must be completed previously or concurrently: MBA 641; MBA 647.
Students who have received credit for the topic Introduction to Management Consulting under a MANA 695 number may not take this course for credit.
Program: MBA
This course focuses on globalization and the complex competitive landscape and proliferation of new business configuration that it has created for firms/organizations in today’s global business environment. Students learn how multinational firms/organizations formulate and implement effective international strategies to deal with ongoing global challenges. It is organized around several themes such as global competitiveness and local responsiveness; reasons for going global; institutional pressures and global challenges; managing ethics and social responsibilities in a global context; international collaborative and entry strategies; internationalization of SMEs, international negotiation; organizational design and international HRM; and global governance and control mechanisms.
Prerequisites & notes
Prerequisite/Corequisite: The following courses must be completed previously or concurrently: MBA 650.
Program: MBA
This course focuses on current issues related to the management of people within organizations. Topics include human resource planning, recruitment, selection, training and development, performance management, compensation and employee relations. Through this course, students develop an understanding of the strategic partnership between the human resource function and managers, allowing the company to capitalize fully on the potential of people as a source of competitive advantage.
Prerequisites & notes
Prerequisite/Corequisite: The following courses must be completed previously: MBA 647.
Program: MBA
This course focuses on the entrepreneurial aspects of management that are required to create, develop, and sustain either a new business venture or a major project/initiative within an existing organization. Entrepreneurial activities have a global impact on individual lives, careers, and also on organizational survival and growth. Entrepreneurs introduce change and innovation into the economic and social system, forcing other individuals and organizations to adapt constantly. This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of this discipline, preparing them either to start or to take over a business, grow an existing business, or interact with entrepreneurs as advisors or in similar roles.
Prerequisites & notes
The following course must be completed previously: MBA 642. The following courses must be completed previously or concurrently: MBA 644, MBA 650
Program: MBA
This course is designed to provide students with the understanding that you can buy an existing business and run it as a CEO. Running your own firm offers a different career path and career lifestyle than does working for a traditional corporation. In this course, students evaluate opportunities to acquire firms and alternative strategies to successfully acquire and manage these firms. Students also meet and learn from a variety of guest speakers, from those that have travelled down this path, as well as several professionals in accounting, financing and law.
Prerequisites & notes
Students who have received credit for MANA 695 Business Ownership may not take this course for credit.
Program: MBA
Building upon the MBA Program Case Competition Program, this course focuses on strategic implementation and the integration of topics from the courses within the program. Class exercises are designed to help students integrate and apply their complete education and past experiences to a variety of business situations. Through intensive case analysis and presentations, students will learn to apply theoretical and practical ideas to real situations in a pressured environment. The course will develop analytical, presentation and social interaction skills to prepare students for today’s business environment. In addition, student teams will participate in a ‘LIVE’ project mandate for a client on the final day of the course. Component(s): Lecture
Prerequisites & notes
Students who have received credit for MANA 695 LIVE Case Experience may not take this course for credit.
Program: MBA
The subject matter for this course will vary from term to term and students may take this course more than once, provided that the content has changed.
