GRADUATE COURSES

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Department of Business Administration, College of Graduate Studies & Research

MBA 710.3
Financial Accounting
1(3L)

The principles and fundamentals of accounting theory and practice. Accounting measurements and the use of accounting data. The preparation of business records and financial statements. An examination of the alternatives available in the measurement of income, assets, liabilities and owners' equity for external financial reporting.

MBA 720.3
Organizational Behaviour
1(3L)

Introductory examination of the behaviour of work organizations and the groups and individuals within them. Topics include schools of management thought, organizational structure, work motivation, perception, decision-making, job satisfaction, work performance, group processes and leadership. Provides a knowledge base upon which advanced organizational behaviour courses are built.

MBA 730.3
Industrial Relations
1(3L)

Considers the administrative problems involved in the staffing of producing organizations. The central theoretical considerations will be the relative power relations that exist between the individual and the organization in the context of a labour market and the relative power that exists between different kinds of organizations in Western society. Involves an introductory discussion on the labour force and the labour market - basic concepts and trends; employee placement and compensation - the employment bargain; labour-management relations - the basis of conflict and conflict resolution.

MBA 740.3
Quantitative Methods for Management
1(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the M.B.A. program; Courses in Mathematics for Business Applications and Descriptive Statistics.

Orients the students to concepts, techniques and applications of both statistical and operations research methods to problems of data analysis and managerial decision-making.

MBA 750.3
Economic Environment of Business
1(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Introductory course in microeconomics; Admission to the M.B.A. program.

Examines the overall macroeconomic environment facing business firms, with some attention devoted to the feedback between business firms and the environment itself. Broadens and enhances the student's "toolkit." Pays close attention to the direct implications to business firms of particular environments and policies of the day including the interaction between business policy and the economy.

MBA 802.3
Management Accounting
2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): MBA 710.

The role of accounting and analysis as an aid to managerial planning and control. Basic cost concepts, cost compilations, and accounting techniques for product costing, budgetary planning and control, and special decisions.

MBA 804.3
Marketing Management
1(3L)

Designed for students with a limited background in marketing. Provides an overview of the nature and scope of marketing activities in the modern business firm. Specific topics include: consumer behaviour, product policy, pricing, promotion, channels of distribution, and marketing research.

MBA 806.3
Financial Management
2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): MBA 710.

Asset selection, capital structure, and growth policies for the business firm. Some applications of these policies to government-owned institutions.

MBA 808.3
Managerial Economics
2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): MBA 750; completion of three 700-level MBA courses.

Coverage of tools and concepts in microeconomics relevant to managerial decision making. Emphasizes both theoretical and empirical contributions in the managerial economics literature with applications to the estimation of demand and product in functions, partial equilibrium in competitive and non-competitive markets, risk analysis and intertemporal analysis.

MBA 810.3
Production and Operations Management
2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): MBA 740; completion of three 700-level MBA courses.

A systems oriented view of the operations and production management, dealing with methods used for planning, organization, scheduling and controlling of operations in both industry and other institutional settings. The emphasis is on the concepts, analytical tools and techniques of specific topics such as process and product design, capacity planning, facility location, facility layout, operating scheduling, forecasting, inventory control and performance control.