Foundations of Management considers environmental and organizational factors, planning tools, approaches and other issues managers consider as they set the direction of their organizations. It is a twelve week intensive course. Students meet daily for 4.5 hours.
Students examine the principles and procedures associated with the collection and the analysis of relevant information in the context of current research in business administration. Students have the opportunity to apply these principles at each stage of the research process: problem definition, research design, data collection, data analysis and report preparation.
MBA 815.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session»Management of Contemporary Aboriginal Organizations 1/2(3L) Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of MBA 801 or permission of instructor.
Examines Aboriginal culture in order to assist the student in understanding the different values and world views that survive in Aboriginal communities and their relevance to the resolution of contemporary organizational and management problems. Similarities, differences, and ethical considerations in Aboriginal management will be compared with corporate management and mainstream organizations. The course will touch on research issues, and explore the way in which post-modern and post-colonial ideas and methods may lend to a deeper and more localized understanding of Aboriginal organizations.
MBA 816.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session»Contemporary Issues in Aboriginal Economic/Business Development 1/2(3L) Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of MBA 801, 815, 817, 818 or permission of the instructor.
This seminar and case based course provides the student with the opportunity to learn about current and topical contemporary Aboriginal Issues in Aboriginal Economic and Business Development in Canada. It will clarify how an understanding of these national issues can assist the manager in the Aboriginal environment to make more informed decisions at local and regional levels. The course will start with a review of the major issues touched upon in the previous three specialization courses, and then frame a number of current issues for critical review. The participant will be introduced to timely readings, case scenarios, and guest presentations.
Surveys a number of different approaches and issues in economic development utilized by the Indigenous peoples of Canada. The course examines in particular the management issues arising from various strategies, approaches, and institutions created, adapted, and utilized in this effort.
MBA 818.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session»Treaty, Self-Government, Land Claims and Implications for Management Decision Making 1/2(3L) Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of MBA 801 or permission of the instructor.
Students examine the historical and external environment factors that impact on social, cultural, political, and economic development in Aboriginal communities, particularly business initiatives undertaken by economic development corporations, government agencies, research and planning groups, Aboriginal organizations, and individual entrepreneurs. An assessment of how community and economic development and self-governing arrangements affect issues such as education, health, and justice is undertaken.
Designed to provide an in depth look at the trends and challenges facing agribusiness managers today. The course will provide agribusiness managers with the concepts and tools required to build a sustainable competitive advantage in an ever-changing economic environment. These concepts and tools are necessary for agribusiness managers to lead their human and capital resources for profit and success.
Designed to provide students with concepts and tools to successfully develop and manage all components of the strategic business plan. Students will be required to assess business plans, discuss approaches to maximizing the effectiveness of the business plan as a management tool, and develop an actual business plan as a course project.
Designed to provide students with concepts and tools to enhance a manager’s abilities to implement and control strategic decisions within the agribusiness firm. All components of the agribusiness strategic plan will be operationalized in a hands-on agribusiness simulation in a competitive environment. Students will be learning analytical processes, applying quantitative and technical tools, and applying strategic management concepts in an integrated agribusiness setting.
MBA 823.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session»Biotechnology Management Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of MBA 801; MBA 820, 823 and 848 to be taken concurrently in Term 2, or permission of the instructor.
Assists students to develop a framework for understanding and analysing the influence of external dimensions - such as government policy - upon the research, development and commercialization of biotechnology based products.