2009-10 Course Descriptions and Outlines
FALL TERM COURSE DESCRIPTIONS & OUTLINES
FIN 6072 Corporate Finance (3)
Instructor: A. Dua
The financial management of businesses including agency problems, valuation, capital budgeting, risk/return relationships, the term structure of interest rates, market efficiency, long-term financing, capital structure, and the use of options and futures for risk management.
PREREQUISITE: IDM 7720 or ACC 6050
Click here for current Course Outline
FIN 7230 Financial Intermediaries and Capital Markets (3)
Instructor: J. McCallum
Topics will include the major participants in the capital markets and their functions; the demand and supply of money and the structure of interest rates; recent developments and international factors in the capital markets.
PREREQUISITE or CONCURRENT REQUIREMENT: FIN 6072
Click here for current Course Outline
GMGT 6030 Organization Theory and Behaviour (3)
Instructor: G. Hoffman
An examination of current theories of structure and behaviour as they apply to organizations in the public and private sector. Emphasis upon research findings and their application in management situations.
Click here for current Course Outline
GMGT 7010 Business Policy Seminar (3)
Instructor: P. Dass
The study of general management. Students shall integrate the concepts from the various functional areas of the organization covered in the program with the different environments: social, political, economic and technological. Students will analyze general management problems, shall formulate policies, and display ability to implement policies. Must normally be taken in final term in the program.
Click here for current Course Outline
GMGT 7080 Research Methods (3)
Instructor: C. Adams
Principles of research design and data collection with examples drawn across the areas of marketing management, industrial relations, policy analysis, etc. Both cases and computer-based exercises are used.
PREREQUISITE: MSCI 5010
Click here for current A01 Course Outline
Click here for current A02 Course Outline
GMGT 7110 Business & Its Environment (3)
Instructor: S. James
Analysis of the environmental factors within which a business operates.
Click here for current Course Outline
GMGT 7350 Negotiations (3)
Instructor: N. Fassina
Topics in one of the areas of business administration including human resource management, industrial relations, organizational theory and behaviour, and business policy and strategic management.
Click here for current Course Outline
GMGT 7710 Managerial Communication (1.5)
Instructor: J. Mohammed
Focus is on the interpersonal, intergroup, and intraorganizational communication skills required for effective leadership, and the objectives are to assist the participants in the following: increasing the clarity, correctness, and effectiveness of written and oral communication; recognizing and analyzing communication dynamics at work in personal, group, and organizational interactions; increasing combination flexibility and proficiency in times of corporate challenge, change, and crisis.
Click here for current A01 Course Outline
Click here for current A02 Course Outline
GMGT 7740 Business/Government Relations (1.5)
Instructor: R. Alcock
Focuses on the logic of political-economic-business relations. The point of view is that of the manager. Specific tools of analysis are discussed that assist managers in understanding and working with aspects of public policy which interface with their private sector decisions.
Click here for current Course Outline
IDM 7060 Professional Seminar (6)
Instructor: J. McCallum
A series of modules on executive leadership and professional management topics.
Click here for current Course Outline
IDM 7510 Strategic Leadership and Managing Change (1.5)
Instructor: S. Bruning
An examination of the role of the manager as a change agent and processes associated with strategic vision and change. Analysis of factors affecting strategic decisions and how organizations adapt to their environment. Emphasis is upon the role of leaders; transformational leadership, charisma, organizational design and managing organizational culture change.
Click here for current Course Outline
IDM 7720 Business Conditions Analysis (1.5)
Instructor: D. Stangeland
This course explores the key components of the economic/business environment, identifying critical money, and supply and demand concepts that affect daily business decision-making.
Click here for current Course Outline
MKT 6080 Marketing (3)
Instructor: S. Sivaramakrishnan
Analysis of the evolution and characteristics of marketing systems; the various types of consumers and their behaviour; marketing activities of the firm; legislation at all levels which affect marketing decisions.
Click here for current Course Outline
MKT 7080 Creativity & Entrepreneurship (3)
Instructor: R. Litz
A study of selected areas of recent development in the field of marketing. Topics may include the marketing of services, market research, business to business marketing, marketing channel systems, personal selling or sales management, and physical distribution. Creativity plays a critical role in entrepreneurial endeavor. In this course we will consider the nature of creativity, with special attention on its role as an antecedent, a correlate and an outcome of entrepreneurial endeavor. Students will required to consider a variety of different texts and multi-media presentations and also enact creative and entrepreneurial behavior in selected in-class simulation exercises.
PREREQUISITE: MKT 6080
Click here for current Course Outline
MSCI 5010 Mathematics for Management (3) AX
Instructor: S. Bhatt
A remedial course in linear and matrix algebra and calculus; with applications to elementary management problems. Note: will not be included in the calculation of the grade point average. Course evaluated on a pass/fail basis.
Click here for current Course Outline
WINTER TERM COURSE DESCRIPTIONS & OUTLINES
ACC 6050 Accounting 1 (3)
Instructor: J. Morrill
Principles and concepts of accounting underlying the measurement of business income and evaluation of performance.
Click here for current Course Outline
FIN 7150 Investment Policy (3)
Instructor: U. Mittoo
Topics will include the structure of rates in the financial markets, the problem of investment timing and selection, and principles of financial analysis.
PREREQUISITE: FIN 6072
Click here for current Course Outline
GMGT 7120 Organizational Power & Politics (3)
Instructor: N. Turner
An examination of personal, interpersonal and organizational power in the context of organizational politics. Topics covered include rational versus political models of organizations, the accumulation and management of pesonal power, the politics of decision-making, the politics of managerial succession, the politics of budgets, authority, intergroup conflict, and bargaining and negotiation processes.
Click here for current Course Outline
HRIR 7450 Industrial Relations/Human Resource Management (3)
Instructor: R. Kent
The process of valuing, employing, developing, motivating and maintaining human resources in an industrial society. An introduction to the study of labour relations in the social technical systems of the Federal Government, the Provincial Government and profit and non-profit organizations.
Click here for current A01 Course Outline
Click here for current A02 Course Outline
IDM 7060 Professional Seminar (6)
Instructor: R. Litz
A series of modules on executive leadership and professional management topics.
Click here for current Course Outline
Click here for additional Course Outline, Module B
IDM 7510 Strategic Leadership and Managing Change (1.5)
Instructor: S. Bruning
An examination of the role of the manager as a change agent and processes associated with strategic vision and change. Analysis of factors affecting strategic decisions and how organizations adapt to their environment. Emphasis is upon the role of leaders; transformational leadership, charisma, organizational design and managing organizational culture change.
Click here for current Course Outline
MKT 7230 Seminar in Consumer Behaviour (3)
Instructor: N. Bhatnagar
Intensive study of consumer behaviour as it relates to the marketing function.
PREREQUISITE or CONCURRENT REQUIREMENT: MKT 6080
Click here for a current Course Outline
MSCI 6070 Quantitative Analysis for Management (3)
Instructor: S. Bhatt
Introduction to the use of quantitative techniques, and computers to solve management problems. Mathematical optimization models, network analysis, and probability models.
PREREQUISITE: MSCI 5010
Click here for current Course Outline
OPM 6090 Production Management (3)
Instructor: R. McLachlin
Analysis of the basic concepts of production systems, and operation and control of such systems.
Click here for current A01 Course Outline
Click here for current A02 Course Outline
OPM 7300 Transportation & Logistics Management (3)
Instructor: B. Prentice
A study of recent developments in production systems and management. Topics include systems design, plant location and layout, inventory systems planning and control. Transportation and Logistics Management presents the principle concepts of transport management and logistics through the lens of economic theory. The topics covered include trade, modal supply, derived demand, joint product pricing, congestion, peak loading, public cost/benefit analysis, location analysis, intermodal competition, externalities, public policy trade-offs, subsidies, regulation and enforcement. The applications of economic theory are complemented with readings on current issues in Canadian transportation and logistics management.
PREREQUISITE: OPM 6090
Click here for current Course Outline
SUMMER TERM COURSE DESCRIPTIONS & OUTLINES
ACC 6060 Accounting 2 - Managerial (3)
Instructor: D. Mortimer
The use of managerial accounting practices and reports in planning, budgeting, control, and decision making.
PREREQUISITE: ACC 6050 or IDM 7720
Click here for current Course Outline
ENTR 7240 Entrepreneurship and New Venture Formation (1.5)
Instructor: R. Warren
Entrepreneurship and enterprising behaviour with an emphasis on the identification and evaluation of viable new venture concepts and their development into successful enterprises.
Click here for current Course Outline
FIN 6072 Corporate Finance (3)
Instructor: S. Singh
The financial management of businesses including agency problems, valuation, capital budgeting, risk/return relationships, the term structure of interest rates, market efficiency, long-term financing, capital structure, and the use of options and futures for risk management.
PREREQUISITE: IDM 7720 or ACC 6050
Click here for current Course Outline
FIN 7080 International Finance (3)
Instructor: D. Stangeland
The theory and practice of financial management in an international context. Includes foreign currency markets, exchange rates, measurement and management of foreign currency risk, international financing, and foreign direct investment.
PREREQUISITE: FIN 6072
Click here for current Course Outline
FIN 7220 Advanced Seminar in Finance (3)
Instructor: S. Abeysekera
A case-oriented course that will require extensive preparation and presentation of selected cases in corporate financial management; emphasis on the application of theoretical models of finance to real problems.
PREREQUISITE: FIN 6072
Click here for current Course Outline
GMGT 7010 Business Policy Seminar (3)
Instructor: P. Dass
The study of general management. Students shall integrate the concepts from the various functional areas of organization covered in the program with the different environments: social, political, economic and technological. Students will analyze general management problems, shall formulate policies, and display ability to implement policies. Must normally be taken in final term in the program.
Click here for current Summer Course Outline
GMGT 7350 Diversity Management (3)
Instructor: S. Bruning
Topics in one of the areas of business administration including human resource management, industrial relations, organizational theory and behaviour, and business policy and strategic management.
The topic of diversity management has relevance for our increasingly diverse domestic employee population as well as in the conduct and management of international organizations. This diversity creates many opportunities for improved performance, greater creativity and expanded markets; but the management of diversity also presents challenges through increased conflict, under-utilized potential and decision-making mistakes. This course examines perceptions of, and attitudes towards, diversity in the workplace. Through an examination of various diversity issues the purpose of the course is to increase management diversity competency and to foster more effective teams.
Click here for current Course Outline
HRIR 7162 Staffing (3)
Instructor: K. Uggerslev
This advanced graduate seminar provides an understanding of the staffing function of Human Resources Management. The course focuses on how recruitment, selection, performance management, and retention management function within an organization to gain a competitive advantage through the management of work and people
PREREQUISITE: HRIR 7450
Click here for current Course Outline
IDM 7060 Professional Seminar (6)
Instructor: J. McCallum
A series of modules on executive leadership and professional management topics.
Click here for current Course Outline
INTB 7730 International Business (1.5)
Instructor: H. Bapuji
Develop an appreciation of business decision-making in an international/global context. Learning activities are focused towards developing intellectual and interpersonal skills in order for managers to function more effectively in international markets.
Click here for current Course Outline
MIS 6150 Management of Information Systems and Technology (3)
Instructor: J. Kelso
This course covers the frameworks and concepts of managing information systems and knowledge management, decision support, electronic commerce, systems development, management information systems strategy and strategic information systems.
Click here for current Course Outline
MKT 7080 Business, Markets & Public Policy (3)
Instructor: E. Bruning
A study of selected areas of recent development in the field of marketing. Topics may include the marketing of services, market research, business to business marketing, marketing channel systems, personal selling or sales management, and physical distribution. The aim of the Business, Markets and Public Policy is to provide an overview of the practices and institutions impacting marketing decisions in an international public policy context. The unit will familiarize students with fundamental marketing and economic concepts, and frequently encountered issues confronting business development. The course does not intend to produce fully qualified marketing or public policy practitioners; however, it should provide a foundation for the student interested in either field as a career.
PREREQUISITE: MKT 6080
Click here for current Course Outline
MKT 7300 International Marketing (3)
Instructor: S. Carvalho
A study of problems and opportunities of marketing in foreign environments. It will focus on the cultural, economic and geographical problems encountered in managing the marketing function from a Canadian manager's perspective.
PREREQUISITE: MKT 6080
Click here for current Course Outline
OPM 7300 Advanced Operations (3)
Instructor: R. McLachlin
A study of recent developments in production systems and management. Topics include systems design, plant location and layout, inventory systems planning and control. This course examines some of the major issues of operations strategy. Representative topics include the development of operational capabilities for competitive advantage, capacity strategies, operations improvement, vertical integration and outsourcing, managing operating networks, and new process development.
PREREQUISITE: OPM 6090
Click here for current Course Outline
SCM 7010 Advanced Supply Chain Management (3)
Instructor: R. McLachlin
Provides students at the graduate level with an in-depth examination of the major issues associated with the management of supply chains. The course content includes both managerial and technical matters, and addresses issues such as the importance of supply chain management in meeting global competition, internet and e-business application, supply chain integration and relationships, sharing of risks and rewards, and the reduction of variance in supply chain performance.
PREREQUISITE: A degree in business or discipline related to supply chain management or approval by instructor.
Click here for current Course Outline
FIN 6072 Corporate Finance (3)
Instructor: A. Dua
The financial management of businesses including agency problems, valuation, capital budgeting, risk/return relationships, the term structure of interest rates, market efficiency, long-term financing, capital structure, and the use of options and futures for risk management.
PREREQUISITE: IDM 7720 or ACC 6050
Click here for current Course Outline
FIN 7230 Financial Intermediaries and Capital Markets (3)
Instructor: J. McCallum
Topics will include the major participants in the capital markets and their functions; the demand and supply of money and the structure of interest rates; recent developments and international factors in the capital markets.
PREREQUISITE or CONCURRENT REQUIREMENT: FIN 6072
Click here for current Course Outline
GMGT 6030 Organization Theory and Behaviour (3)
Instructor: G. Hoffman
An examination of current theories of structure and behaviour as they apply to organizations in the public and private sector. Emphasis upon research findings and their application in management situations.
Click here for current Course Outline
GMGT 7010 Business Policy Seminar (3)
Instructor: P. Dass
The study of general management. Students shall integrate the concepts from the various functional areas of the organization covered in the program with the different environments: social, political, economic and technological. Students will analyze general management problems, shall formulate policies, and display ability to implement policies. Must normally be taken in final term in the program.
Click here for current Course Outline
GMGT 7080 Research Methods (3)
Instructor: C. Adams
Principles of research design and data collection with examples drawn across the areas of marketing management, industrial relations, policy analysis, etc. Both cases and computer-based exercises are used.
PREREQUISITE: MSCI 5010
Click here for current A01 Course Outline
Click here for current A02 Course Outline
GMGT 7110 Business & Its Environment (3)
Instructor: S. James
Analysis of the environmental factors within which a business operates.
Click here for current Course Outline
GMGT 7350 Negotiations (3)
Instructor: N. Fassina
Topics in one of the areas of business administration including human resource management, industrial relations, organizational theory and behaviour, and business policy and strategic management.
Click here for current Course Outline
GMGT 7710 Managerial Communication (1.5)
Instructor: J. Mohammed
Focus is on the interpersonal, intergroup, and intraorganizational communication skills required for effective leadership, and the objectives are to assist the participants in the following: increasing the clarity, correctness, and effectiveness of written and oral communication; recognizing and analyzing communication dynamics at work in personal, group, and organizational interactions; increasing combination flexibility and proficiency in times of corporate challenge, change, and crisis.
Click here for current A01 Course Outline
Click here for current A02 Course Outline
GMGT 7740 Business/Government Relations (1.5)
Instructor: R. Alcock
Focuses on the logic of political-economic-business relations. The point of view is that of the manager. Specific tools of analysis are discussed that assist managers in understanding and working with aspects of public policy which interface with their private sector decisions.
Click here for current Course Outline
IDM 7060 Professional Seminar (6)
Instructor: J. McCallum
A series of modules on executive leadership and professional management topics.
Click here for current Course Outline
IDM 7510 Strategic Leadership and Managing Change (1.5)
Instructor: S. Bruning
An examination of the role of the manager as a change agent and processes associated with strategic vision and change. Analysis of factors affecting strategic decisions and how organizations adapt to their environment. Emphasis is upon the role of leaders; transformational leadership, charisma, organizational design and managing organizational culture change.
Click here for current Course Outline
IDM 7720 Business Conditions Analysis (1.5)
Instructor: D. Stangeland
This course explores the key components of the economic/business environment, identifying critical money, and supply and demand concepts that affect daily business decision-making.
Click here for current Course Outline
MKT 6080 Marketing (3)
Instructor: S. Sivaramakrishnan
Analysis of the evolution and characteristics of marketing systems; the various types of consumers and their behaviour; marketing activities of the firm; legislation at all levels which affect marketing decisions.
Click here for current Course Outline
MKT 7080 Creativity & Entrepreneurship (3)
Instructor: R. Litz
A study of selected areas of recent development in the field of marketing. Topics may include the marketing of services, market research, business to business marketing, marketing channel systems, personal selling or sales management, and physical distribution. Creativity plays a critical role in entrepreneurial endeavor. In this course we will consider the nature of creativity, with special attention on its role as an antecedent, a correlate and an outcome of entrepreneurial endeavor. Students will required to consider a variety of different texts and multi-media presentations and also enact creative and entrepreneurial behavior in selected in-class simulation exercises.
PREREQUISITE: MKT 6080
Click here for current Course Outline
MSCI 5010 Mathematics for Management (3) AX
Instructor: S. Bhatt
A remedial course in linear and matrix algebra and calculus; with applications to elementary management problems. Note: will not be included in the calculation of the grade point average. Course evaluated on a pass/fail basis.
Click here for current Course Outline
WINTER TERM COURSE DESCRIPTIONS & OUTLINES
ACC 6050 Accounting 1 (3)
Instructor: J. Morrill
Principles and concepts of accounting underlying the measurement of business income and evaluation of performance.
Click here for current Course Outline
FIN 7150 Investment Policy (3)
Instructor: U. Mittoo
Topics will include the structure of rates in the financial markets, the problem of investment timing and selection, and principles of financial analysis.
PREREQUISITE: FIN 6072
Click here for current Course Outline
GMGT 7120 Organizational Power & Politics (3)
Instructor: N. Turner
An examination of personal, interpersonal and organizational power in the context of organizational politics. Topics covered include rational versus political models of organizations, the accumulation and management of pesonal power, the politics of decision-making, the politics of managerial succession, the politics of budgets, authority, intergroup conflict, and bargaining and negotiation processes.
Click here for current Course Outline
HRIR 7450 Industrial Relations/Human Resource Management (3)
Instructor: R. Kent
The process of valuing, employing, developing, motivating and maintaining human resources in an industrial society. An introduction to the study of labour relations in the social technical systems of the Federal Government, the Provincial Government and profit and non-profit organizations.
Click here for current A01 Course Outline
Click here for current A02 Course Outline
IDM 7060 Professional Seminar (6)
Instructor: R. Litz
A series of modules on executive leadership and professional management topics.
Click here for current Course Outline
Click here for additional Course Outline, Module B
IDM 7510 Strategic Leadership and Managing Change (1.5)
Instructor: S. Bruning
An examination of the role of the manager as a change agent and processes associated with strategic vision and change. Analysis of factors affecting strategic decisions and how organizations adapt to their environment. Emphasis is upon the role of leaders; transformational leadership, charisma, organizational design and managing organizational culture change.
Click here for current Course Outline
MKT 7230 Seminar in Consumer Behaviour (3)
Instructor: N. Bhatnagar
Intensive study of consumer behaviour as it relates to the marketing function.
PREREQUISITE or CONCURRENT REQUIREMENT: MKT 6080
Click here for a current Course Outline
MSCI 6070 Quantitative Analysis for Management (3)
Instructor: S. Bhatt
Introduction to the use of quantitative techniques, and computers to solve management problems. Mathematical optimization models, network analysis, and probability models.
PREREQUISITE: MSCI 5010
Click here for current Course Outline
OPM 6090 Production Management (3)
Instructor: R. McLachlin
Analysis of the basic concepts of production systems, and operation and control of such systems.
Click here for current A01 Course Outline
Click here for current A02 Course Outline
OPM 7300 Transportation & Logistics Management (3)
Instructor: B. Prentice
A study of recent developments in production systems and management. Topics include systems design, plant location and layout, inventory systems planning and control. Transportation and Logistics Management presents the principle concepts of transport management and logistics through the lens of economic theory. The topics covered include trade, modal supply, derived demand, joint product pricing, congestion, peak loading, public cost/benefit analysis, location analysis, intermodal competition, externalities, public policy trade-offs, subsidies, regulation and enforcement. The applications of economic theory are complemented with readings on current issues in Canadian transportation and logistics management.
PREREQUISITE: OPM 6090
Click here for current Course Outline
SUMMER TERM COURSE DESCRIPTIONS & OUTLINES
ACC 6060 Accounting 2 - Managerial (3)
Instructor: D. Mortimer
The use of managerial accounting practices and reports in planning, budgeting, control, and decision making.
PREREQUISITE: ACC 6050 or IDM 7720
Click here for current Course Outline
ENTR 7240 Entrepreneurship and New Venture Formation (1.5)
Instructor: R. Warren
Entrepreneurship and enterprising behaviour with an emphasis on the identification and evaluation of viable new venture concepts and their development into successful enterprises.
Click here for current Course Outline
FIN 6072 Corporate Finance (3)
Instructor: S. Singh
The financial management of businesses including agency problems, valuation, capital budgeting, risk/return relationships, the term structure of interest rates, market efficiency, long-term financing, capital structure, and the use of options and futures for risk management.
PREREQUISITE: IDM 7720 or ACC 6050
Click here for current Course Outline
FIN 7080 International Finance (3)
Instructor: D. Stangeland
The theory and practice of financial management in an international context. Includes foreign currency markets, exchange rates, measurement and management of foreign currency risk, international financing, and foreign direct investment.
PREREQUISITE: FIN 6072
Click here for current Course Outline
FIN 7220 Advanced Seminar in Finance (3)
Instructor: S. Abeysekera
A case-oriented course that will require extensive preparation and presentation of selected cases in corporate financial management; emphasis on the application of theoretical models of finance to real problems.
PREREQUISITE: FIN 6072
Click here for current Course Outline
GMGT 7010 Business Policy Seminar (3)
Instructor: P. Dass
The study of general management. Students shall integrate the concepts from the various functional areas of organization covered in the program with the different environments: social, political, economic and technological. Students will analyze general management problems, shall formulate policies, and display ability to implement policies. Must normally be taken in final term in the program.
Click here for current Summer Course Outline
GMGT 7350 Diversity Management (3)
Instructor: S. Bruning
Topics in one of the areas of business administration including human resource management, industrial relations, organizational theory and behaviour, and business policy and strategic management.
The topic of diversity management has relevance for our increasingly diverse domestic employee population as well as in the conduct and management of international organizations. This diversity creates many opportunities for improved performance, greater creativity and expanded markets; but the management of diversity also presents challenges through increased conflict, under-utilized potential and decision-making mistakes. This course examines perceptions of, and attitudes towards, diversity in the workplace. Through an examination of various diversity issues the purpose of the course is to increase management diversity competency and to foster more effective teams.
Click here for current Course Outline
HRIR 7162 Staffing (3)
Instructor: K. Uggerslev
This advanced graduate seminar provides an understanding of the staffing function of Human Resources Management. The course focuses on how recruitment, selection, performance management, and retention management function within an organization to gain a competitive advantage through the management of work and people
PREREQUISITE: HRIR 7450
Click here for current Course Outline
IDM 7060 Professional Seminar (6)
Instructor: J. McCallum
A series of modules on executive leadership and professional management topics.
Click here for current Course Outline
INTB 7730 International Business (1.5)
Instructor: H. Bapuji
Develop an appreciation of business decision-making in an international/global context. Learning activities are focused towards developing intellectual and interpersonal skills in order for managers to function more effectively in international markets.
Click here for current Course Outline
MIS 6150 Management of Information Systems and Technology (3)
Instructor: J. Kelso
This course covers the frameworks and concepts of managing information systems and knowledge management, decision support, electronic commerce, systems development, management information systems strategy and strategic information systems.
Click here for current Course Outline
MKT 7080 Business, Markets & Public Policy (3)
Instructor: E. Bruning
A study of selected areas of recent development in the field of marketing. Topics may include the marketing of services, market research, business to business marketing, marketing channel systems, personal selling or sales management, and physical distribution. The aim of the Business, Markets and Public Policy is to provide an overview of the practices and institutions impacting marketing decisions in an international public policy context. The unit will familiarize students with fundamental marketing and economic concepts, and frequently encountered issues confronting business development. The course does not intend to produce fully qualified marketing or public policy practitioners; however, it should provide a foundation for the student interested in either field as a career.
PREREQUISITE: MKT 6080
Click here for current Course Outline
MKT 7300 International Marketing (3)
Instructor: S. Carvalho
A study of problems and opportunities of marketing in foreign environments. It will focus on the cultural, economic and geographical problems encountered in managing the marketing function from a Canadian manager's perspective.
PREREQUISITE: MKT 6080
Click here for current Course Outline
OPM 7300 Advanced Operations (3)
Instructor: R. McLachlin
A study of recent developments in production systems and management. Topics include systems design, plant location and layout, inventory systems planning and control. This course examines some of the major issues of operations strategy. Representative topics include the development of operational capabilities for competitive advantage, capacity strategies, operations improvement, vertical integration and outsourcing, managing operating networks, and new process development.
PREREQUISITE: OPM 6090
Click here for current Course Outline
SCM 7010 Advanced Supply Chain Management (3)
Instructor: R. McLachlin
Provides students at the graduate level with an in-depth examination of the major issues associated with the management of supply chains. The course content includes both managerial and technical matters, and addresses issues such as the importance of supply chain management in meeting global competition, internet and e-business application, supply chain integration and relationships, sharing of risks and rewards, and the reduction of variance in supply chain performance.
PREREQUISITE: A degree in business or discipline related to supply chain management or approval by instructor.
Click here for current Course Outline