2024-2025 Graduate course outlines

ACC 7010  Accounting Fundamentals  3 cr

This course covers the principles underlying accounting, with an emphasis on the interpretation of accounting information and its usefulness to stakeholders. Not to be held with ACC 6050.

Prerequisite: MSCI 5110 Basic Quantitative Analysis for Management 1 AX (auxiliary) cr hrs.

ACC 7020  Managerial Accounting  1.5 cr  

Provide the information required within an organization to effectively plan and control business results and make sound decisions. Involves the generation, communication, interpretation and sharing of information to facilitate decision-making across functions. Not to be held with ACC 6060.

Prerequisite: ACC 7010 Accounting Fundamentals.

FIN 7000  Managerial Economics  1.5 cr  

Supply, demand, elasticity, perfect competition, monopoly, revenue and cost functions, and determinants of competitive advantage are considered in this course. Economic profit, accounting profit and value creation are compared so they are used properly in the context of optimal business strategy. Not to be held with either IDM 7720 or FIN 7120.

Prerequisites: MSCI 5110 and MIS 5120 (or the former MIS 5110).

FIN 7020  Corporate Finance  3 cr  

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. Not to be held with either of FIN 6070 or FIN 6072.

Pre-requisite: MSCI 5110, FIN 7000 and MIS 5120 (or the former MIS 5110).

FIN 7080  International Finance  3 cr  

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 7020 (or FIN 6070 or FIN 6072).

FIN 7130  Alternative Markets and Instruments  1.5 cr  

This course will provide an overview of alternative investments pricing and roles in portfolio construction. Topics will include real estate, private equity, commodities, managed futures, hedge funds, and distresses debt.

Prerequisite: FIN 7020 (or former FIN 6072).

FIN 7140  Financial Modeling  3 cr  

This course will cover spreadsheet implementation of practitioner-oriented financial models. May not be held with FIN 4240 (cross listed undergrad course).

Prerequisite: FIN 7152.

FIN 7152  Investment Policy  3 cr  

The theory and practice of investment management. Topics include: portfolio theory and management, market efficiency, options and futures. This course cannot be held with FIN 7150.

Prerequisite: FIN 7020 (or FIN 6070 or FIN 6072).

FIN 7180  Behavioural Finance  3 cr  

This course will explore how human biases impact the financial decisions of market participants and their practical implications. Topics will include prospect theory, heuristics, market anomalies, and behavioural corporate finance. May not be held with FIN 4250 (cross listed undergrad course).

Prerequisite: FIN 7020 (or former FIN 6072).

FIN 7192  Portfolio Management  3 cr  

This course explores the theory and practice of portfolio management: Topics include asset allocation, currency management, fixed income portfolio management, equity portfolio management, risk management and application of derivatives, execution of portfolio decisions, monitoring and rebalancing, and performance evaluation. Students targeting the professional asset management career or planning to take the CFA exam may find this course useful.

Prerequisite FIN 7020.

FIN 7190  Fixed Income Securities  3 cr  

This course introduces students to a wide variety of fixed income securities and their markets, and prepares students for the fixed income area in CFA examinations. Topics covered include: debt securities, risks or investing in bonds, the pricing of fixed income securities, the measurement of interest rate risk, the term structure and volatility of interest rates, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, the valuation of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, credit analysis and interest rate derivatives, among other topics.

Prerequisite FIN 7020.

FIN 7010  Professional Financial Ethics  3 cr  

This course focuses on the required code of ethics handbook of practice for the Chartered Financial Analyst Program within a broader ethics in finance perspective, and compliance with the legal and regulatory frameworks governing financial markets in both Canada and the United States. Not to be held with FIN 7240 when the subtitle is equivalent.

GMGT 7200  Critical and Creative Thinking  1.5 cr  

This course introduces students to different ways of thinking about cognitive dimensions of organizational leadership. Approaches include the creative (divergent perspective), the critical (convergent perspective) and the holistic (systems-perspective) with special emphasis on understanding the nature and appropriateness of different forms of cognition in organizational leadership.

GMGT 7100  Interpersonal Processes  3 cr  

An examination of theories of interpersonal behaviour and processes as they apply to managerial situations. Emphasis upon individual behaviour and change, group dynamics, leadership behaviour, and communications.

GMGT 7210  Strategy  3 cr  

Students will integrate and apply concepts from various functional areas in analyzing organizational resources and capabilities, and environmental opportunities and threats. Students will study evolving strategic management problems and practices, and examine issues of formulation and implementation.

Prerequisites: ACC 7010 (or ACC 6050), FIN 7020 (or FIN 6072), GMGT 7200, GMGT 7220 (or one of HRIR 7450 and GMGT 6030), MKT 7010 (or MKT 6080), and OPM 7120 (or OPM 6090). Pre- or Co-requisites: FIN 7000 (FIN 7120 or IDM 7720), ACC 7020 (or ACC 6060), MIS 7120 (or MIS 6150), IDM 7120 (or IDM 7060), IDM 7130, and IDM 7510.

GMGT 7220  Managing People in Organizations  3 cr  

This course examines strategies and methods for the management of people in organizations, their implications for organizational effectiveness, and both the challenges and opportunities they present to managers within the Canadian context and beyond.

GMGT 7350 G02  Business Venture Analysis  3 cr  

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.

GMGT 7350  G05 Managing for Sustainable Development  3 cr

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.

GMGT 7350  G06 Entrepreneurial Mastery: Creating and Leading New Ventures 3 cr

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.

GMGT 7350 G10  Business Analysis & Strategy Development  3 cr  

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.

GMGT 7350 G12 Business Case Competitions  3 cr  

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.

GMGT 7350 G08  Leadership For A Global Environment  3 cr  

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.

GMGT 7350 G09  Strategic Leadership and Sustainability  3 cr  

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.

GMGT 7370  Managing Innovation  3 cr  

An examination of organizational design characteristics in the context of a competitive international perspective. Emphasis is on an organizational and technological innovation to facilitate the development of new products or processes or to implement change in existing products or processes. Topics covered include Canadian experience and policy, facilitators and inhibitors in the creative process, diffusion of innovations, and the aims of the patent process.

GMGT 7230 Negotiations  3 cr

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.

GMGT 7350 G13 International Management  3 cr  

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.

IDM 5120  Career Development Seminar  1 cr

The Career Development Seminar is designed to assist students in developing personal career planning and management skills. Fundamentals of career success are covered including career assessment, resume and cover letter writing, interviewing, business etiquette and professional networking. This course is graded as Pass/Fail. 

IDM 7050  International Study Trip  3 cr  

A supervised international experience to examine the relationship between corporations, senior managers, and social institutions in selected countries. Examination of the interplay between culture, economic development, management systems and strategies in other countries. Emphasis upon establishment of business networks on an international basis.

IDM 7090 Interdisciplinary Management Topics 3 cr  

Each year there are one or more graduate-level MBA courses on specialized topics, offered under IDM 7090. This allows the School to introduce important newer topics to the curriculum, as electives, taught by prominent experts in the area. Course content will consist of an examination of specialized topics which often cross-pollinate with other business related areas; i.e. these are interdisciplinary courses. The overall aim is to provide solid practical knowledge about a developing subject, to understand both implications and potential applications for enterprises and their leadership today and in the future. Some topics could, for example, include Global Social Enterprise, Indigenous Business, Global Sales Distribution, Big Data and the Corporation, Infrastructure and Real Estate, and Coaching International Teams.

At present we offer two such interdisciplinary courses for Winter 2024:

• Indigenous Business Relations taught by prominent Indigenous leader, public policy expert and business-person Mr. Jamie Wilson. While we hope that this will be a long-running course, this is an important opportunity to take this course, while Mr. Wilson is available.
• Sustainability Economics, taught by long-time Asper Instructor and expert Robert Parsons.  
• Sustainability and Entrepreneurship Experiential

IDM 7130  Contemporary Themes in Business  1.5 cr  

This course exposes students to salient themes found in the modern business environment. Students will develop a broad appreciation for the challenges and opportunities presented by these contemporary themes (e.g. International and Emerging Markets: Sustainability: Entrepreneurship and Innovation).

IDM 7120  Executive Leadership and Responsibilities  3 cr  

This course explores the nature of the challenges inherent in senior leadership. After contemplating the generic challenge of responsible executive leadership, students engage in extended dialogues with several executives concerning their experience in leading organizations with special attention to selected program themes. Not to be held with IDM 7060.

IDM 7510  Strategic Leadership and Managing Change  1.5 cr  

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.

MIS 7120  Management Information Systems  1.5 cr  

Helps students to develop an understanding of information systems and technology (IST) management as a critical element of organizational competitiveness. The course covers information systems strategy, IST security, sourcing, project management and governance. Not to be held with MIS 6150.

MIS 5120  Spreadsheet Skills for Management  1 cr  

This course will provide students with spreadsheet skills for use in the studies and practice of management. Students can be exempt by demonstrating proficiency, evaluated through a computer based test recommended by the faculty. Course graded Pass/Fail. Cannot be held with MIS 5110.

Course Outline not provided for this course

MSCI 7140  Quantitative Analysis for Management  3 cr  

Introduction to the use of quantitative techniques, and computers to solve management problems. Mathematical optimization models, network analysis, and probability models. Not to be held with MSCI 6070 OR MSCI 2150.

Prerequisite: MSCI 5110.

MSCI 5110  Basic Quantitative Analysis for Management  1 cr  

This is a remedial master's level auxiliary quantitative course that reviews quantitative techniques that are considered prerequisite to the MBA program. The prime objective of this course is to make students familiar with basic quantitative techniques and their applications in managerial decision making processes. These quantitative skills are applied on a daily basis in all functional areas of business: accounting, finance, management, marketing and supply chain management. It will also enable MBA students to understand the role and importance of quantitative skills improving managerial decisions when faced with uncertain solutions. The course is graded on a Pass/Fail basis. Not to be held with MSCI 5010 or MSCI 5100.

Course Outline not provided for this course.

MKT 7010  Marketing Management  3 cr  

Discussion of the marketing function and its importance to the organization. The course will focus on strategic and tactical issues related to market segmentation, positioning, targeting, product management, pricing, promotion, and distribution, both from a for-profit and not-for-profit perspective.

MKT 7080  G13 Consumer Insights and Social Change  3 cr

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.

Prerequisite: MKT 7010

MKT 7080  G05 Marketing Innovation  3 cr

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.

Prerequisite: MKT 7010

MKT 7080  G04 Cultural Brand Management  3 cr

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.

Prerequisite: MKT 7010

MKT 7080  G07 Digital Marketing  3 cr

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.

Prerequisite: MKT 7010

MKT 7232  Consumer Behaviour  3 cr

The intensive study of customer psychology associated with the development of effective marketing techniques. An in-depth knowledge of what motivates customers and the manner in which they make purchase decisions helps managers in predicting customer reactions to changes in the marketing mix and to the introduction of new products and services. Course topics first examine customers at the individual-level, and then address the interdependent aspects of consumption behavior by examining its social and cultural context.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Pre- or co-requisite: MKT 7010 (formerly MKT 6080).

MKT 7080  G08 Sustainability Marketing  3 cr

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.

Prerequisite: MKT 7010

OPM 7120  Operations and Supply Chain Management  3 cr  

Operations and Supply Chain Management focuses on the management of processes that transform inputs into valuable outputs within supply chains. This case method course will allow students to learn systematic ways of seeing, thinking, and managing key related processes.

OPM 7170  Project Management  3 cr  

Topics covered in this course will include project initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing. Knowledge areas such as scope, schedule, cost, risk, and HR management will be discussed. The course will make use of industrial projects for developing a strong planning and analytical approach pertinent to project management.

OPM 7180  Sustainable Lean Management  3 cr  

Sustainable Lean Management will provide students with a basic understanding of the components of Sustainable Lean Management in the context of Profit, People and Plant (the triple bottom line) and the opportunity to practically apply the principles, methods and tools of Sustainable Lean Management to real problems. Sustainable Lean Management, at its core, is about systematically identifying the strategic problems of an organization and methodically solving those problems while simultaneously growing and developing the potential of people to the benefit of all stakeholders of the enterprise.

Prerequisite: OPM 7120

OPM 7300  Topics in Advanced Production and Operations Management  3 cr  

A study of recent developments in production systems and management. Topics include systems design, plant location and layout, inventory systems planning and control.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: OPM 7120

SCM 7040  Logistic Management  3 cr  

Logistics Management is the part of supply chain management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective forward and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet customers' requirements. This course provides a practical, management perspective of the following areas of logistics: distribution, transportation, international logistics, inventory control, sustainable logistics practices, key performance indicators, supply chain finance, leadership in a supply chain role, and an introduction to logistics technology including RFID and ERP systems.

SCM 7042  Purchasing and Procurement in Supply Chains  3 cr

Purchasing and procurement functions are about much more than bringing goods and services into an organization. They are the foundation of strong, collaborative relationships with suppliers. Since many companies source products from around the globe more frequently than ever, a procurement manager needs strong capabilities. These skills cannot just be learned on the job: they need to be taught. As well, the value of procurement is now recognized as an integral part of cost control within the organization. In this course, you'll learn the basics of procurement, including what a supply chain looks like, the purchasing cycle, essential tools and strategies for making the best purchasing relationships work, managing bids, and more.

SCM 7044  Supply Relationship Management  3 cr  

Successful Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) needs effective contract and performance management in place for the selected suppliers. Also, a successful SRM programme needs full engagement from the key stakeholders across the business. However, engaging internal stakeholders in SRM activities is challenging and the ability to sell internally and externally is essential. Since maximising the value that is captured from major suppliers delivers significant business benefits, this course covers the approaches needed internally and externally to secure value delivery from suppliers.

SCM 7046  Sustainable Supply Chain Management  3 cr  

Sustainability efforts can open many opportunities for businesses— product innovation can lead to first-mover advantage, environmental product differentiation can open new markets, green sourcing and waste reduction can reduce operating cost, etc. At the same time, they can present significant challenges—governments and communities are imposing higher standards on pollution, resource exploitation, etc. This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the sustainability challenges and opportunities facing supply chains today. We will took at some of the factors that are contributing to the adoption of sustainability strategies, such as legislations that are penalizing negative environmental and social impacts, and society’s expectations of business in terms of health, human rights, and the environment. The supply chains today cannot be concerned only with creating shareholder value; their performance is also measured in terms of social, environmental and economic impact.

SCM 7048  Advanced Supply Chain Management  3 cr  

Advanced Supply Chain Management (ASCM) provides a theoretical basis for multi-disciplinary analysis and improvement of supply chains and networks, focusing especially on supply chain modelling methods to support managerial decision making. Supply chains are often globally interconnected systems with a large variety of complex relationships. This is also affecting the ways in which goods and services are developed, produced, processed and delivered to the market.

PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: MSCI 7140.

SCM 7050  Co-op in Supply Chain Management and Logistics  3 cr  

This course aims to provide students with a hands-on experience in Supply Chain Management and Logistics. Students will be placed in positions within organizations operating in the Province of Manitoba and Canada to experience supply chain management and logistics management in practice. A pre-employment training to students without significant work experience in North America may be required. The pre-employment training and placement of students will be performed in coordination with the Asper School of Business Graduate Co-operative Education Program, always striving lo match the interests of the student with the interests of the hosting organization. This course is graded on a pass/fail basis.

SCM 7052  Applied Project in Supply Chain Management and Logistics  3 cr  

This course aims to provide students with a hands-on experience in Supply Chain Management and Logistics. Students will explore and address real issues in the supply chain and logistics sector in the context of the Province of Manitoba and/or Canada under the supervision of a Faculty Member of the Department of Supply Chain Management, Asper School of Business, and in close connection with the target organization. This course is graded on a pass/fail basis.