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Level 1: Graduate Certificate
in Business Administration (UWM-GCBA)
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Course No.
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Name of Course
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Description
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Credits
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| MBA6003 |
Economics for
Management |
This course provides
both micro and macroeconomic foundations necessary for an understanding
of markets and the mechanisms through which they work. Micro
topics covered include Supply and Demand theory, Competition
and the Invisible Hand, Market Failures and Taxes and Trade.
Macro topics covered include Unemployment, Inflation and National
Output, Multipliers, Monetary and Fiscal Policy and Options
for Policy Makers.3 |
3
|
| MBA6102 |
International
Business Environment |
The objective of
the course is to introduce students to issues related to international
business environments and concepts used by companies which operate
abroad. The course is designed to assist students in learning
about the practice of international business; better understanding
the complexity of doing business abroad and/or with foreign
based companies; and selecting concepts for international operations.
At the end of the course the student should understand aspects
of international business co-operation and competitiveness,
recognize specifics of business conditions in various geo-political
regions, and know some details about doing business internationally. |
1,5
|
| MBA6105 |
Government and
the Private Sector |
This course will
examine the ideas and social models that propel modern society.
Further, it will probe the inter-relationship between economic
(technological) development, ecological and social problems,
government and business. While regulations and managerial implications
will be discussed, the perspective will be drawn from political
economy. |
1,5
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| MBA6106 |
Information Technology
and E-Business |
An introduction to
the use of Information Technology in business with a particular
emphasis on E-Business. Covers the acquisition and implementation
of technology, strategic uses of computing, resistance, security,
risk, and issues associated with the rise of E-Business. |
3
|
| MBA6109 |
Organizational
Communications |
The primary objective
of this course is to help students home their basic business
communications skills for the purpose of learning how to communicate
more effectively in the business environment. The course has
been designed to create an awareness and understanding of the
importance of business communications as a management function.
This course will help prepare first-year graduate students for
the heavy emphasis placed on making presentations and doing
group work in the MBA program Topics to be covered include managerial
communications, oral communications in management, presentational
speaking, written communications and organizational effects
on communication. |
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| MBA6203 |
Accounting for
Managers |
This course provides
the student with a basic understanding of published external
financial statements and the use of accounting data for planning,
control, and decision making within the organization. The first
part explores the principles, concepts, and alternatives underlying
external financial reports, as well as the processes involved
in their preparation. The student is also introduced to the
inherent limitations of accounting information. The second part
emphasizes the generation and use of accounting information
for internal purposes, with emphasis on the information needs
of managers. Major areas covered include product costing, cost
behaviour and estimation, profit planning, budgeting, and performance
evaluation. The behavioural implications of accounting based
decisions are also considered. |
3
|
| MBA6301 |
Marketing Theories
and Concepts |
Emphasizes the role
of the marketing function in managerial decision-making. Students
will be introduced to marketing theories and concepts. |
1,5
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| MBA6302 |
Application of
Marketing Concepts and Strategies |
Emphasizes the application
of marketing theories, concepts, and analytical tools from the
marketing management perspective. Focus is upon the analysis
and solution of marketing problems and strategic issues in a
contemporary environment. Prerequisite: MBA6301 |
1,5
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| MBA6403 |
Financial Management
|
This is an introductory
course in Financial Management. It covers both short-term and
long-term corporate decisions. This course introduces basic
tools of corporate financial analysis and illustrates their
application to problems faced by a corporate financial manager.
Focuses on topics such as time value of money, term structure
of interest rates, valuation of financial securities, working
capital management, short-term and long-term sources of financing,
fundamental concepts of risk and return, the firm's decision
on capital expenditure, cost of capital, captial structure,
dividend policy and external expansion. Prerequisite: MBA6203 |
3
|
| MBA6503 |
Organizational
Studies |
Presents theories
and applications of Organizational Behavior and Organizational
Theory and Design. Individual and small group behavior within
organizational contexts will be discussed, as will the structural
features of organizations, the determinants of structure and
the effects of structure on organizational performance. |
3
|
| MBA6606 |
Business Data
Analysis |
This course is designed
to introduce students to basic statistical concepts and tecniques
and their applications. Topics covered include Descriptive Statistics,
Probability theory, Probability Distributions, Discrete and
Continuous Random Variables, Data Collection and Sampling Methods,
Estimation Theory, Hypothesis Testing, Analysis of Variance,
Non-parametric Methods Simple and Multiple Regression and Correlation
Analysis, Time Series Analysis. |
3
|
| MBA6607 |
Production and
Operations Management |
Management of production
and operations continues to be a critical activity in today's
dynamic economy. This course is designed to provide students
with fundamental knowledge of this area. Topics covered include,
Linear Programming: Modeling and algorithm, Interger Programming,
Network Optimization Problems, Optimization in a Stochastic
Environment, Computer Simulation, Forecasting, Capacity Planning,
Facility Location and Layout, Production scheduling, Just-in-Time
and Supply-chain management, Inventory Management, Quality Control
and Quality Management, Project Management. |
3
|
| MBA6701 |
Business Law
and the Legal Environment |
This course is designed
to introduce students to the legal environment of business in
Canada. The course begins with an introduction to the Canadian
legal system and then explores forms of doing business. Various
aspects of the regulation of business activity are examined. |
1,5
|
| MBA6802 |
Human Resource
Management |
This course examines
the management of human resources in organizations. Particular
attention is directed at human resource planning and selection,
training and development, appraisal, and compensation. This
module concludes with an assessment of the links between industrial
relations, human resource management, and global competitiveness. |
1,5
|
|
TOTAL CREDITS
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|
30
|
Level 2: Graduate Diploma
in Business Administration (UNB-GDBA)
|
Course No.
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Name of Course - Elective
|
Description
|
Credits
|
| MBA6113 |
Database Management
|
An introduction to
database management systems. Additional topics include data
modelling, query languages, database administration, data administration,
security, concurrency, control and distributed databases. Prerequisite:
MBA6101 |
3
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| MBA6117 |
Research Methods
|
This course presents
a balanced approach to the theory and applications of business
research. It develops skills among students to evaluate and
interpret business research studies and proposals from the point
of view of their design and practical importance to the organization.
This course teaches students skills to plan and execute business
research projects. Prerequisite: MBA6601 and MBA6602. |
3
|
| MBA6119 |
Start-Up Challenges
of Advanced Technology Firms |
This course provides
a combination of seminars, lectures, case studies and guest
speakers
on various aspects of high technology start-ups of entrepreneurships
and intrareneurships. The main topics covered will be: management
of start-up and post start-ups, recognition of opportunities,
the founders team and expertise of business partners, resource
requirements, venture financing, the nature and forms of start-ups,
effectiveness of different forms of start-ups, and strategic
considerations in ventures. The main focus of the course is
on the rapidly changing "Advanced Technology Industries".
Prerequisite: All first year required courses.
|
3
|
| MBA6122 |
International
Business: Operations |
This course introduces
strategic decisions which need to be und7rtaken by a firm that
transcends national boundaries. These strategic decisions include
finance, marketing, production, human resource management and
organizational management. Prerequisite: MBA6102 |
3
|
| MBA6125 |
Management
Control Systems |
This course covers
the nature and the process of management control systems in
the context of business organizations. It introduces concept
of responsibility centres - i.e. revenue, cost, profit, and
investment centres and deals with the control process through
planning budgeting, performance measurement and evaluation.
In addition to traditional methods, modern methods such as JIT
and TQM are introduced. Further special issues such as control
system for international operations, service organizations and
the like are also covered. Prerequisite: All first year required
courses. |
3
|
| MBA6131 |
Introduction
to E-Commerce |
Introduces students
to business conducted on the Internet. Topics covered include,
technical structures such as web sites, security payments, impacts
on corporate strategy and structure, internationalization and
marketing on the internet. |
3
|
| MBA6132 |
Electronic
Business Strategies |
This course is aimed
to expose students to alternate business models and competitive
strategies that are pertinent to emerging E-Business. Through
a number of real life cases, different e-business models such
as aggregators, market makers, etailers, informediaries, community
builders, and the like will be analysed. The revenue models,
competitive structures, alliance patterns, and key success factors
will be identified. The business models will also address the
issues of organizational, operational marketing, and financial
integration with the existing business. |
3
|
| MBA6193 |
Topics in
Administration |
This course permits
the offering of special courses from time to time, therefore,
no description and prerequisite can be provided. |
3
|
| MBA6128 |
Managing Diversity
in Organizations |
Explores problems
and opportunities associated with diversity in organizations
and their implications for managers. Topics covered include
a social psychological examination of prejudice and discrimination,
a sociological analysis of institutional and structural sources
of inequality, understanding various dimensions of diversity
and planning and implementing organizational change in the context
of diversity. Prerequisites: MBA6501 and MBA6502 |
3
|
| MBA6215 |
Accounting
& Decision Making |
This course provides
a synthesis in the use of accounting information for decision-making.
The prime function of a manager is to make decisions and one
of the prime functions of accounting is to provide information
for decision-making. Using accounting information effectively
is an acquired skill which this course approaches through case
study. Relying upon the tools developed in MBA6203 the emphasis
will be on identifying what information is required and how
to use this information in the decision process and for follow-up
evaluation. Prerequisite: MBA 6203. |
3
|
| MBA6216 |
International
Accounting |
Explores the key
issues in international accounting. In the global economy, international
firms have a much wider field in which to make their operating,
investing and financing decisions. Many of these decisions will
be based, in part, on accounting data. This course provides
an overview and comparative analysis of accounting practices
throughout the industrialized world and examines their implications
for business decision making in a global economy.
Prerequisite: MBA6201 and MBA6202
|
1,5
|
| MBA6218 |
Financial
Statement Analysis |
This course is designed
to enhance a student's basic understanding of the usefulness
of financial reporting in operating, financing, and investing
decisions. Appropriate Skills in the area of financial statement
analysis will be developed. The course begins with a review
and understanding of generally accepted accounting principles
in Canada and elsewhere. It progresses through financial statement
analysis of Canadian and International companies in different
industries and in different geographical areas. Prerequisite:
MBA6202 and MBA6402 |
3
|
| MBA6311 |
Entrepreneurship
and Small Business I |
Focuses on the problems
of starting and operating a small enterprise. Frequently, members
of the business community will participate in the classroom
discussion. Prerequisite: All required first year courses must
be completed or taken concurrently. |
1,5
|
| MBA6312 |
Entrepreneurship
and Small Business II |
A project based course
designed to allow students to prepare a business plan for a
new enterprise or to write a case study of an existing small
business. Prerequisite: MBA6311 |
1,5
|
| MBA6313 |
Marketing
Research |
Identifies and explores
marketing problems and the implementation of research designed
to aid marketing managers. Includes problem formation, study
design, data collection, advanced analytic techniques, and the
presentation of findings. Prerequisites: MBA6302 and MBA6602 |
3
|
| MBA6321 |
Customer Satisfaction
and Loyalty |
Examines issues relevant
to customer satisfaction and loyalty. Topics covered include
the marketing concept, continuous improvement, quality, complaining
behavior, expectations, measurement, and relationship marketing.
Prerequisites: MBA6301, MBA6302 |
3
|
| MBA6322 |
Buyer Behaviour |
This course examines
variables which influence buying decisions in consumer and in
industrial markets. It elaborates on how these variables account
for variations in purchase, consumption and/or usage behaviour
among groups and individuals. Specific emphasis is placed on
showing the relevance of these variations for designing marketing
strategies and plans. Particular attention is placed on information-processing
models for explaining buyer behaviour. Prerequisite: MBA6301
and MBA6302 |
3
|
| MBA6323 |
International
Marketing Management |
This seminar course
identifies, and analyses marketing tools that are appropriate
for undertaking foreign market expansion and sourcing by small
and medium-sized manufacturing and service sector businesses.
It explores the application of these tools to international
marketing decision-making. Emphasis is placed on the use of
such foreign market entry and expansion modes as
importing, exporting, franchising, licensing and joint ventures.
Particular attention is paid to managing foreign channel relationships,
especially with foreign agents, trading houses and foreign distributors.
Prerequisite: MBA6301 and MBA6302
|
3
|
| MBA6324 |
Strategic
Services Marketing |
The objective of
this course is to provide students with an appreciation and
understanding of the distinctive aspects of services marketing.
Specific emphasis is placed on the distinctive approaches necessary
to plan and implement marketing strategy for services. This
course will be taught using a combination of lectures, discussions,
case analyses and group projects. Prerequisites: MBA6301, MBA6302
or the consent of the instructor.
|
3
|
| MBA6339 |
Marketing
Communications |
This course will
seek to explore the international financial management environment
through extensive use of case methodology. In the context of
international cases, the course will provide a conceptual framework
within which the key financial decisions of a multinational
firm can be analyzed. The topics will include foreign exchange
markets and systems, international monetary arrangements, international
risk management including exchange risk, economic risk and political
risk, international portfolio management, multinational working
capital management, multinational capital budgeting and international
financing and capital structure decisions of multinational firms. |
3
|
| MBA6414 |
Applications
of Financial Management Techniques |
A case course in
which the student will apply the knowledge acquired in the Financial
Management course. Some advanced topics in finance are reviewed
and students prepare case reports and present them in class.
Prerequisite: MBA6401 and MBA6402 |
3
|
| MBA6416 |
Public Finance
and Intergovernmental Fiscal Issues |
Examines issues of
social choice, welfare economics, taxation, public goods, and
private and public project evaluation. This course will be of
interest to graduate students who are working, or plan to work,
in the public sector. It will be of interest also to those who,
as consultants, are interested in tax policy issues and/or project
evaluation. Prerequiristes: MBA6001, MBA6002, MBA6601, MBA6602,
MBA6401 |
3
|
| MBA6425 |
Investments
|
This course covers
the investment environment, basic investment concepts, analysis
and strategy; considers investors' attitudes towards risk, the
Markowitz portfolio theory, capital market theory and its application,
the efficient market hypothesis, expected inflation and yields
on securities, options markets, securities markets, technical
and fundamental analyses. Students do simulated trading through
the Internet. Prerequisite: MBA6401 and MBA6402 |
3
|
| MBA6426 |
Financial
Institutions and Markets |
This course examines
monetary policy and the central bank, the flow of funds in the
economy and interest rate determination. Financial intermediaries
are examined with particular attention to their regulations,
the composition of their assets and liabilities and their changing
relative importance. Investment funds and pension funds are
included among the intermediaries. Attention is given to current
developments in financial markets. Prerequisite: MBA6401 and
MBA6402 |
3
|
| MBA6427 |
International
Financial Management |
This course examines
international financial management from the viewpoint of the
individual firm. After explaining the concept of the balance
of payments, consideration is given to foreign exchange markets
and exchange rate systems (including Eurocurrency systems),
exchange rate risk and the economics of currency exposure, and
the arbitrage process. The subjects of international portfolio
management, capital flows including direct investment, the financing
of multinational enterprises, taxation and transfer pricing,
capital budgeting and the cost of capital in an international
setting are dealt with. Each student is required to submit a
research paper. Prerequisites: MBA6401 and MBA6402 |
3
|
| MBA6428 |
Cases in International
Finance |
This course will
seek to explore the international financial management environment
through extensive use of case methodology. In the context of
international cases, the course will provide a conceptual framework
within which the key financial decisions of a multinational
firm can be analyzed. The topics will include foreign exchange
markets and systems, international monetary arrangements, international
risk management including exchange risk, economic risk and political
risk, international portfolio management, multinational working
capital management, multinational capital budgeting and international
financing and capital structure decisions of multinational firms.
Prerequisites: MBA6427 |
3
|
| MBA6445 |
Introduction
to Financial Derivatives: Concepts, Valuation and Some Applications |
This course covers
forward contracts, futures, options and swaps. It introduces
the market of each of these financial derivatives and explains
their market valuations. The course illustrates the application
of market valuations of derivative products through numerical
problems. The use of financial derivatives in hedging risk is
also covered. Prerequisites: MBA6401, MBA6402 |
3
|
| MBA6521 |
Managerial
Leadership |
This course examines
theories of leadership and their importance in management. It
begins with an in-depth analysis of the conceptualization of
leadership, recent models of leadership and the dimensions of
managerial leadership behaviour. Attention will then be paid
to the influence of leaders and the relationship between the
concepts of power and leadership. Consideration is next directed
to issues such as organizational leadership, the contingency
paradigm and social and cultural contexts of effective leadership.
Leadership and related issues will be linked to effective management.
Prerequisites: MBA6501 and MBA6502. |
3
|
| MBA6522 |
Motivation
and Job Design |
This course examines,
in-depth, theories of motivation and job design and considers
how these might be applied in an organizational setting. Beginning
with an examination of the motivation theories of management,
the course then turns to job design theories and their application.
Attention is given to practical constraints, such as technology,
unions and organizational practices, on the application of these
theories. Ways and means of coping with such constraints in
any job redesign program in order to achieve effective individual
and organizational performance are then considered. Prerequisites:
MBA6501 and MBA6502 |
3
|
| MBA6605 |
Applied Regression
Analysis and Experimental Design |
The topics covered
include (i) multiple regression, (ii) ANOVA and design of experiments,
and (iii) forecasting and time series analysis. An extensive
use is made of computer software packages such as SAS and SPSS.
Prerequisite: MBA6601 and MBA6602). |
3
|
| MBA6611 |
Theory of
Scheduling |
Provides an in-depth
coverage of methodologies for a variety of machine scheduling
problems. Topics covered include: Single machine scheduling,
parallel machine scheduling, flow shop scheduling, and project
scheduling. Various practical applications are discussed. Prerequisite:
MBA6603 and MBA6604 |
3
|
| MBA6612 |
Network Programming
|
Introduces the student
to the theoretical and algorithmic aspects of the field of network
programming. Various practical applications are discussed, including
those in the areas of transportation and telecommunications.
Prerequisite: MBA6603 and MBA6604 |
3
|
| MBA6614 |
Total Quality
Management |
Business Quality
Management, The Total Quality System, Management Strategies
for Quality, Engineering Technology of Quality, Statistical
Technology of Quality, Implementing Total Quality Management
in the Manufacturing and Service Sector. A comparative analysis
of selected approaches to quality (the quality approaches of
five of the world's most influential theorists on the subject;
W. Edwards Deming, Philip Crosby, J.M. Juran, Armand Feigenbaum
and Taguchi). The objective is to demonstrate, apply and integrate
the knowledge gained in the MBA program. This course will be
theme based, and focus on field studies, addressing issues of
ongoing businesses and organizations. Prerequisite: MBA6607
or permission from the instructor. |
3
|
| MBA6623 |
Production
& Operations Management |
This course is aimed
at examining some of the important practical concepts related
to Production and Operations Management (POM). Chapter topics
are: Forecasting for Operations, Aggregate Production Planning,
Inventory Control Subject to Known Demand, Inventory Control
Subject to Uncertain Demand, MRP and JIT, Operation Scheduling,
Project Scheduling, Quality and Assurance, and Reliability and
Maintainability. |
3
|
| MBA6801 |
Industrial
Relations |
This course is designed
to introduce students to the field of industrial relations with
specific reference to unionized workplaces in Canada. Industrial
relations theories, workers and their unions, management and
control, state and legislative framework for industrial relations,
collective bargaining, industrial conflict, and methods of dispute
resolution are the major topics presented, discusses and analysed.
The course also covers some contemporary and emerging issues
in employment relations. |
3
|
| MBA6825 |
Contemporary
Human Resource Management |
Undertakes an in-depth
analysis of contemporary human resource management. Issues examined
include human resource planning, staffing, employee ownership,
gain sharing and pay equity, and management of career transitions.
Teaching methods include lectures, discussion and case analysis.
Prerequisites: MBA6801 and MBA6802 |
3
|
| MBA6826 |
International
Industrial Relations |
This course is a
comparative, international study of industrial relations in
Western Europe, Japan and other countries. Emphasis is placed
on comparing and contrasting foreign industrial relations systems
with those in North America. Topics include the structure and
philosophy of trade unions movements and of employer associations,
the framework of government policies and regulations, the structure
and scope of collective bargaining, dispute resolution procedures,
the pattern of industrial conflict, and the involvement of labour
and management in politics and public policy formulation through
various consultative institutions. Prerequisite: MBA6801 and
MBA6802. |
3
|
| MBA6836 |
International
Human Resource Management |
Provides an in-depth
analysis of contemporary human resource management practices
in selected countries. In particular, it examines and analyzes
similarities and differences of human resource management systems.
Topics include recruitment and selection, performance evaluation,
human development and compensation. Prerequisites: MBA6801 and
MBA6802 |
3
|
| TOTAL |
18 ELECTIVE CREDITS FROM ABOVE |
|
Level 3: Master of Business
Administration (UNB-MBA)
|
Course No.
|
Name of Course
|
Description
|
Credits
|
| MBA6111 |
Managing Information
System |
This course builds
on the basics covered in the Foundations of MIS course by covering
a selection of topics related to the effective management of
information systems. Topics include organization and control,
managing the MIS portfolio, architectural options, and operations
management. Course theory is reinforced through the use of cases
which give students practice at applying the material covered.
Prerequisite: MBA6101 |
3
|
| MBA6107 |
Strategic Management |
Examines the role
of the strategic management process in the performance of the
modern business enterprise. Tropics include: business and mission
definition, dynamics of industrial rivalry, development of competitive
advantages, and determinants of success or failure for alternate
types of competitive strategies. Prerequisite: All required
first year courses must be completed. |
3
|
| MBA6903 |
Applied Integrative
Studies |
The objective is
to demonstrate, apply and integrate the knowledge gained in
the MBA program. This course will be theme based, and focus
on field studies, addressing issues of ongoing businesses and
organizations. Prerequisites: All first year must be completed
or taken concurrently. |
3
|
|
TOTAL CREDITS
|
|
12
|
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