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For more information about the Faculty offering these courses, see the Haskayne School of Business: .
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Strategy and Global Management
217
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Introduction to Business Skills
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Introduction to the external business environment, human resource management, and marketing. Topics will include ethical decision-making, teamwork, secondary research, proper use of business communication tools and presentation skills. Pedagogical approaches may include case analysis, exercises, simulations, and class discussion.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-3) or (3-1.5)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Haskayne School of Business.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for Strategy and Global Management 217 and Business and Environment 291 will not be allowed.
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Strategy and Global Management
371
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International Business
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Covers the concepts and knowledge base required to understand how foreign cultural, economic and political developments affect the strategies of firms involved in international trade and investment, as well as of firms often seen as principally domestic in orientation.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and 24 units.
Also known as:
(formerly Strategy and Global Management 575)
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Strategy and Global Management
395
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Business Law for Strategic Decision-Makers
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Business law topics may include: regulatory compliance and environment management, tort and contractual liability, legal issues affecting the strategic management of sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations and joint ventures, personal liability of corporate directors and officers, intellectual property, advertising and promotion law, consumer protection legislation, legal issues affecting employees and independent contractors, the strategic management of international business, securities law and other current business law issues.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
24 units.
Also known as:
(formerly Business and Environment 395)
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Strategy and Global Management
401
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Business in Canada
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A comparative analysis of Canada's competitive position in the global economy utilizing case studies analyzing strategies employed by Canadian corporations to be successful in world markets.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Entrepreneurship and Innovation 201.
Notes:
Not available for credit toward the Bachelor of Commerce degree. Preference in enrolment is given to students who have declared a Management and Society Minor.
Also known as:
(formerly Business and Environment 401)
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Strategy and Global Management
403
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Business in BRIC Markets
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Introduction to complexities facing multinationals when operating in emerging markets, particularly Brazil, Russia, India and China. Exploration of institutional contexts and consumer cultures in each of the BRIC countries, and the impact of the above on strategy. Comparison of multinational enterprises from emerging economies versus companies from developed economies, in terms of international strategies, challenges and opportunities.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and 60 units.
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Strategy and Global Management
405
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East Asia in the World Economy
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Investigation of how firms become international and achieve superior performance in the international business environment, with an emphasis on Asia. Exploration of opportunities and contemporary issues for doing business in the diverse countries of Asia. Similarities and differences in business practices among Asian countries are studied. International business concepts and strategies for doing business in Asia are considered.
Course Hours:
3 units: (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and 60 units.
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Strategy and Global Management
407
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International Business Regulation
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International business regulations are examined, and their impact on a firm's international strategies are analyzed. Exploration of how multinational enterprises must simultaneously adapt to the external/regulatory environments of their home country and multiple host countries.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and 60 units.
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Strategy and Global Management
409
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Cross-Cultural Management
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Introduction to the challenges posed by managing in international environments and across cultural boundaries. Emphasis is placed on understanding the nature of cultural differences; the influence of these differences on organizational processes including leadership, teams, communication, ethics and conflict resolution; their impact on human resource practices including staffing and performance management; and implications for those holding international managerial roles.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and 60 units.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for Strategy and Global Management 409 and Management Studies 559.26 will not be allowed.
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Strategy and Global Management
533
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Dilemmas and Decisions in Business
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Managers must balance ethical, social, legal and economic issues while making complex decisions that affect both internal and external stakeholders. Using legal and business case methods as the primary teaching tools, students will, individually and in groups, gain an understanding of how to balance ethical, social and legal decision-making principles, process complex facts and obtain well-reasoned results in order to make decisions in turbulent times.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
60 units including Strategy and Global Management 395, and either admission to the Haskayne School of Business or enrolment in the Management and Society Minor.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for Strategy and Global Management 533 and Management Studies 559.24 will not be allowed.
Also known as:
(formerly Business and Environment 533)
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Strategy and Global Management
551
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Social Issues, Strategies and Shareholders
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An examination of the management of social and environmental issues. A focus on the pressing global issue of climate change and the economic impacts, both threats and opportunities, of greenhouse gas emissions mitigation on energy production and consumption throughout the economy.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and 60 units.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for Strategy and Global Management 551 and Management Studies 559.12 will not be allowed.
Also known as:
(formerly Business and Environment 551)
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Strategy and Global Management
555
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Strategies for Sustainable Development
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Make better business decisions in light of our society, the environment and the economy. Solve social and environmental problems while generating a shareholder return. Practical frameworks for decision making.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and 54 units.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for Strategy and Global Management 555 and Business and Environment 559.04 will not be allowed.
Also known as:
(formerly Business and Environment 555)
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Strategy and Global Management
559
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Selected Topics in Strategy and Global Management
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Examination of selected topics in Strategy and Global Management.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and 60 units. For certain topics, consent of the Haskayne School of Business will also be required.
Notes:
For more information on topics and prerequisite requirements, see Class Notes in the Course Search.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Strategy and Global Management
561
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Ethical Issues and the Professional Manager
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Major ethical principles are evaluated from different perspectives to provide tools for making sound ethical decisions in various business situations and in the face of moral dilemmas.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and 30 units.
Also known as:
(formerly Business and Environment 561)
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Strategy and Global Management
571
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Business Under USMCA
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Legal, political, economic and social considerations important to Canadian firms pursuing the US and/or Mexican markets, including the implications of the United States - Mexico - Canada Agreement.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and 60 units.
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Strategy and Global Management
573
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Business with Japan
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An integrated approach to the cultural, governmental and structural factors influencing the conduct of business with Japan, whether as a supplier, customer, partner or investor.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and 60 units.
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Strategy and Global Management
577
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International Strategic Management
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A focus on why and how firms internationalize and the strategic challenges facing firms that operate within an international business environment. The course covers key concepts, theories and perspectives in international management. These are critiqued, contextualized and applied to particular firm level cases.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and 60 units.
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Strategy and Global Management
579
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Co-ordinating Global Business
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Applies international business theory to the practical operational challenges faced by international managers with a focus on functional implications throughout the entire value chain of the firm's cross-border activities.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and 60 units.
Notes:
A basic understanding of the international business environment and international strategic management is assumed.
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Strategy and Global Management
588
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Field Investigation in International Business
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Research project based on a live "case". Student groups are presented with a case of a real-world local multinational company facing an international strategy issue, conduct primary and secondary research, analyze impediments, and apply knowledge and skills gained to provide actionable recommendations for managers in charge of international strategy. Final projects may be submitted as IVEY teaching cases in cooperation with interested faculty.
Course Hours:
6 units: (6-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and 60 units including one of Finance 461, Marketing 467, Strategy and Global Management 371, 403, 405, 407, 409, 571, 573, 577 or 579.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for Strategy and Global Management 588 and 589 will not be allowed.
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Strategy and Global Management
591
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Strategic Management
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Analysis of competitive situations from the general management point of view, including fit between key environmental forces and the firm's resources, and changes in these over time. Formulating and implementing strategy based on that analysis. Developing and leveraging a firm's core competencies to gain long-term sustainable advantage.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and 84 units including Accounting 217 or 317, Accounting 323, Communications Studies 363 or 369 or Entrepreneurship and Innovation 317, Management Studies 391, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources 317, Business Technology Management 317, Finance 317, Marketing 317, Operations Management 317, Strategy and Global Management 395.
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Strategy and Global Management
595
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Advanced Business Law
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Various advanced topics that are of current interest in business law. These topics may probe deeper into several of the topics covered in the introductory business law course or may introduce new legal topics of current interest to business managers.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and Strategy and Global Management 395.
Also known as:
(formerly Business and Environment 595)
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Strategy and Global Management
601
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Strategic Management I
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The role of the CEO and other senior executives in formulating and implementing corporate strategies, and provides an overview of key strategic issues and topics. Covers such areas as industry analysis, executive leadership, corporate strategy, corporate diversification, strategic change, global strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic implications of new technologies.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for Strategy and Global Management 601 and 701 will not be allowed.
Also known as:
(formerly Strategy and Global Management 701)
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Strategy and Global Management
602
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Strategic Management II
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Application of strategic concepts and frameworks of analysis. Decisions and the processes to mobilize resources for the attainment of objectives. Measurement of performance through industry and competitive analysis.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Strategy and Global Management 601 or consent of the Haskayne School of Business.
Also known as:
(formerly Strategy and Global Management 795)
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Strategy and Global Management
603
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Global Environment of Business
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Economic, political, social and legal factors affecting management decisions. Topics may include Canada in the world economy, business and government relations, business ethics and legal environment for business. Develops knowledge and ability to analyze and deal with complexities of the business environment.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Also known as:
(formerly Business and Environment 601)
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Strategy and Global Management
619
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Project External Issues
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Projects will focus on the effects of external factors on business. External factors may include: corporate influences; financial interfaces; sources of funds; lending environment, owner's and lender's risks; government involvement; regulatory requirements; public interfaces; public information; compensation; project commissioning.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Also known as:
(formerly Business and Environment 619)
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Strategy and Global Management
631
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Analytics of International Business Environment
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A data-driven approach to the analysis of international business environment. Use of data analytics to appraise emerging trends in a country/region/world business environment and derive strategic implications for business enterprises.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
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Strategy and Global Management
651
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Strategies for Sustainable Development
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The strategic context for making business decisions with respect to sustainable development issues. The role of sustainability in economic development, international trade relations and emerging technologies. Stakeholder perspectives and the effect of environmental and social issues on industrial performance.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Also known as:
(formerly Business and Environment 651)
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Strategy and Global Management
653
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Managing Social and Environmental Issues in the Global Market Place
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Examines the new class of social and environmental corporate risks through a review of changes in international sustainable development policy initiatives, changes in communications, the emergence of an environmental and social activist sector, and the interaction of these factors resulting in new international business risk challenges. Uses lectures, cases, simulations and class discussion of theories and concepts.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Also known as:
(formerly Business and Environment 653)
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Strategy and Global Management
655
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Strategic Management in the Global Energy Industry
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Characteristics of the energy industry. Major strategic issues facing top management teams in corporations involved in oil and gas and power businesses and relevant strategic tools for addressing them. Industry structure, energy value chain, key players and their strategies, industry dynamics and trends, supply and demand, expansion, M&As, roles of governments, OPEC and international politics, Kyoto Protocol, major technological drivers, organization and top management leadership.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Strategy and Global Management 601.
Also known as:
(formerly Strategy and Global Management 751)
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Strategy and Global Management
659
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International Business Environment
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The environment which influences international business activities including economic, legal, political and socio-cultural factors. Foreign direct investment in Canada will also be considered.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Also known as:
(formerly Strategy and Global Management 775)
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Strategy and Global Management
661
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Ethics and the Professional Manager
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The role of values in business decision making; alternative moral codes and their principles; moral principles as decision tools, and reasoning through moral dilemmas; role of business in society; specific issues in business ethics; application through cases and exercises.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Also known as:
(formerly Business and Environment 661)
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Strategy and Global Management
668
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Seminar in Strategy and Global Management
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Study and discussion of current research literature and contemporary issues on topics related to Strategy and Global Management in the private and/or the public sectors.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3S-0)
Also known as:
(formerly Strategy and Global Management 789)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Strategy and Global Management
672
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Strategic Analysis
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Introduction to the key concepts, tools, and principles of strategy formulation and competitive analysis.
Course Hours:
1.5 units; (3-1T)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Master of Management program.
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Strategy and Global Management
674
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International Business
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Strategic challenges of managing and operating within an international business environment, their potential implications at a firm level, strategies for firms competing in international markets, and operational tactics employed in functional areas.
Course Hours:
1.5 units; (3-1T)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Master of Management program.
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Strategy and Global Management
676
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Business Law
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Principal substantive subjects include: business and the Canadian legal system, constitutional rights, the administrative and regulatory process, contracts, employment, business organizations, property and negligence.
Course Hours:
1.5 units; (3-IT)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Master of Management Program.
Also known as:
(formerly Business and Environment 674)
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Strategy and Global Management
678
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Business Communications
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Creating clear and concise written and verbal communications, crafting persuasive presentations, understanding stakeholders and the value of personal branding.
Course Hours:
1.5 units; (3-IT)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Master of Management Program.
Also known as:
(formerly Business and Environment 672)
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA
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Strategy and Global Management
691
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Fundamentals of Project Management
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Application of management principles to the project environment; planning, control, scope, time and cost processes; project organization and human resource issues. Students review a current major capital project and submit and defend a project report.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Program Director.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for Strategy and Global Management 691 and Civil Engineering 691 will not be allowed.
Also known as:
(formerly Business and Environment 691)
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Strategy and Global Management
707
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Advanced Strategic Management Tools
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Re-examination of the main tools used in strategy analysis with a unique triple focus on: 1) inclusion only of tools that are actionable and lead to outcomes with clear management implications; 2) critical assessment of the ‘limits’ associated with applying each tool (boundary conditions; weaknesses; danger of wrong interpretation of results; unexpected negative spill-over effects; etc.); and 3) discussion of the most recent insights from the scholarly and practitioner oriented literatures, emphasizing dynamics.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Doctor of Business Administration program.
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA
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Strategy and Global Management
796
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Qualitative Research in Strategy and Organizations
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Processes of collecting, analyzing, and reporting qualitative data, as well as inducing theory from them. Application to the area of Strategy and Organizations is emphasized. Focus on various approaches to qualitative research and on developing competence in conducting it.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Haskayne School of Business.
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Strategy and Global Management
797
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Advanced Seminar in Strategy and Global Management
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Course Hours:
3 units; (3S-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Haskayne School of Business.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Strategy and Global Management
799
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Doctoral Seminars in Strategy and Global Management
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799.01. Survey of the Field
799.02. Corporate and Competitive Strategy
799.03. Current Topics in Strategic Management
799.04. Business Environment
799.05. Interorganizational Relationships: Creating and Managing Strategic Alliances
Course Hours:
3 units; (3S-0)
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