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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)
Corequisite(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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