Appendix A - Courses
Management
| MGMT*6100 Evidence Based Management Research U [0.50] | |
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| This course provides a conceptual overview of the management research and its functions for academic and practitioner audiences. Students will explore the purpose of research, its relationship to theory, the benefits of various epistemological approaches and the notion of research impact. Topics include research problem definition and objectives, hypothesis development, research design, ethics approval, measurement, sampling methods, analysis, interpretation of results, and report writing. | |
| Restriction(s): | Students in MA.MGMT |
| Department(s): | Department of Management |
| MGMT*6120 Quantitative Methods for Evidence Based Management U [0.50] | |
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| This course provides a practical overview of statistical methods for evidence-based management applications. Students will work with quantitative data to conduct a variety of statistical analysis, including descriptive statistics, visualization of data, null hypothesis significance testing, univariate and multivariate analysis of variance and covariance, correlation, linear and logistic regression and exploratory factor analysis. The course puts an emphasis on the interpretation of results in terms of their practical managerial implications. | |
| Prerequisite(s): | MGMT*6100 |
| Restriction(s): | Students in MA.MGMT |
| Department(s): | Department of Management |
| MGMT*6200 Leadership Assessment and Development U [0.50] | |
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| This course provides a conceptual overview of the leadership competencies that lead to leadership performance. Students will explore and learn a method for assessing their own leadership competencies. The will learn a process for developing in themselves those knowledge and skills relevant to effective leadership. Topics include managerial competencies models, assessment models, learning styles, intentional change process, and personal development plan. This course emphasizes those techniques most frequently used in personal development and coaching individuals and teams. | |
| Restriction(s): | Students in the MA in Management program only. |
| Department(s): | Department of Management |
| MGMT*6300 Business Consulting U [0.50] | |
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| This course provides students with an understanding of the concepts, principles, and practices for management consulting. Students will be exposed to the various components of the consulting process, consulting approaches and styles, client- consultant relationships, issue and problem diagnosis, reporting of results, and professional codes of conduct and ethics. The emphasis is on techniques most frequently used in the context of both internal and external organizational roles and as a career choice. | |
| Restriction(s): | Students in the MA in Management program only. |
| Department(s): | Department of Management |
| MGMT*6400 Project Management U [0.50] | |
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| This course provides students with an understanding of the concepts, principles, and practices for project management. It introduces an understanding and appreciation of the importance of managing projects, project teams, the project management systems and tools, the various components of the project management process, and professional codes of conduct and ethics. The emphasis is on the techniques most frequently used in the context of, both internal and external organizational roles of a project manager. | |
| Restriction(s): | Students in the MA in Management program only. |
| Department(s): | Department of Management |
| MGMT*6500 Major Research Project U [1.00] | |
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| This course is available to individuals or groups of graduate students. Students will complete a set of readings and an associated paper as approved by designated faculty. Specific learning objectives consistent with the University's will be developed each time the course is offered. | |
| Prerequisite(s): | MGMT*6100 and MGMT*6200 |
| Restriction(s): | Students in the MA in Management program. |
| Department(s): | Department of Management |
| MGMT*6800 Philosophy of Social Science Research S [0.50] | |
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| This course introduces students to the underlying philosophical assumptions that support empirical research methods within social science disciplines. The aim of this course is to examine the philosophy of knowledge generation and claims, particularly in the context of management phenomena. | |
| Department(s): | Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies |
| MGMT*6820 Theory of Management F [0.50] | |
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| This course examines the evolution of management thought and the overarching theories that have been successfully applied to multiple functional areas of the organization. Examples of theories that apply to such disparate areas as operations, marketing, and organizational behaviour include agency theory, transaction cost analysis, and contingency theory. | |
| Department(s): | Department of Management |
| MGMT*6830 Applied Univariate Statistical Analysis for Management F [0.50] | |
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| This course focuses on the use of univariate statistics as applied to social and behavioural research within the fields of organizational, management, and consumer studies. Emphasis will be place on providing a solid understanding of descriptive statistics, mean difference testing, analysis of variance and covariance, linear and logistic regression, and power and effect size. Laboratory sessions will focus on analysis application using statistical packages such as SPSS, R, SAS, Stata, and Mplus. | |
| Department(s): | Department of Management |
| MGMT*6840 Quantitative Research Methods: Multivariate Techniques W [0.50] | |
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| This course provides a review of selected multivariate analysis techniques with applications to management. Students will learn to determine which multivariate technique is appropriate for a specific research problem and how to apply multivariate quantitative techniques to research questions. Topics include regression analysis, anova, principal components, factor and discriminant analysis, nonmetric scaling and trade-off analysis. The course uses a hands-on approach and requires computer-program analysis. | |
| Department(s): | Department of Management |
| MGMT*6850 Qualitative Research Methods W [0.50] | |
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| This doctoral seminar provides students with the historical roots, underlying theoretical frameworks, and methods of qualitative research for consumer and management studies. Students will develop their capacity to conduct qualitative research through the development of an original qualitative research project. | |
| Department(s): | Department of Management |
| MGMT*6900 PhD Research Seminar Project S [0.00] | |
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| The summer project seminar has the objective to start familiarizing students with the research process. Students will prepare and submit a research piece drawing on techniques acquired in the research methods courses. | |
| Department(s): | Department of Management |
| MGMT*6950 Doctoral Research Seminar F,W [0.00] | |
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| This is a seminar course attended by graduate students and faculty. Academic guest speakers present their work in weekly meetings. Students are encouraged to be engaged and participate actively during the presentations. | |
| Restriction(s): | Must be registered in the PhD Management program |
| Department(s): | Department of Management |