The Department of Management is proud to announce two new courses in Winter 2017. These new courses are in high demand, and spaces are limited. Sign up today!
Corporate Strategy: Competitive Advantage (MGSD05)
Today’s business world demands more and more of its workers. Quick reflexes, critical thinking abilities, sharp communication skills are necessary to rise above the pack of globally-available talent. The path to getting them involves deep familiarity with important tools and frameworks, as well as the ability to perform that only practice can bring.
This new course unpacks how competitive strategy operates, and expands it to the corporation level. It goes deep into iconic leading firms like Wal-Mart and makes sense of how they got ahead and stayed ahead so long. It provides useful frameworks for answering tough questions about how to piece together different activities within a single firm—and explores how strategies can fail. Throughout, it provides rigor and structure around how to really communicate to a business audience.
Take advantage of the opportunity to practice critical skills with peers on the same journey. Receive valuable instruction in how to use “disruption” and “synergy” correctly. Apply all these tools to a topic that deeply interests YOU at the end of class.
Prerequisite: MGSC01H3 or MGIC01H3
Managing in the Information Economy (MGSD15)
The course is about how we create, protect and manage information and intellectual capital generally and the people who produce it. Our economy, especially the economy of developed countries, is increasingly founded on information. Some businesses sell information assets like music, films, and databases. Others sell services that depend primarily on information, such as accountants, finance professionals, consultants and lawyers. Still others use information to develop new products for market, such as Apple and Samsung, or are simply information services such as Facebook and Google. Even very traditional industries, such as farming, increasingly use information to make their businesses more efficient. Today, you need to know about information in business to manage effectively.
This course develops an understanding of the information economy and its dimensions. We consider the information assets a business can develop and the ways in which they can be exploited. We also consider how information and knowledge are created and used in business, how information is legally protected, and and how patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets provide a competitive advantage. We examine particular businesses and their use of information assets.
Managing information assets and the people who create them is different from managing machinery and the people who run machines. The course will allow you to learn about these new management skills, and to investigate some aspect of the information economy in depth. Instead of an examination, you will write a paper on a topic that interests you.
Prerequisite: MGSC01/MGIC01. Interested students who lack the prerequisites may approach the instructor for permission to join the course.
New Courses in 2016
Private Equity (MGFD15H3)
In this course, you will develop a strong understanding of advanced transaction valuation theory, as well as the advanced financial and cost accounting and corporate strategy aspects most relevant to private equity. The course materials cover the theoretical and practical components of private equity investing, including: deal sourcing, financial modelling and valuations, transaction structuring, financing, diligence, negotiations, post transaction corporate strategy and governance.
Through a strong focus on in-class participation and case-based learning, you will hone your critical thinking, negotiation and research skills, while expanding on your ability to use technical, software and database tools to conduct financial analysis.
This course will be taught by three successful Management alumni whose first-hand knowledge of the finance industry will make this course interactive, relevant and an excellent addition to your finance education.
Prerequisite: MGAB02H3/(MGTB06H3) and MGFC10H3/(MGTC09H3)
Introduction to the Business of Sport (MGTB60H3)
If you dream of a business or management role in amateur sport, community recreation or professional sport, this course can introduce you to career opportunities in the billion-dollar sports industry, including: sports marketing and sponsorship, sports media, and sport law, economics and finance.
Drawing from relevant theories applied to sports management, this course will incorporate practical case studies, critical thinking assignments and guest speakers from the sports industry.
This is the course for you if you want to learn more about the business of sports and the associated opportunities, or if you just want to combine a love for sports with an interest in business.You do NOT need knowledge of the sport industry to take this class.
Prerequisites: MGTA05H3 or [MGTA01H3 and MGTA02H3]
Exclusion: (HLTB05H3)