Course Descriptions
BUSI 6326 Management Skills Development
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course exposes students to key knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) considered critical to managerial success. Such exposure is designed to provide the student with behaviours that will help ensure that, when managing human resources, staff will perform at or near peak capabilities. This is a skill-building course. Significant amounts of classroom time are devoted to behaviour modeling exercises, role-plays, case studies, and group discussions.
FORMAT COMMENTS: For MBA (FS/L) only - Distance/online (14-17 weeks), in classroom portion 3.5 days
BUSI 6350 Leadership for Emerging Business Professionals
CREDIT HOURS: 3
There are few topics in business that receive as much attention as does the topic of 'leadership.' The opinions range from the centrality of leadership to success to the theory that leadership is a romantic conception that does not exist, nor impact outcomes, in the real world. This course will examine that range of opinions and research findings about leadership, as part of the search for understanding of what leadership is to the individual and to the organizational world at large. As future leaders, you need to understand what constitutes effective and ethical leadership. This course then will also include learning about oneself as a leader, as well as about the topic of leadership in the abstract.
FORMAT:
FORMAT COMMENTS: assignments
BUSI 6408 Transport Modes
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course will introduce the student to the business of managing a transport enterprise. It will focus on understanding the regulatory environment and customer requirements prior to exploring operational considerations across a number of transport modes and what that means for marketing the transport company and structuring it for growth. The course is suitable for students wishing to work in the transport industry, in the supply chain activities of a transport customer or, tangentially, in the strategic management of any service business.
FORMAT:
CROSS-LISTING:
COMM 3408.03
BUSI 6410 Advanced Marketing
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Students will develop the ability to understand an industry from the point of view of a marketing manager. Students also develop the capability to prepare a market analysis and a marketing strategy.
FORMAT: Other (explain in comments)
FORMAT COMMENTS: For MBA (FS/L) only - Blended/online (14 weeks Online), in classroom portion 3.5 days
BUSI 6412 Consumer Behavior
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Every stage of the marketing process, from determining consumers' needs to evaluating customer satisfaction, requires a clear understanding of the consumer. The goal of this course is to introduce you to the theories and concepts related to all aspects of consumer behaviour, including theories of attitude formation and change, memory, decision-making, cultural influences, and behavioural outcomes. Throughout the course, an emphasis will be placed on applying theoretical knowledge to various marketing situations.
FORMAT:
FORMAT COMMENTS: assignments
PREREQUISITES:
BUSI 5401.03
BUSI 6450 Marketing Strategy Seminar
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This is the capstone course in marketing. As such, it is designed to draw together the individual marketing courses offered in the MBA programs. Extensive use will be made of case studies requiring students to develop complete marketing strategies for companies in “real-life” situations. Student presentations of their case analyses will form an important part of the course. Presentations will be videotaped and a critique provided by the instructor.
FORMAT: Seminar
PREREQUISITES:
BUSI 5401.03 and
BUSI 7000.03 and one 6000-level marketing course, which may be taken concurrently, or permission of the instructor
BUSI 6510 Optimization Modelling
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Managers and business leaders should be constantly seeking ways to optimize resources and efficiencies; minimize risks, costs and waste; and thereby maximize both their organization’s as well as their own professional and personal success. With these same goals in mind, this course will show how optimization can be used to guide managerial decisions or inform best policies in many different situations and business analytics applications. Several case studies or examples will come from finance, management, marketing, operations and production, or supply chain sustainability, and will be chosen to cover a wide spectrum of modeling dichotomies including linear vs. nonlinear, discrete vs. continuous, static vs. dynamic, and deterministic vs. stochastic.
BUSI 6511 Business Process Integration Using ERP Systems
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Enterprise Systems are comprised of a unified database with shared analysis and reporting tools allowing for real time business intelligence across global operations. Emphasis in this course is equally on learning business processes and integration between different functional areas as it is about the technology that facilitates this. This course will be taught in the teaching labs with a combination of individual and group simulations interspersed with short lectures. An active learning approach in this course will include hands-on learning using SAP ERP, as well as ERPSim, a game-based SAP ERP simulation. Here you will learn to manage companies from end-to-end using the actual SAP ERP in a real-time simulated competitive environment and will learn the processes, gain technical skills with SAP and playfully learn how Enterprise Systems facilitate Business Intelligence which can be used to lead a company in a competitive environment.
FORMAT:
PREREQUISITES:
BUSI 5512.03
BUSI 6513 Business analytics and Data Visualization
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course provides an introduction to Business Analytics and Data Visualization. It covers the processes, methodologies and practices used to transform the large amounts of business and public data into useful information to support business decision-making. Students will learn how to extract and manipulate data from these systems. They will also acquire basic knowledge of data mining and statistical analysis, with a focus on data visualization. The students will also learn to build and use management dashboards and balanced scorecards using a variety of data design and visualization tools. The course will be made up of a combination of conceptual and applied topics with classes being held in a computer lab. Technologies to be used will be focused on end-user analytics and data visualization and will include state of the art tools for self-serve business analytics.
PREREQUISITES:
BUSI 5512.03 or permission of instructor.
BUSI 6516 Data Management
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Database design and administration are at the core of any organization’s information system. Any MIS professional needs to understand the fundamentals of organizational and network database design and the new technique of object oriented analysis. The student will develop an appreciation of current problems in database design and administration.
FORMAT:
PREREQUISITES:
BUSI 5512.03
EXCLUSIONS: BUSI 6906.03 (former number)
BUSI 6525 User Experience
CREDIT HOURS: 3
People frequently interact with information using technical tools. This seminar-style course explores how humans perceive information, and the resulting implications on how we present usable, effective, and accessible information. Adopting a user-centered design philosophy, we'll explore methods and processes for assessing, evaluating, and improving the usability of information systems.
FORMAT:
CROSS-LISTING:
INFO 6630.03
RESTRICTIONS: MLIS, MLIS/JD, MLIS/MPA, MLIS/MREM
BUSI 6555 Supply Chain Management
CREDIT HOURS: 3
A Supply Chain consists of all parties involved in fulfilling a customer request. Efficient integration of suppliers, manufacturers, distribution/logistics companies, and retailers/customers is vital in managing supply chains so that the right products are delivered to the right place at the right price, at the right quantity, and at the right time.
Good management of a supply chain creates a competitive advantage.
Focusing on the planning and execution of supply chain decisions,
this course will help students have a deep understanding of supply chains,
acquire analytical tools necessary to solve complex supply chain
problems, and apply managerial levers to pull in order to sustainably
improve supply chain performance.
FORMAT: Lecture
PREREQUISITES:
BUSI 5551.03, or
ECMM 6020.03 or permission of the instructor
BUSI 6601 Legal Aspects of Business
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course focuses on law and legal compliance from the perspective of managing risk. Being the only legal aspects course in the program, it establishes a foundation in the most relevant areas of law, including torts, contracts, interventions by equity, insurance, and business associations. It also considers the real-world problems faced by those engaged in the practice of corporate governance.
FORMAT COMMENTS: For MBA(FS/L) only - Distance/on-line portion (14-17 weeks), in classroom portion 3.5 days
BUSI 6802 Strategic Management of International Operations
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course critically examines the generic and functional strategies open to multinational enterprises and, through numerous industry and business case studies, seeks to test the applicability of these concepts to actual situations. Each student is expected to prepare a major research paper, and a simulated negotiation is included to help sharpen top management skills crucial for success in international operations.
FORMAT: Seminar
PREREQUISITES:
BUSI 5801.03
BUSI 6900 Corporate Responsibility, Ethics and Society
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course introduces students to the relevance and importance of ethics and social responsibility in business. The ultimate intent of the course is to leave students better equipped to identify, think critically about, and resolve ethical issues that are encountered in one's working life at the individual, organizational, and societal levels.
FORMAT:
- Lecture
- Seminar
- Discussion
- Other (explain in comments)
FORMAT COMMENTS: For MBA (FS/L) only - Distance/online (14-17 weeks), in classroom portion 4.5 days
BUSI 6910 CREATIVE DESTRUCTION AND INNOVATION: A CDL LAB COURSE
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course examines the issues, problems, dilemmas and challenges of creating new innovation-based startups. Students will learn about market analysis, technology viability assessment, value proposition, competitive advantage, leadership and team-building, product life-cycle planning, marketing strategy, sales channel analysis, and a strong emphasis on the entrepreneur as a salesperson. As a hands-on experiential learning course, students will work with a startup through CDL-Atlantic, providing a rigorous, practical, integrated, prescriptive and systems-focused framework for developing an entrepreneurial strategy.
FORMAT:
- Lecture
- Seminar
- Experiential Learning
BUSI 6914 Social Capital
CREDIT HOURS: 3
The pressures of globalization, technological change, industry restructurings, and growing public demands for ethical conduct and environmental stewardship require modern business leaders to collect, analyze, and act upon a range of information. The discovery of innovative solutions for difficult and complex problems requires an appreciation for the patterns of information flows in and around organizations. To locate and capitalize upon this information, business leaders require an understanding of social capital — a resource for producing value that lies within one’s relationships with others. The course provides students with knowledge of the origins and benefits of both individual and organizational social capital. It prepares the successful student to undertake transformative leadership roles in organizations of varying sizes and purposes.
PREREQUISITES:
BUSI 6900
BUSI 6941 Applied Topics in Business I
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course is designed to permit the faculty to develop and test new course material. Its content may therefore be different from year to year and between sections. Please consult the department for further information.
NOTES: SIGNATURE REQUIRED
FORMAT: Seminar
BUSI 6942 Applied Topics in Business II
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course is designed to permit the faculty to develop and test new course material. Its content may therefore be different from year to year and between sections. Please consult the department for further information.
FORMAT: Seminar
PREREQUISITES: All first year core courses
BUSI 6951 Research, Reading and Conference Class
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course provides an opportunity for supervised in-depth research on a topic of special interest to the student (proposed by the student and faculty member involved, and approved by the MBA Program Committee). Further description is available at the MBA Office at 494-1814 or mbacr@dal.ca. Deadlines for electronic submission of proposals are September 2, December 1, and April 1 for the following term (one time only). Proposals must be accompanied by name of supervising professor. Once approved by the MBA Program Committee, the student may engage in the project.
NOTE: Course details listed here also apply to BUSI
6952.03.
NOTES: SIGNATURE REQUIRED
FORMAT COMMENTS: Independent Study