Course Descriptions
BUSI 6952 Research, Reading & Conference Class
CREDIT HOURS: 3
See
BUSI 6951.03.
BUSI 6970 Applied Topics in Business III
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 6990 Strategic Leadership and Change
CREDIT HOURS: 3
The Strategic Leadership and Change course is the capstone course in the MBA (Financial Services) and MBA (Leadership) programs. It provides students with the ability to integrate the concepts and techniques developed in earlier courses. Strategy-formulation abilities are enhanced, and strategy implementation is emphasized. Students are able to develop and apply the skills necessary in managing organizational change.
FORMAT: Other (explain in comments)
FORMAT COMMENTS: For MBA (FS)/L): Blended/ Online (14 weeks), in classroom portion 4.5 days
PREREQUISITES:
BUSI 5103,
BUSI 5503,
BUSI 5511,
BUSI 5801,
BUSI 6207,
BUSI 6326,
BUSI 6410,
BUSI 6900, and Leadership Specialization –
BUSI 6994,
BUSI 6996,
BUSI 6997 ,
BUSI 6998 (or
BUSI 6995) / or Financial Services Specialization –
BUSI 6230,
BUSI 6255,
BUSI 6300,
BUSI 6601
BUSI 6994 Leading in Complexity
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Leading in Complexity introduces you to the key theories and practices of Organizational Complexity and to give you an understanding of the principles used to develop and move forward leadership initiatives in today’s complex organizations.
FORMAT:
- Online Delivery
- Other (explain in comments)
FORMAT COMMENTS: Blended/Online; 14 weeks of online/distance with 3.5 day face to face session.
RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to MBA Leadership students
BUSI 6995 Leading in Context
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Leadership is one of the most studied topics in the management discipline. Despite this, there are few absolutes, although successive waves of research have suggested different prescriptive approaches. This course is rooted in the view that, while much of what constitutes effective leadership is constant, its implementation can and should vary, depending on the context. Therefore, following two content modules on leader traits and behaviors, the course will cover four context modules on follower and organizational characteristics that could significantly impact leader performance.
NOTES: Online/Distance with on-site 3.5 day intensive
FORMAT: Other (explain in comments)
FORMAT COMMENTS: Blended Delivery: 12-14 weeks of online /3.5 day onsite intensive session
LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK: 3
LAB HOURS PER WEEK: 0
TUTORIAL HOURS PER WEEK: 1
RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to MBA Leadership students
BUSI 6996 Sustainable Leadership
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamental key concepts, theories and best practices of the holistic and triple-bottom-line approach to leading organizations sustainably. This course will focus on complexity of organization decision making and the impact these decisions make to society, the environment, individuals, and pubic stakeholders. Furthermore, students will understand how managers and leaders use qualitative skills to create value in a complex organization (e.g., how managers use heuristics to derive knowledge based on both quantitative and non-quantitative information). Topics covered include moving from data to information to knowledge to action; leadership reasoning skills such as reasoning from context cues, reasoning from competing knowledge sources (e.g., competing stakeholder expectations), reasoning from qualitative information; and persuasive skills. Students will be exposed to general management and organizational theories, articles on the various types of organizational issues, and leadership styles and practices. The context of all the discussions will revolve around how sustainable leadership practices can help organizations be centres of sustainable operations.
FORMAT:
FORMAT COMMENTS: Blended/Online 14 weeks of online learning; concluding with 3.5 day intensive session
COREQUISITES: none
PREREQUISITES: none
CROSS-LISTING: none
RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to MBA FSL students
BUSI 6997 Leading Change
CREDIT HOURS: 3
BUSI 6997 introduces students to the key theories and practices of Organizational Change and gives students an understanding of the principles used to develop and apply change strategies in today’s organizations. The course unfolds across three modules with several lessons within each module.
Module 1 introduces change leadership theory to students and quickly moves them into seeing how adaptability, innovation, and inclusion are critical skills to manage real time change in organizations today. Change theory in organizations requires that the students understand the internal and external forces that act as drivers for change and the context of leading responsibly.
Module 2 moves the students toward understanding how leaders become progress makers and the introduction of strategies to apply in real-time organizational change. Students review progress maker theory and develop exploration and refinement skills to navigate contemporary organizational change contexts. This block will also include work with analytical frameworks for planning and implementing complex and inclusive change initiatives.
Module 3 is a tools-focused block that introduces students to a set of planning tactics and implementation methods for moving change initiatives forward in an organization. This block also builds the students adaptability and innovation skills as they must seek, nurture and evaluate actionable ideas for sustainable change.
The Intensive sessions for
BUSI 6997 focus on developing the student’s capacity to manage common organizational change challenges effectively and on integrating the course learning outcomes into the students’ everyday managerial practice. The intensive sessions emphasise peer learning via a variety of group analytical exercise and development of persuasive initiatives.
FORMAT:
- Online Delivery
- Other (explain in comments)
FORMAT COMMENTS: Online/Blended 12-14 weeks of online teaching with 3.5 day intensive session
COREQUISITES: None
PREREQUISITES: None
RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to MBA Leadership students
BUSI 6998 Building Collaborative Capacity
CREDIT HOURS: 3
BUSI 6995 introduces students to the key theories and practices of organizational collaboration and gives students an understanding of the principles used to unlock a team's ability to generate new ideas and reach better solutions by tapping into diverse perspectives. The course unfolds across three modules with several lessons within each module. The overarching goal of this course is the focus on turning tensions between stakeholders and ideas into opportunities for innovative growth through collaboration. Students will be introduced to a range of theories and practices that act as drivers for collaboration in contemporary organizational contexts and shifting away from routine and conventional ways of gathering. Then in modules two and three, students will explore a diverse range of collaboration approaches and apply them to resolve complex problems in the workplace.
NOTES: RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to MBA Leadership students
Blended Delivery: 12-14 weeks of online /3.5 day onsite intensive session
FORMAT: Online Delivery
FORMAT COMMENTS: Blended Delivery: 12-14 weeks of online /3.5 day onsite intensive session
BUSI 7000 Corporate Residency
CREDIT HOURS: 0
The eight month corporate residency focuses on enhancing human capital, leadership development and the creation of social capital in organizations. Since job assignments and action learning are effective ways to develop leadership skills, the overall purpose of the residency is to provide students with an opportunity to bridge the practice and science of leadership development by showing the importance of building both human and social capital in organizations. Ways that this can be achieved include 360-degree feedback; experiential skill development programs; on-the-job learning projects; professional reading and reflective conversations; executive coaching; mentoring; networking.
FORMAT: Other (explain in comments)
FORMAT COMMENTS: On-the-job learning experience
PREREQUISITES:
BUSI 5000.03,
BUSI 5103.03,
BUSI 5201.03,
BUSI 5801.03,
BUSI 5401.03,
BUSI 5503.03,
BUSI 5512.03,
BUSI 5551.03,
BUSI 5703.03,
BUSI 6900.03
RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to Corporate Residency only