Management Studies MGST
Instruction offered by members of the Haskayne School of Business.
Senior Courses
Management Studies 391 H(3-0)
Research and Analysis for Decision Making
Use of data-driven analysis to guide managerial decision-making. Why, when and how one can collect and organize data, how to model the data to obtain information and use this knowledge to make informed decisions.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Haskayne School of Business, Mathematics 249 or 251 or 281 or equivalent, Statistics 217, Computer Science 203 and Business and Environment 291.
Management Studies 493 Q(3-2T)
Corporate Governance and Control
Develop an improved awareness of the importance of corporate governance systems in developing effective business enterprises. Specific emphasis on agency problems, the role of the board of directors, and compensation systems.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and successful completion of 15.0 full-course equivalents including Finance 317.
Note: Not open to students with credit in Management Studies 491.
Management Studies 495 Q(3-0)
Working with People
Development of interpersonal, team, and leadership skills through enhanced self-awareness, and skill application. Topics include teamwork, learning styles, values and personal needs, behavioural styles, individual and group conflict, supportive communications, and other issues. Personal assessment and skill application receive emphasis in this course.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and successful completion of 15.0 full-course equivalents including Human Resources and Organizational Dynamics 317.
Corequisites: Management Studies 493.
Note: Not open to students with credit in Management Studies 491.
Management Studies 511 H(3-0)
Leadership Skills; Student Business Start-up
Provides general management skills through hands-on facilitation of a new business start-up. Teaching business basics to elementary school students and guiding them through the start-up, running and shut-down phases of a fundraising business.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Haskayne School of Business, consent of the Haskayne School of Business and successful completion of 15.0 full-course equivalents.
Note: Not open to students with credit in Management Studies 597.13.
Management Studies 559 H(3-0)
Selected Topics in Management
Examination of selected topics in management.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and successful completion of 10.0 full-course equivalents.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Management Studies 571 H(3-3)
Management of International Trade
Concepts and skills required to conduct international transactions in goods and services, including contracts, transportation, financing, insurance, customs clearance, compliance with import/export regulations and dispute resolution.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and successful completion of 10.0 full-course equivalents.
Management Studies 577 H(3-3T)
Personal Financial Management in Canada
An introduction to personal financial management in Canada. Topics covered may include goal setting, personal financial statements analysis, the time value of money, the Canadian personal income tax system, taxation issues for small businesses, risk management, an introduction to investments, retirement planning and estate planning. Students will be expected to display a comprehensive knowledge of the tools necessary to complete their own personal financial plan.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and successful completion of 15.0 full-course equivalents including Finance 317.
Note: Credit for both Management Studies 577 and 559.03 will not be allowed.
Note: This course may not be used towards the Finance concentration.
Management Studies 597 H(3-0)
Directed Study in Management Studies
In-depth study in one of the functional areas of business.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Haskayne School of Business and successful completion of 15.0 full-course equivalents.
Note: May be repeated once for credit.
Graduate Courses
Management Studies 611 H(3-0)
Managerial Economics
Introduction to economic models for business decision making. Models from microeconomics are applied to provide insight in understanding costs, pricing, industry structure, and competitive interaction. Information economics is used to illustrate principal-agent problems that commonly arise in a business context. Macroeconomic models of supply and demand are applied to illustrate how government policy affects inflation and exchange rates.
Management Studies 613 H(3-0)
Managerial Decision Modelling
The transformation of raw data into useful information for decision-making. Quantitative models are implemented with spreadsheets to develop skills in generating managerial insight from data and in dealing with uncertainty. Topics covered include basic probability and statistics, decision trees, regression analysis, optimization, and simulation.
Management Studies 615 H(3-0)
Strategic Business Analysis
Introduction to strategic analysis. Integration of learning from various management disciplines through a "field experience" study of a business firm.
Note: Students will normally be expected to have completed the first half of their program prior to registering in this course and have completed or be concurrently enrolled in Strategy and Global Management 701.
Management Studies 701 H(3-0)
Research Methods in Management
Research design and techniques in management that will prepare students to conduct their research projects.
Management Studies 741 H(3-0)
Business Process Improvement and Creative Problem Solving
Business process improvement and creative problem solving as critical components of competitiveness. The adjective "business' is used to indicate that the course emphasizes improvements in non-manufacturing processes (of relevance to all organizations) in such areas as development, distribution, financial accounting/planning, order entry, personnel, and purchasing. Topics covered include the relationship to Total Quality Management and Time-Based Competition, incremental versus radical improvement, selection of key processes for study (including bench-marking and the role of capacity constraints), process flow diagramming, Pareto analysis, cause-and-effect analysis, statistical control charts, affinity diagrams, and steps in creative problem solving. Team exercises and projects make up a substantial portion of the course.
Prerequisites: Operations Management 601 or equivalent.
Management Studies 743 H(3-0)
International Logistics
The management functions of physical distribution, procurement and production are examined in a global context. Management of these activities must reflect the major structural changes taking place in the world. Increasing growth in international trade heightens the level of international purchasing and logistics activities, demanding that the future manager exploit global sourcing and production opportunities and configure a supply chain management system that provides excellent, cost-effective service on a world-wide basis. Both theoretical and practical approaches are applied to the wide array of topics in global manufacturing, sourcing and distribution.
Prerequisites: Operations Management 601 or equivalent.
Management Studies 751 H(3-0)
Global Energy Finance and Accounting
Problems related to evaluating and financing energy enterprises. Financial and accounting principles applied to valuing and financing energy projects. Financial reporting, managerial control systems, theory of financing, valuation, and deal structuring. Focus on private sector energy enterprises.
Management Studies 761 H(3-3T)
(formerly Finance 789.02)
Personal Financial Management in Canada
Introduction to personal financial management in Canada. Goal setting, personal financial statements analysis, the time value of money, the Canadian personal income tax system, taxation issues for small businesses, risk management, an overview of investments, retirement planning and estate planning. Completion of a personal financial plan by the end of the course.
Prerequisites: Finance 601 or equivalent.
Note: May not be used as part of a student's major in Finance.
PhD Courses
Management Studies 781 H(3-0)
Philosophy of Science in Management Studies
Historical and critical perspectives of classical issues in philosophy of science, nature of scientific explanation, confirmation of scientific theories, theories of truth, distinctions between science and non-science.
Prerequisites: Consent of the Haskayne School of Business.
Management Studies 783 H(3-0)
Advanced Research Methodology and Methods
Research methodology relevant to examination and testing of theoretical and applied issues in management. The development and testing of research concepts; research operations, designs and analysis.
Prerequisites: Consent of the Haskayne School of Business.
Management Studies 791 H(3-0)
Management Education Seminar
Curricular and course design, instructional techniques, instructional tools, teaching styles, career planning and professional ethics. Nature, role and function of universities, and business schools, business school relations.
Prerequisites: Consent of the Haskayne School of Business.
Note: Doctoral students whose supervisors are members of the Haskayne School of Business are required to register in this seminar in the second year of doctoral studies.
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA
Management Studies 792 F(1-2)
Research Development
Development of research skills through participation in a well defined project under the direct supervision of an experienced researcher.
Management Studies 793 H(3S-0)
Conceptual Frameworks of the Enterprise
Advanced, comparative institutional analysis to explain the choice of the firm's boundaries, the governance mechanisms to manage the interface with the external environment and the internal organizational design, so as to reduce transaction costs and facilitate value creation.
Prerequisites: Consent of the Haskayne School of Business.
Management Studies 797 H(3-0)
Directed Graduate Study in Management
Coverage of various topics on the basis of student and faculty interest.
Prerequisites: Consent of the Haskayne School of Business.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT