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Program Requirements
The B.Com.; Major in General Management, Managing for Sustainability Concentration, helps students to develop conceptual and analytical skills needed to formulate and implement organizational policies that contribute to ecologically sustainable and socially responsible economic development. There is a growing demand for managers and professionals that combine traditional management and business skills with environmental knowledge and an understanding of social systems and stakeholder expectations. The emerging green economy will be an important source of innovation and jobs in the coming years.
Courses in the Concentration fall into four broad themes: (1) organizational implications of the interlinked economic, social and ecological challenges of sustainability; (2) the integration of sustainability into traditional business functions; (3) leadership, building consensus, motivating others and managing change required to achieve sustainability; (4) stakeholder management and managing technological change.
The program complements traditional management career paths and provides useful preparation for positions in the private sector, consultancies, government, NGOs, and international organizations.
Required Course (3 credits)
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MGPO 440 Strategies for Sustainability (3 credits)
Overview
Management Policy : This course explores the relationship between economic activity, management, and the natural environment. Using readings, discussions and cases, the course will explore the challenges that the goal of sustainable development poses for our existing notions of economic goals, production and consumption practices and the management of organizations.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Graham, Margaret (Fall) Renaut, Jean-Philippe (Winter)
Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
Complementary Courses (12 credits)
6-9 credits from the following:
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ACCT 401 Sustainability and Environmental Accounting (3 credits)
Overview
Accounting : Developing measures of corporate environmental performance, assessing their reliability and reporting to external stakeholders. Using sustainability metrics in strategic and operational business decisions. Implementing and utilizing Environmental management systems and standards. Managing corporate environmental risks and accounting for environmental costs. Environmental auditing.
Terms: Fall 2014
Instructors: Kalyta, Pavlo; McMahon, Kevin (Fall)
Prerequisite: MGCR 211
Open only to U2 and U3 students.
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INSY 455 Technology and Innovation for Sustainability (3 credits)
Overview
Information Systems : The role of information and other technologies in the size and nature of an organization’s environmental ‘footprint’. Achieving sustainability through strategic innovation, such as digitization, recycling, reuse of materials, sustainable design, LEED certifications, smart grids and energy metrics. Analyzing the environmental benefits and hidden costs of novel technologies.
Terms: Winter 2015
Instructors: Vaast, Emmanuelle; Struben, Jeroen (Winter)
Restriction: Open only to U2 and U3 students.
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MGPO 438 Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation (3 credits)
Overview
Management Policy : Explores key concepts associated with social entrepreneurship and social innovation – the application of principles of entrepreneurship and innovation to solve social problems through social ventures, enterprises and not-for-profit organizations. Focuses on the social economy, including how the market system can be leveraged to create social value.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Nowak, Anita (Fall) Nowak, Anita (Winter)
Restriction(s): Open to U2, U3 students only. Students cannot receive credits if they already received credits for MGPO 434.
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MGSC 488 Sustainability and Operations (3 credits)
Overview
Management Science : Social and environmental impacts of an organization’s operations. Regulatory environments, eco-efficiency concepts and measurement systems. Lifecycle analysis and exploring impacts linked to: product design, sourcing, production, distribution, sales, and end-of-life recovery & treatment. Frameworks and best practices for reducing negative consequences and increasing positive ones.
Terms: Fall 2014
Instructors: Boyaci, Tamer (Fall)
Restrictions: Open only to U2 and U3 students.
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MSUS 402 Systems Thinking and Sustainability (3 credits)
Overview
MSUS : Examines interconnected dynamics of organizations and social, economic, and ecological systems. Introduces systems thinking principles to foster learning, inform organizational decision-making, and solve real-world problems. Covers problem diagnosis and resolution of organizational and societal sustainability issues through causal loop diagrams, stock-and-flow mapping, group model building, computational simulations and case studies.
Terms: Winter 2015
Instructors: Struben, Jeroen (Winter)
Restriction: Open only to U2 and U3 students.
3 credits from the following:
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ORGB 321 Leadership (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Leadership theories provide students with opportunities to assess and work on improving their leadership skills. Topics include: the ability to know oneself as a leader, to formulate a vision, to have the courage to lead, to lead creatively, and to lead effectively with others.
Terms: Winter 2015
Instructors: Hewlin, Patricia (Winter)
Prerequisite: only BCom students require MGCR 222.
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ORGB 325 Negotiations and Conflict Resolution (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : A conceptual framework to guide participants through negotiation and conflict resolution process.
Terms: Winter 2015, Summer 2015
Instructors: Hewlin, Jay (Winter) Hewlin, Jay (Summer)
Prerequisites: MGCR 222
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ORGB 401 Leadership Practicum in Social Sector (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Students apply a wealth of OB concepts and leadership strategies by spending the equivalent of one full day (8 hours) per week at an organization within Montreal’s social sector. Course material will supplement field experiences. The Practicum complements ORGB 321, which offers a more comprehensive survey of leadership theory.
Terms: Winter 2015
Instructors: Hewlin, Patricia (Winter)
Restrictions: Only open to U2 and U3 students.
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ORGB 421 Managing Organizational Change (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Organizational change theory and techniques are examined with an emphasis on techno-structural interventions such as Quality-of-Work-Life approaches. Through simulations and case-studies, the course explores initiatives in organizational change, primarily in contemporary Canadian organizations. It also includes opportunities for "hands-on" experience in work and organization redesign.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Brosseau, Ann; Chasse, Andrew (Fall) Campbell, Elizabeth; Westgate, Chantal (Winter)
0-3 credits from the following:
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BUSA 465 Technological Entrepreneurship (3 credits)
Overview
Business Admin : Concentrating on entrepreneurship and enterprise development, particular attention is given to the start-up, purchasing and management of small to medium-sized industrial firms in an environment that would appeal to Engineering students. The focal point is in understanding the dilemmas faced by entrepreneurs, resolving them, developing a business plan and the maximum utilization of the financial, marketing and human resources that make for a successful operation.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Younkin, Peter (Fall) Avedesian, Michael M (Winter)
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MGPO 365 Business-Government Relations (3 credits)
Overview
Management Policy : The political environment in which business organizations operate: how governments control, regulate, promote, and compete with the private sector and how corporate policy responds to, and seeks to influence, these activities.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Restriction(s): U2 & U3 students only
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MGPO 450 Ethics in Management (3 credits)
Overview
Management Policy : An examination of the economic, legal and ethical responsibilities of managers in both private and public organizations. Through readings, case studies, discussions and projects the class evaluates alternative ethical systems and norms of behaviour and draws conclusions as to the right, proper and just decisions and actions in the face of moral dilemmas. The focus of this course is on the decision process, values and consistency of values of the individual and on the impact of systems control and incentives on managerial morality.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Girard, Diane (Fall) Girard, Diane (Winter)
Restriction: U2 and U3 students only
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MGPO 460 Managing Innovation (3 credits)
Overview
Management Policy : Firms face difficulties in developing new products. This course examines the new product development process to understand why problems occur and what managers can do. Topics include the creative synthesis of market and technology; the coordination of functions; and the strategic connection between the project and the strategy.
Terms: Winter 2015
Instructors: Struben, Jeroen (Winter)
Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
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MGPO 475 Strategies for Developing Countries (3 credits)
Overview
Management Policy : Strategic management challenges in developing and emerging economies. Focus on strategies that foster both firm competitiveness and economic development, including: technological capabilities, new forms of organization, small and large firms, global production, social impact, global standards and governance.
Terms: Fall 2014
Instructors: Bhattacharyay, Biswanath (Fall)
Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
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MGPO 567 Business in Society (3 credits)
Overview
Management Policy : Examines different ideologies; business ethics and values; the corporation and its constituencies; the social impact of corporate decisions. The focus of this course is on the interaction between business organizations and society and on incorporating social impact analysis into strategic management.
Terms: Fall 2014
Instructors: Chauvin, Louis Roméo (Fall)
Restriction: U2 and U3 students only
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MSUS 434 Topics in Sustainability (3 credits)
Overview
MSUS : An advanced topic in sustainability.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Restriction: Open only to U2 and U3 students.
Desautels Faculty of Management—2014-2015 (last updated Feb. 18, 2014) (disclaimer)
