Bachelor of Business Administration

Introduces the language of financial accounting, designed to capture, summarize, and communicate the economic facts about an organization in a set of financial statements and related descriptive notes. The focus is on the principles of accounting and reporting to various users that are external to the organization and will emphasize what information is provided in financial statements and the uses and limitations of this information.

This course prepares students to consider how sound ethical decisions are made and to identify, analyze, evaluate, and construct thoughtful arguments using a critical voice. The course focuses on the concept of logic to build the critical thinking skills of students and introduces them to basic models for effective decision-making. The course is intended to develop competencies in students that will allow them to apply critical thinking skills in their reading, research, and assessments in future courses.

This university writing course introduces students to foundational strategies for university reading, thinking, and writing. By exploring topics such as information literacy, literature reviews, citation formatting, case analysis, and research methods, students will develop the critical thinking and writing skills required for university studies. Students will learn to write and present research and ideas through academic essays and will work in a team to analyze a case study.

This course introduces the basic concept of microeconomics – making choice decisions that give maximum “happiness” or “satisfaction” and still be within the given constraints on income and wealth. Students study how individuals make purchases and consumption decisions based on their income and prices of goods and services and how firms make production decisions based on wages, prices of raw materials and inputs, competitive factors, and their desire to achieve “maximum possible” profit. The course focuses on the role of demand and supply interactions in the context of different market structures (e.g., perfect competition, monopoly, etc.) and how this leads to the determination of prices or wages. In addition, students gain an understanding of the government’s role in influencing consumption and production choices by using taxes and other regulatory tools and the role of microeconomics in solving real-world social and political challenges (e.g., international trade, climate change, poverty, etc.).

This course examines the role of morality within business and explores the legal and ethical obligations required for sustainable business practices in the 21st century. The course will consider how ethics can impact decision-making across various business functions, including marketing, strategy, manufacturing, and accounting.

This course is designed to introduce and reinforce the mathematical skills needed to understand, analyze, and solve mathematical problems in business and financial situations. Topics covered will include algebraic expressions, systems of linear equations, logarithmic and exponential functions, simple and compound interest, annuities, and amortization. Applications will be emphasized within these topics.

This course prepares students to explain and apply the basic concepts of data analysis and to provide students with the pragmatic tools required to both conduct and assess statistical analyses. The course will cover basic descriptive measures, measures of association, probability theory, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing.

This course will introduce the foundations for understanding the role of management in an organization. This course will cover general areas such as planning, organizing, influencing, and controlling that are relevant for any industry. We will also review issues of management such as ethics, diversity, and social responsibility.

This course will deal with the fundamental aspects of market analysis, including the management of products, pricing, place or distribution, and promotion activities. Next, this course will present related topics to the understanding and application of marketing. Finally, this course will provide a basic understanding of customer satisfaction, a measurement that is necessary for an organization to survive. By the end of this course, students will understand the importance of the marketing function to any organization.

This course provides an introduction to major concepts in finance and investments, such as the time value of money, discounted cash flows, and risk and return. We also examine further how firms decide to finance projects they assess as being worthwhile, and how to make investment decisions. Consideration is also given to capital structure, dividend policy, financial instruments, risk-return trade-offs, financial planning, forecasting, the cost of capital, asset valuation, working capital management, and performance assessment.

This course focuses on how managers use managerial accounting information to make decisions, emphasizing job and activity-based costing. Course topics include product costing, budgetary control systems, performance evaluation systems for planning, coordinating, and monitoring the performance of a business, flexible budgets, and break-even analysis.

This course is a foundational course that examines the factors that influence individual, group, organizational, and cultural dynamics as it relates to the management of an organization. The topics that will be covered include, but are not limited to, job attitudes, performance appraisals and reward systems, diversity and equity, motivation, leadership, decision-making, dealing with conflict, and organizational power and politics.

This course aims to place students within specific communication scenarios faced by managers across diverse industries. Students will express how to address each scenario in light of business objectives, stakeholder relations, and employee standards. By immersing themselves in crisis scenarios, strategic initiatives, community outreach and risk mitigations, students will be trained on best practices to advance their communications and build strong qualitative and quantitative measures. The course explores digital, print, written, and oral techniques and situates students as leaders in an organization managing the delivery, training, and implementation of communications across the organization.

In this course, students engage with data modelling and analytics techniques to solve business problems and make informed business decisions. Students also gain an understanding of data analysis principles and comparative differences among analytics techniques; students will develop knowledge of when and how to apply them using spreadsheet software.

This course will introduce students to the principles of macroeconomics. Fundamental analytical concepts and techniques of contemporary macroeconomics will be examined further, along with applications to better comprehend observed economic phenomena, current economic issues, and governmental economic policies.

The course provides students with an awareness of federal and provincial legislation as well as current challenges in strategic human resource management. Students are introduced to the employee lifecycle from recruitment, selection, training, and termination. Human resource management is introduced to students as a tool to create an engaging company culture with effective leadership.

This course will introduce students to core operation management theories, concepts and applications with a strong focus on global supply chain, procurement and strategic sourcing, manufacturing process, project management, materials and inventory management, and sustainable production management. Students will learn how to design and implement effective production strategies to maximize productivity and overall business competitiveness.

This course introduces students to the theories and practices pertinent to building a learning organization. Specifically, this course will address learning as a part of a larger system of organization development through a systems-thinking lens. Topics include understanding the learning organization as an enterprise, determining how adults learn, assessing learning needs, designing multimodal approaches to learning and learning transfer, evaluating the impact of learning on the organization, building individual and team capacities, and organizational and social issues associated with organizational learning. Throughout the course, emphasis will be placed on learner accessibility and teaching adjustment considerations to enhance learner success.

The purpose of this course is to study the synergy in innovation network teams by introducing various leadership styles and general traits of an innovation leader. Students will learn to carry out sustainable initiatives through collaboration, evaluation, and education. This course also assists in understanding how innovation leaders assess, clarify, and communicate an organization’s culture and values, leading to both small and large-scale innovation success.

This course uses math and statistical concepts to develop students’ ability to understand and apply deterministic and probabilistic models to business problems and solutions. In this course, students gain different perspectives on the decisionmaking process in business settings. The course covers key analytical and data mining methods applicable to business situations, such as new product launches, object screening and classification, market segmentation, fraud detection, employee retention, personalization, as wee as pricing and sales promotions. Additionally, students learn how to recommend the most suitable modelling techniques based on technical output, business objectives, ethical concerns, and data governance issues.

This course provides students with a general overview of the strategic planning process and provides a contextual framework for assessing the feasibility of business-level and corporate-level strategies. Topics include the concepts of corporate strategy; the decision-making process; formulation of strategy; strategic thinking; and the formation, implementation, and evaluation of strategy.

The changing nature of managing in the face of globalization requires that business strategies and management evolve. This course equips students with the underlying knowledge of the management and organizations of companies and organizations across cultures and their effect on the global business environment. Students also possess a detailed understanding of how to investigate and analyze different intercultural settings that affect global businesses and how organizational behaviour, ethical practices, and communication impact the business’s reputation and profitability.

This course delves into the complex relationship between financial growth and corporate social responsibility. Using a case study approach, students will examine and reflect on recent examples of business enterprises facing significant ethical dilemmas. Students will have the opportunity to debate and consider the various factors impacting effective, ethical decision-making within these contexts.

This course discusses the essential principles and practices used to lead others effectively. Students will learn how to develop a clear leadership vision, empower others, and build motivated teams. Students will also explore different leadership principles and qualities, the importance of developing ethical values, ways to manage diversity, and how to coach others.

This course will introduce students to the basic tenets of the legal system in the world market from a North American perspective. Using the case method, this course examines the foundational elements of business law, including dispute settlement procedures; corporate organizations; investment; domestic and international trade; contracts; intellectual property protection; and product liability. Students will learn how to identify and analyze critical legal issues and will develop a broad understanding of international business law.

This course expands students’ knowledge of formulating and implementing marketing strategies for brands and organizations. The content will focus on the role of marketing activities in the business enterprise and their utilization to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. Students will gain an understanding of the strategic challenges and opportunities created by the dynamic nature of markets. This course examines the critical marketing plan elements, the global implications of marketing, the major forces impacting marketing strategies, issues such as corporate responsibility, value propositions, the marketing mix, and other key analysis areas integral to the study of marketing. The opportunity for further study is established as awareness and understanding are gained, both in the role marketing has in business and its impact on society.

This course examines what individuals in organizations need to know and do to ensure the success of new international ventures. Careful research, analysis, and planning are necessary to examine the organization’s current state, identify promising opportunities, and analyze potential outcomes, both positive and negative.

This course examines aspects of the following value chain concepts for goods and services: primary and supporting activities, distribution, and the inventory management activities of document management and procurement (which are integral to international trade logistics). Additionally, this course examines how organizations obtain resources and what they need to know to control and manage logistical systems in relation to international trade.

This course examines what individuals in organizations need to know and do to ensure the success of new international ventures. Careful analysis and planning are necessary to choose the most effective market entry strategy for a new venture. The chosen strategy must be successfully implemented and managed, which includes demonstrating cultural competence and complying with applicable local and international laws.