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Program Requirements
Mentor: Professors H. Etemad, M.S. Jo, E. Sarigöllü
The objective of the International Business Concentration is to help the student develop conceptual and analytical skills needed to formulate feasible and effective management policies in an international setting. With economic and business activity becoming increasingly internationalized, the program provides useful preparation for careers in a variety of internationally oriented organizations, including local business firms involved in international trade, licensing or financial arrangements; headquarters or subsidiaries of multinational companies; banks and other international financial institutions; and various governmental organizations.
Required Courses (3 credits)
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BUSA 356 Management in Global Context (3 credits)
Overview
Business Admin : Contemporary issues in international management illustrating unique challenges faced in IB, including legal and political foundations of international management, cross-cultural awareness, global mindset, global leadership, building effective international workforce and operations.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Polushin, William C; Jo, Myung-Soo (Fall) Polushin, William C (Winter)
- Restriction(s): U2 and U3 students only
Complementary Courses (12 credits)
Selected from the following:
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ACCT 356 International Accounting (3 credits)
Overview
Accounting : Current international issues in financial and management accounting including different reporting models and standards, the International Accounting Standards Committee, international transfer pricing and control systems in multinationals.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Prerequisites: ACCT 351 and ACCT 361
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BUSA 391 International Business Law (3 credits)
Overview
Business Admin : Introduction to the legal aspects of foreign trade and investment transactions. Forms and documentation of types of foreign trade contracts. Conflict avoidance, arbitration, and litigation arising from international transactions. Government regulation of foreign trade. Legal aspects of the international transfer of investments and technology. Conventions and institutions of international economic cooperation (e.g. GATT, ICC, IMF, etc.).
Terms: Winter 2011, Summer 2011
Instructors: Beck, Leslie A (Winter) Beck, Leslie A (Summer)
- Prerequisite: MGCR 382
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BUSA 394 Managing in Asia (3 credits)
Overview
Business Admin : Environmental aspects, Eastern value systems and distinct patterns of management in the Asia-Pacific region. Patterns of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese and other management philosophies, practices and styles. Interaction between these theories and practices and those of the West and Canada will be contrasted.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Polushin, William C; Du Sault, Andre (Winter)
- Prerequisite: MGCR 382.
- Corequisite: BUSA 356
- Restriction: Restricted to U2/U3 students.
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BUSA 395 Managing in Europe (3 credits)
Overview
Business Admin : Current social, economic and trade developments in the rapidly-evolving European arena. Focus on both the expanding EU and integrating with emerging market economies and Central and Eastern Europe. Emphasis on managing in the expanded opportunities and challenges facing international and Canadian managers.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Polushin, William C (Winter)
- Prerequisite: MGCR 382
- Corequisite: BUSA 356
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BUSA 401 Independent Studies in International Business (3 credits)
Overview
Business Admin : Independent study in international business.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Note 1: Projects to be arranged individually with instructors. A detailed student proposal must be submitted to the instructor and the BCom Office during the first week of term.
- Restriction(s): U3 students only. CGPA of at least 3.00 required.
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BUSA 433 Topics in International Business 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Business Admin : Current topics in the area of international business. Topics will be selected from important current issues in international business.
Terms: Winter 2011, Summer 2011
Instructors: Khadjavi, Hodjat (Winter) Khadjavi, Hodjat (Summer)
- Prerequisite: MGCR 382
- Restriction(s): U2 and U3 students only.
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BUSA 481 Managing in North America (3 credits)
Overview
Business Admin : Analysis of corporate strategies in the context of Canada-United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement. Emphasis on public policy's impact on corporate decision-making and implications for management. Examines bilateral experience of major industrial sectors compared with global corporate strategies. Theoretical and empirical literature combined with industrial histories, policy and management case studies.
Terms: Summer 2011
Instructors: Polushin, William C (Summer)
- Prerequisite: MGCR 382
- Corequisite: BUSA 356
- Restriction: U2 and U3 students
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BUSA 493 Global Economic Competitiveness (3 credits)
Overview
Business Admin : How nations achieve and maintain competitiveness in the rapidly globalizing world economy. Studies the stages of evolution of world competitiveness in 46 nations, incorporating the latest practical business theories and case studies on the dynamics of effective globalization ventures.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Prerequisite: MGCR 382.
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FINE 480 Global Investments (3 credits)
Overview
Finance : Major principles of international investments and global asset allocation, focusing on recent developments in modeling and predicting global asset returns. Main approaches to stock selection, style investing, and special issues such as indirect diversification and country and industry effects in equity pricing. Use of Datastream and other financial data sources.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Madan, Sujata (Winter)
- Prerequisite: FINE 441, FINE 482
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FINE 482 International Finance 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Finance : The international financial environment as it affects the multinational manager. Balance of payments concepts, adjustment process of the external imbalances and the international monetary system. In depth study of the institutional and theoretical aspects of foreign exchange markets; international capital markets, including Eurobonds and eurocredit markets.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Carrieri, Francesca (Fall) Hammami, Larbi (Winter)
- Prerequisite: MGCR 341
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FINE 492 International Finance 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Finance : Focus on the operational problems of financial management in the multinational enterprise: Financing of international trade, international capital budgeting, multinational cost of capital, working capital management; International banking and recent developments in international capital markets.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Durnev, Artyom (Winter)
- Prerequisite: FINE 482
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INDR 459 International Employment Relations (3 credits)
Overview
Industrial Relations : Examines employment relations systems of other nations including those of the European Union and the Pacific rim, including the existing industrial relations institutional structure, the historical and recent developments in these systems, the role of multi-national corporations, as well as the current economic and political context.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Hebdon, Robert Paul (Fall)
- Prerequisite: INDR 294
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MGPO 383 International Business Policy (3 credits)
Overview
Management Policy : Development and application of conceptual approaches to general management policy and strategy formulation in multinational business involvement (exporting, licensing, contractual arrangements, turnkey projects, joint ventures, consortia); technology transfer, location and ownership strategies: competitive multinational relationships. Emphasis on pragmatic analysis, using case studies.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Matziorinis, Nicholas (Fall) Toulan, Omar Nohad (Winter)
- Prerequisites: MGCR 382
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
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MGPO 469 Managing Globalization (3 credits)
Overview
Management Policy : This course exposes students to global competition. Many critical questions will be explored, such as: why do industries globalize? how do firms expand and grow internationally? what are strategies that firms can use to compete internationally? Many industries will be covered, such as: telecommunications, airlines, footwear, and automobiles.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Chakrabarti, Abhirup (Winter)
- Recommended: MGCR 423
- 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: Winter 2011
Instructors: Marques, Jose Carlos (Winter)
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
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MRKT 451 Marketing Research (3 credits)
Overview
Marketing : Theoretical techniques and procedures common in marketing research. Topics include: research design, sampling, questionnaire design, coding, tabulating, data analysis (including statistical techniques). Specialized topics may encompass advertising, motivation and product research; forecasting and location theory.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Letovsky, Steven; Jo, Myung-Soo (Fall) Letovsky, Steven (Winter)
- Prerequisites: MGCR 352 and MGCR 271
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MRKT 483 International Marketing Management (3 credits)
Overview
Marketing : Marketing management considerations of a company seeking to extend beyond its domestic market. Required changes in product, pricing, channel, and communications policies. Attention to international trade and export marketing in the Canadian context.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Etemad, Hamid (Fall) Etemad, Hamid (Winter)
- Prerequisites: MGCR 382 and MGCR 352
- Formerly MGMT 483
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ORGB 380 Cross Cultural Management (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Cross-cultural awareness and communication skills necessary to manage in multicultural organizations. Focus on the relationship between cultural values and communication style as they affect inter and intra cultural communication of managers, personnel and clients of multinational and multicultural organizations.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011, Summer 2011
Instructors: Lvina, Elena (Fall) Lvina, Elena (Winter) Jaeger, Alfred M (Summer)
Desautels Faculty of Management—2010-2011 (last updated Nov. 3, 2010) (disclaimer)