Entrepreneurial
Arrow indicates course will meet liberal education elective requirements for Bachelor Degrees
ENTR 3033
Discontinued: April 2004
Advanced Organizational Behaviour
Students will complete a diagnosis of an organizational setting for the purposes of: managing change, improving performance and increasing organizational effectiveness. Students will use their diagnosis to develop a portfolio that will include: activity management, personal management, conflict and stress management, values, attitudes, group dynamics, leadership and team development, corporate politics and business negotiations.
Managerial Accounting for Entrepreneurs
Students will learn managerial accounting tools to help make decisions in a small and medium-sized business environment. They will review different industries and the managerial accounting practices they use. Topics will include budget development and analysis, inventory control and results measurement. The applied focus will allow the student to practice by using case discussions and applied exercises.
Production and Operations Management
Students will study the production and operations management needs of small to medium-sized businesses. They will gain ‘hands-on’ experiences using tools that help entrepreneurs and managers make decisions. They will practice using these tools through case analysis, problem solving exercises and a term project completed while working with an industry partner. Students will be exposed to modern computer applications used by managers to make operations-related decisions.
Entrepreneurial Marketing
Students will use marketing tools and techniques to assist independent business managers. Students will practice problem solving, decision-making and planning skills through case analyzes and applied exercises. They will complete a marketing project for a local small business or community organization.
Business Economics
Students will learn and apply economic concepts that directly relate to decisions made in small and medium-sized businesses. They will develop broad analytical skills useful for entrepreneurial decision-making.
Information Technology for Business
Students will learn and practice how Information Technology (IT) can help in business decision making and how to develop, implement, use and manage information systems to help with the process.
Entrepreneurial Finance
Students will learn current financial management theories along with the technical skills necessary to maximize the economic value of the firm for its shareholders. Using the case-study method, students will learn how to identify, define and resolve the issues faced by financial managers in small and medium-sized companies.
Professional Business Communications
Students will study theories and principles for writing memos, letters, proposals, business plans, executive summaries and other research reports. They also will complete both written and oral communication assignments that emphasize interpersonal and leadership skills.
Business Leadership
Students will study the business leadership process as well as applied and practical leadership techniques. Students will develop and practice leadership skills through self-assessment exercises, role-playing simulations and other “hands-on” experience. Students will study other topics such as leadership in entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial settings, small to medium size business culture, effective team leadership and self-leadership.
Human Resource Management
Students will integrate the knowledge, skills and abilities that they have achieved in other Bachelor of Business Administration courses into a strategic Human Resource Management plan. They will apply critical judgement in Human Resource planning, goal setting, practice and evaluation in the light of legislation, diversity, human rights and the external and global arenas
Entrepreneurial Sales and Customer Service
Students will be introduced to the basic selling process, make formalized sales presentations and learn and practice effective customer service with emphasis placed on understanding loyalty, total quality management (TQM), benchmarking, internal customers and communications.
Business Strategy
Students will focus on the conceptual and practical aspects of strategic decision making in business. They will learn how to formulate strategies, evaluate strategic alternatives, implement strategies and manage strategic change in organizations through a series of case analyzes, business exercises and current examples from industry.
Entrepreneurial Leadership Practicum
Students will manage, design, prepare and present a comprehensive project that will meet the requirements of a client organization. They will develop and complete a significant project in partnership with businesses or as part of developing an entrepreneurial endeavour. Students will gain the opportunity to practice the integration of business skills and concepts.
Entrepreneurial Management for Service Companies
Students will analyze and gain insight into a variety of service industry sectors such as the tourism and sports and entertainment industries. They will design and implement a plan for the marketing of services and service companies through the use of cases, industry projects and applied assignments. Students will acquire a practical and strategic understanding of how the marketing of services and service companies differs from that of product marketing.
