Course Schedule

HyFlex: The class will be delivered on campus, but will also be live-streamed synchronously for anyone who wishes
to join the class remotely.

RLDS: Remote delivery.

Web: Online delivery. See the course outline for more information.

GBUS Courses Timetable

Section	Day	Start	Time	Exam Date	Delivery
2024 Winter 2024 Spring/Summer 2024 Fall
GBUS 817 - Managing People in Organizations
This course is designed to develop students’ management skills through an exploration of the theory and practice involved in managing people. The emphasis is on understanding individual, team, and organizational factors and the processes through which they influence behaviour and performance, with a view to improving managerial effectiveness.
001	MW	2024-MAY-06	7:00pm - 9:45pm	2024-JUN-24	HYFLX
GBUS 843 - Strategic Human Resource Management
This course examines human resources functions from a strategic and institutional perspective. The topics include human resource planning, recruitment and selection, performance measurement and assessment, training and development, and the design of reward systems.
001		2024-MAY-06	-	2024-JUN-22	ONLNE
GBUS 844 - Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining
This course examines the history of union development in Canada, and business reaction to this development. Current structures in the labour movement are assessed, as well as the impact of legislation on the nature of collective bargaining. The course focuses on the character and procedures of arbitration, fact-finding, mediation, and conciliation.
001	TR	2024-MAY-06	7:00pm - 9:45pm		HYFLX
GBUS 845AI - Mindfulness & Women Leadership
This course will explore the the connections between mindfulness, leadership and women's leadership. Through directed readings and written essays, a student will conceptualize and critique the theoretical and practical possibilities and implications of mindfulness for women's leadership.
001		2024-MAY-06	-
GBUS 846AF - Mentorship and Leadership Development
The course explores the theory and practice of mentorship as a HR function and as an organizational leadership development capacity. Students will learn best practice in establishing an organizational wide mentorship program. The course will also examine leadership development more broadly including evaluation of leadership development initiatives.
001	MTWRF	2024-MAY-27	08:30am - 4:30pm		HYFLX
GBUS 846AH - Program Evaluation
An analysis of the theories and approaches to program evaluation, and their application in organizations. Topics explored will include the origins and current trends, ethical and philosophical issues in evaluation, politics and planning, evaluation criteria, data collection, analysis, interpretation, and strategies for reporting and communicating evaluation results. *Note: Students who have completed EAHR 811 will not be eligible to register in GBUS 846AH.
001	MW	2024-JUL-02	7:00pm - 9:45pm		HYFLX
GBUS 863 - Staffing Organizations
The course introduces and develops concepts used in the staffing of organizations. The course will cover general staffing models, basic labour markets, laws and regulations affecting staffing, introduction to measurement theory, recruitment techniques, selection techniques and tools, decision making for selection, and formalizing the job offer.
001	TR	2024-JUL-02	7:00pm - 9:45pm		HYFLX
GBUS 864 - Compensation
The course introduces and develops concepts used in compensating employees and managers in organizations. The course will cover designing pay structures for strategic purposes, internal consistency and external competitiveness, job evaluation models, variable group and individual pay systems, basic employee benefits, legal issues surrounding compensation (pay equity and discrimination), compensating special groups of employees, compensation and unions, and administration topics.
001	TR	2024-JUL-02	7:00pm - 9:45pm		HYFLX
GBUS 865 - Project Management
This course will introduce students to Project Management principles, intended to address the many phases of a project's life cycle. Students will learn to manage projects more effectively using Project Management techniques, through monitoring and maintaining control of scope, time, and costs within a project.
001	TR	2024-MAY-06	7:00pm - 9:45pm	2024-JUN-25	HYFLX
GBUS 870 - Leadership: Theory & Practice
This course covers key leadership/management skills such as clarifying personal vision, coaching, goal setting, conflict management, stress management, emotional intelligence crisis management, process and system design and communication skills. Major competency models of leadership and management are covered to familiarize students with the research and practice of leadership development.
001	MW	2024-MAY-06	7:00pm - 9:45pm	2024-JUN-24	HYFLX
GBUS 871 - Group Dynamics in Organizations
The course will study roles that exist in organizations and the dynamics of the interactions between these roles. In particular, focus will be on the interplay between the leadership role and decision making, creative problem solving and conflict resolution with group members.
001	MW	2024-JUL-02	7:00pm - 9:45pm	2024-AUG-19	HYFLX
GBUS 874 - Cases in Leadership
This course examines leadership issues in both for-profit and non-profit organizations. A major project for the course will involve researching and writing an original case study that examines leadership issues within a real organization.
001	TR	2024-MAY-06	7:00pm - 9:45pm		HYFLX
GBUS 876 - Managing Diversity
This course examines the increasing diversity of the work force and the resulting issues faced by organizations such as maintaining fairness and justice, making effective management decisions, allowing flexibility, and managing in a global environment. The course also examines legal frameworks that protect employee and employer rights related to dimensions of diversity.
001	MW	2024-MAY-06	7:00pm - 9:45pm		HYFLX
GBUS 901 - Thesis Research
Thesis research.
001		2024-MAY-06	-

MBA Courses Timetable

Section	Day	Start	Time	Exam Date	Delivery
2024 Winter 2024 Spring/Summer 2024 Fall
MBA 701 - Foundations of Organizational Behaviour
This course examines the individual and group behaviour and their impact on organizational effectiveness and organizations in general. Relevant concepts from the behavioural sciences include personality, motivation, attitudes, group processes, power and leadership. Students will develop a basic understanding of antecedents and consequences of individual and group action.
001		2024-MAY-06	-	2024-AUG-24	ONLNE
MBA 702 - Foundations of Accounting
This course is designed to facilitate the understanding of accounting information with an emphasis on making decisions. Students will be provided an opportunity to enhance their communication and decision making skills.
001		2024-MAY-06	-	2024-AUG-24	ONLNE
MBA 703 - Financial Statement Analysis
This course introduces students to the analysis, interpretation and evaluation of an organization's financial statements and related information. It also covers the recognition and measurement of accounting events and the preparation of financial statements.
001		2024-MAY-06	-	2024-AUG-26	ONLNE
MBA 704 - Foundations of Marketing
This course will assist the students in developing foundational knowledge of marketing concepts and theory. Tactical applications of the marketing mix are also addressed – product, price, place and promotion. Ethical and legal issues are also discussed.
001		2024-MAY-06	-	2024-AUG-26	ONLNE
MBA 705 - Foundations of Entrepreneurship
This course explores the foundations of entrepreneurship including entrepreneurial motivations, start-up process, idea generation, venture capital, gender considerations, and various forms of entrepreneurship, such as accelerators, corporate venturing and social enterprise. The course also explores entrepreneurs’ alignment with other disciplines, including agile testing, lean analysis and business modeling.
001		2024-MAY-06	-	2024-AUG-27	ONLNE
MBA 706 - Foundations of Indigenous Business
This course covers theories, motivations, forms and objectives of Indigenous venturing and its role in the decolonization process. It will help students identify and understand the various and complex aspects of Indigenous business that are relevant to both Indigenous and non-indigenous organizations.
001		2024-MAY-06	-	2024-AUG-27	ONLNE
MBA 834 - Corporate Finance
This course provides a comprehensive study of financial decisions in today's business enterprises. Major emphasis is placed on investment, asset valuation and financial structure policies of a firm. Topics include discounted cash flow, capital budgeting, risk-return trade-off, capital structure and major financial instruments.
001	MW	2024-MAY-06	7:00pm - 9:45pm	2024-JUN-24	HYFLX
MBA 865 - Project Management
This course will introduce students to the many phases of a project's life cycle and how to address them through knowledge and understanding of Project Management principles and how to manage them effectively using Project Management techniques by monitoring and maintaining control of scope, time, and costs within a project.
001	TR	2024-MAY-06	7:00pm - 9:45pm	2024-JUN-25	HYFLX