Industry Electives
Industry Electives
A wide selection of electives is available for students to choose from. Following are suggestions for areas of interest, however it is up to you to decide how to focus your studies. Students must select 4 electives, for a total of 8 credit units, to compete their MBA.
Select from these Edward’s MBA electives:
bioTechnology I Finance I International Business I Organizational Design I Marketing
Or choose from other approved master’s level courses offered at the University of Saskatchewan:
Health Services Management I International Trade I Agricultural Economics
I Education Leadership I Master of Public Policy
bioTechnology
As the research, development and commercialization of products derived
from bioTechnology rapidly expands across virtually all industries, so
does the need to manage this process.
bioTechnology management must strike a balance between two often-disparate approaches to bioTechnology. On the one hand, it involves encouraging technological progress through various commercialization strategies in order to maximize the benefits of knowledge-based growth. Essentially, this involves determining ways to assist the growth and development of innovative firms and determining the distribution of the gains from this technological process. Yet, on the other hand, bioTechnological Management also involves ensuring technological precaution through various regulatory strategies in order to minimize the risks and uncertainties of advanced technologies. This involves examining the role of scientific risk analysis in the regulatory system and determining the socially acceptable level of regulatory oversight that product approvals must meet.
In attempting to find the balance between technological progress and precaution, the bioTechnology Management electives - building on the MBA core program - will focus on a range of levels. At the firm, sector and industry level, aspects of commercializing products, such as business development, management of intellectual property, marketing strategies and regulatory obligations will be examined. At the national level, the benefits and costs of technoloigcal progress and precaution will be assessed. Finally, at the international level, various bilateral, plurilateral and global issues arsing from the application of knowledge-based technologies will be analyzed.
MBA 868.2
Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation
S. Singh
Pre-requisites – MBA 803, 833
Develops a framework for understanding and analyzing the strategic
management of technology, innovation and the knowledge based economy.
Topics include the strategic management of public policy interface;
intellectual property rights; regulatory obligations; operations
(including industrial organization); human resources (science-commerce
interface) and marketing (credence goods).
Course Outline
MBA 869.2
Commercialization and Valuation of Technology
S. Singh
Pre-requisites – MBA 803, 805, 807, 825, 833, 868
Develops a framework for understanding and analyzing the
commercialization of high or advanced technology ventures from an
entrepreneurial and venture capital perspective, including the
valuation of intellectual assets and the development of a financial
model to determine value at the at each stage of the tech life cycle.
Course Outline
MBA 851.2
International Finance
D. Mishra
Pre-requisites – MBA 803, 807, 825
Imparts on corporate finance issues faced by firms operating or seeking
to operate internationally and corporate finance practices around the
world. The course is divided into three major parts. The first part
starts with an introduction of exchange rates (e.g. balance of payment,
international monitory system, determinants of exchange rates,
international arbitrage, purchasing power parity, and forecasting
exchange rates). The second part deals with exchange rate exposure
measurement and management, and the third part with the issues related
to cross boarder investment and financing decisions including capital
structure, cost of capital and capital budgeting decisions, and
valuation of foreign firms/projects.
Course Outline
MBA 854.2
Investments, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
A. Mamun
Pre-requisites – MBA 803, 807, 825
Introduces the theory and application of security analysis and
portfolio management, including determinants of investment risks,
trade-offs between risk and return, valuation of stocks, fixed-income
and derivative securities. Application will be first hand through
participating in an investment scenario.
Course Outline
MBA 855.2
Mergers and Acquisitions
F. Yang
Pre-requisites – MBA 803, 807, 825
Financial and economic aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
are examined. Particular attention is paid to the valuation of M&A
targets and the overall impact of M&A on corporate governance. The
motivation of mergers, both theoretically and empirically, is
investigated. The course also explores anti-takeover devices and
international M&A activities.
Course Outline
MBA 858.2
Corporate Finance
B. Lane
Pre-requisites – MBA 803, 807, 825
Knowledge of finance concepts, theories, and analytical tools are very
important to the manager in today’s competitive marketplace. Those that
master the skills and knowledge of finance will be able to make sound
economic investment decisions, finance projects with confidence, and
manage their firm’s assets and liabilities more effectively. In this
course, emphasis will be placed on measuring cash flows, valuing assets
and investments, measuring risk and required returns, financing and
structuring deals, and managing operational assets. Organizations
studied will range from private entrepreneurial enterprises to large
public corporations.
Course Outline
International Business
Managers in the 21st century are increasingly involved in global
aspects of their businesses. The International Business electives focus
on the environment and the strategic aspects of global business
management, the critical dimensions of global business fundamentals,
development of a global business mindset and experience and
contemporary challenges faced by businesses in their quest for
competitive positioning in global markets.
Canada is one of the most trade-dependent countries in the world and Saskatchewan is an export-driven province. From our mining and forestry resources, to our traditional strengths in agriculture, through to our manufacturing strengths in electronics and biotechnology, business here depends on international commerce.
MBA 873.2
International Markets and Business Systems
L. Goodfellow
Pre-requisites – MBA 803, 839
Students will apply knowledge from other courses to the creation of an
export marketing plan for a product or service. The export marketing
framework will include an assessment of the firm’s readiness to export,
environmental analysis, export market assessment, export techniques,
product development plan, marketing strategy and programs, pricing, and
risk management (including financing and payment) leading to a Go/No Go
decision. The same framework will also be cross-applied to foreign
investment in the target country.
Course Outline
MBA 851.2
International Finance
Same as above
MBA 871.2
Organizational Dynamics
J. Valentine
Pre-requisites – MBA 803, 805
Focuses on the social forces within organizations and examines how they
affect office politics, power in organizations, organizational culture
and organizational change.
Course Outline
MBA XXX
Designing Organizations - Compensation Strategy
TBA
Pre-requisites – TBD
This course is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive
framework through which compensation strategy that best fits a given
firm can be identified and developed. In so doing, key linkages
between compensation, business strategy, and organization design will
be examined, as well as linkages between compensation and employee
behaviour.
MBA XXX
Negotiating for Business
TBA
Pre-requisites – TBD
This is a course for students interested in developing negotiation
skills in a business context. Students will learn effective
communication skills, problem-solving and consensus building, with the
intention of turning face-to-face confrontation into side-by-side
problem solving.
MBA XXX
Sales Force Management and Key Account Management
TBA
Pre-requisites – TBD
Professionally managing relationships through an effective sales force
(and other resources) is the ultimate goal of the sales system we will
be systematically discussing. We will then consider such issues as the
strategic relationship between the marketing and sales functions,
forecasting and terrritory planning, organizing the selling effort, and
analysis of the sales effort.
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