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A primary goal of the MBA degree is to educate students about advanced ideas and procedures in the business world. In addition, however, the degree is designed to provide the skills necessary for graduates to conduct research about business that will improve business efficiency and competitiveness.
Although each of the nine courses for the MBA will be condensed, the content and the standards will parallel the MBA courses taught at Carleton University. The MBA courses taught in Iran will be graded by Carleton University professors. Students who successfully complete all nine courses and other requirements for the MBA will be awarded a Carleton University MBA degree. |
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What are the courses required for the MBA degree?
The Sprott School of Business started a new MBA in September 2008. However, since our Cohort 7 students as well as some of our Cohorts 5 and 6 students are studying based on the old programme, the list of the courses of the old programme are left here while that of the new programme is given as well. Though the new list can be accessed directly through the following link: http://sprott.carleton.ca/mba/intlbusiness.html.
The New Programme
The new programme comprises two series of courses, Core Courses and Concentrations. Since the MBA which is delivered by Carleton in Iran is directed towards International Business, below we just give the list of concentrations of this discipline.
Courses
The courses offered provide an overall view of global business as well as specific consideration of relevant operational and strategic tools. For those centrally concerned with international business, the courses will help explain concepts acquired in the field and provide a framework to extend their experience.
Required concentration courses (International Business):
Core Courses
All core courses must be successfully completed before student may enroll in concentration courses. However, the strategic capstone courses must be completed in the final term.
ACCT 5001 Financial Accounting
ACCT 5002 Managerial Accounting
BUSI 5801 Statistics for Managers
BUSI 5802 Business Ethics
BUSI 5803 Managerial Economics
FINA 5501 Financial Management
FINA 5502 Corporate Finance
IBUS 5701 International Business
ITIS 5401 Fundamentals of IT Service Management
MGMT 5101 Managing People
MGMT 5102 Managing Organizations
MKTG 5201 Marketing Strategy Formulation
MKTG 5202 Marketing Strategy Implementation
TOMS 5301 Modeling Business Decisions
TOMS 5302 Operations Management
STGY 5901 Corporate and Business Strategy
STGY 5902 Strategic Management Capstone Project
The Old Programme |
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Business 5902
Business Research Methods
A consideration of the basic issues of scientific research as applied to business problems. The course include a discussion of the logic of scientific research, proof and verification, hypothesis testing, the logic of statistical inference, and research design.
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Business 5805
Innovation Management
This course encompasses the commercialization of product, service and product innovation, and change management for the strategic advantage of the organization. Course content will draw from the areas of organizational behaviour, marketing and management of technology.
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Business 5806
Managing Transformational Change
This course examines business problems and opportunities related to change management that arise from a number of sources both inside and outside the organization. It draws primarily on the disciplines of strategy, micro and macro organizational behaviour and marketing.
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Business 5807
Digital Business
This course deals with strategic and operational issues of value chain management driven by information networks. It addresses the combination of market positioning issues (the front end) with operational capabilities (the back end). It draws mainly from information systems, strategy, marketing and operations management.
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Business 5808
Enterprise Development
The course discusses the profitable growth of an enterprise from startup through to maturity. Specific topics include financing and managing growth, and the role of entrepreneurial leaders in the creation of value. It draws mainlyfrom finance, organizational behaviour, strategy and marketing.
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Business 5908
MBA Research Project
The research project normally focuses on a business problem and should involve one or more of the following components: problem analysis and research design; library research and critical analysis; data collection and data analysis. The research project will be carried out under the direct supervision of one or more faculty members of the school. All students require the school`s approval for their proposed research project topic. Each candidate submitting a research project will be required to submit a formal research report for evaluation.
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Business 5100
Theories in Organizational Behavior
Theories and issues related to the management of individuals, teams, and small groups in organizations. Potential topics include personality and individual differences, attitudes, motivation, learning, job design, leadership, communication, decision- making, teams and small group behavior, careers, conflict and stress.
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Business 5300
Managing the Multinational Enterprise
Issues in the management of Canadian and foreign multinational enterprises, including productivity in multi-site environments, international human resource management, international strategic planning, cross- national business negotiations, and managing cultural differences and their impact on the basic managerial functions.
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Business 5600
Seminar in Production and Operations Management
This is an introduction to the philosophies, methods, and techniques of modern production and operations management. It discusses long run design issues involving products, plants, equipment, layout, work organization, and their interrelations. It also looks into medium- and sort-term operational questions involving the planning and control of production, inventories, and product quality. The theoretical material will be grounded in problems, cases, and project work. |
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These courses will cover materials on:
- Accounting
- Business Research Methods or Multivariate Statistics for Research
- Finance
- Information Systems
- Management
- Managing the Multinational Enterprise
- Marketing
- Production and Operation management
- Strategic Management
The student's work culminates in a research project which helps promote advanced thinking and analysis for solving current management problems. The research project topic would normally, though not exclusively, be relevant to issues in innovation, productivity, and the management of technology. The research project must represent the results of the candidate's independent to graduate studies at the Sprott School of Business. Previous work of the candidate may be used only as introductory or background material for the research project. The students are encouraged however, to devote research topics to managerial issues pertaining to Iran on the whole and Qeshm Island in particular.
It is expected that students who have an undergraduate business degree will take approximately 16 months to complete the MBA degree. Those students whose undergraduate degree is not in business, will require approximately 20 months to complete the MBA degree.
In order to make the program suit those in full time employment, the designing has been made so that the first four of the above courses wil be taught by Canadian Professors on Qeshm Island. Each course will normally take two weeks with full time residency at Qeshm Island with four weeks elapsed time between each two courses. After this period the successful students will fly to Ottawa, Canada to attend a further two courses. Following these two courses, students will return to Iran to complete the final four courses, again taught by Carleton University professors. | |
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