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Instruction offered by members of the Haskayne School of Business.
Business and Environment Chairperson — C. Saunders
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Business and Environment
691
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Fundamentals of Project Management
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Application of management principles to the project environment; planning, control, scope, time and cost processes; project organization and human resource issues. Students review a current major capital project and submit and defend a project report.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Program Director.
Also known as:
(Civil Engineering 691)
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Business and Environment
719
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Project External Issues
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Projects will focus on the effects of external factors on business. External factors may include: corporate influences; financial interfaces; sources of funds; lending environment, owner's and lender's risks; government involvement; regulatory requirements; public interfaces; public information; compensation; project commissioning.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Business and Environment 691.
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Business and Environment
749
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Rediscovering Leadership: The Haskayne Wilderness Retreat
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One-week intensive wilderness retreat combines experiential outdoor activities and personal growth challenges with cross-cultural first nations teachings and ceremonies to deliver core leadership skills for social responsibility and sustainable development.
Course Hours:
H (3-0)
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Business and Environment
751
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Strategies for Sustainable Development
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The strategic context for making business decisions with respect to sustainable development issues. The role of sustainability in economic development, international trade relations and emerging technologies. Stakeholder perspectives and the effect of environmental and social issues on industrial performance.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Business and Environment
753
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Managing Social and Environmental Issues in the Global Market Place
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Canadian companies operating in the international arena find themselves faced with an increasingly complex array of social and environmental risks that threaten their strategic objectives. This course examines this new class of strategic corporate risks through a review of changes in international sustainable development policy initiatives, changes in communications, the emergence of an environmental and social activist sector, and the interaction of these factors resulting in new international business risk challenges. The course uses lectures, cases, simulations and class discussion of theories and concepts.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Business and Environment
761
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Ethics and the Professional Manager
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The role of values in business decision making; alternative moral codes and their principles; moral principles as decision tools, and reasoning through moral dilemmas; role of business in society; specific issues in business ethics; application through cases and exercises.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Business and Environment
777
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Global Environment of Business
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Economic, political, social and legal factors affecting management decisions. Topics may include Canada in the world economy, business and government relations, business ethics and legal environment for business. Develops knowledge and ability to analyse and deal with complexities of the business environment.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Corequisite(s):
Strategy and Global Management 601 or consent of the Haskayne School of Business.
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Business and Environment
789
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Seminar in Business and Environment
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Study and discussion of current research literature and contemporary issues on topics related to Business and Environment.
Course Hours:
H(3S-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Business and Environment
797
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Advanced Seminar in Business and Environment
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Course Hours:
H(3S-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Haskayne School of Business.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Courses of Instruction