Course Descriptions

Students study current management practices. This is a foundational course that prepares students for more in-depth study of topics such as human resource management, managing change, performance management and corporate social responsibility in 3rd and 4th year courses. Students also develop and practice effective public speaking and business presentation skills. The course instructors use the study of contemporary business issues to reinforce course concepts.

This course provides a strong foundation in the mathematics of finance and business. The student will utilize standard financial models in analysis, problem solving, and decision-making. Computer spreadsheet applications are utilized.

This is a study of the human elements in organizations, with emphasis on group behaviour. Concepts include persuasion, guidance and understanding of the individual within the group. Students will learn applications in human relations management, i.e. leadership, power, authority, group dynamics, formal and informal organization, communications, conflict, and the introduction of change. This course is offered at the Sechelt and Squamish campuses only.

The objective of this course is to allow the student to develop the necessary skills and conceptual tools to both understand and deal effectively with human behaviour in organizations. These skills are of at least two kinds:

This course will introduce students to the components of the Canadian legal system, and will examine the effect of both common and statute law on business relationships. Students will gain exposure to the basic principles of Canadian business law through legal topics such as constitutional, tort, contract, property, corporate and employment law.

This course presents a broad view of the role of Information Systems (IS) in Business. It places IS within the context of business activities and explores the five information systems components of hardware, software, data, processes/procedures and people. Students will apply the concepts and theories learned in their first-year School of Business courses to solve integrated business problems and will enhance their knowledge by acquiring business systems analysis and database development skills as they work through practical lab and final projects.

This course provides the student with practical and applied general human resources management skills. Emphasis is placed on current legislation affecting the workplace and on day-to-day management issues.

This course will provide the student with an overall appreciation and insight into current strategic management practices within modern business and industry. There will be a focus on the methods of strategic management and business analyses.

This course will introduce you to the basic concepts, frameworks and methodologies useful to managers in crafting and executing business strategy. The course focuses on the fundamental conditions that enable a company to conceive, develop, and sustain a superior strategic position. We will introduce and apply analytical tools that will help you identify and systematically assess (1) the various environmental forces acting upon a company, (2) a company’s internal source of competitive advantage, (3) the likely behavior of a company’s rivals and (4) the long-term sustainability of a company’s competitive advantage.

This course is designed to provide students with 100 hours of directed study experience in business, industry or government. The purpose of this course is for students to gain relevant experience and to make an easier transition into the workforce. Major emphasis of this experience is to allow students to put existing business education skills into practice while learning new business skills. Students will be able to recognize and understand the scope and relationship of business administration functions.

In this course, students will examine and develop a working knowledge of the statutory and common law rules governing employment relationships in both union and non-union contexts and develop a working knowledge of the essential features of the British Columbia legislation governing employment contract, employment standards, human rights, employment equity and labour relations.

This course provides a strong foundation in basic business statistics. It covers some of the most commonly used methods for: converting raw data into meaningful information (Descriptive Statistics), computing the chance that a certain event will occur in the future (Probability), drawing conclusions about a population based on sample data (Inferential Statistics), and determining whether a relationship between two variables exist and, if so, how strong this relationship is (Simple Linear Regression and Correlation).

This course develops the student's understanding of the theory and practical applications required to be an effective team leader. Students will demonstrate abilities and skills in a variety of team environments designed to develop practical and valuable leadership experience.

This course will identify practical strategies for students to leverage their emotional intelligence in their education, the workplace, and their personal life. Students will learn how to balance their 15 emotional intelligence competencies to improve personal and interpersonal effectiveness.

Skills needed in problem solving and researching the small business environment will be learned and applied. Business owners, managers and would-be decision makers are encouraged to take this course. The instructor and guest lecturers from the business community will lead students through detailed aspects of business from finance to human relations. The production of the business plan will be discussed and part of a plan will be written.

The course will highlight topics of special interest, such as Intercultural Business Practices, Strategic Management, and Marketing the Olympics to business students. Specific topic expertise, such as international faculty, business experts, and leadership specialists will teach this course. This combination will add real-life value to the subject matter and build on the students business concepts. This course will encourage students to explore and more fully understand the specialized area of concern.

The course will highlight topics of special interest, such as European Union, Globalization, and Canadian Demographics to business students. Specific topic expertise, such as international faculty, business experts, and leadership specialists will teach this course. This combination will add real-life value to the subject matter and build on the students business concepts. This course will encourage students to explore and more fully understand the specialized area of concern.

Of special interest to generalist managers and operators of small businesses, this course familiarizes the student with the principles, practices, and functions of production-operations management, using modern decision-making aids. Foundation skills in production and control (inventory, quality and cost) are examined using computing devices and procedures.

This course provides the student with a functional understanding of current human resources management concepts and applications in small, medium and large business. Special emphasis will be placed on the concept of human resources management being the responsibility of all management, not just the Human Resources Management department.

This course introduces students to Canadian labour and employment relations. This includes both union and non-union work settings and some of the primary legislation governing those settings. Also studied is the interaction between unions and management and the resulting impacts on business. Course instructors use a combination of case studies, assignments, discussion forums and lectures to explore these topics.

This course will provide the student with an understanding of what effective leadership means and how he or she can be a more effective leader. This will be done through a combination of theoretical work, discussions with community leaders and through the development of critical leadership skills and competencies. Specific competencies will include networking skills, coaching skills, and facilitation skills.

This course is designed to provide students with 100 hours of directed study experience in business, industry or government. The purpose of this course is for students to gain relevant experience and to make an easier transition into the workforce. Major emphasis of this experience is to allow students to put existing business education skills into practice while learning new business skills. Students will be able to recognize and understand the scope and relationship of business administration functions.

This course will expand upon the legal principles studies in BADM 107 including a more complex examination of constitutional, tort, contract, property, corporate and employment law. Students may also gain exposure to additional legal topics such as legal devices for securing credit, mortgages, labour, bankruptcy and insolvency, competition law, insurance law and creditor's remedies.

This course provides the student with a practical understanding of the application and theoretical foundation of commonly used techniques in statistical modelling, particularly Linear Regression and Time Series Analysis. Data analysis software is extensively used in these applications. Linear Programming Models will also be introduced and graphical and computer-generated solutions will be developed and analyzed.

This course will focus on project management skills necessary for local and international environments. The project management knowledge areas and process will be included in the course content. Examples of projects within different sectors, project management hard and soft skills will be also examined. Students will have the opportunity to apply the PM concepts on real projects.

This course will be offered from time-to-time to give students the opportunity to examine in-depth some aspect of business. The course will build on business concepts to explore and more fully understand some specialized area of concern. Normally such a course will take advantage of the short-term availability of some specific expertise such as faculty exchange or overseas offering.

This course will be offered from time-to-time to give students the opportunity to examine in-depth some aspect of business. The course will build on business concepts to explore and more fully understand some specialized area of concern. Normally such a course will take advantage of the short-term availability of some specific expertise such as faculty exchange or overseas offering.

This course will be offered from time-to-time to allow students to examine in-depth current issues related to business administration. This course will be thematic rather than discipline based and will build on business concepts to fully explore and understand some current issue concern. Normally such a course will take advantage of the short-term availability of some specific expertise such as faculty exchange or overseas offering.

This course will be offered from time-to-time to allow students to examine in-depth current issues related to business administration. This course will be thematic rather than discipline based and will build on business concepts to fully explore and understand some current issue concern. Normally such a course will take advantage of the short-term availability of some specific expertise such as faculty exchange or overseas offering.

This course will be offered from time-to-time to allow students to examine in-depth current issues related to business administration. This course will be thematic rather than discipline based and will build on business concepts to fully explore and understand some current issue concern. Normally such a course will take advantage of the short-term availability of some specific expertise such as faculty exchange or overseas offering.

This course will be offered from time-to-time to give students the opportunity to examine in-depth some aspect of business. The course will build on business concepts to explore and more fully understand some specialized area of concern. Normally such a course will take advantage of the short-term availability of some specific expertise such as faculty exchange or overseas offering.

This course will develop student understanding and knowledge in the application of methods to improve individual employee and larger organizational performance. In doing so, the course deals with performance management systems and measurement that matches employee contributions with organizational goals and strategies.

This course provides upper level students with a broad understanding of and appreciation for the “social economy” - its unique management challenges as well as the opportunities to integrate traditional business functions with social, environmental or cultural goals. Innovative practices and new models of social entrepreneurship will be explored. Students will have the opportunity to gain practical experience working on a service-learning project with a non-profit organization.

The ability to help others learn is an essential workplace skill. Managers need to train and develop staff and many employees have general orientation and training responsibilities. Human Resources Departments and consulting firms may provide specific training expertise to businesses. This course provides the student with in-depth practical training skills useful in any of these roles, as well as an overview of current training and development programs and practices.

This course will provide career and job search coaching, feedback, tips, tools and techniques for career development through one-on-one/group meetings, class workshops, industry forums, and networking opportunities. The Business Internship experience is designed to provide a period (120 hours) of part-time, productive employment which may be paid or unpaid within industry, non-profit organizations or government. For the duration of the project, students are expected to reflect on how they have developed as an individual and to consider their own personal career and professional goals. Students are responsible for securing their own internship placement prior to or within the first two weeks of the course.

The student business work experience is designed to provide a period of full-time, productive, paid employment in industry, not-for-profit organizations or government. The business work experience enables the student to apply classroom theory and skills to employment practices. For the duration of the project, students are expected to reflect on how they have developed as an individual and as part of a team as a means of developing a professional identity that highlights their distinctive self and to consider their own personal employment strategies while building professional networks. It provides the student, faculty, and the employer with a measuring device for assessing the student's approach to full-time employment. Students are responsible for securing their own work experience placement, with the assistance of the instructor, prior to the first week of the course.

This course will focus on the critical analysis of current business practices through the use of case studies to develop integrative decision-making skills and presentation skills. Through this work-integrated learning experience, students collaborate to solve industry-client problems using qualitative and quantitative research. Students apply for acceptance into this intensive course that gives them the exclusive opportunity to develop advanced analytical and presentation skills. Students are given regular one on one attention in order to receive feedback and specialized training from their faculty coach. As part of this course, students train to represent the School of Business at local, national and/or international competitions against many of the world's top students.

This advanced human resource management course seeks to integrate the policies, procedures and methods covered in BADM 302 or BADM 303 with other functional areas which impact upon the management of human resources systems. Stakeholder assumptions about work-force characteristics, management philosophy, business strategy, laws and society will be examined via a combination of cases, readings, research and peer discussion

This course is designed to provide students with 100 hours of directed study experience in business, industry or government. The purpose of this course is for students to gain relevant experience and to make an easier transition into the workforce. Major emphasis of this experience is to allow students to put business education skills into practice while learning new business skills. Students will be able to recognize and understand the scope of and relationship of business administration functions.

This course will provide students with the opportunity to practice advanced career development skills such as network building, career progression planning, compensation negotiation and job prospecting. The Business Internship experience is designed to provide a period (120 hours) of part-time, productive employment which may be paid or unpaid within industry, non-profit organizations or government. For the duration of the project, students are expected to reflect on how they have developed as an individual and to consider their own personal career and professional goals. Students are responsible for securing their own internship placement prior to or within the first two weeks of the course.

The student business work experience is designed to provide a second period of full-time, productive, paid employment in industry, not-for-profit organizations or government. The business work experience enables the student to apply classroom theory and skills to employment practices. For the duration of the project, students are expected to reflect on how they have developed as an individual and as part of a team as a means of developing a professional identity that highlights their distinctive self and to consider their own personal employment strategies while building professional networks. It provides the student, faculty, and the employer with a measuring device for assessing the student's approach to full-time employment. Students are responsible for securing their own work experience placement, with the assistance of the instructor, prior to the first week of the course.

This capstone course integrates previous learning from the business degree program with an investigation of the interdependence of business and society, particularly corporate social responsibility, business ethics, socially responsive management, Indigenization, globalization and managing in an ever-changing environment. Students will develop skills in applied research to gain advanced knowledge on specific business topics culminating in the creation and sharing of a research project.

This course offers a basic introduction to the decision analysis framework and explains how it can be used to facilitate and formalize the decision-making process. It describes techniques that managers can use to supplement their existing decision-making skills, how to decide when or whether to use a particular method, and how to implement it. The course is concerned with decision-making under conditions such as uncertainty, multiple objectives, multiple decision-makers or interest groups, large impacts, and long timelines.

This course presents concepts and practical approaches involved in managing organizational change. This course will draw upon the concepts and skills learned in other business courses and will also provide students with the ability to blend hard and soft skills in the challenging role of leading change.

The course provides Indigenous and non-Indigenous students with an in-depth understanding of Indigenous entrepreneurship. It focuses on how economic reconciliation is pursued through the creation and management of new ventures by and for Indigenous peoples that are responsive to the community, its values, traditions, culture, and socioeconomic needs. It explores how Indigenous peoples act on their inherent rights and assert sovereignty through social, cultural, spiritual, environmental and economic value creation activities as a means to design, develop and maintain Indigenous political, economic and social systems to promote community well-being while enabling members to engage in traditional, cultural and innovative economic activities.

The course focuses on the formal decision-making process called “Strategic Management.” The primary course objective is to acquaint students with the process of developing a business strategy and how to implement that strategy. As a business management and administration student you must be able to integrate the knowledge and skills you have learned in other administration and business courses in areas such as accounting, finance, management, human resources, organizational behaviour, marketing and production. Business Policy and Strategy should be one of the last courses a student takes in their Bachelor of Business Administration degree program.

This course will clarify an interest-based negotiation approach and practice negotiating for mutual gain outcome; based on Harvard University's Negotiation Program. Students will practice specific "micro-skills" in small group activities and apply the skill building in simulated negotiation sessions. The course will also look at mediation and how to intervene in employee disputes when the manager may need to act as a third party.