ORGA – Organizational Management
ORGA 101
Introduction to Management
3 Credits Weekly (3-0-0)
This course focuses on the nature and structure of work organizations and how people function in these environments. Topics include the four functions of managers: planning, organizing, controlling, and leading (vs managing). This course introduces organizational culture, organizational structure, managerial communication, and the fundamentals of strategy. Note: Credit can only be obtained in one of MGMT 121 or ORGA 101.
ORGA 207
Introduction to Sport Management
3 Credits Weekly 3-0-0
An introductory examination of the sport management industry and the sport-specific contexts in which sport is organized, governed, and delivered. Students learn about the structure of the sport system and sport development pathways across community, non-profit, intercollegiate, and professional sport organizations. Emphasis is placed on sport-focused management areas including governance, leadership, marketing, event and facility management, and sport consumer behaviour. The course develops a foundational understanding of the distinctive characteristics of sport organizations and contemporary issues affecting the sport industry.
Prerequisites: ORGA 101 or ORGA 201.
ORGA 216
Contemporary Organizational Behaviour and Theory
3 Credits Weekly (3-0-0)
Students will explore contemporary organizational behaviour concepts and theories to develop an understanding of the interaction between individual determinants of behaviour and group dynamics. Students will look at how individuals are shaped and actively shape their organizational environment, and the effect of this dynamic for an organization’s success. Note: Credit can only be obtained in one of MGMT 122, ORGA 216, or ORGA 316.
Prerequisites: ORGA 101 or ORGA 201 or MGMT 121.
ORGA 310
Advanced Leadership Topics and Issues
3 Credits Weekly (3-0-0)
Building on the traditional and contemporary leadership theories and models introduced in ORGA 101, students develop a deeper understanding of contemporary leadership issues and approaches through the practical application of professional skills. Through a range of applied learning activities, such as case analyses, experiential exercises, simulations, reflective activities, discussions, and applied projects, students examine leadership concepts in practice and reflect on their own leadership development, culminating in the creation of a personal leadership plan.
Prerequisites: (ORGA 101 or ORGA 201) and BUSN 201.
ORGA 312
Entrepreneurship
3 Credits Weekly (3-0-0)
A practice-based course where students explore entrepreneurial thinking and acting in order to maneuver in entrepreneurial environments which are unpredictable, uncertain and ambiguous. Students will gain the mindset to work in such an environment in the capacity and create new ventures. Students learn through experimentation and creation of a lean business plan through application of sound business principles. They capitalize on the knowledge they previously gained in various disciplines and from current practices they learn in this class including lean start up and design thinking. This course requires active engagement - students learn through lecture, case studies, experimentation, video and guest speakers.
Prerequisites: MGTS 113, and one of ACCT 222, ACCT 322, MARK 201, MARK 301, ORGA 101 or ORGA 201.
ORGA 314
Managing Negotiation
3 Credits Weekly (3-0-0)
Students explore theoretical concepts that support practical training in the key competencies required for negotiating in day-to-day situations. Students demonstrate and apply negotiating skills and concepts in online practices and out-of-class situations. Topics include negotiating strategies; target, resistance, and walk-away points; opening negotiating tactics; making concessions; closing negotiating tactics; and ethical considerations when negotiating. Students also reflect on their personal development of their negotiating skills.
Prerequisites: (ORGA 101 or ORGA 201) or (HRMT 100 or HRMT 200) or MGMT 121.
ORGA 330
Managerial Skill Development
3 Credits Weekly (3-0-0)
Students develop key competencies required for managerial success by engaging in the practical application of management and leadership concepts and theories. Students demonstrate an application of managerial skills, team facilitation, organizational communications, decision making, goal setting, self-management, giving and receiving feedback, governance and emerging technologies.
Prerequisites: (ORGA 101 or ORGA 201) or (MGMT 121 and MGMT 122) or consent of the department chair.
ORGA 333
Managing Change
3 Credits Weekly (3-0-0)
This course deepens students understanding of conceptual frameworks of organizational development and change, the dynamics of change, implementation considerations, and understanding and managing resistance to change as well as systems thinking as it applies to change management. Importantly, students in this course will apply theory to case studies and develop tools to lead and navigate change situations.
Prerequisites: ORGA 101 or ORGA 201.
ORGA 335
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Organizations
3 Credits Weekly (3-0-0)
Students examine the strategic and social importance of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in the workplace and consider related practices of leaders, supervisors, Human Resource Management professionals, and employees. The influence and impact of various forces are considered, including legislation and regulations, social norms and individual attitudes, and corporate mechanisms such as policies and programs. Instructors have discretion for the specific topics addressed in the course, including but not limited to: business outcomes and environmental-social-governance objectives, human resource management practices, human rights protected areas, employee resource groups, and interpersonal behaviours.
Prerequisite: ORGA 101 or ORGA 201.
ORGA 410
Business Consulting
3 Credits Weekly (3-0-0)
Students focus on the consulting process, issue and problem diagnosis, consulting approaches and styles, client-consultant relationships, management of change, and professional codes of conduct and ethics. Consultancy is discussed in the context of both internal and external organizational roles and as a career choice. Students work in a team to integrate consulting concepts with knowledge and skills acquired in other Bachelor of Commerce courses and apply them to practical consulting projects.
Prerequisites: ORGA 216 or ORGA 316.
ORGA 412
Business Innovation and Intrapreneurship
3 Credits Weekly (3-0-0)
Students analyze and discuss theories, principles, concepts and practices of entrepreneurship within organizations – intrapreneurship. Students research and analyze current trends, organizational challenges to innovation, creativity, and opportunities in developing intrapreneurship in organizations. Students also analyze the theories, nature, and dynamics of implementing change in organizational culture and the impact of an organization’s adoption of an intrapreneurship strategy.
Prerequisites: (ORGA 101 or ORGA 201) and (BUSN 101 or BUSN 201).
ORGA 422
Contemporary Business Ethics
3 Credits Weekly (3-0-0)
Students learn philosophies, theories, concepts, and methods related to different schools of thought in business ethics (e.g., universal, consequentialist, pragmatic, relativist). Students integrate and apply these concepts on case studies to understand, analyze and render appropriate strategic and ethical judgments concerning the general management of organizations in today’s global context. Students analyze and explore contemporary complex social, managerial and technological issues in management; they explore the potential responses government, firms and other institutions have to ethical issues in management and, also, decide what are the contemporary issues in business ethics that they want to learn in depth.
Prerequisites: ORGA 216 or ORGA 316.
ORGA 497
Special Topics in Management
3 Credits Weekly (0-0-3)
This course involves reading, discussing and critically evaluating current research on specialized topics of interest to senior students in the Bachelor of Commerce. Topics covered vary with the interests of students and faculty and may include an applied field research component in business, government or community. Students should consult with faculty members in the Department of Organizational Behaviour, HRM, Management and MIS for details regarding current offerings. This course can be taken twice for credit.
Prerequisites: Minimum of C- in one 300 level ORGA course and consent of the department chair or designate.
ORGA 498
Independent Studies in Management
3 Credits Weekly (0-0-3)
In consultation with and supervised by a member of the department or an approved professional in the community, a senior student undertakes advanced scholarly work related to the field of management. The faculty member guides the student in designing and undertaking this work, using appropriate assumptions and methods to arrive at warranted conclusions and outcomes that will advance management knowledge or practice. Note: This course can be taken twice for credit.
Prerequisites: Consent of the course instructor and the department chair.
ORGA 499
Honours Thesis - Management
3 Credits Total (0-0-45)
Under the direction of a faculty member, students conduct a research project on an approved topic related to their major culminating in an honours thesis. Students then present and defend their thesis in a public forum. Restricted to Bachelor of Commerce Honours students.