School of Business
Dunton Tower 710B
Telephone: 520-2388
Fax: 520-4427
The Department
Director of the School: Vinod Kumar
Supervisor of Graduate Studies: J.J. Madill
The School of Business offers a program of study and research
leading to the degrees of Master of Management Studies and Ph.D.
in Management.
Master of Management Studies
The focus of the M.M.S. program is applied research directed toward
the management of technology, productivity, and innovation. The
program of studies will develop in students the conceptual and
methodological skills required to manage, plan, develop, and implement
technological capabilities for the purpose of attaining the strategic
and operational goals of organizations.
The main areas of specialization within the program are:
- Business Information Systems
- Finance
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
- Production and Operations
- Research and Development Administration
Graduate students in the School of Business are governed by the
General Regulations section of this Calendar.
Admission Requirements
Admission into the program is judged primarily on the applicant's
ability to successfully successfully advanced studies and research
in business, his/her prospects for completion of the program,
experience, and achievement.
Applicants are required to have the equivalent of an honours bachelor's
degree, with a minimum of high honours standing. Applicants are
expected to have credits in mathematics and the following core
courses in functional areas of business described below or their
equivalents:
- Business 42.210*: Management and Organizational Behaviour
- Business 42.228*: Introduction to Marketing
- Business 42.230*: Introduction to Management Science
- Business 42.240*: Business Information Systems
- Business 42.250*: Introduction to Business Finance
- Economics 43.220: Statistical Methods in the Social Sciences
* Denotes 0.5 credit at the undergraduate level
In addition, applicants are expected to have an upper-level course
sequence in their proposed area of business specialization, and
to have an adequate grounding in at least one supporting fundamental
discipline such as economics, psychology, sociology, mathematics,
anthropology, or computer science.
The School requires that all applicants submit scores obtained
in the Graduate Management Admission Test offered by the Educational
Testing Services of Princeton, New Jersey. A superior GMAT score
will be required for admission. All applicants whose native tongue
is not English must take the TOEFL test and obtain a minimum score
of 550.
The School's admission policy is governed by the availability
of graduate student space. Possession of the minimum admission
requirements does not, in itself, guarantee acceptance. Advanced
standing may be granted for required courses only if previous
work is judged to be equivalent to courses required in the program.
Advanced standing and transfer of credit must be determined on
an individual basis in consultation with the supervisor of graduate
studies and must also be approved at the time of admission by
the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. In general,
a grade of B- or better is required in equivalent courses to obtain
advanced standing.
Program Requirements
The requirement for the Master of Management Studies degree is
the equivalent of 5.0 credits of which at least 4.0 credits must
be at the 500 level or above. Students must complete 1.5 credits
of required business courses, 1.0 credit from a selection of advanced
seminars, 1.0 credit of approved options, and a thesis equivalent
to 1.5 credits as indicated below.
All master's students are required to complete:
Required Business Courses
- Business 42.592: Business Research Methods
- Business 42.595: Directed Research in Business Studies
- Business 42.597: M.M.S. Thesis Tutorial
Advanced Seminars
1.0 credit from the following list of 0.5 credit courses:
- Business 42.510: Seminar in Management
- Business 42.520: Seminar in Marketing
- Business 42.530: Managing the Multinational Enterprise
- Business 42.540: Seminar in Information Systems Management
- Business 42.550: Seminar in Finance
- Business 42.560: Seminar in Production and Operations Management
- Business 42.570: Seminar in Management of Research and Development
- Business 42.580: Seminar in Decision Analysis
Approved Options
The equivalent of 1.0 credit of approved courses which may be
selected from among those offered by the School and in related
disciplines.
Thesis
- Business 42.599 M.M.S. Thesis
The M.M.S. thesis is equivalent to 1.5 credits. The thesis normally
relates to issues that are relevant to producers and users of
technology.
The thesis must represent the result of the candidate's independent
research undertaken after being admitted to graduate studies at
Carleton University's School of Business. Previous work of the
candidate may be used only as introductory or background material
for the thesis.
A candidate may carry on research work related to the thesis off
campus provided that the work is approved in advance and arrangements
have been made for regular supervision of thesis research activities
with the School's supervisor of graduate studies.
All students require the School's approval for their proposed
thesis topic. Each candidate submitting a thesis will be required
to take an oral examination on the subject of the thesis.
Academic Standing
A grade of B- or better must normally be obtained in each credit
counted towards the degree. A candidate may, with the recommendation
of the School and the approval of the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate
Studies and Research, be allowed a grade of C+ in 1.0 credit (or
the equivalent).
Doctor of Philosophy
The focus of the Ph.D. program in Management is applied and basic
research on complex management problems in a rapidly changing
and globally oriented environment. The doctoral program in management
is designed to develop graduates skilled in research with both
a theoretical and practical understanding of the complex problems
of business and managers. These graduates will pursue careers
in university education and research, in training and research
in private and public sector organizations, and in business management.
The program is designed to accomplish its objectives by its orientation
to a holistic, integrative and discipline-supported approach to
management problem-solving, focused on critical issues facing
managers in organizations in both the private and public sectors.
The degree will normally be pursued on a full-time basis for the
first two years.
Admission Requirements
Admission into the Ph.D. program will be judged primarily on the
applicant's ability to undertake research successfully and his/her
prospects for completion of the program. Admission to the Ph.D.
program is governed by the requirements stated in the General
Regulations section of this Calendar, page 17.
The normal requirement for admission to the doctoral program in
management is a master's degree (or the equivalent) in business
or a related field with an A- average. A number of years of work
experience is desirable.
All Ph.D. candidates, regardless of their previous field of specialization,
are expected to have or to acquire a basic knowledge of statistics
and at least two of the following areas of management: finance,
marketing, organizational behaviour, management science, information
systems, and productions/operations management. Students will
be admitted to the program with a course of study designed where
appropriate to supplement previous education, experience, and
training.
The School requires that all applicants submit scores obtained
in the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) offered by the
Education Testing Service of Princeton, New Jersey. A superior
GMAT score will be required for consideration for admission. All
applicants whose native tongue is not English must be tested for
proficiency in the English language and obtain a minimum score
of 550 on the TOEFL.
Transfer from Master's to Ph.D. Program
A student enrolled in the M.M.S. program (or a similar research-based
master's program in business) who has completed a minimum of 2.5
credits and who has shown outstanding academic performance and
research promise may be permitted to transfer to the Ph.D. program
without completing the master's program. Under no circumstances
will advanced standing be given for more than 2.5 credits.
Applicants who have completed a thesis-based master's program
in business or a related area may have their program requirements,
as set out below, adjusted at the time of admission.
Program Requirements
The program requirements for the Ph.D. in Management are:
- 10.0 credits (or the equivalent) comprised of the following:
1.5 credits in research and analysis methods; 1.5 credits of seminar
courses in functional areas of business; 1.0 credit from a selection
of advanced course electives in the School of Business, and 1.0
credit of free electives which must be approved by the thesis
supervisor
- A thesis normally equivalent to 5.0 of the 10.0 required credits,
which must be defended at an oral examination
- Two written and oral comprehensive examinations
- Participation in the School of Business seminar series on
current business issues for one year
- Participation in a seminar series on, and classroom experience
in, teaching methods
- Presentation and oral defence of the thesis proposal
Course Requirements
All students in the doctoral program are required to successfully
complete:
- The following 0.5 credit courses: Business 42.692: Research
Methodology in Business; Business 42.697: Ph.D. Thesis Tutorial,
and either Business 42.695: Advanced Statistical Methods
for Business Research or Business 42.696: Advanced Techniques
in Management Science. Note: Students who have not successfully
completed Business 42.595: Directed Research in Business Studies
(or the equivalent) must do so before enrolling in Business 42.695
- 1.5 credits (or the equivalent) of advanced seminars including
at least one two-course sequence, from the following doctoral
seminar courses: Business 42.610: Seminar in Organization Behaviour
I and Business 42.611: Seminar in Organizational Behaviour
II; Business 42.620: Seminar in Marketing I and Business
42.621: Seminar in Marketing II; Business 42.630: Seminar in Management
of Production/Operations I and Business 42.631: Seminar
in Management of Production/Operations II; Business 42.640: Seminar
in Information Systems I and Business 42.641: Seminar
in Information Systems II; Business 42.650: Seminar in Finance
I and Business 42.651: Seminar in Finance II
- 1.0 credit (or the equivalent) from the following list of
advanced seminars: Business 42.671: Choice Behaviour; Business
42.672: Analysis and Representation of Complex Problems; Business
42.673: Systems Concepts in Management; Business 42.674: Management
of Change; Business 42.681: Management of Technology; Business
42.682: Women in Management; Business 42.683: Corporate Strategy
and Policy; Business 42.684: International Business Strategy;
Business 42.685: Canadian Business Competitiveness
Students are strongly encouraged to complete 0.5 credit chosen
from Business 42.671, 42.672, 42.673 or 42.674, a series of courses
which focuses on the dimensions of complex problem representation
and analysis. Students are also strongly encouraged to complete
0.5 credit chosen from Business 42.681, 42.682, 42.683, 42.684,
or 42.685, a series of courses oriented to specific management
issues.
The remaining 1.0 credit (or the equivalent) elective, chosen
with the approval of the thesis supervisor to assist in the thesis
research process, will normally be chosen from either those courses
at the 500 or 600 level in the School of Business listed above,
or from outside the School in a supporting discipline or in the
area of statistics.
Thesis
All Ph.D. candidates are required to successfully complete a thesis
normally equivalent to a minimum 5.0 credit on a topic approved
by the School. Students with appropriate background will be reviewed
for possible adjustment of thesis weight.
Comprehensive Examinations
All Ph.D. candidates are required to successful complete two written
and two oral examinations. One of these examinations will normally
cover the functional area specialization of the student. The other
examination will normally test the student's ability to integrate
and apply knowledge to significant issues in management. The issues
dealt with will be distinct from the thesis topic of the student.
The written comprehensive examination may take the form of two
major essays, or one major essay and one research grant proposal
developed for submission to an agency outside the School. The
submission of each essay or grant proposal will be followed within
one to three weeks by a comprehensive oral examination, which
is not restricted to issues raised by the written portion.
The comprehensive examinations must be completed successfully
before the Ph.D. proposal defence is scheduled. In normal circumstances,
one oral defence must occur within four calendar terms of the
student's initial registration in the Ph.D. program. The second
must be defended within six calendar terms of initial registration.
Students who do not fulfil this requirement may be asked to withdraw
from the program.
Academic Standing
Doctoral students must normally obtain a grade of B- or better
in each credit, and Satisfactory on the comprehensive examinations,
the Ph.D. thesis and its oral defence.
Graduate Courses*
Enrolment in graduate courses requires the permission of the School
through the supervisor of graduate studies. The following is a
complete list of all courses offered in the School of Business.
Please note that not all courses will be offered each year.
Students should consult the University and departmental timetables
for a list of courses schedule for 1996-97.
- Business 42.510F1
Seminar in Management
An examination of research on management issues and practices
in modern organizations. The course will analyze and integrate
both the micro and macro aspects of organizational behaviour.
- Business 42.511W1
Current Topics in Organizational Design
A critical analysis of organizational design implications of high
rates of environmental and technological change. New management
structures, processes and technologies, with potential for enhancing
productivity and quality will be evaluated.
- Business 42.520F1
Seminar in Marketing
This course examines issues in productivity and innovation as
they relate to marketing. The course assumes the viewpoint of
product portfolio management, and addresses problems such as market
assessment, marketing audits and policy, new prod-ucts, existing
product management, and product line profitability. Particular
emphasis is placed on marketing of technology-based products and
the effect of technological developments on marketing practices.
- Business 42.521W1
Contemporary Marketing Thought
This course examines the state of the art in marketing thought,
and prepares the student to cope with an ever changing environment.
Topics include the development of paradigms in marketing, recent
advances in consumer behaviour, the acquisition of data and information
from the external environment, the influence of societal and environmental
developments upon marketing, and new directions in marketing theory
and practice.
- Business 42.530F1
Managing the Multinational Enterprise
This course examines issues in the management of multinational
enterprises, e.g., optimizing productivity in multi-site environments,
the dispersion of innovative products and ideas across national
boundaries, international strategic planning, the selection of
markets and modes of expansion, and the management of cultural
differences and their impact on the basic managerial functions
of communication, planning, decision making, and integration.
The course will examine both Canadian-based multinational firms
and externally-based firms with interests in Canada.
- Business 42.531W1
Seminar in International Business Management
This course examines specific topics in the area of international
business management. Areas of interest include management in inter-cultural
environment, issues in international financing and marketing,
business negotiations, international inter-firm alliances including
joint ventures, and the role of free trade areas in international
business. Students will be expected to make significant contribution
to the discussion.
- Business 42.540F1
Seminar in Information Systems Management
This course is concerned with major issues in the management of
information technology. It covers the following major topics:
organization of information services; planning, management, and
administration of information resources; assimilation and diffusion
of information technology; integration of information services;
and current opportunities and concerns in information services.
- Business 42.541W1
Current Topics in Business Information Systems
This course examines trends and issues associated with business
information systems within organizations. It covers topics such
as analysis and design of information systems, end-user computing,
databases, distributed systems, teleprocessing, office automation,
data communications. Other topics may include modern technologies
such as knowledge-based systems and artificial intelligence.
- Business 42.550F1
Seminar in Finance
An analysis of contemporary theory of finance. This analysis includes:
the examination of innovations in corporate financing; financial
planning; financing strategies; valuation of contingent claims;
implications of agency theory, etc. Particular emphasis is placed
on financial decision of technology-based firms.
- Business 42.551W1
Current Topics in Financial Research
This course examines research and empirical issues in investments,
portfolio management, corporate finance, and capital markets.
Particular emphasis will be placed on innovative research methods
and financial innovations.
- Business 42.560F1
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 short 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.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing with 42.337 or equivalent.
- Business 42.561W1
Strategic Management of Manufacturing Technology and Productivity
This is a case-analysis course intended for students interested
in strategy, productivity, and technology in manufacturing operations.
The course focuses on articulating and executing the manufacturing
strategies related to structural kinds of changes in facilities,
locations, production technologies, and sourcing arrangements,
and the infrastructural kinds of changes in management policies
and practices. Other topics include adoption and implementation
of new technologies and interaction between research and development,
engineering and operations.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing with 42.337 or equivalent.
- Business 42.570F1
Seminar in Management of Research and Development
Examines the mission of research and development and the management
of research and development groups. The focus is on the creation
of technology and its deployment. Topics include specific managerial
problems around the management of design and development activities,
and the basic and applied research which support these activities.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing with 42.337 or equivalent.
- Business 42.571W1
Current Topics in Research and Development and Innovation Diffusion
The course deals with the concepts, theories, and methods of efficiently
managing the technological innovation cycle, the innovation monitoring
system incorporating the critical factors that signal the possible
success or failure of a developing project, quality in research
and development, theories of adoption of an innovation in a firm,
and the models of the diffusion of an innovation. Other topics
relevant to research and development and innovation diffusion
include the role technology monitoring and forecasting play in
long-range planning decisions and the methodologies to perform
these activities, transfer of technology, and the role of government
supporting the innovation.
- Business 42.580F1
Seminar in Decision Analysis
The course deals with analyzing decisions and the assessment of
the relative quality of management systems by examining the quality
of the decisions that they make. The topics covered include decision
making, decision modelling and management science, problem representation,
expected utility theory, multi attribute utility theory, value
and utility measurement. All the theoretical concepts will be
illustrated with intuitive examples and practical applications.
- Business 42.590T1 or T2
Tutorials/Directed Studies in Business
Tutorials or directed readings in selected areas of business,
involving presentation of papers as the basis for discussion with
the tutor. A requirement for the course may be participation in
an advanced business course at the undergraduate level.
- Business 42.592F1
Business Research Methods
A consideration of the basic issues of scientific research as
applied to business problems. The course includes a discussion
of the logic of scientific research, proof and verification, hypothesis
testing, the logic of statistical inference, and research design.
- Business 42.593F1
Multivariate Statistics for Business Research
This course involves an in-depth study of some of the methods
of multivariate statistics most frequently encountered in business
research. The course begins with multiple regression, including
regression diagnostics, and proceeds through multivariate analysis
of variance, discriminant analysis, factor analysis and cluster
analysis. There is a strong focus on the assumptions underlying
each technique, methods for assessing assumptions and coping with
violations will be stressed. A specific objective of the course
is to provide students with the background necessary for studying
more specialized topics in business statistics, such as time series
analysis and multidimensional scaling. Students will develop practical
skills in data analysis by using statistical packages to analyze
real datasets, compiled by researchers at the School of Business.
This course is not available for credit for students registered
in programs offered by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Business 42.597W1, S1
M.M.S. Thesis Tutorial
A seminar designed to help the student formulate and evaluate
specific research topics. The successful submission of a thesis
proposal is necessary for the completion of the course.
- Business 42.599F3, W3, S3
M.M.S. Thesis Research
Prerequisite: Business 42.597.
- Business 42.610F1 or W1
Seminar in Organizational Behaviour I: Modern Organization Theory
The development of post-structuralist organization theory is examined.
Theories of organizational culture and symbolism, political theories
of organization, ethnomethodological, decision-based and population
ecology approaches are investigated. The social, economic and
intellectual forces shaping organization theory provides a major
focus.
- Business 42.611F1 or W1
Seminar in Organizational Behaviour II: Topics in Organizational
Behaviour
The study of individual and group behaviour in organizations continues
to expand both in the areas covered and the theoretical approaches
employed. In this seminar selected topics are analyzed in detail.
Potential topics include leadership, small group behaviour, management
of conflict, effective supervision, organizational control and
work group structures.
- Business 42.620F1 or W1
Seminar in Marketing I
This seminar focuses on marketing theory, its history and current
development through the analysis, synthesis and extension of published
theoretical and empirical papers on such topics as: the marketing
concept, the role of marketing in various types of organizations,
defining and segmenting markets, managing new product introductions,
managing established products and marketing planning.
- Business 42.621F1 or W1
Seminar in Marketing II
This seminar focuses on marketing decision-making practice and
theory in business and not-for-profit organizations in such areas
as consumer decision making, organizational decision making, analytical
methods and research methods to aid in marketing decision making.
- Business 42.630F1 or W1
Seminar in Management of Production/Operations I: Strategic Management
of Production Systems
The course focuses on developing the firms strategies with respect
to facilities, locations, production technologies, and sourcing
arrangements. It also discusses recent developments in management
policies and practices used by companies to enable their production
system to operate at its full potential in the wake of time- and
quality-based competition.
- Business 42.631F1 or W1
Seminar in Management of Production/Operations II: Production/Technology/Strategy
Interface
This course deals with strategy, productivity, and technology
in the production environment. The focus is on the evolution and
the management of process innovation; management of productivity
using production technologies; integration of production strategy
and technology; interaction between research, development, engineering
and operations, including topics such as, quality function deployment
and the deployment of process innovations.
- Business 42.640F1 or W1
Seminar in Information Systems I: Information and Computing Technologies
in Management
This course deals with the role of computing and communication
technologies and information systems in the functioning of organizations
and managers. This seminar introduces such technologies as wide-and
local-area networks, distributed systems, distributed systems,
distributed databases, telecommuting, electronic mail and on-line
information services, management and executive information systems,
decision support systems, organization information systems, multi
media, intelligent decision systems, and knowledge-based systems.
- Business 42.641F1 or W1
Seminar in Information Systems II: Analysis and Design of Information
Systems
This course examines theory and practice concerning the factors
determining the effective and efficient use of computing technologies,
particularly on the match between the information system and its
users. Emphasis is placed on the use of system science to provide
a rigorous and comprehensive approach to requirement analysis,
design and implementation techniques to shape the information
flow and communication between organizations and individuals.
- Business 42.650F1 or W1
Seminar in Finance I
The objective of the course is to integrate topics in financial
theory so as to facilitate a broader understanding of the area.
Specific topics to be covered in any year are chosen with the
interests of students and new developments in theory in mind,
and may include theory of options, futures and forwards pricing
theory, asymmetric information and corporate finance, agency theory,
concepts in economic efficiency, and also more recent empirical
methods, such as GMM, ARCH, GARCH, etc.
- Business 42.651F1 or W1
Seminar in Finance II
A special topics seminar course in finance designed to expose
students to emerging areas in finance, such as, total quality
management, left-hand financing, activity-based costing, multi-criteria
decision making, neural networks in financial managements, etc.
Integrative problems spanning two or more functional disciplines
in management, such as taxation, are also explored.
- Business 42.671F1 or W1
Choice Behaviour
The basic objective of this course is to present an understanding
of choice behaviour from the perspective of a variety of disciplines.
Topics covered may include: a review of individual choice behaviour
models in economics, Von-neumann-Morgensten utility, Luce Choice
Axiom and its extensions, multi-criteria individual choice behaviour,
and multi-criteria group choice behaviour.
- Business 42.672F1 or W1
Analysis and Representation of Complex Problems
This course uses both qualitative and quantitative techniques
and theoretical frameworks to represent organizational systems,
problems and decisions that executives and managers face. It introduces
methodologies in symbolic representations or adaptive and learning
systems. The qualitative models are viewed as primary, providing
the setting for the quantitative models, selection of choice mechanism,
and interpretation of solutions.
- Business 42.673F1 or W1
Systems Concepts in Management
The objective of this course is to develop an ability to deal
with reality as a system - specifying system variables, components,
boundaries, and limitations. A unified outlook towards modern
management theory and practice, management systems, and computer-based
information systems is developed. Topics to be studied include:
analysis of managerial-organizational systems as adaptive and
learning-responsive systems, gestalt views of firm-environment
interaction and the open system paradigm, model building and use,
managerial decision making, and systems thinking in the context
of the organizational functions of planning and control.
- Business 42.674F1 or W1
Managing the Change Process
The process of organizational change is analyzed through an examination
of both the process of change within the organization and the
external forces which drive change. Emphasis is placed on the
roles taken by internal and external agents in forecasting, understanding
and managing change. Topics include sources of environmental
change, change agent theory, the impact of government policy and
resistance to change.
- Business 42.681F1 or W1
Management of Technology
Introduction to issues in the management of technology. Topics
include: technology strategy and policy, technology forecasting
and planning, the process of technology innovation from concept
to market, research and development management, technology adoption,
diffusion and implementation, technology transfer, and technology
and social issues.
- Business 42.682F1 or W1
Women in Management
This course explores the research and organizational challenges
arising from changing gender roles and the increased participation
of women in management. Topics include: the sex segregation of
work, gender differences in communication and management styles,
work-family conflict, women's careers, managing sexual harassment,
employment equity and pay equity. The implications for managing
a more diverse workforce are discussed.
- Business 42.683F1 or W1
Corporate Strategy and Policy
This course focuses on corporate strategic planning, strategy
formulation and implementation, and the interface between business,
government, and other elements in the environment. The course
serves to integrate and synthesize knowledge acquired in the functional
disciplines of business by application of functional skills to
corporate planning and strategic decision making. The course examines
the history, stage of development and future directions of practice
and research in the field.
- Business 42.684F1 or W1
International Business Strategy
An advanced examination of contemporary theory focusing on the
international expansion of firms. Topics include: trade and investment
flow interactions in global markets; location theory and retrenchment
trends; mode of entry, market selection, and sequential expansion
issues; the globalization paradigm versus the EPRG Framework in
the context of international consumer behaviour theory; trans-border
data and financial flows; internationalization theory in small,
medium-sized, and large firms; expansion methods and issues including
strategic alliances, free trade zones, trade blocs and free trade
areas, and consortia.
- Business 42.685F1 or W1
Canadian Business Competitiveness
Competitiveness at the country, industry, and firm levels is studied
in the context of Canada's unique characteristics. The central
theme is examined from various domestic and international perspectives
including; industrial organization theory; antecedents and evolution
of Canadian business; comparative perspectives on industrial concentration;
internalization theory; Porter's competitiveness diamond; role
of foreign firms in Canada and performance of Canadian firms abroad;
business-government interactions in a decentralized federal state;
and antecedents, role and impact of government support programs
for business.
- Business 42.692F1 or W1
Research Methodology in Business
The study of research techniques commonly used in research on
business and management issues. The development of knowledge of
these methodologies and their application, as well as their possible
use in the thesis research of the student are the two main goals
of this course.
- Business 42.695F1 or W1
Advanced Statistical Methods for Business Research
Introduction to advanced statistical methods used in business
research, including canonical correlation; discriminate function
analysis and classification; cluster analysis; causal modelling
techniques, including LISREL and PLS; analysis of real data sets
using mainframe and/or micro-statistical packages.
- Business 42.697F1,W1,S1
Ph.D. Thesis Tutorial
An intensive preparation for Ph.D. thesis research, under the
direction of one or more members of the School. The successful
submission of a thesis proposal is necessary for the completion
of the course.
- Business 42.698F2,W2,S2
Ph.D. Comprehensives
Preparation for comprehensive examinations.
- Business 42.699F,W,S
Ph.D. Thesis