International MBA (IMBA)

International Management Core Courses

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• IMBA 5001 0.00 CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIC THINKING
  This course is a foundational building block for the following integrative modules of core courses for the IMBA program. In this course students will be made aware of contemporary challenges and how a leader approaches strategic thinking and integrates these contemporary challenges into his or her decision making.
• IMBA 5002 1.50 MANAGERIAL DECISIONS ANALYSIS
  This course provides a one week introductory course on analytical methods for managerial decision making to be followed by an integrative module of core functional courses. The focus is on a robust framework to critically describe, analyze and communicate a range of complex managerial problems using both qualitative and quantitative data.
• IMBA 5100 1.50 INTEGRATIVE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCES I

  This course is multi-functional multi-disciplinary that builds on the analytical skills students are learning in each of the functional core courses during Term 1. Students will analyze an organization and its corresponding industry in order to assess the key risks (strategic, financial, organizational, regulatory, and competitive) facing them.

• IMBA 5101 3.00 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING FOR INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS
  This course provides an overview of corporate financial reporting. The emphasis is on understanding the broad accounting framework and the ways in which financial reporting is affected by user needs, management motivations, and national environmental factors.
• IMBA 5102 3.00 THE ECONOMIC ENVIROMENT OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
  This course provides managers with an overview of the economic environment within which businesses must operate, and an understanding of some of the analytical tools which economists use to solve business and economic problems.
• IMBA 5103 3.00 INTRODUCTION TO MANAGERIAL FINANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS
  This course provides an opportunity to learn about investment and financing in an international context. The investment decision allocates scarce resources to projects in the organization and involves asset valuation, capital budgeting, risk management, working capital management and performance assessment. Emphasis is on applying new knowledge through industry studies and cases.
• IMBA 5104 3.00 MANAGING PEOPLE AND TEAMS IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
  This course will introduce aspiring international managers to organizational behaviour-a discipline that studies individual and group behaviour in the workplace. It will cover the key concepts in the field from a cross-cultural perspective and contributes to the skills and knowledge that students require as a foundation for leadership positions into which they will move.
• IMBA 5105 1.50 GLOBAL MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
  To manage an enterprise effectively, identify strategic opportunities, and maintain competitive advantage, management accounting focuses on understanding and anticipating the impacts of alternative decisions on an organization as a whole. This course is designed to help students become discriminating users of management accounting information and looks to develop advanced managerial accounting skills in a global environment.
• IMBA 5150 1.50 LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN A GLOBAL WORLD

  This course develops the thinking and reflective skills required for leadership in a turbulent world. Drawing on complexity science, the course applies a multiple perspectives framework to Challenge embedded assumptions and advance students¿ ability to think creatively, analytically
  and strategically. Students learn to identify and reframe complex problems more effectively, and to develop and communicate actionable solutions compellingly.

• IMBA 5200 1.50 INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCES II

  This multi-functional and multi-disciplinary course will build on the analytical skills that students are acquiring in each of the core functional courses during Term 2. Students will analyze and discuss five cases to learn how to apply and integrate the strategic, marketing, operations and regional analysis concepts, tools and frameworks they learn concurrently throughout Term 2.

• IMBA 5201 1.50 REGIONAL ANALYSIS

  Before making any strategic international decision, an organization needs to gather information to assess the potential of a market and the corresponding risk. This course will give you the tools and frameworks to analyze any country or region of the world to provide that information.

• IMBA 5202 3.00 MARKETING MANAGEMENT IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

  This course familiarizes students with fundamental marketing concepts in an international context. It stresses when and how to standardize or adapt marketing programs in different markets. It covers both large and small firms marketing a broad range of consumer and industrial products and operating in developing and developed country markets.

• IMBA 5203 3.00 STRATEGY FOR THE GLOBAL ORGANIZATION

  This course introduces students to the field of strategic management and develops the analytical frameworks that can help them become effective international managers. The course looks at the process of choosing and defining organizational purposes and objectives, formulating and implementing a viable strategy, and monitoring strategic performance.

• IMBA 5204 3.00 DESIGN, CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT OF PROCESSES
  In this course we cover some of the basic but powerful ideas from operations management and the management of information systems that drive the sustainability of the critical processes of modern international organizations.

Experiential Core Courses

• IMBA 5000 0.00 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS
  This course is designed to help IMBA students acquire skills and knowledge that will facilitate their professional development, including securing a required Work Term, and conducting full time job search in the business arena. Under the guidance of a dedicated team, students (1) engage in self-assessment, (2) develop an awareness of the changing professional environment and (3) learn how to interact with other professionals in different cultural and organizational settings. Co-requisites: All first year IMBA core courses and is a prerequisite for INTL 6060 9.00 Work Term in Term 3 or 4.
• IMBA 5300 9.00 INTERNATIONAL WORK TERM
  A minimum 12 weeks full-time work is required in a country where the student has not had any life or work experience in the last 10 years, and for students with ACTFL OPI levels below Advanced- Mid requiring remedial language study, in a country where the IMBA language is the primary language. Exceptions must be approved by the Program Director. Prerequisites: Terms 1 and 2 Core Courses.
• IMBA 6200 3.00 INTERNATIONAL FIELD STUDY

  The International Field Study represents the culmination of a student's work in the IMBA program. Working in teams over two terms, students study a client site with an international focus to gain practical insight into the complexity of strategic decisions involved in conducting international business. Students undertake an in- depth analysis of the client's external and internal environments and evaluate the organization's activities to develop actionable recommendations.
  Prerequisite: Terms 1 and 2 Core Courses.
  Course Credit Exclusion: SB/MGMT 6100 3.00, SB/ PUBL 6100 3.00

• IMBA 511x 0.00 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE I 0.00

  The ( ESL, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, or Spanish ) Communication and Culture course is a non-credit language course offered in the Fall and Winter terms at the intermediate and/or advanced level of oral proficiency. Enrolment is limited to ten students. Taught by a native speaker, this course exposes students to business practices and the use of language in business contexts in the country and region where the language is spoken. The courses is mandatory for all IMBA students whose Placement Oral Proficiency level is below Advanced-High. Non-IMBA students may be granted permission to enrol if their oral proficiency is of the same level as the IMBA students enrolled in the class. There is a fee for this course for non-IMBA students.

• IMBA 521x 0.00 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE II 0.00

  The ( ESL, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, or Spanish ) Business Communication and Culture course is a non-credit language course offered in the Fall and Winter terms at the intermediate and/or advanced level of oral proficiency. Enrolment is limited to ten students. Taught by a native speaker, this course exposes students to business practices and the use of language in business contexts in the country and region where the language is spoken. The courses is mandatory for all IMBA students whose Placement Oral Proficiency level is below Advanced-High. Non-IMBA students may be granted permission to enrol if their oral proficiency is of the same level as the IMBA students enrolled in the class. There is a fee for this course for non-IMBA students.

Electives

IMBA students must take a minimum of 24.00 credits of elective courses, and can take advantage of any specialization offered at Schulich. Unless a prerequisite is specified for a particular specialization, students are free to select their electives.