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Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)/Japan; Management (Non-Thesis) — Marketing (57 credits)

Offered by: Management     Degree: Master of Business Admin

Program Requirements

**This program is currently not offered.**

The Ã山ǿ¼é MBA Japan program of the Desautels Faculty of Management of Ã山ǿ¼é is the leading MBA program in Japan, and one of the leading weekend programs in Asia. Designed for working people with several years of experience, the Ã山ǿ¼é MBA Japan program allows you to complete a Master of Business Administration program on weekends, without leaving employment.

Based on Ã山ǿ¼é’s world-leading Integrative MBA Curriculum, the MBA Japan program allows you to complete a full MBA by studying two weekends per month in as little as 20 months. Taught by world-leading professors from Ã山ǿ¼é’s home campus, the MBA Japan attracts highly qualified students from Japan and around the globe.

The Marketing Concentration focuses on the development of skills in understanding customers and markets, creating value through products and services, evaluating the effectiveness of marketing programs, and managing customer relationships.

Required Core Courses (21 credits)

All M.B.A. students must complete the following core courses:

  • MGCR 629 Global Leadership (1 credit)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Management Core : An introduction to the leadership challenges of the 21st century in a rapidly changing global environment at the intersection of business and society.

    Terms: Fall 2015, Winter 2016, Summer 2016

    Instructors: Adler, Nancy J (Fall)

  • MGCR 650 Business Tools (2 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Management Core : An introduction to the practical usage of standard business tools and frameworks.

    Terms: Fall 2015, Summer 2016

    Instructors: Hart, Derek; Levy, Philippe (Fall) Gumus, Mehmet; Levy, Philippe (Summer)

    • Intensive course: 13 hours per week for 2 weeks, for a total of 26 contact hours.

  • MGCR 651 Managing Resources (4 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Management Core : An introduction to the challenges of acquiring and developing various resources in the firm, including financial capital, human talent, and information technology.

    Terms: Fall 2015, Summer 2016

    Instructors: Croitoru, Benjamin; Gagnon, Suzanne; Ramaprasad, Jui; Jang, Yeona; Rubineau, Brian; Bassellier, Genevieve; Ericsson, Jan Edvard (Fall) Animesh, Animesh; Bouvard, Matthieu (Summer)

    • Prerequisite: MGCR 650

    • Intensive course: 7.5 hours per week, over 7 weeks for a total of 52 contact hours

  • MGCR 652 Value Creation (4 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Management Core : Offers a comprehensive overview of the value creation process in business sectors by exploring the inter-relationships among the partners in the value chain.

    Terms: Fall 2015, Summer 2016, Winter 2016

    Instructors: Madan, Sujata; Vakratsas, Demetrios; Ray, Saibal; Gumus, Mehmet; Dotzel, Thomas (Fall) Goyenko, Ruslan; Verter, Nafiz Vedat; Mukherjee, Ashesh (Summer) Madan, Sujata; Gumus, Mehmet; Dotzel, Thomas (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: MGCR 650.

    • Intensive course: 7.5 hours per week, over 7 weeks for a total of 52 contact hours.

  • MGCR 653 Markets and Globalization (4 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Management Core : A review of macro-environment in which firms compete, and the linkages which exist between the domestic and global economies. Topics such as trade, fiscal and monetary policy, interest rates, exchange rates, and balance of payments will be covered.

    Terms: Fall 2015, Winter 2016

    Instructors: Maguire, Steve; Carrieri, Francesca; Vakratsas, Demetrios; Phelps, Corey (Fall) Mishra, Saurabh; Matziorinis, Nicholas; Phelps, Corey (Winter)

    • Intensive course: 13 hours per week over 4 weeks for a total of 52 contact hours.

  • MGCR 660 International Study Trip (6 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Management Core : This course aims to provide students a comprehensive understanding of the process of internationalization as well as managing an enterprise/organization in an international setting. Students will participate in an organized study trip outside of Canada, to a city with significant international business.

    Terms: Fall 2015, Winter 2016, Summer 2016

    Instructors: Jaeger, Alfred M (Fall) Madan, Sujata; Vakratsas, Demetrios (Winter) Jaeger, Alfred M; Mackalski, Robert; Madan, Sujata; Vakratsas, Demetrios (Summer)

Required Concentration Courses (6 credits)

Students choosing the Marketing concentration must complete these required courses:

  • MRKT 657 Buyer Behaviour (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Marketing : Research approaches focusing on the behaviour of the consumer in the market place. Intended to sensitize the students to human behaviour in general so they may carry their understanding of basic processes over to the more specific area of the consumer.

    Terms: Winter 2016

    Instructors: Martin, Sandrine (Winter)

    • Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the first lecture day and withdrawal is the second lecture day.

  • MRKT 658 Marketing Intelligence (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Marketing : Marketing intelligence is essential for maximizing returns on marketing investments. This course covers the cutting edge techniques and tools available for generating marketing intelligence and provides practice on how to leverage this knowledge to make effective marketing decisions. Lectures and case study format is followed.

    Terms: Winter 2016, Summer 2016

    Instructors: Mishra, Saurabh (Winter) Mishra, Saurabh (Summer)

Complementary Courses (30 credits)

9 credits selected from the following courses toward the concentration:

  • INSY 645 Managing Electronic Commerce (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Information Systems : This course will provide students with an understanding of e-commerce. The most important concepts, models, tools and applications related to e-commerce will be studied. The primary objective of the course is to explore the knowledge and the skills that an IS professional should develop to face this new reality in business organizations.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.

  • MRKT 645 Winning at Brands (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Marketing : This course is designed to convey the structures, frameworks and evolving best practices of effective brand management. Core brand management techniques examined include launching new brands, rehabilitating damaged brands and various brand extension options. The valuation of brands and the development and optimization of brand equity profiles are also covered.

    Terms: Fall 2015

    Instructors: Mackalski, Robert (Fall)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MRKT 690 (when topic was Winning at Brands)

    • The course is delivered using a mixture of concept briefings, case simulations and class debates.

  • MRKT 652 Marketing Management 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Marketing : Its orientation is one of decision making and problem solving. Focuses on the decision areas of marketing management. Emphasizes the application of marketing theory, concepts and methods to the solution of real life marketing problems.

    Terms: Winter 2016

    Instructors: Gialloreto, Louis (Winter)

  • MRKT 654 Marketing Communications (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Marketing : The design and implementation of advertising and promotions. Draws on theories of persuasion to develop a managerially oriented decision making framework. Links the framework to decisions pertaining to creative strategy, media planning, consumer promotions and trade promotions.

    Terms: Fall 2015

    Instructors: Duerksen, Ronald (Fall)

  • MRKT 655 Marketing Planning (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Marketing : The design and implementation of marketing plans. Emphasis on management decision- making; approaches and techniques for formulating marketing objectives; identifying alternate strategies; preparing the marketing plan; implementing and controlling the plan.

    Terms: Fall 2015

    Instructors: Gialloreto, Louis (Fall)

  • MRKT 659 Advanced Business Marketing (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Marketing : Advanced decision-making and management of the marketing effort in a business to business (b-to-b) context, including the b-to-b marketing system; segmentation; customer relationship management; products, services, price, distribution, selling and advertising decisions; strategies for business markets and both electronic and traditional approaches to each.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.

  • MRKT 690 Advanced Topics in Marketing 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Marketing : Current topics in marketing.

    Terms: Fall 2015, Winter 2016

    Instructors: Vakratsas, Demetrios (Winter)

  • MRKT 698 International Marketing Management (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Marketing : Marketing management considerations of a company seeking to extend beyond the confines of its domestic market. A review of product, pricing, channels of distribution and communications policies to develop an optimum strategy (between adapting completely to each local environment and standardizing across them) for arriving at an integrated and profitable operation. Particular attention to international marketing and exporting in the Canadian context.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.

The remaining 15 credits of courses are chosen from 500- and 600-level courses offered by the Faculty.

6 credits from the following:

Desautels Faculty of Management—2015-2016 (last updated Aug. 20, 2015) (disclaimer)
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