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Major Labour-Management Relations and Human Resources (66 credits)

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Offered by: Management     Degree: Bachelor of Commerce

Program Requirements

This 30-credit Major provides students with a general understanding of the factors affecting employer-employee relations, including labour unions and laws that regulate the employment relationship. It is integral to the practice of human resource management, particularly in a unionized environment.

In addition to giving students a foundation in various aspects of labour relations and labour markets, this program provides understanding of federal and provincial labour legislation, training in collective bargaining, handling of grievances and preparation for participation in arbitration proceedings, a view of human resources, and problems and planning on the macro level.

All BCom students take a Core curriculum in addition to this 30-credit Major.

Required Courses (48 credits)

Management Core (36 credits)

  • ECON 295 Macroeconomic Policy (3 credits)

    Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Economics (Arts) : This applied macroeconomics course focuses on current and recurrent macroeconomic issues important in understanding the public policy environment in which firms make their decisions. Topics include national accounts; national income determination; economic growth and fluctuations; money, monetary policy and financial markets; international trade and finance.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022

    Instructors: El-Attar Vilalta, Mayssun (Fall) Sen Choudhury, Eesha (Winter)

    • Corequisite: MGCR 293

    • Restriction: For B.Com. students

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECON 209, ECON 330D1/D2 or ECON 352D1/D2.

    • Continuing Studies: requirement for CMA, CGA, I.C.B., the EA of AACI, and the CRA

    • Continuing Studies: not open to full-time day students

  • MGCR 211 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Management Core : The role of financial accounting in the reporting of the financial performance of a business. The principles, components and uses of financial accounting and reporting from a user's perspective, including the recording of accounting transactions and events, the examination of the elements of financial statements, the preparation of financial statements and the analysis of financial results.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Summer 2022

    Instructors: Zhang, Jingjing; Oh, Seunghwan; Ma, Guang (Fall) Lee, Dongyoung; Wang, Peng (Winter) Matarasso, Robert (Summer)

    • Restriction: Not open to U0 students.

  • MGCR 222 Introduction to Organizational Behaviour (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Management Core : Individual motivation and communication style; group dynamics as related to problem solving and decision making, leadership style, work structuring and the larger environment. Interdependence of individual, group and organization task and structure.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Summer 2022

    Instructors: Ferguson, John-Paul; Blanchette, Simon; Mahabadi, Sara; Al Hajj, Raghid (Fall) Dakhlallah, Diana; Reyt, Jean-Nicolas; Galperin, Roman (Winter) Westgate, Chantal (Summer)

    • Restriction: Not open to U0 students.

  • MGCR 271 Business Statistics (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Management Core : Statistical concepts and methodology, their application to managerial decision-making, real-life data, problem-solving and spreadsheet modeling. Topics include: descriptive statistics; normal distributions, sampling distributions and estimation, hypothesis testing for one and two populations, goodness of fit, analysis of variance, simple and multiple regression.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Summer 2022

    Instructors: Miao, Sentao; Qi, Wei; Nasiry, Javad; Lima, Eduardo (Fall) Smith, Brian E (Winter) Sadana, Utsav (Summer)

    • Prerequisite: MATH 122 and 123 or equivalent

    • Restriction: Not open to U0 students. Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 204, MATH 324, PSYC 204, ECON 227, ECON 257.

    • You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.

  • MGCR 293 Managerial Economics (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Management Core : The course focuses on the application of economic theory to management problems and the economic foundations of marketing, finance, and production. Attention is given to the following topics: price and cost analysis; demand and supply analysis, conditions of competition.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022

    Instructors: Sidthidet, Taweewan; NIZAMI, TARIQ; Sheikholeslami Salmasi, K (Fall) Sidthidet, Taweewan (Winter)

  • MGCR 331 Information Systems (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Management Core : Introduction to principles and concepts of information systems in organizations. Topics include information technology, transaction processing systems, decision support systems, database and systems development. Students are required to have background preparation on basic micro computer skills including spreadsheet and word-processing.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022

    Instructors: Taherizadeh, Amir; Tanguay, Sol (Fall) Tanguay, Sol; Taherizadeh, Amir (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to U0 students.

  • MGCR 341 Introduction to Finance (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Management Core : An introduction to the principles, issues, and institutions of Finance. Topics include valuation, risk, capital investment, financial structure, cost of capital, working capital management, financial markets, and securities.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Summer 2022

    Instructors: De Motta, Adolfo (Fall) di Pietro, Vadim; Madan, Sujata (Winter) di Pietro, Vadim (Summer)

    • Corequisite: MGCR 271 or equivalent

    • Restriction: Not open to U0 students.

  • MGCR 352 Principles of Marketing (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Management Core : Introduction to marketing principles, focusing on problem solving and decision making. Topics include: the marketing concept; marketing strategies; buyer behaviour; Canadian demographics; internal and external constraints; product; promotion; distribution; price. Lectures, text material and case studies.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Summer 2022

    Instructors: Etemad, Hamid; Han, DaHee; Cyrius, Fabienne (Fall) Dor茅, Bruce; Sarigollu, Emine; Forget, Marie-Elyse; Cyrius, Fabienne; Maziarz, Christopher (Winter) Han, Jung Ho (Summer)

    • Restrictions: Open to U1, U2, U3 students.

  • MGCR 360 Social Context of Business (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Management Core : This course examines how business interacts with the larger society. It explores the development of modern capitalist society, and the dilemmas that organizations face in acting in a socially responsible manner. Students will examine these issues with reference to sustainable development, business ethics, globalization and developing countries, and political activity.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Summer 2022

    Instructors: Holmgren, Lindsay; Moyal, Jonathan; Mohammadi, Hanieh; Horner, Herv茅 Robert (Fall) Karunakaran, Arvind; Mantere, Saku; Horner, Herv茅 Robert; Moyal, Jonathan (Winter) Horner, Herv茅 Robert (Summer)

    • Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students.

  • MGCR 382 International Business (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Management Core : An introduction to the world of international business. Economic foundations of international trade and investment. The international trade, finance, and regulatory frameworks. Relations between international companies and nation-states, including costs and benefits of foreign investment and alternative controls and responses. Effects of local environmental characteristics on the operations of multi-national enterprises.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022

    Instructors: Melville, Donald; Matziorinis, Nicholas (Fall) Melville, Donald; Matziorinis, Nicholas (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to U0 students.

  • MGCR 423 Strategic Management (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Management Core : An integrative and interdisciplinary introduction to strategy formation and execution. Concepts, tools, and practical application to understand how firms leverage resources and capabilities to gain competitive advantage in dynamic, contemporary industries. Strategic positioning, organizational design, and managerial action for the long-term success of businesses and positive social and ecological outcomes.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Summer 2022

    Instructors: Melville, Donald; Moore, Karl; Zavosh, Ghahhar; Lyubman, Liliya (Fall) An, Kwangjun; Moore, Karl; Zavosh, Ghahhar (Winter) Fast, Jonathan (Summer)

    • Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only

  • MGCR 472 Operations Management (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Management Core : Design, planning, establishment, control, and improvement of the activities/processes that create a firm's final products and/or services. The interaction of operations with other business areas will also be discussed. Topics include forecasting, product and process design, waiting lines, capacity planning, inventory management and total quality management.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Summer 2022

    Instructors: Ding, Yichuan Daniel; Talla, Malleswara (Fall) Gopalakrishnan, Sanjith; Hariss, Rim; Cohen, Maxime (Winter) Mutlu, Aysun (Summer)

    • Prerequisite: MGCR 271 or equivalent

    • Restriction: Open to U1, U2, U3 students.

Major (12 credits)

  • INDR 294 Introduction to Labour-Management Relations (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Industrial Relations : An introduction to labour-management relations, the structure, function and government of labour unions, labour legislation, the collective bargaining process, and the public interest in industrial relations.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022

    Instructors: Westgate, Chantal (Fall) Westgate, Chantal (Winter)

  • INDR 494 Labour Law (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Industrial Relations : Introduction to the basic concepts of labour law relevant to the practice of industrial relations. Historical development of labour law in certain social and legal systems and the culmination in the legislative enactments and jurisprudence of Canadian jurisdictions and certain comparative foreign models.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022

    Instructors: De Four-Wyre, Stephen (Fall) De Four-Wyre, Stephen (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: INDR 294

    • Restriction: Open only to U2, U3 students.

  • INDR 496 Collective Bargaining (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Industrial Relations : Principles of collective bargaining in Canada and abroad. Problem oriented. Mock collective bargaining sessions provide an opportunity for students to apply knowledge gained.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022

    Instructors: Westgate, Chantal (Fall) Westgate, Chantal (Winter)

  • ORGB 423 Human Resources Management (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Organizational Behaviour : Issues involved in personnel administration. Topics include: human resource planning, job analysis, recruitment and selection, training and development, performance appraisal, organization development and change, issues in compensation and benefits, and labour-management relations.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022

    Instructors: Gauvin, Tatiana (Fall) Gauvin, Tatiana (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: MGCR 222

    • Requirement for the Institute of Internal Auditors

Complementary Courses (18 credits)

Selected from:

  • ECON 306 Labour Markets and Wages (3 credits)

    Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Economics (Arts) : Examination of the implications on wage structures of differences in job conditions, levels and type training, long-term employment relationships, unionization etc. A variety of socioeconomic policy issues including subsidies for higher education, government regulation of workplace safety, and the role and treatment of women in today's labour force are explored.

    Terms: Fall 2021

    Instructors: Dickinson, Paul (Fall)

  • INDR 449 Occupational Health and Safety (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Industrial Relations : Examines the public policy of occupational health and safety in Canada as well as the dynamics of contemporary occupational health and safety management. Topics include occupational safety and health, human rights and workers' compensation legislation, accident prevention and investigation, ergonomics, safety training, and workers' compensation claims management.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.

  • INDR 459 Comparative Employment Relations (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Industrial Relations : Comparison of employment relations in current socio-political and economic context of a variety of nations. Emphasis on historical and recent developments in labour-management relations, labour legislation, institutional structures, collective bargaining, contract coverage, and the role of multi-national corporations.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.

    • Prequisite: INDR 294

    • Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students.

    • INDR459 focuses on traditional industrial relations topics (unionization, collective bargaining, etc.) and complements INDR492 which deals with labour policies in general and in comparative persepctive.

  • INDR 492 Globalization and Labour Policy (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Industrial Relations : Exploration of contemporary labour policies around the world in the context of globalization. Topics include labour market functioning, international trade, technological change, flexibility, employment standards, protective legislation, employment practices.

    Terms: Winter 2022

    Instructors: Masi, Anthony C (Winter)

  • ORGB 321 Leadership (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Organizational Behaviour : Leadership theories provide students with opportunities to assess and work on improving their leadership skills. Topics include: the ability to know oneself as a leader, to formulate a vision, to have the courage to lead, to lead creatively, and to lead effectively with others.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Summer 2022

    Instructors: Hewlin, Patricia (Fall) Sonberg, Melissa (Winter) Gauvin, Tatiana (Summer)

    • Prerequisite: MGCR 222 or permission of Instructor and approval of the BCom Program Office.

    • Restrictions: Restricted to U2 and U3 students.

  • ORGB 325 Negotiations and Conflict Resolution (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Organizational Behaviour : A conceptual framework to guide participants through negotiation and conflict resolution process.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022

    Instructors: Reyt, Jean-Nicolas (Fall) Cohen, Lisa (Winter)

  • ORGB 330 People Analytics (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Organizational Behaviour : This is the era of big data. Companies and organizations are collecting an enormous amount of information and we are only just beginning to grasp the ways in which this information might be used. This course covers the emerging field of people analytics, which involves applying data collection and analysis techniques to improve the management of people within organizations. We will cover current people analytics techniques, common pitfalls, and possible shortcomings of people analytics, as well as the ethical questions involved in undertaking such analyses.

    Terms: Winter 2022

    Instructors: Hollister, Matissa (Winter)

    • Prerequisite(s): MGCR 271 or an equivalent introductory statistics class, and MGCR 222.

  • ORGB 380 Cross Cultural Management (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Organizational Behaviour : Addresses dilemmas and opportunities that managers experience in international, multicultural environments. Development of conceptual knowledge and behavioural skills (e.g. bridging skills, communication, tolerance of ambiguity, cognitive complexity) relevant to the interaction of different cultures in business and organizational settings, using several methods including research, case studies and experiential learning.

    Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022

    Instructors: Masi, Anthony C (Fall) Gauvin, Tatiana (Winter)

    • Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only

  • ORGB 401 Leadership Practicum in Social Sector (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Organizational Behaviour : Students apply a wealth of OB concepts and leadership strategies by spending the equivalent of one full day (8 hours) per week at an organization within Montreal鈥檚 social sector. Course material will supplement field experiences. The Practicum complements ORGB 321, which offers a more comprehensive survey of leadership theory.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.

    • Restrictions: Only open to U2 and U3 students.

  • ORGB 409 Organizational Research Methods (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Organizational Behaviour : Field research in organizational behaviour.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.

  • ORGB 420 Managing Organizational Teams (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Organizational Behaviour : Theory, research, and applications. Principles of team processes and effectiveness in organizational settings, specifically the theoretical developments and empirical findings of group dynamics and team effectiveness, and practical strategies and skills for successful management of organizational teams.

    Terms: Fall 2021

    Instructors: Sonberg, Melissa (Fall)

  • ORGB 421 Managing Organizational Change (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Organizational Behaviour : Organizational change theory and techniques are examined with an emphasis on techno-structural interventions such as Quality-of-Work-Life approaches. Through simulations and case-studies, the course explores initiatives in organizational change, primarily in contemporary Canadian organizations. It also includes opportunities for "hands-on" experience in work and organization redesign.

    Terms: Winter 2022

    Instructors: Duchesnay, Nathalie Marie (Winter)

  • ORGB 434 Topics in Organizational Behaviour 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Organizational Behaviour : This is an advanced course for students with a special interest in Organizational Behaviour. Topics will be selected from current issues or themes in literature.

    Terms: Summer 2022

    Instructors: Rubineau, Brian (Summer)

    • Prerequisite: MGCR 222

    • A non-refundable fee of $1750 contributes to the expenses for this course. This 3-week field course involves a week of classes, meetings, and site visits in the Montreal area, and 2 weeks of classes, meetings, and site visits in Israel. The fee is the students' contribution to the course costs, which include student round-trip air travel to Tel Aviv, hotels, course-related ground transportation, and course-related entrance fees to sites, and selected meals

  • ORGB 440 Career Theory and Development (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Organizational Behaviour : Includes state of the art theory and research on careers and opportunity for exploration and development of personal career goals and dreams. Analytical and practical skills are honed through the study of careers of "real life" individuals as presented in films, panels of guest speakers, and interview assignments.

    Terms: Winter 2022

    Instructors: Hollister, Matissa (Winter)

  • ORGB 525 Compensation Management (3 credits)

    Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

    Overview

    Organizational Behaviour : Compensation policies and practices, consistent with motivational theories, are examined. Topics include: design and evaluation of job evaluation systems, salary structures, and performance-based pay; compensation of special employee groups; and current pay equity laws. Projects and simulations provide "hands-on" experience in the use of compensation techniques.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.

    • Prerequisite (Undergraduate): ORGB 423

  • SOCI 312 Sociology of Work and Industry (3 credits)

    Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sociology (Arts) : The development of the world of work from the rise of industrial capitalism to the postindustrial age. Responses of workers and managers to changing organizational, technological and economic realities. Interrelations between changing demands in the workplace and the functioning of the labour market. Canadian materials in comparative perspective.

    Terms: Fall 2021

    Instructors: Eidlin, Barry (Fall)

  • SOCI 321 Gender and Work (3 credits)

    Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sociology (Arts) : Focus on men's and women's work in North American societies, historically and contemporarily, in order to understand the dynamisms of gender (in)equality in and outside of the home. Topics explored include: housework; the relationship(s) between gender, organizations and bureaucracy; emotional labour; occupational segregation and stratification; sexual harassment; and work-family policy.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.

    • Course for the Women's Studies Concentrations

  • SOCI 354 Dynamics of Industrial Societies (3 credits)

    Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sociology (Arts) : Theories of social, economic, and political change in the industrialized societies. Causes of cycles in economic growth; imperialism and war; and in ethnic, religious, and industrial conflict. Causes of long run trends in social inequality, crime, family stability, and the position of women. Comparison of North America, Europe, Russia, and Japan.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021-2022 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or any other introductory course in the social sciences

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