Learn - Unlearn - Relearn the disciplines of MBA
February 10, 2022
6 weeks, online
4-6 hours/week
Special pricing up to 20% discount is available if you enrol with your colleagues. Please send an email to group-enrollments@emeritus.org for more information.
It is now more imperative than ever to have a workforce that is adaptable to market changes. The requirement from professionals has gone beyond having team management, mentoring, leadership, and other qualitative skills — to also staying abreast of industry developments and best practices in business management to achieve their goals.
The Rotman School of Management has introduced an online MBA Essentials program, an interactive and fastgrowing approach to enhanced business education, to equip you with the knowledge and insight to make strategic and operational decisions in any industry.
Source: The Financial Times 2020
The program will enable you to:
Compare and contrast the economic recessions in 2008 and 2020, and learn about recovery patterns. Identify opportunities for change in your organization based on macroeconomic trends.
Understand the basics of capital markets, the role of accounting, and the purpose of financial reporting. Learn to evaluate financial statements, and apply knowledge of financial reporting to real-world cases.
Examine the importance of financial markets and learn how they enable and discipline corporations. Understand how companies make investment decisions, and appraise a finance project based on the four investment decision rules.
Define strategy and learn about strategic decisions that determine how companies are positioned in the market. Explore the levers of competitive advantage and change management, and examine ways to implement change in your organization.
Assimilate the core concepts of marketing and the strategies that lead to growth. Recognize the importance of marketing, especially in developed economies and commoditized marketplaces. Examine marketing strategies that would lead to growth in your own organization.
Identify the distinction between diversity and inclusion, and learn about equality, equity and justice. Recognize the gaps between intentions and actions, and develop an action plan for behavioural change to remedy diversity and inclusion problems in your organization.
Compare and contrast the economic recessions in 2008 and 2020, and learn about recovery patterns. Identify opportunities for change in your organization based on macroeconomic trends.
Define strategy and learn about strategic decisions that determine how companies are positioned in the market. Explore the levers of competitive advantage and change management, and examine ways to implement change in your organization.
Understand the basics of capital markets, the role of accounting, and the purpose of financial reporting. Learn to evaluate financial statements, and apply knowledge of financial reporting to real-world cases.
Assimilate the core concepts of marketing and the strategies that lead to growth. Recognize the importance of marketing, especially in developed economies and commoditized marketplaces. Examine marketing strategies that would lead to growth in your own organization.
Examine the importance of financial markets and learn how they enable and discipline corporations. Understand how companies make investment decisions, and appraise a finance project based on the four investment decision rules.
Identify the distinction between diversity and inclusion, and learn about equality, equity and justice. Recognize the gaps between intentions and actions, and develop an action plan for behavioural change to remedy diversity and inclusion problems in your organization.
Recorded Video Lessons
Interactive Learning
Try-It Activities
Assignments
Peer Discussion Groups
Knowledge Checks
Open Q&A
Live Webinar
This program is designed for professionals and entrepreneurs seeking structured management training. It is also beneficial for experienced managers looking to develop future-ready management skills. It is ideal for
Walid Hejazi
Scott Liao
Simon Ashbourne
Sonia K. Kang
Walid Hejazi
Academic Director Associate Professor, International Business
Walid Hejazi teaches macro and global economics in the MBA and Executive MBA programs. He has researched, advised, and published extensively on topics related to international trade and foreign investment. He has been an advisor to the Canadian government and has testified many times before parliamentary and Senate committees on global competitiveness. He is currently working on a series of studies that shed light on the competitiveness and productivity of Canadian firms. Hejazi has developed a successful MBA program in Islamic Finance, the first of its kind in Canada. He has delivered lectures in over 30 countries.
Hejazi has a Ph.D. and an M.A. from the University of Toronto and a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario.
Scott Liao
Professor, Accounting Director, Research Resources and Communication
Scott Liao has been researching and teaching financial accounting with a focus on banking and data analytics for more than 12 years. His research interests include banking regulation, agency problems in debt markets, and the economic consequences of financial reporting and disclosure. He has published papers in leading journals such as The Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research and Management Science. He is an editor at Contemporary Accounting Research, at the International Journal of Accounting.
Liao has a Ph.D. from Ohio State University as well as an M.B.A. and a B.S. from National Taiwan University in Taipei.
Simon Ashbourne
Adjunct Professor, Marketing Partner, The Marketplace Capabilities Group Inc
Simon Ashbourne has over 25 years of consulting experience across the consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical, and retail industry segments. His focus areas are strategic planning, brand and customer portfolio planning, pricing strategy, and sales-resource deployment. Ashbourne has been a part-time faculty member and an award-winning instructor at The Rotman School of Management since 2002. He develops and teaches both marketing and global marketing courses at the Executive MBA level.
Ashbourne has an M.B.A. in Marketing and Finance (joint major) from the University of Toronto and a B.A. in Modern Languages from the University of Nottingham in UK.
Sonia K. Kang
Canada Research Chair in Identity, Diversity and Inclusion Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour and HR Management in the Department of Management at the University of Toronto, Mississauga Chief Scientist, BEAR Centre (Behavioural Economics in Action at Rotman) Faculty Research Fellow, Rotman Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE)
Sonia K. Kang’s research explores the challenges and opportunities involved in social issues based on identity, diversity, and inclusion. She takes a novel approach to studying the issues by harnessing the power of behavioural insights and organizational design. Her research also focuses on ways to disrupt systems, processes and structures that block the path towards diversity and inclusion for individuals, organizations and the society at large. Kang’s research paper “Whitened Resumes” has won two Best Paper awards and was ranked No. 3 on the Financial Times’ global top 100 list of Business School Research with Social Impact (February 2020).
Kang has a Ph.D. and an M.A. from the University of Toronto and a B.S. from the University of Alberta.
Upon successful completion of the program, you’ll earn a digital certificate of completion from the Rotman School of Management.
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Flexible payment options available.
