Introduces students to foundational theories, processes, practices and strategies of social innovation as well as corporate intrapreneurship. Through deep introspection, students will gain knowledge of change strategies that include deploying soft and hard power to advance innovative opportunities, while exploring how to influence without formal authority. Learners will get exposed to the creative strategies and activities of social and institutional entrepreneurs (intrapreneurs), activists, organizations, and social movements. Students will examine individuals and groups who have catalyzed important positive social change through different organizational platforms –in the market, in government, within the nonprofit sector, and increasingly in the space between these three sectors. Throughout the course students will examine social innovation through case studies, best practice analyses, and relevant reading.
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CSIN550: Foundation of Corporate Social Innovation
Introduces students to foundational theories, processes, practices and strategies of social innovation as well as corporate intrapreneurship. Through deep introspection, students will gain knowledge of change strategies that include deploying soft and hard power to advance innovative opportunities, while exploring how to influence without formal authority. Learners will get exposed to the creative strategies and activities of social and institutional entrepreneurs (intrapreneurs), activists, organizations, and social movements. Students will examine individuals and groups who have catalyzed important positive social change through different organizational platforms –in the market, in government, within the nonprofit sector, and increasingly in the space between these three sectors. Throughout the course students will examine social innovation through case studies, best practice analyses, and relevant reading.
CSIN575: Measuring and Scaling Social Impact
Focuses on measuring and reporting on social impact and identifying outcomes in relation to the objectives of different stakeholders. Also examines the question of how social innovations can effectively scale their impact to reach individuals and communities that might benefit from their innovations.
ENVP670: Sustainable Food Systems
Explores how urban and regional food systems can be transformed through planning, policy, and participatory engagement. Learners examine the components of sustainable food systems, as shaped by multiple governance and knowledge traditions (Indigenous, non-Western, agroecological, diasporic, relational), and apply planning tools to real-world challenges such as land access, food security and sovereignty, and climate resilience. Through case studies and scenario design, students critically evaluate governance frameworks and design collaborative strategies to advance equity, decolonization, and regenerative futures.
EXCH508: Foundations of Executive Coaching
Coaching is grounded in the language of creation, commitment and possibility along with the need to understand the forces that aid and impede accomplishment. Students build on the work offered at the residency and further develop their understanding of and appreciation of both the power of language and several key domains of personal and professional development. Students further develop their executive coaching skills and form personal and professional foundations for their executive coaching practice.
EXCH509: Executive Coaching in Organizations
Investigates organizations from a systems perspective and examines the role of executive coaching to support learning. Participants will view the organization from differing perspectives to develop and understand the organization’s corporate context. This understanding will assist the discovery of underlying behaviours to support achievement and highlight processes and systems to manage progress and accountability in both themselves and others.
EXMN655: Leading a Global Workforce – A Human Resources Perspective
Along with the companion course, EXMN658, this course explores the complexities, challenges, and opportunities of leading a global workforce toward organizational performance and productivity goals in large multi-national conglomerates and in small-scale operations. The course will deal with recognizing and developing core competencies for leading human resources talent on a worldwide scale. Emphasis will be placed on establishing and sustaining a global business strategy, comparative HR systems, leading cross-culturally, global workforce planning, recruitment and selection, training and development, and motivating and rewarding staff.
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EXMN658: Leading with Emotional Intelligence
Along with the companion course, EXMN655, this course explores explores the business imperativeness of leading with Emotional Intelligence (EI) as it applies to honing one’s personal style and approach to leadership, developing high performing teams, and positioning organizations for bottom-line success and long term viability. Through assessments and personal coaching sessions, students gain new insights into how they can use the EI competency framework and model to enhance their personal leadership, team capacity, and strategic organizational effectiveness.
EXMN661: Management Consulting – Best Practices
Along with the companion course, EXMN 668, this course focuses on the needs of the consulting client with students developing expertise in the following ‘best practice’ areas: Effective Communication and Team work – with a focus on developing and maintaining a successful client relationship. Project Management – learners are provided with a fundamental knowledge of project management methodologies, tools and disciplines in the context of a management consulting assignment. Change Management, including tools and techniques related to assessing change readiness, understanding absorptive capacity and managing change. This course meets external education requirements of the CMC Canada providing a fast track to qualify for the prestigious CMC global designation.
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EXMN668: Management Consulting – Essentials
Along with the companion course, EXMN661, this course focuses on the needs of the consulting client; students develop expertise by performing comprehensive situation assessments which include the crafting of strategies for organizational growth and development. Students also learn how to deliver superior value to their internal or external management consulting clients through the completion of a team based Consulting Practice Review Summary where a boutique, specialized consulting practice model is developed and validated. This course meets external education requirements of the CMC Canada providing a fast track to qualify for the prestigious CMC global designation.
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