Academic Calendar 2004 (new)» UNDERGRADUATE COURSE INFORMATION» Administrative and Commercial Studies
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Administrative and Commercial Studies

Administrative and Commercial Studies Courses
 
020a/b155a/b180195a/b-198a/b240a/b275a/b276a/b
280F/G295a/b-298a/b305a/b306a/b310a/b320a/b325a/b
330a/b340E341F/G342a/b343a/b344F/G352F/G
355F/G356F/G360a/b361a/b372380E382E
383a/b386F/G395a/b-398a/b405F/G406F/G410b460a/b
461a/b495a/b-498a/b

Administrative and Commercial Studies 020a/b, Introduction to Administrative and Commercial Studies
Description: A multidisciplinary introduction to Administrative and Commercial Studies within the Faculty of Social Science.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in BACS.
2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 155a/b, Human Relations in the Organization
Description: An examination of the theories and applications of managing human relations and the dynamics of interaction within organizations.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in BACS.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 180, Organizational Behavior
Description: A multidisciplinary approach to the study of human behavior in organizations from the individual, group and organizational levels of explanation.
Antirequisite(s): Administrative and Commercial Studies 380E.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in BACS.
2 lecture hours, 1.0 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 195a/b-198a/b, Selected Topics in Administrative and Commercial Studies
Description: Examination of selected topics in Administrative and Commercial Studies. Topic and course outline available at the beginning of each term.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in BACS.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 240a/b, Information Management and Decision Making
Description: A study of effective management of information as a critical resource in the organization and its relationship with the decision-making process. Topics include systems theory, classification of information systems, information management, decision analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Administrative Studies 020a/b
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 275a/b, Business Law I
Description: An introduction to the field of business (commercial) law with emphasis on the principal features of Canada's legal system, the law of torts, the law of contract, and four special contractual relationships: the employment relationship, labor law, the sale of goods, and consumer protection.
Antirequisite(s): Business Administration 450a/b, Law 402a/b, 403a/b.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in BACS or Honors Specialization in Urban Development.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 276a/b, Business Law II
Description: The study of business law topics including business relationships, special contractual relationships continued (law of bailment, restrictive trade practices, insurance law, law of negotiable instruments), real property law, creditor-debtor relationship, and special legal rights.
Antirequisite(s): Business Administration 450a/b, Law 402a/b, 403a/b.
Prerequisite(s): Administrative Studies 275a/b.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 280F/G, Organizational Behavior: Theoretical Foundations
Description: An overview and evaluation of the most influential theoretical frameworks in the field of organizational behavior from its beginnings to the present. Applications to the workplace are examined.
Antirequisite(s): Administrative Studies 380E, the former Administrative Studies 280F/G, 380E.
Prerequisite(s): Any 001-099 Social Science full-course or equivalent. Enrolment in BACS.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 295a/b-298a/b, Selected Topics in Administrative and Commercial Studies
Description: Examination of selected topics in Administrative and Commercial Studies. Topic and course outline available at the beginning of each term.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in BACS.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 305a/b, Human Factors in Aviation
Description: Psychology and physiology as they relate to human performance in a complex operating environment. Topics include pilot decision-making and crew resource management, interpersonal relations, effects of noise and vibration, pressure change, balance, motion sickness, jet lag, human factors in aircraft accidents.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd year of the Commercial Aviation Management stream of BACS.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 306a/b, Aviation Law
Description: The fundamentals of aviation law emphasizing factors guiding operational decision-making by aviation managers and professional pilots. Topics will include the regulation of aviation traffic and commercial and public airports, personnel licensing and training, general operating and flight rules, air transport regulators and associations.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd year of the Commercial Aviation Management stream of BACS.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 310a/b, Finance for Administrative and Commercial Studies
Description: An introduction to the role of financial management including financial markets and analysis, working capital management, capital budgeting and long-term financing.
Prerequisite(s): Business 257 and enrolment in BACS.
4 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 320a/b, Marketing for Administrative and Commercial Studies
Description: An introduction to the role of marketing in the organization including information systems, corporate strategy, opportunities assessment, product differentiation, pricing strategies, distribution, communication and advertising.
Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 257 and enrolment in BACS.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 325a/b, E-Commerce Strategy
Description: The digital economy and its impact on commerce is examined. Content includes theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to manage in the E-Commerce world; a survey of current trends in the digital economy; and a framework and methodology for analyzing commercial opportunities and threats in a rapidly changing digital world.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year of BACS.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 330a/b, Operations Management for Administrative and Commercial Studies
Description: An analysis of the principles, theories and practices critical to managing an organization. Overview of analytical models and approaches to improving operating systems. Attention is paid to both service and manufacturing operations.
Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 257 and enrolment in BACS.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 340E, Administration of Resources and Technology
Description: A study of the integration and application of the administrative processes to the human, physical, financial and information resources of the organization. Implementation of technology and the implications for the organization.
Prerequisite(s): Administrative and Commercial Studies 240a/b and 280F/G and one of: Economics 122a/b and 123a/b, Psychology 282E, Sociology 231, Statistical Sciences 023a/b and 024a/b or 135.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course
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ACS 341F/G, Research Methods in Human Resources
Description: An introduction to research design, implementation, and analysis in the field of human resources. Topics include: experimental versus non-experimental research designs, alternative research methods, qualitative versus quantitative analyses, individual versus group measures, ethics, evaluation of decisions made in human resources.
Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in third or fourth year of the BACS program and one of: Statistical Sciences 023a/b and 024a/b, Statistical Sciences 135, Psychology 280E and 281, Psychology 282E, Psychology 283a/b, Psychology 284F/G, Sociology 231.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 342a/b, Compensation and Benefits Management
Description: An introduction to a systematic framework for identifying and designing compensation systems that add value to organizations. Topics include compensation system components, strategic and behavioral compensation frameworks, technical processes for compensation, and the implementation, management and evaluation of individual and group pay systems.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year of BACS.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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ACS 343a/b, Training and Development
Description: This course provides an understanding of the role of training and the various forms training can take. Students develop a theoretical and applied understanding of training practices in Canadian workplaces as well as a practical knowledge of instructional design.
Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in 3rd or 4th year of the BACS program.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 344F/G, Occupational Health and Safety Management
Description: An examination of managerial issues surrounding occupational health and safety practices and processes in Canada, with emphasis on the Province of Ontario. Technical, legislative, political and personal dimensions of the subject are examined, including managing a safety program.
Antirequisite(s): Health Sciences 320a/b.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year of BACS.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 352F/G, Industrial Relations and Labor Studies
Description: The study of industrial relations from an organizational behavior perspective that provides a broad overview and social understanding of the relations between labor, management and the state in Canada.
Antirequisite(s): Sociology 469F/G.
Prerequisite(s): One of: Administrative and Commercial Studies 180, 280F/G. Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year of BACS.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 355F/G, Women in the Canadian Workplace
Description: This course examines the distribution of women in the occupational structure; effects of class and ethnic differentiation on women's paid and unpaid work experience; and the social organization of work, including the legislative and social policy framework, management ideology and structures, and labor relations structures and processes.
Antirequisite(s): Womens Studies 251F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Any Social Science full course or equivalent numbered 100 or above.
3 seminar hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 356F/G, Contemporary Perspectives on Women in the Workplace
Description: This course examines the present status and experience of women in the workplace in Canada through comparative and critical analyses of several influential interpretative frameworks.
Prerequisite(s): Any Social Science full course or equivalent numbered 100 or above.
3 seminar hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 360a/b, Intermediate Accounting I
Description: Theory and concepts of financial accounting with particular emphasis on financial statements, revenue recognition, and current and long-term assets.
Antirequisite(s): Business Administration 417a/b.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in BACS; Business Administration 257 and one of: Economics 122a/b and 123a/b, Psychology 281, Psychology 282E, Sociology 231, Statistical Sciences 023a/b and 024a/b or 135.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 361a/b, Intermediate Accounting II
Description: Theory and concepts of financial accounting particularly in the areas of current and long-term liabilities, shareholders' equity, employee benefits, and statement of cash flows.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in BACS; Administrative and Commercial Studies 360a/b.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 372, Management Accounting
Description: Management and cost accounting to support the decision-making process in both profit and non-profit organizations. Topics covered include cost behavior, cost allocation, variance analysis, relevant costs for short-term decisions, long-term investment decisions, budgeting, management control systems, financial statement analysis and choice of accounting policies.
Antirequisite(s): Business Administration 307, Business Administration 407q, the former Administrative and Commercial Studies 366a/b, 367a/b, 372.
Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 257 and enrolment in 3rd or 4th year of BACS, or Honors Specialization in Urban Development. In addition, one of: Economics 122a/b and 123a/b; Geography 201a/b; Psychology 281, 282E; Sociology 231; Statistical Sciences 023a/b and 024a/b or 135.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 380E, Organizational Behavior: Structures and Processes
Description: A multi-disciplinary overview of organizational processes and structures at the micro and macro levels and of organizational change. Applications to the workplace are examined.
Antirequisite(s): Administrative and Commercial Studies 180, the former Administrative Studies 180.
Prerequisite(s): Administrative and Commercial Studies 280F/G and one of: Economics 122a/b and 123a/b, Psychology 282E, Sociology 231, Statistical Sciences 023a/b and 024a/b or 135.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 382E, Human Resource Administration and Planning
Description: An overview of the theory and practice of the human resource management (personnel) function in the organization using an interdisciplinary perspective.
Antirequisite(s): The former Administrative and Commercial Studies 260, 382E.
Prerequisite(s): One of: Administrative and Commercial Studies 180, 280F/G, Psychology 164, 266a/b, Sociology 169, the former Psychology 264. Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year of BACS.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course
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ACS 383a/b, Strategic Human Resources Planning
Description: An introduction to human resources planning processes in organizations. Topics include: supply and demand forecasting, succession management, job analyses, downsizing and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions.
Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in 3rd or 4th year of the BACS program.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 386F/G, Organizational Behavior: A Cross-Cultural Approach
Description: An interdisciplinary course dealing with organizational behavior from a cross-cultural or international perspective. Particular attention is given to theory and results of relevant comparative social and organizational research.
Antirequisite(s): The former Administrative Studies 385E, 386F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Administrative Studies 180 or Administrative Studies 280F/G, and one of Anthropology 020E, Anthropology 025F/G and Anthropology 026F/G, Psychology 020, Sociology 020, Sociology 021E.
3 seminar hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 395a/b-398a/b, Selected Topics in Administrative and Commercial Studies
Description: Examination of selected topics in Administrative and Commercial Studies. Topic and course outline available at the beginning of each term.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year of BACS program
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 405F/G, Airport Planning and Management
Description: A study of airport planning and successful airport operation. Topics include the duties and responsibilities of the airport manager, regulations governing the operation of commercial and public airports in Canada and internationally, fiscal management of airports, forecasting methods, environmental issues and requirements, terminal building concepts, current and emerging public airport issues.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 4th year of the Commercial Aviation Management stream of BACS.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 406F/G, Airline Operation and Management
Description: A study of the organization and function of airlines and general aviation business. Topics include airline operational techniques, market research and passenger trends, route feasibility studies, scheduling, pricing and fleet selection strategies, operation and management of corporate flight departments, air cargo operations, and maintenance factors affecting profitability.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 4th year of the Commercial Aviation Management stream of BACS.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 410b, Advanced Seminar in Administrative and Commercial Studies
Description: Identification and analysis of problems and strengths in the organizational environment, using models from the social sciences. Strategies designed to deal with organizational challenges will be explored.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 4th year of BACS.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 460a/b, Advanced Accounting I
Description: Advanced financial accounting topics including international accounting and Canadian accounting treatment of intercorporate investments, business combinations, foreign currency transactions and translation, and entities in financial difficulties.
Antirequisite(s): Business Administration 427a/b, the former Administrative Studies 362a/b, 460a/b.
Prerequisite(s): Administrative and Commercial Studies 361a/b and enrolment in BACS.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 461a/b, Advanced Accounting II
Description: Advanced financial accounting topics including Canadian accounting for partnerships, not-for-profit organizations and financial statement analysis.
Antirequisite(s): The former Administrative Studies 363a/b, 461a/b.
Prerequisite(s): Administrative and Commercial Studies 460a/b and enrolment in BACS.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Administrative and Commercial Studies 495a/b-498a/b, Selected Topics in Administrative and Commercial Studies
Description: Examination of selected topics in Administrative and Commercial Studies. Topic and course outline available at the beginning of each term.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 4th year of BACS.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Academic Calendar 2004 (new)» UNDERGRADUATE COURSE INFORMATION» Administrative and Commercial Studies