Teaching at the Beedie School of Business

Global Perspective

Recognize the need to adapt business practices to the opportunities and challenges of an evolving global environment.

Ethical Perspective

Demonstrate ability to apply ethical reasoning to address issues in corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and sustainability in a business context.

Critical Thinking

Identify, evaluate, analyze, interpret and apply information to address problems and make reasoned decisions in a business context.

Communication Skills

Communicate in a business context in a clear, concise, coherent and professional manner.

Core Business Knowledge

Apply business discipline knowledge in an integrative manner to business problems.

Disciplinary Business Knowledge

Demonstrate the understanding and ability to apply professional standards, theory, and research to address business problems within specific concentrations.

Communication Skills:

Our graduates will have the necessary communication skills to effectively interact with their stakeholders.

Enlightened:

Our graduates will understand that business practices and decisions have implications for a broad set of stakeholders.

Analytical Skills:

Our graduates will be able to effectively use quantitative and qualitative data when making business decisions.

Integrative Thinking:

Our graduates will be able to employ skills and knowledge from more than one business discipline when making business decisions.

Critical Thinking and Communication for Leadership:

The ability to communicate effectively, concisely and persuasively in written and oral forms appropriate for the audience/ situation.

Strategic Management:

The ability to apply core business theory and frameworks from the disciplines to solve unfamiliar, complex problems or familiar problems in new ways.

Innovative Strategic Planning:

Achieve new and innovative forms of competitive advantage by applying core business theory and frameworks to identify opportunities and to solve unfamiliar, complex problems or familiar problems in new ways.

Responsible Management:

The ability to make business decisions using ethical frameworks in complex, diverse environments that meet business and societal goals.

Global Perspective:

The ability to make business decisions that demonstrate awareness of and respond to global differences in culture, markets, business practices.

Strategic Analysis:

Think strategically in terms of framing and analyzing business problems and opportunities.

Communication Skills:

Communicate clearly, concisely, and persuasively in written contexts.

Strategic Decision-making:

Choose rationally and transparently between strategic alternatives.

Business Ethics:

Understand business ethics and corporate social responsibility.

Entrepreneurship:

Identify opportunities and strategies to create and capture value.

Statistical/ Financial Modelling:

Learn how to use advanced statistical/financial modelling software.

Statistical / Financial Analysis:

Analyze the statistical properties of financial time series.

Equity Evaluation:

Evaluate equity investments.

Financial Derivatives:

Understand and value financial derivatives.

Fixed Income Valuations:

Value fixed income instruments.

Ethics:

Understand legal and ethical aspects of investment and risk management.

Communication Skills:

Communicate clearly and professionally.

Gain rigorous disciplinary knowledge and ability:

All of our graduates will have the theoretical and methodological knowledge and skills necessary to engage in research that can provide the foundation for publication in top tier academic journals.

Acquire relevant interdisciplinary knowledge:

All of our graduates will have a deep, interdisciplinary understanding of at least one of the Faculty’s strategic research areas – innovation and technology; social/environmental issues; capital and risk management; globalization/emerging markets.

Develop fluent, persuasive scholarly writing skills:

All of our graduates will have the ability to write for scholarly publication in a coherent, convincing manner.

Learn to be effective teachers:

All of our graduates will have the ability to effectively teach undergraduate courses in their disciplinary area.

Possess convincing and engaging presentation skills:

All of our graduates will have the ability to present to academic and practitioner audiences in a convincing and engaging manner.