Jim Seethram

Assistant Executive Professor, Alberta School of Business - Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Management
Term Lecturer, Alberta School of Business - MO Student Services and Program Delivery

Contact

Assistant Executive Professor, Alberta School of Business - Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Management
Email
jseethra@ualberta.ca

Term Lecturer, Alberta School of Business - MO Student Services and Program Delivery
Email
jseethra@ualberta.ca

Courses

BUS 680B - Special Projects Course

This course applies the techniques developed in several Business courses to a group project or a business case analysis. Groups will work on their projects under the supervision of the instructor(s). Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor and the Masters Programs Office.


BUS 880B - Business Project

Students are required to complete a custom designed project for a client company and prepare a business plan. The company selected could be the student's own organization or a unit within the organization. Restricted to Executive MBA students only.


SEM 641 - Business Strategy

This course examines top management decisions and emphasizes the development of business and corporate strategy. It integrates the management principles studied in the business core using a series of business cases. Guest Faculty members and executives will participate. Prerequisite: All required Year one MBA core courses.


SEM 690 - Entrepreneurial Strategizing

Entrepreneurial skills are increasingly needed across all domains of the economy and society. While conventional entrepreneurial imagery invokes a Silicon Valley high-technology start-up, entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial behavior are prevalent in many large corporations, government agencies, non-profits, and community settings. This includes varied forms of cultural and social entrepreneurship. This course aims to provide a broad overview of general entrepreneurial skills that are vital for any successful career and organizational situation. Our focus will be on providing students with the strategic tools needed to think and act entrepreneurially and innovatively. Entrepreneurial strategizing emphases include framing, resource assembling, opportunity sensing and developing, value-creating, designing, networking, effectual reasoning, and iterative validating and learning.


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