Jim Seethram
Contact
ATS Assistant Lecturer, Alberta School of Business - Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Management
- jseethra@ualberta.ca
Courses
MARK 442 - Seminar in International Marketing
Analysis of problems of international marketing; development of marketing strategies in light of world cultural, economic, geographic, legal and political factors. Prerequisite: MARK 301.
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.