Sara Mahabadi, PhD, MBA
Contact
Assistant Professor, Alberta School of Business - Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Management
- mahabadi@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-2225
- Address
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4-21G Business Building
11203 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2R6
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Hiring in Entrepreneurial Organizations Entrepreneurial Identity Startups Evaluation
About
In my research, I examine the phenomenon of entrepreneurship from organizational theory lens. I am interested in how investors such as venture capitalists and accelerators select, support, and alter startups. I draw on ethnographic observation, interviews, and archival data to understand how the processes of selection and support unfold and influence hiring and acceleration in startups.
Courses
SEM 433 - Managing Organizational Change
This course examines organization change, e.g. how organizations make transitions from one state to another. There is also a focus on understanding how management goes about changing corporate culture, organization structure and management systems. Prerequisite: SEM 201, 301 or 310. Open to third- and fourth-year students.
SEM 502 - Organization Strategy/Managing Organizations
The first part of this course examines the formation of business strategy. It recognizes the complexities and messiness of strategy formation and explores how organizations actually develop strategies. The second part examines the evolution, determinants, and relevance of alternative ways of organizing. Contemporary ideas (e.g. re-engineering, the learning organization, virtual organizations) are critically reviewed. Not open to students who have completed SEM 610. Prerequisite: SEM 500.
SEM 633 - Managing Organizational Change
This course examines organization change, e.g. how organizations make transitions from one state to another. There is also a focus on understanding how management goes about changing corporate culture, organization structure and management systems.
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.