Indigenous Management Course Offerings

ADMN 100

Introduction to Administration

This course will introduce students to the functional areas of administration in a variety of organizations.
*Note: Students who have received credit for more than two of ADMN 210 (or BUS 210), ADMN 250 (or BUS 250), ADMN 270 (or BUS 270), ADMN 275 (or BUS 275), ADMN 288 (or BUS 288), ADMN 290 (or BUS 290), ADMN (or BUS) courses numbered 300 or higher may not take or receive credit for ADMN 100. Students may not receive credit for both ADMN 100 and BUS 100.*

ADMN 203

Comparative Management

This course deals with the relationship between organizational forms, business and government institutions, economic development, and values and cultures of societies. The role and responsibilities of the business manager and public administrator are examined in the context of the impact of changing technologies and institutions on values and cultures. Case studies from Indigenous business and public administration will be used.
***Prerequisite: ADMN 260 (or BUS 260) and INDG 100. Concurrent enrolment is allowed in INDG 100.***

ADMN 205

Management Communications

This course is designed to assist students to improve their skill and confidence as effective communicators in an organizational context. Students will explore the issues faced by organizations in communicating internally with employees and externally with diverse publics. The course focuses on both oral and written communications.
*** Prerequisite: AE 019 or ENGL 100 or EPS 116***
* Note: Students may receive credit for only one of ADMN 205, BUS 205, and ADMN 265. *

ADMN 210

Introduction to Marketing

This course presents the fundamentals of marketing theory and application. Starting at a societal level, it works through environmental scanning, explores the differences between consumer and business customer groups, followed with a strategic focus on segmentation, targeting and positioning. Tactical applications of the marketing mix are then addressed - product, price, place and promotion. Attention is also directed to ethical and legal considerations.
***Prerequisite: ADMN 100 (or BUS 100) and ADMN 260 (or BUS 260). Concurrent enrolment is allowed in ADMN 260.***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both ADMN 210 and BUS 210.*

ADMN 220

Introduction to First Nations Public Administration

This introductory course is designed to present the managerial implications of a band government administrative structure. Major concepts and findings in the field of management will be compared with band management and its unique demands. Similarities and differences in band management structures will be compared with business and public administration models.
***Prerequisite: ADMN 100 or BUS 100, and INDG 100. Concurrent enrolment is allowed in INDG 100.***

ADMN 225

First Nations Economic Development

This course is designed to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches to band entrepreneurial development undertaken by government agencies, research and planning groups, band organizations, band councils and individual band entrepreneurs. Problem areas and alternative approaches will be investigated in relation to the physical and social environments, external factors, and the socio-cultural environment.
***Prerequisite: ADMN 100 (or BUS 100) and INDG 100. Concurrent enrolment is allowed in INDG 100.***

ADMN 228

Introduction to Indigenous Governance

This survey course focuses on First Nation governments. Emphasis is on its concepts, issues, and rapidly emerging and changing systems. Special emphasis is given to the policy, financial and personnel aspects of First Nations public sector administration.
***Prerequisite: ADMN 100 (or BUS 100) and INDG 100. Concurrent enrolment is allowed in INDG 100.***

ADMN 250

Introduction to Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations

This introductory course addresses basic concepts and processes of the field of human resource management. Topics include: human resource planning, job analysis, recruitment, selection, orientation, training and development, performance management, compensation management, workplace health and safety, and employee and labour relations.
***Prerequisite: ADMN 100 (or BUS 100) and ADMN 260 (or BUS 260).***
*Note: Students may only receive credit for one of BUS 250, ADMN 250, or NSLI 310.*

ADMN 260

Introduction to Organizational Behaviour

This introductory course addresses basic concepts and processes of organizational behaviour. The topics include individual level variables, such as perception, personality, attitudes, and motivation; interpersonal and group processes, such as communication, teams, leadership, and power; and, organizational level factors such as organizational design, culture, and change.
***Prerequisite: ENGL 100, or ACAD 100, or KIN 101.***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both ADMN 260 and BUS 260.*

ADMN 261

Introduction to Hospitality, Tourism, and Gaming Entertainment Management

This course is an introduction to management in the hospitality, tourism and gaming entertainment industries with an emphasis on concepts, issues and best practices in lodging, restaurant, tourism, and gaming entertainment organizations. The course provides a comprehensive overview and uses cases, readings and guest lectures from the industries to help students develop and expand their decision making skills. The course offers both First Nations and non-First Nation perspective.
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ADMN 261 or ADMN 436AJ.*

ADMN 285

Introduction to Financial Accounting

This course presents the fundamentals of financial accounting theory and practice at the introductory level. It considers basic accounting principles, their application in modern business organizations and the preparation of business records and financial reports.
***Prerequisite: ECON 201 or ECON 100***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both ADMN 285 and BUS 285.*

ADMN 288

Introduction to Managerial Accounting

This course introduces the use of accounting systems for managerial information and control purposes. It also provides an introduction to some of the problems inherent in assigning valuations to various cost objects.
***Prerequisite: ADMN 100 (or BUS 100) and ADMN 285 (or BUS 285).***
*Note: Students may not receive credit for both ADMN 288 and BUS 288.*

ADMN 310

Strategic Marketing

This course will introduce students to qualitative and quantitative analysis tools and forecasting along with alternate approaches to decision-making in the marketing context. Visioning, strategy, branding and the value-proposition plus risk and mitigation are then addressed. Emphasis is on applying disciplined theoretical frameworks to the development of critical thinking and sound judgement, harmonizing the objectives and resources of the organization with real world marketplace opportunities.
***Prerequisite: ADMN 210 or BUS 210.***
*Note: Students may receive credit for one of ADMN 310 or BUS 310.*

ADMN 320

Planning in First Nations Public Sector Organizations

This course will enable participants to better understand the community planning process and the techniques and methods of analysis utilized in comprehensive community planning. The course also provides a focus on the guidelines for public sector program implementation.
*** Prerequisite: ADMN 220 or permission of the Department Head ***

ADMN 328

Nation Building for Indigenous Communities

The objective of the course is to present the fundamentals behind nation building, and rebuilding, for Indigenous communities. This course is designed to increase understanding of important nation building ideas in the cultural, administrative, political and economic realms. The course will explore the major Indigenous topics of governance, cultural match and legitimacy, colonial effects, constitutions, judicial systems, administration, economic development, funding dynamics, entrepreneurship, leadership, and inter-governmental relationships.
*** Prerequisite: ADMN 228 ***

ADMN 352

Negotiations in a First Nations Setting

Negotiation as a means of conflict resolution is examined in the context of intergovernmental relationships, intra-organizational relationships, and business-client relationships. The course is experiential based and will focus on decision analytic perspectives to negotiation.
*** Prerequisite: ADMN 260 or BUS 260 ***