Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Major (B.Com.) (72 credits)
Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)
Degree: Bachelor of Commerce
Program credit weight: 72
Program Description
The B.Com.; Major in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources focuses on analyzing and influencing repeated patterns of action in groups and organizations, including leadership, human resource management, team management and concepts of management at multiple levels of the organization. The program also includes foundational studies in one or more of the following social science disciplines: psychology, sociology, anthropology, or industrial relations.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Required Courses (45 credits)
Management Core
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MGCR 211 | Introduction to Financial Accounting. | 3 |
Introduction to Financial Accounting. Terms offered: Summer 2025 The role of financial accounting in the reporting of the financial performance of a business. The principles, components and uses of financial accounting and reporting from a user's perspective, including the recording of accounting transactions and events, the examination of the elements of financial statements, the preparation of financial statements and the analysis of financial results. | ||
| MGCR 222 | Introduction to Organizational Behaviour. | 3 |
Introduction to Organizational Behaviour. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Individual motivation and communication style; group dynamics as related to problem solving and decision making, leadership style, work structuring and the larger environment. Interdependence of individual, group and organization task and structure. | ||
| MGCR 233 | Data Programming for Business. | 3 |
Data Programming for Business. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Introduction to data programming for management students. | ||
| MGCR 250 | Expressive Analysis for Management. | 3 |
Expressive Analysis for Management. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Focusing on skills with respect to analysis, writing and presentation in management. | ||
| MGCR 271 | Business Statistics. | 3 |
Business Statistics. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Statistical concepts and methodology, their application to managerial decision-making, real-life data, problem-solving and spreadsheet modeling. Topics include: descriptive statistics; normal distributions, sampling distributions and estimation, hypothesis testing for one and two populations, goodness of fit, analysis of variance, simple and multiple regression. | ||
| MGCR 293 | Managerial Economics. | 3 |
Managerial Economics. Terms offered: Summer 2025 The course focuses on the application of economic theory to management problems and the economic foundations of marketing, finance, and production. Attention is given to the following topics: price and cost analysis; demand and supply analysis, conditions of competition. | ||
| MGCR 294 | The Firm in the Macroeconomy. | 3 |
The Firm in the Macroeconomy. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Topics and tools of macroeconomics such as national accounting, the IS-LM model, the drivers of output and business cycles, and the basics of monetary policy and inflation. Emphasis on financial markets, the role of expectations, and the reasons for possible deviations from full information market efficiency. | ||
| MGCR 331 | Information Technology Management . | 3 |
Information Technology Management . Terms offered: Summer 2025 Introduction to principles and concepts of information systems in organizations. Topics include information technology, transaction processing systems, decision support systems, database and systems development. Students are required to have background preparation on basic micro computer skills including spreadsheet and word-processing. | ||
| MGCR 341 | Introduction to Finance. | 3 |
Introduction to Finance. Terms offered: Summer 2025 An introduction to the principles, issues, and institutions of Finance. Topics include valuation, risk, capital investment, financial structure, cost of capital, working capital management, financial markets, and securities. | ||
| MGCR 352 | Principles of Marketing. | 3 |
Principles of Marketing. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Introduction to marketing principles, focusing on problem solving and decision making. Topics include: the marketing concept; marketing strategies; buyer behaviour; Canadian demographics; internal and external constraints; product; promotion; distribution; price. Lectures, text material and case studies. | ||
| MGCR 372 | Operations Management. | 3 |
Operations Management. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Design, planning, establishment, control, and improvement of the activities/processes that create a firm's final products and/or services. The interaction of operations with other business areas will also be discussed. Topics include forecasting, product and process design, waiting lines, capacity planning, inventory management and total quality management. | ||
| MGCR 382 | International Business. | 3 |
International Business. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An introduction to the world of international business. Economic foundations of international trade and investment. The international trade, finance, and regulatory frameworks. Relations between international companies and nation-states, including costs and benefits of foreign investment and alternative controls and responses. Effects of local environmental characteristics on the operations of multi-national enterprises. | ||
| MGCR 423 | Strategic Management. | 3 |
Strategic Management. Terms offered: Summer 2025 An integrative and interdisciplinary introduction to strategy formation and execution. Concepts, tools, and practical application to understand how firms leverage resources and capabilities to gain competitive advantage in dynamic, contemporary industries. Strategic positioning, organizational design, and managerial action for the long-term success of businesses and positive social and ecological outcomes. | ||
| MGCR 460 | Social Context of Business. | 3 |
Social Context of Business. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Examination of how business interacts with the larger society. Exploration of the development of modern capitalist society, and the dilemmas that organizations face in acting in a socially responsible manner. Examination of these issues with reference to sustainable development, business ethics, globalization and developing countries, and political activity. | ||
Major
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ORGB 423 | Human Resources Management. | 3 |
Human Resources Management. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Issues involved in personnel administration. Topics include: human resource planning, job analysis, recruitment and selection, training and development, performance appraisal, organization development and change, issues in compensation and benefits, and labour-management relations. | ||
Complementary Courses (27 credits)
18 credits from the following:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ORGB 321 | Leadership. | 3 |
Leadership. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Leadership theories provide students with opportunities to assess and work on improving their leadership skills. Topics include: the ability to know oneself as a leader, to formulate a vision, to have the courage to lead, to lead creatively, and to lead effectively with others. | ||
| ORGB 325 | Negotiations and Conflict Resolution. | 3 |
Negotiations and Conflict Resolution. Terms offered: Summer 2025 A conceptual framework to guide participants through negotiation and conflict resolution process. | ||
| ORGB 330 | People Analytics. | 3 |
People Analytics. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This is the era of big data. Companies and organizations are collecting an enormous amount of information and we are only just beginning to grasp the ways in which this information might be used. This course covers the emerging field of people analytics, which involves applying data collection and analysis techniques to improve the management of people within organizations. We will cover current people analytics techniques, common pitfalls, and possible shortcomings of people analytics, as well as the ethical questions involved in undertaking such analyses. | ||
| ORGB 380 | Cross Cultural Management. | 3 |
Cross Cultural Management. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Addresses dilemmas and opportunities that managers experience in international, multicultural environments. Development of conceptual knowledge and behavioural skills (e.g. bridging skills, communication, tolerance of ambiguity, cognitive complexity) relevant to the interaction of different cultures in business and organizational settings, using several methods including research, case studies and experiential learning. | ||
| ORGB 401 | Leadership Practicum in Social Sector. | 3 |
Leadership Practicum in Social Sector. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Students apply a wealth of OB concepts and leadership strategies by spending the equivalent of one full day (8 hours) per week at an organization within Montreal’s social sector. Course material will supplement field experiences. The Practicum complements ORGB 321, which offers a more comprehensive survey of leadership theory. | ||
| ORGB 409 | Organizational Research Methods. | 3 |
Organizational Research Methods. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Field research in organizational behaviour. | ||
| ORGB 420 | Managing Organizational Teams. | 3 |
Managing Organizational Teams. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Theory, research, and applications. Principles of team processes and effectiveness in organizational settings, specifically the theoretical developments and empirical findings of group dynamics and team effectiveness, and practical strategies and skills for successful management of organizational teams. | ||
| ORGB 421 | Managing Organizational Change. | 3 |
Managing Organizational Change. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Organizational change theory and techniques are examined with an emphasis on techno-structural interventions such as Quality-of-Work-Life approaches. Through simulations and case-studies, the course explores initiatives in organizational change, primarily in contemporary Canadian organizations. It also includes opportunities for "hands-on" experience in work and organization redesign. | ||
| ORGB 434 | Topics in Organizational Behaviour 1. | 3 |
Topics in Organizational Behaviour 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This is an advanced course for students with a special interest in Organizational Behaviour. Topics will be selected from current issues or themes in literature. | ||
| ORGB 440 | Career Theory and Development. | 3 |
Career Theory and Development. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Includes state of the art theory and research on careers and opportunity for exploration and development of personal career goals and dreams. Analytical and practical skills are honed through the study of careers of "real life" individuals as presented in films, panels of guest speakers, and interview assignments. | ||
| ORGB 525 | Compensation Management. | 3 |
Compensation Management. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Compensation policies and practices, consistent with motivational theories, are examined. Topics include: design and evaluation of job evaluation systems, salary structures, and performance-based pay; compensation of special employee groups; and current pay equity laws. Projects and simulations provide "hands-on" experience in the use of compensation techniques. | ||
9 credits at the 300 or 400 level of PSYC, SOCI, ANTH, or INDR courses with permission of the offering unit.
Focusing on pursuing depth within a single discipline is encouraged but not required.