Finding the Best Toronto Executive MBA Programs
An MBA offers immeasurable help if you’re trying to climb the oft-mentioned corporate ladder. But what about getting right to the top? Executive MBA programs are tailor-made for reaching that higher-than-high career point, but how do you know which one may be right for you? We’ve outlined some of the best Toronto Executive MBA programs to help.
Business Needs Diversity Says Ivey MBA Student
While many MBA programs around the world tout their diversity, what does that mean for the students? Does a student from China really feel like they can be their self if they attend school in America? Or can a Canadian remain unchanged when attending school in London? These are the questions that Frances Guo, an Ivey Business School MBA ’18 candidate, asked herself in a recent blog entry. Continue reading…
Inside the First Month of the Ivey MBA Program
Have you ever wondered what the first month of an MBA program is like? At Western University Canada’s Ivey Business School, Rabih Chour, MBA ’18 candidate, gives you an inside look at his experience in the school’s latest blog, One Month Into the Ivey MBA. Continue reading…
Schulich MBAs Finish Top 10 for Canada’s Next Top Ad Exec
When you think of an MBA student, you don’t think of a car salesman, but that was exactly what Canada’s Next Top Ad Exec Competition asked their teams to become. Two York University Schulich School of Business teams, made up of two MBA students, Chelsea Margolis and Kelly Saltzman, as well as two undergraduates, Chantal Lim and Jenisha Pudasaini, had to answer the question, “How would you market a new car?” Continue reading…
Looking For Toronto Consulting And Strategic Management MBAs
Whether you have already chosen your future career path or are still making up your mind, a career in consulting and strategic management is an excellent choice for someone earning their MBA. With roles available at a variety of organizations, strategic managers or management consultants have a number of opportunities, and an advanced degree can make MBA holders extremely competitive candidates for these jobs. Moreover, employment for strategic management positions is projected to grow 14 percent by 2024—a rate much faster than average—and proof that this field isn’t going anywhere soon.
If you are considering a future career in consulting and/or strategic management, many MBA programs are available with specializations that allow you to focus your business education in a particular sphere. In the Toronto metro area, there are a number of schools which provide the opportunity for special electives or MBA majors that focus on a strategic management and consulting education.
The Top Toronto Consulting and Strategic Management MBAs:
DeGroote School of Business – McMaster University
One of the most celebrated Toronto Consulting and Strategic Management MBAs in Canada, the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University offers a Strategic Business Valuation specialization as part of its program. While the first year of a DeGroote MBA provides a broad range of business topics, the second year gives students the opportunity to choose electives which concentrate in a specific area. Strategic Business Valuation is one such elective, among others like Strategic Marketing.
A specialization in Strategic Business Valuation at DeGroote helps students learn how to make an impact on the market through the calculation of an organization’s worth- all while keeping corporate strategy in mind. Possible roles for students with a specialization in Strategic Business Valuation include Consultant/Senior Consultant, Business Valuation Analyst and Mergers and Acquisitions Analyst.
Ivey Business School – Western University Canada
When a student earns their MBA at Western University Canada’s Ivey Business School, they have the opportunity to add to the business fundamentals of the core curriculum through career focused electives. The school offers six main areas of focus, which include finance, entrepreneurship, marketing, corporate strategy & leadership and international management. However, students may also select from a number of elective courses and create a personalized approach to their business education.
While elements of the Corporate Strategy & Leadership focus would be appropriate for a student pursuing a strategic management career, there are also a number of individual electives which students could take to design their own specialization in consulting. Among these electives are courses such as:
- Management Consulting
- Strategy Implementation
- Financial Strategies for Global Success
- Managing High-Growth Companies
- Competition and Competitive Analysis
Rotman School of Management – University of Toronto
Students the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management may choose a major for their MBA to enhance the foundational business knowledge of their degree. A major in consulting is among the options available to students, helping students to “analyze cross-functional business problems and … justify your recommendations, using a diverse set of quantitative and qualitative tools.”
The consulting major at Rotman prepares students for careers in consulting regardless of the setting, from small to large consulting firms and whether in the for-profit or non-profit sector. To complete the major, students must take at least one course from the core category, which includes the options of Management Consulting, Healthcare Consulting, Management Consulting Practicum or Strategic Change and Implementation. They must also select at least one elective course, which includes options such as:
- Catastrophic Failure in Organizations
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Operations Management Strategy
- Business Analysis and Valuation
- Aligning People and Strategy
Schulich School of Business – York University
York University’s Schulich School of Business offers students a specialization in Strategic Management. The course emphasizes the synthesis of techniques from several other areas of business, including accounting, managerial economics, marketing, operations management and organization behavior to better understanding strategy making.
Students in the Strategic Management specialization at York must take six credits of recommended courses and six of recommended or additional courses. Such class options include:
- The Art of the Deal
- Managing Strategic Alliances and Joint Ventures
- Strategy Execution
- Strategic Thinking and Action in Turbulent Environments
- Economic Forecasting and Analysis
Ivey Women Join Roundtable Discussion at White House For Women in the Workforce
During Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to the White House to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump, they—along with female business leaders from both countries—held a roundtable discussion about women in the workforce. According to The Globe and Mail, the goal of the discussion was to find “common ground with the new U.S. administration.” Invited to the discussion were two Ivey women graduates as well as a former Ivey dean. At the end of the roundtable, a White House official said the two countries would launch a new task force called the United States Canada Council for the Advancement of Women Business Leaders-Female Entrepreneurs. Continue reading…
