This course provides an opportunity for students to pursue a specific topic of interest relevant to their professional graduate program at the Institute for Management & Innovation. Under the supervision of an IMI-appointed faculty member, students explore an interdisciplinary issue, question, or challenge within management and innovation. A comprehensive final submission at the end of the course is expected to make up the majority assessment. The nature of the assessment will vary by project and can include (but is not limited to) a research paper, presentation, or manuscript. Students are responsible for finding a supervisor before enrolling in the course. Supervisors and projects must be approved by the IMI Director before the start of the course.

This course provides an in-depth and critical examination of a specific, contemporary topic or question relevant to students enrolled in professional graduate programs at the Institute for Management & Innovation. Students will engage in the exploration of interdisciplinary perspectives on the topic or question, with an emphasis on experiential learning opportunities and engagement with professional practice. Students will also evaluate and examine business cases or case studies related to the topic. Assessments will normally include a report and presentation.

The current state of the world demands exploring new models of leadership. The prevalent dominant models of leadership are driven by mechanistic and extractive worldviews, short-term gains, outer-self, and extrinsic motivations. Leadership for a sustainable future must be rooted in the paradigm of living systems, living in harmony with the planet earth, long-term vision, inner-self, and intrinsic motivations. The planet earth and its living systems have many properties, such as adaptivity, equity, interdependence, evolution, renewal, relations, and resiliency, which should be integral part of the models of future leadership.

The course critically examines the current leadership models and theories, develops the foundations of the models for a sustainable future, examines emerging and potential models for a sustainable future, and guides students to develop their related capabilities and competencies in leadership for a sustainable future. The personal, interpersonal, organizational, social, and planetary dimensions of leadership for a sustainable future are addressed.

The course uses various readings and cases for discussion. You will gain practical knowledge of leadership for sustainable futures through self-examination and action planning.

The Project Management Institute (PMI) defines project management as "the use of specific knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to deliver something of value to people." They go further, stating "All projects are a temporary effort to create value through a unique product, service or result. All projects have a beginning and an end. They have a team, a budget, a schedule, and a set of expectations (scope and quality) that the team needs to meet. Each project is unique and differs from routine operations — the ongoing activities of an organization — because projects reach a conclusion once the goal is achieved." Through a series of lectures, case discussions and a final project, students will learn about the practice of project management and the complimentary tools. They will also gain experience participating in the designing, execution and tracking a real project on- or off-campus.

This course provides an in-depth and critical examination of a specific, contemporary topic or question relevant to students enrolled in professional graduate programs at the Institute for Management & Innovation. Students will engage in the exploration of interdisciplinary perspectives on the topic or question, with an emphasis on experiential learning opportunities and engagement with professional practice. Students will also evaluate and examine business cases or case studies related to the topic. Assessments will normally include a report and presentation.

This course provides an in-depth and critical examination of a specific, contemporary topic or question relevant to students enrolled in professional graduate programs at the Institute for Management & Innovation. Students will engage in the exploration of interdisciplinary perspectives on the topic or question, with an emphasis on experiential learning opportunities and engagement with professional practice. Students will also evaluate and examine business cases or case studies related to the topic. Assessments will normally include a report and presentation.

In this course through a series of lectures and case discussions, students learn about the formation, financing, and management of early-stage ventures especially as it relates to the (bio) technology and associated medical device space. Topics include opportunity identification and assessment, preclinical and clinical phases, regulatory procedures and pathways, legal issues including patents and venture finance. Students will also be required to work in teams on select work packages negotiated with a commercial early-stage company.

The course has two objectives: 1) to introduce you to the field of organization change management and 2) to enhance your analytic and implementation skills. It focuses on understanding organizational change, aligning human resources to organizational change, and implementing organizational change.

Our class process will be participative. As much of your learning will come from discussions and experiential exercises with your peers, it's vital you come prepared to make contributions of quality to the content and process of our classes. In our discussions, we'll practice both critical and appreciative inquiry skills.

In IMI3003H, student teams are given the opportunity to learn more about the issues and opportunities facing early-stage (bio)technology ventures through direct experiences working on real projects for select early-stage firms within the community. Each team selects a 'client' company to work with and a number of defined 'work packages' to tackle. These work packages typically involve market and competitive research, intellectual property, regulatory questions, new product investigation, or financial planning and fundraising. The teams are mentored by both the 'client' company senior management and the course instructors on a weekly to biweekly basis as required. At the conclusion of the course, a report to the client company is to be completed along with class presentation.

The course lectures explore analytical tools and evaluation frameworks that can be applied to such analysis and problem-solving.

This course is complimentary course to the IMI3001H, building on the lecture series and case-based material. Students who have not completed IMI3001H may still take this course providing they have some previous commercial biotechnology knowledge upon approval by the instructors.