Online MBA Degree

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia
BAIT 513 - Managing e-Business

Prerequisites
MBA Core

Why did Google just pay $1.6 billion dollars for YouTube, a site that offered little more than user-generated content provided at no cost? How does a company use a website to enhance its business even if it does not sell anything online? How did Ebay become the third largest “employer” in the world? Why did the US Congress recently enact legislation to curtail online gambling? These are only some of the questions we will deal with in this course as we learn about e-business and the effects it has had and continues to have on business, individuals, society, legal systems, politics and a whole host of other consequential effects. This course is well suited to students in all specializations. It takes a general, managerially relevant perspective to e-business, not a technological one. The course is structured around the management of e-business on a wide variety of topic areas including:
Business to business e-business
Consumer e-business
Interface and design considerations
Technology and security of the Internet from a management perspective
Technology mediated customer service and the power of web analytics
The Internet’s effect on legal, political and intellectual property issues

The course tackles these areas through a series of lectures, business cases, guest speakers and class discussions. You will also apply what you learn to a real-world project to evaluate and consult upon how e-business and the Internet can be leveraged for business advantage.

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia
BAEN 506 Technology Entrepreneurship I

Prerequisite
MBA Core; MBA Core not required for graduate students in Science, Applied Science or Engineering

This course teaches high technology entrepreneurship, using an experienced-based interdisciplinary approach. The objective is to provide students with an introduction into the challenges of starting technology based ventures. The course is cross-listed between the Sauder School of Business and the Faculty of Applied Science. The course focuses on a team-based project of developing a business plan about the commercialization of a business opportunity involving some high technology product or service. The course includes exercises, team presentations, guest speakers, lectures, and case-based class discussions.

Note: If you sign up for BAEN 506, you must take BAEN 507 in the adjacent period. These modules are taught as one course and you will receive the same grade for both modules.

BAEN 506 and BAEN 507 will be held jointly with the Applied Science course APSC 541

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BAEN 507 Technology Entrepreneurship II

Prerequisite
BAEN 506

This course teaches high technology entrepreneurship, using an experienced-based interdisciplinary approach. The objective is to provide students with an introduction into the challenges of starting technology based ventures. The course is cross-listed between the Sauder School of Business and the Faculty of Applied Science. The course focuses on a team-based project of developing a business plan about the commercialization of a business opportunity involving some high technology product or service. The course includes exercises, team presentations, guest speakers, lectures, and case-based class discussions.

Note: If you sign up for BAEN 507 you must have taken BAEN 506 in the previous period. These modules are taught as one course and you will receive the same grade for both modules.

BAEN 506 and BAEN 507 will be held jointly with the Applied Science course APSC 541.