Program Overview

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Graduate Diploma Organizational Performance Management

The Telfer School of Management offers a 15-unit Graduate Diploma in Organizational Performance Management. This diploma is based on courses that lead to understanding the foundations of organizational performance and how to improve it, based on information-driven decision making.

Overview

The diploma targets those who want to acquire organizational performance management skills but is shorter than the MBA. It allows participants to continue their regular activities while undertaking a graduate program. This diploma is composed solely of courses offered in the MBA, and upon admission to the MBA, students who have successfully completed the diploma can transfer all 15 units to their program.

Admission Requirements

Applicants to the program must:

• Hold a Canadian baccalaureate degree or its equivalent with a minimum standing of B
• Have acquired a minimum of 3 years of work experience
• Have achieved at least a 50th percentile score on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE)
• Submit a letter of intent
• Provide two confidential letters of recommendation
• Have an adequate knowledge of the language of instruction (either English or French)

Program Requirements

The program requirements include:

• Compulsory courses:
  • MBA 5100: Communicating with Data: Descriptive Analysis
  • MBA 5140: Financial Accounting Information and Decisions I
  • MBA 5141: Financial Accounting Information and Decisions II
  • MBA 5260: The World of the General Manager and of Strategic Management
  • MBA 5265: Performance Management
  • MBA 5280: Operations Supply Chain Management
  • MBA 6120: Marketing in the 21st Century
• 3 optional course units from:
  • MBA 5241: Management Accounting
  • MBA 6142: Managerial Accounting II
  • MBA 5350: Corporate Financial Management
  • MBA 5120: Strategic Marketing Management I
  • MBA 5125: Strategic Marketing Management II

Duration of Program

The diploma may be completed in 6 terms. The maximum duration is three years from the initial enrollment in the program.

Retained Units

Students enrolled in the Leadership and Management diploma or the Organizational Performance Management diploma can transfer all course units to the MBA program, subject to certain conditions.

Minimum Standards

The passing grade in all graduate courses is C+ (65%). Students who receive failing grades in more than two courses (or in the same course twice) must withdraw from the program.

Research at the University of Ottawa

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Research at the Telfer School of Management

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Course Descriptions

• MBA 5100: Communicating with Data: Descriptive Analysis
• MBA 5101: Decision Making with Data: Inferential Analysis
• MBA 5120: Strategic Marketing Management I
• MBA 5125: Strategic Marketing Management II
• MBA 5131: Organizational Behaviour
• MBA 5132: Human Resources Management
• MBA 5140: Financial Accounting Information and Decisions I
• MBA 5141: Financial Accounting Information and Decisions II
• MBA 5161: Strategy Formulation
• MBA 5162: Strategy Implementation and Contemporary Issues
• MBA 5180: Fundamentals of Quantitative Analysis
• MBA 5211: Corporate Governance for the Responsible Manager
• MBA 5235: Leadership Skills
• MBA 5236: Values-Based Leadership
• MBA 5237: Change Management
• MBA 5241: Management Accounting
• MBA 5250: Introduction to Corporate Finance
• MBA 5258: Economics for the Global Manager I
• MBA 5259: Economics for the Global Manager II
• MBA 5260: The World of the General Manager and of Strategic Management
• MBA 5261: Introduction to Product Management
• MBA 5262: Technology Sales & Customer Interface
• MBA 5264: Digital Organizations
• MBA 5265: Performance Management
• MBA 5270: Knowledge and Information Management
• MBA 5280: Operations & Supply Chain Management
• MBA 5300: Data Analysis
• MBA 5320: Marketing
• MBA 5330: Managing Talent & Organizations
• MBA 5340: Financial Accounting
• MBA 5345: Financial Management & Markets
• MBA 5350: Corporate Financial Management
• MBA 5355: Economics for the Global Manager
• MBA 5360: Strategy Formulation and Implementation
• MBA 5390: MBA Capstone
• MBA 5500: Analyse descriptive des données
• MBA 5501: Analyse inférentielle des données
• MBA 5520: Gestion stratégique de marketing I
• MBA 5525: Gestion stratégique de marketing II
• MBA 5531: Comportements organisationnels
• MBA 5532: Gestion des ressources humaines
• MBA 5540: Information comptable et décision I
• MBA 5541: Information comptable et décision II
• MBA 5545: Gestion financičre et marchés
• MBA 5561: Formulation de la stratégie
• MBA 5562: Déploiement de la stratégie et thématiques modernes
• MBA 5564: Lentreprise numérique
• MBA 5580: Éléments d'analyse quantitative
• MBA 5611: Gouvernance dentreprise pour le gestionnaire responsable
• MBA 5635: Habiletés de gestion
• MBA 5636: Leadership fondé sur les valeurs
• MBA 5637: Gestion du changement
• MBA 5641: Comptabilité et stratégie
• MBA 5650: Introduction ŕ la gestion financičre
• MBA 5652: Formulation de la stratégie
• MBA 5658: Principes d'économie pour les gestionnaires d'entreprises internationales I
• MBA 5659: Principes d'économies pour les gestionnaires d'entreprises internationales II
• MBA 5660: L'univers du directeur général et le management stratégique
• MBA 5665: Gestion de la performance
• MBA 5670: Gestion de l'information et des connaissances
• MBA 5680: Gestion des opérations et de la chaîne dapprovisionnement
• MBA 5700: Analyse de données en gestion
• MBA 5720: Marketing
• MBA 5730: Gestion des talents au sein des organisations
• MBA 5740: Information comptable et décision
• MBA 5750: Gestion financičre d'entreprise
• MBA 5755: Principes d'économie pour les gestionnaires d'entreprises internationales
• MBA 5760: Formulation et déploiement de la stratégie
• MBA 5790: Capstone MBA
• MBA 6090: Commerce mondial : études de cas internationaux / Global Business: International Case Studies
• MBA 6101: Financial Modelling
• MBA 6120: Marketing in the 21st Century
• MBA 6138: Management Skills II
• MBA 6142: Managerial Accounting II
• MBA 6155: Financial Risk Management
• MBA 6156: Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• MBA 6165: International Exchange Courses I
• MBA 6166: International Exchange Courses II
• MBA 6167: International Exchange Courses III
• MBA 6168: International Exchange Courses IV
• MBA 6195: Business Case Competitions
• MBA 6198: MBA Consulting Project I
• MBA 6199: MBA Consulting Project II
• MBA 6200: Competitive Intelligence
• MBA 6201: Prescriptive Analytics
• MBA 6202: Digital Transformation for Sustainable Management
• MBA 6203: Blockchain for the Enterprise
• MBA 6210: Business Government Relations
• MBA 6220: Sales Development Strategies for Products & Services
• MBA 6226: New Product Development
• MBA 6232: International Human Resource Management
• MBA 6240: Strategic Sustainable Development
• MBA 6241: Governing Sustainable Business
• MBA 6242: Global and Local Economics of Sustainability
• MBA 6243: Crisis Management, Organizational Continuity and Resilience
• MBA 6244: Integrity, Compliance and Risk Management
• MBA 6245: Sustainable Finance
• MBA 6250: International Corporate Financial Policy
• MBA 6251: Corporate Finance
• MBA 6252: Portfolio Management
• MBA 6253: Ethics in Finance
• MBA 6254: Sustainable Finance
• MBA 6255: Mergers and Acquisitions
• MBA 6256: Equity Valuation
• MBA 6257: International Finance
• MBA 6258: Introduction to FinTech
• MBA 6259: Alternative Investments
• MBA 6260: Options and Futures
• MBA 6262: Entrepreneurial Thinking in Practice
• MBA 6265: Managing the Professional Services Firm Introduction
• MBA 6266: Principles of Negotiation
• MBA 6267: Multinational Corporations and Strategies
• MBA 6269: Management Consulting
• MBA 6271: Cyber Security Systems and Strategies
• MBA 6280: Performance and Operations Management
• MBA 6281: Sustainable Supply Chain Management
• MBA 6283: Design Thinking
• MBA 6284: Social Entrepreneurship
• MBA 6291: Directed Readings in Management I
• MBA 6292: Directed Readings in Management II
• MBA 6293: Directed Readings in Management III
• MBA 6294: Directed Readings in Management IV
• MBA 6295: Seminar in Management I
• MBA 6296: Seminar in Management II
• MBA 6297: Mobilizing Seminar in Management I
• MBA 6298: Mobilizing Seminar in Management II
• MBA 6299: Emerging Topics in Digital Transformation and Analytics
• MBA 6300: Applied Data Science for Managers
• MBA 6351: Financing New Ventures
• MBA 6361: Project Management
• MBA 6362: Project Management
• MBA 6396: Integrative Cases and Team Management
• MBA 6397: Integrative Cases and Strategy Simulation
• MBA 6499: Management Consulting Project
• MBA 6501: Modélisation financičre
• MBA 6520: Marketing au 21e sičcle
• MBA 6538: Habiletés de gestion II
• MBA 6542: Comptabilité et stratégie II
• MBA 6555: Gestion du risque financier
• MBA 6556: Gestion de la performance : Modélisation des processus de gestion
• MBA 6565: Cours du programme d'échange international I
• MBA 6566: Cours du programme d'échange international II
• MBA 6567: Cours du programme d'échange international III
• MBA 6568: Cours du programme d'échange international IV
• MBA 6595: Concours d'études de cas en gestion
• MBA 6598: Projet MBA de consultation I
• MBA 6599: Projet MBA de consultation II
• MBA 6610: Relations entre les entreprises et le gouvernement
• MBA 6620: Développement des stratégies de vente des produits et services
• MBA 6643: Gestion de crise, continuité organisationnelle et résilience
• MBA 6650: Politique de gestion financičre internationale
• MBA 6651: Finance d'entreprise
• MBA 6652: Gestion de portefeuille
• MBA 6653: Éthique en finance
• MBA 6654: Financement durable
• MBA 6655: Fusions et acquisitions
• MBA 6656: Évaluation des actions
• MBA 6657: Finance internationale
• MBA 6658: Introduction ŕ la FinTech
• MBA 6659: Investissements alternatifs
• MBA 6660: Options et contrats ŕ terme
• MBA 6662: Entrepreneurship
• MBA 6665: Gestion de l'entreprise offrant des services professionnels - Introduction
• MBA 6666: Principes de négociation
• MBA 6669: Consultation en gestion
• MBA 6671: Modčles d'entreprises en affaires électroniques
• MBA 6672: Systčmes et stratégies de cybersécurité
• MBA 6680: La gestion de la performance et des opérations
• MBA 6691: Lectures dirigées en gestion I
• MBA 6692: Lectures dirigées en gestion II
• MBA 6693: Lectures dirigées en gestion III
• MBA 6694: Lectures dirigées en gestion IV
• MBA 6695: Séminaire en gestion I
• MBA 6696: Séminaire en gestion II
• MBA 6697: Séminaire mobilisateur en gestion I
• MBA 6698: Séminaire mobilisateur en gestion II
• MBA 6751: Financement de nouvelles entreprises
• MBA 6761: Gestion de projet
• MBA 6762: Gestion de projet
• MBA 6796: Cas fédérateurs et gestion d'équipe
• MBA 6797: Cas fédérateurs et simulation en stratégie
• MBA 6899: Projet de consultation
• MBA 6900: Stage / Internship