12 courses in the 1973–74 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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and techniques related to these problems and to motivate the students to learn the scientific approaches.to management. Although the courses emphasize practical problems, rigorous theoretical and conceptual approaches are presented. ’ , The structure of the four course package is based on the appreciation of the complexity of management problems and the importance of being introduced to the different principles, considerations, and approaches of tackling them. In a programme of this nature, it is considered advantageous to have an overall appreciation of the nature of the problems rather than dealing, in some depth, with only a few of them. Therefore, the minor programme is intended to introduce several approaches and different considerations in relation to managerial decision making. Enrolment in these courses will start in term 3B and will be primarily for engineering students who will take all four courses offered. .
Course Descriptions
(2 hours lecture and one hour lab per week)
The nature and context of managerial decision making. Elementary introduction to utility theory. Basic probability theory; review of important concepts. Strategies for decision. Criteria for decisions, including multiple objectives. Brief introduction to optimization. Examples from management problems.
Introduction to mathematical programming: linear programming, transportation, assignment and network models, dynamic programming. Examples from engineering management problems. Information requirements and problems for managers. Management information systems. Simulation studies.
The course is designed to give the student an appreciation of the usefulness of basic concepts from economics in managerial decision making. Topics considered will include costs, costs as foregone opportunities, accounting definition of cost, production as a process in time relating costs to benefits.
The course presents a systematic approach to the study of human behaviour in organizations. It synthesizes different concepts and findings from the behavioural sciences and shows their applications to business. More specifically the course deals with some manpower problems, i.e., selection, training, control, ‘and motivation problems; with interpersonal and small group behaviour, norms and values, leadership and authority, and with organizational structure and change.
Department of Man-Environment Studles
"Department o of Man-Environment Studies |
Professor and Chairman
G.R. Francis, RA. (Toronto), B.A, (McGill), M.A. (U.B.C.), Ph.D. (Michigan)
Professor, and Dean of P.H. Nash, B.A., M.A. (U.CL.A.), CE. (Grenoble), M.C.P., M.P.A., Environmental Studies Ph.D. (Harvard); M.T.P.I.C.
Visiting Professor A.C. Johnson, B.A., M.A. (U.B.C.), Ph.D. (Purdue)
Associate Professors t t
Assistant Professors
tLecturer (Part time)
D.W. Fischer, B.S. (Trinity), M.S. (Michigan State), Ph.D. (Colorado State)
J.T. Horton, B.A. (Wheaton), M.A. (Northwestern)
W. Shalinsky, B.A., B.S.W. (McGill), M.Sc., D.S.W. (Western Reserve)
GS. Davies, B.P.E., B.Sc, M.Sc. (U.B.C.), Ph.D. (California)
C.E. De’Ath, B.A. (Auckland), ASOPA Cert. (Sydney), M.Ed., Ph.D (Pittsburgh)
S.K. Gupta, BSc, M.Sc. (Punjab), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
J. Harding, B.A., M.A. (U. of Sask.), Ph.D. (Simon Fraser U.)
R.F. Keith, B.S.A. (Guelph), M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan State)
A.V. Morgan,! B.A. (Leicester), M.A. (Calgary), Ph.D. (Birmingham) E.M. Pallet, BA.Sc., M.Music (Oregon), Ph.D. (Michigan State) T.McL. Semple, B.A. (Western Ontario), M.A. (Waterloo)
J.B. Theberge, B.Sc.4. (Guelph), M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (British Columbia)
S.C. Lerner, B.A. (Ohio State), M.A. (Columbia) LE. Robinson, B.Sc. (Waterloo)
t Faculty members appointed also in other Schools or Departments of the Faculty of Environmental Studies
’ Faculty member holding cross appointment as shown
120° Environmental Issues and the Natural Sciences
'Man-Environment and Earth Sciences
Course Descriptions
Analysis of selécted environmental issues using concepts and theories from the natural and life Sciences. Content of course closely integrated with M-Env. 130.
Prerequisite: None (Must be taken concurrently with M-Env. 130.
3 hours (Year)
Analysis of selected environmental issues using concepts and theories from the social sciences including economics, sociology, anthropology, psychology, political science, social welfare and communication. Content of course closely integrated with M.-Env. 120.
Prerequisite: None (Must be taken concurrently with M-Env. 120.
3 hours (Year)
150° Environmental Issues: Research and Analysis
Mat Department of Man-Enbironment Studies
Lecture and workshop sessions to introduce techniques and skills relevant to environmental studies. Includes elementary research design, sources of information, and problem-solving techniques. Workshops, field and lab demonstrations on topics such as social survey techniques, field ecology, environmental quality measurements, data analyses and media tools. ‘
Prerequisite: Honours Man-Environment or consent of instructor - 3 hours (Year)
190* Seminar-Workshop Envy St 195* Introduction to Environmental Problems Note Env St 200* Field Ecology
Individual or small group work on social and environmental topics to help develop skills for defining and resolving problems. Suitable topics selected by students in consultation with faculty and to be carried out partly in conjunction with M-Env. 150. Prerequisite: Honours Man-Environment 6 hours (Year)
A discussion of some major environmental problems and issues such as the population explosion, the impact of urbanization on man’s environment, environmental pollution, resource management, conservation, and environmental planning. No Prerequisite. 3 hours lecture and discussion (Fall and Winter terms) Instructors: Krueger, and E S faculty
Students in the Faculty of Environmental Studies may take this course in their first or second year only.
To introduce the main concepts and principles of ecology as a basis for understanding the consequences of man-made changes in the natural enviroment. Cycling of elements, energetics and structural organization of major ecological systems; population dynamics; impact of natural resource management practices and urban and industrial development on the environment; incorporating environmental quality considerations into development activities: ‘designing with nature”. Prerequisite: Geog. 102%, for 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students only. 2 hours lecture, 2 hours lab (Fall and Winter terms) Instructors: Davies, George, Kitchen, Theberge
Small group dynamics will be examined though class participation as small group. Decisions will be made as a group about course direction and structure and goals, forms of communication and the environment around and within the group. No prerequisite 3 hours (Fall term) Instructor: Harding ‘ Not offered in 1973-74.
Approaches to the study of urban centres as undertaken by anthropologists. Selected topics such as urban social networks, the urbanization of non-western societies, and the culture of poverty will be pursued. Prerequisites: Anth. 102 or permission of instructor. Instructor: De’Ath
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} ‘ . f en Env St 252° Media Tools for An introduction to the'use of audio, slide, film and television formats for Environmental Studies project presentation on environemental. issues. Students will be involved in three major productions which will stress organization, content, technique and media responsiblity. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor 3 hours per week (Fall and Winter terms) Instructor: De’Ath.
, Communication of evolution in the perceptual and communication processes. Special emphasis would be placed on films and some of the major movements in _ art and architecture. No prerequisite Dd hours (Year) Instructor: Gupta — Cross-listed as communication course
the present and postulating new, unforeseen and unforeseeable forces that may be at work. in the future.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. 5 hours (Winter term)
Instructor: Gupta
Cross-listed as Communications Course.
second year level. Background reading and study in consultation with faculty.
' Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor 2 hours or equivalent (Fall and Winter terms)
treatment of environmental problems. Work encouraged on problems of interest to community organizations, local government agencies, or other
. groups. Prerequisite: Honours Man-Environment or consent of instructor 6 hours (Year)
develops and continues in adult life. The emphasis will be on individual . differences assessed by empirical techniques and objective criteria derived ,° from the physical and cultural environment. No prerequisite , 3 hours (Fali term} Instructor: Semple
, macro and micro concepts of economic welfare including scarcity, leisure externalities, growth and property. Introduction to social benefit-cost analysis as applied to environmental problems. Cross-listed as Economics 348*. Prerequisite: Honours Man-Environment or introductory economics course
’ or consent of instructor
3 hours (Winter term) Instructor: Fischer