Coursework and research in the Faculty of Business Administration span all of the various branches of theoretical and practical business administration. Rooted in the real world of business, the Faculty aims to produce broadly educated, analytical, enterprising, and socially responsible managers capable of making lasting contributions to business, government, and society. The SFU Library collects materials in business administration to support the courses, research, and goals of the Faculty of Business Administration.

Subject specializations

Entrepreneurship

Students in the Entrepreneurship area learn to identify market niches, optimize and manage core competencies, acquire capital funding and investment, attract and motivate employees, ascertain customer needs, deliver quality at a cost effective price and make continuous improvements by monitoring progress.

Finance

All aspects of the finance discipline are represented in both the teaching areas and the research interests of the faculty in the Finance area. Courses cover investment instruments as well as capital market theories, international and corporate finance, and financial institutions.

Research interests and accomplishments among the faculty range from the highly theoretical to the practical, covering such issues as corporate financing and investment, valuation methods, the functioning of capital markets, and individual and institutional investing. Some examples of research topics include models involving options, futures contracts, and other derivative securities. Optimal asset allocation, tests of asset pricing models, the effect of capital gains taxation on security prices, and the efficiency of the market for closed-end funds are also among the topics researched by the faculty members in this group.

International Business

Because of the multidisciplinary nature of international business studies, students are required to take courses in functional aspects of international business, such as international marketing, international financial management, comparative management and international accounting, in addition to the course on fundamentals of international business.

Research in this area also touches on all other subject areas in the faculty.For example, some research topics include an attempt to improve joint ventures by gaining a better understanding of how people from different cultural backgrounds collaborate within and across organizations, a study of the dynamics of international business negotiations, an analysis of management practices across countries, and international human resource management policies and practices of leading multi-nationals around the world.

Management & Organization Studies

Research and coursework in the Management & Organization Studies area covers diverse territory, including human resource management, organization development, labour relations, and organizational behaviour.

Typical research fields include how organizations can change through appreciative inquiry, how career structures affect the company's work force, how environment groups develop legitimacy, and how employees can benefit from cooperative behaviour, as well as the effectiveness of health and safety committees, the role of technology champions, and the human resource management implications of wrongful dismissal litigation.

Management Information Systems

Management of Technology

The Management of Technology concentration provides the skills to understand and manage the changes within an organization afforded and often required by technological advancements. Pertinent topics include project management, managing the innovation process, understanding the behavioural dynamics of change, and providing leadership for change.

Management Science

In the study of management and administrative studies, Management Science (MS) is a relatively new discipline. With new developments in computing technology, both in terms of more powerful hardware and advanced software applications, the area is experiencing rapid change. The core activity of the Management Scientist is to provide structure in the analysis of data so as to improve the decision making process. Such structuring typically takes the form of mathematical or statistical models implemented on a computer.

Marketing

Policy Analysis

Collection development is the responsibility of the Business Liaison Librarian. Liaison with the Faculty of Business Administration is maintained through the Faculty Representative as well as with other faculty members when required. Regular contact with other liaison librarians and teaching departments is nurtured through the sharing of relevant review material.

SFU Resources

Regional Resources

Consortia and Document Delivery

General Collection Guidelines

Subjects and Levels of Collecting