North American Module Courses

Toronto, Canada

Business Plan Project

Students working in teams devise and develop a promising business idea. Each team then presents its idea to the instructor and the class as a whole, who provide a constructive critique. Integrating class suggestions and applying the frameworks, models and tools studied in the program to date, teams work their ideas into formal business plans. The business plans produced in this course often result in very real, exciting business opportunities.

Corporate Leadership

What is the difference between managing and leading? What are the distinctions among political, directive and values-driven leadership? Through specific examples and case discussions, Corporate Leadership addresses these questions in relation to the daily dilemmas of managing in the real world. Students gain new insights into a variety of leadership approaches, reflecting in particular on how personality can influence leadership style.

Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance addresses the essential components of corporate finance and of the mergers and acquisitions process. After examining both corporate finance theory and practice, participants graduate to a study of such central M&A issues as valuation, structuring and negotiation. Key legal and tax considerations are also explored.

Corporate Strategy

Working with a variety of practical tools and high-level frameworks, Corporate Strategy fosters better strategic decision making, enhancing the participant’s capacities to make sound real-world, real-time decisions in complex business environments. The course focuses on the situations of major companies active in local and North American markets. It provides students with a unique opportunity to meet with the CEOs of some of Canada’s largest companies. These meetings typically involve frank and open discussions of the CEO’s experience developing and implementing strategy. Students broaden their understanding of the North American business environment while sharpening their decision-making skills.

Doing Business in North America: Capstone Project

The Capstone Project is a team-based consulting project inviting participants to apply the learning and insights acquired during their entire Omnium experience. Students learn about some of the unique characteristics of the North American business environment by developing a strategic plan for a company in a particular business sector. Canada’s consumer retail and residential mortgage industries have been the focus of Capstone projects in the past. After conducting an industry analysis and meeting with the senior management of an individual company in the sector, students develop a set of specific business recommendations. At the end of the module, each group presents the results of their analysis to the senior management of their company (on several occasions in the past, the CEO has attended).