John Molson School of Business

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John Molson School of Business
École de gestion John-Molson
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Established 1974
Type Public Business school
Dean Dr. Alan Hochstein
Academic staff 150 (full-time), 175 (part-time)[1]
Students 8,941 (2010-11)[2]
Undergraduates 7,481 [2]
Postgraduates 1,460 [2]
Location Canada Montreal, QC
Campus Urban
Former names Faculty of Commerce and Administration
Alumni 37,788[1]
Nickname Vanguards
Affiliations AACSB
Website Official Website

The John Molson School of Business (JMSB) is the business school of Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. With over 6,500 undergraduate students, 1200 graduate students and 36,000 alumni. The business school constantly ranks among the top schools in Canada and offers 15 different programs from five different departments, Accountancy, Decision Sciences and MIS, Finance, Management and Marketing.

The Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) and the Bachelor of Administration (BAdmin) are offered at the Undergraduate level. Graduate level programs include the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Executive MBA (EMBA), MBA with Complete CFA Concentration, Master of Science in Administration (MSc), PHd studies and the Diploma in Chartered Accountancy (CA). The business school is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

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[edit] Programs

Completed in 2009, the Molson Building houses the John Molson School of Business

[edit] Undergraduate academic

[edit] Undergraduate specialized

  • Kenneth Woods Portfolio Management Program (KWPMP)
  • Co-op Program
  • Study Abroad
  • Programme d'anglais des affaires

[edit] Postgraduate programs

[edit] Graduate Diploma programs

[edit] Graduate Certificate Programs

The business school is located in a new building at the intersection of Guy Street and De Maisonneuve Boulevard in Downtown Montreal, in an area now known as Quartier Concordia (Sir George Williams Campus). As of September 2009, the business school's new facilities are open to the public with all students, staff and faculty housed under the same roof for the first time in the school's history.

[edit] Research Institutes and Education Centres

  • Bell Research Centre for Business Process Innovations
  • Desjardins Centre for Innovation in Business Finance
  • Institute for Community Entrepreneurship and Development

The centre provides opportunities for members of minority communities to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to better their situation and thus improve the economic and social conditions in their communities.

  • Centre for Small Business and Entrepreneurial Studies

The centre provides consulting and training to entrepreneurs through the Small Business Consulting Bureau, the Entrepreneurship Training Institute, the Entrepreneurship Club, and the Dobson Mentorship Program for Knowledge-based Entrepreneurs.

  • Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations (JMSB/HEC Montreal collaboration)

[edit] The Goodman Institute of Investment Management

The Goodman Institute of Investment Management is a program at the John Molson School of Business. The Goodman Institute’s MBA in Investment Management Program provides the world’s only MBA program that fully integrates the requirements of the CFA Program. This combined curriculum permits students to study towards two world-recognized designations simultaneously.

The Goodman Institute is Canada’s first MBA with CFA Program Partner status and prepares students to write all three levels of the CFA exam while learning MBA material.

[edit] Case competitions

Both undergraduate and graduate students are active participants in international business case competitions. The school also hosts two of its own competitions: the John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition and the John Molson MBA International Case Competition.

[edit] Competition Committee

The John Molson Competition Committee (JMCC) is a student-run committee that sends students to various provincial, national and international case competitions. Teams compete in various business disciplines such as Finance, Marketing, Accounting, MIS, International Business, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Ethics, Labour Arbitration, Business Policy, Tax, Human Resources and Debate.

The goal of the committee is to add value to students' university experience by giving them a platform to refine their organizational, analytical and presentation skills.

Awards include overall Gold Medals at Commerce Games (1996, 2007 and 2011), Gold in the McGill International Management Competition (2001), Gold Medals in Accounting and Human Resources at ICBC (2011) and overall Gold Medals at Happening Marketing (2011).

Of significance, Concordia JMSB students have won the most academic medals of any university at the Commerce Games. Medals won show the strengths of Concordia's rigorous academic training. Areas of academic rigor include Marketing (several Gold Medals), Finance, Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Tax and Human Resources.

[edit] John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition

The John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition (JMUCC) is an annual international case competition hosted by the John Molson School of Business. Until 2008, the competition was known as UNCC (Undergraduate National Case Competition).

JMUCC combines both a three hour intensive format, and 24+ hour research focused structure. The competition, which spans the length of a week, involves a round-robin portion made up of three three-hour competitions so that each team within a group of four teams has a chance to compete head-to-head. The cases presented focus on business strategy.

[edit] Past winners

[edit] Kenneth Woods Portfolio Management Program

A selected group of undergraduate students manage a $1.4 million endowment portfolio every year as part of the Kenneth Woods Portfolio Management Program (KWPMP). The portfolio was donated by Ken Woods in 2000 for the primary purpose of training undergraduate students in investment management.

[edit] Rankings

  • The Economist 2011 ranked the JMSB MBA program in the top 100 worldwide (80th) and in the top 50 in North America. [3]
  • Corporate Knights 2009 School ranking ranked the JMSB undergraduate program 6th in Canada with a grade of 63.9%, and its MBA program 3rd with a grade of 80.17%.[4] In the Corporate Knights 2008 school ranking, the JMSB undergraduate program ranked 3rd in Canada, with a grade of 72.45%, and its MBA program 4th with a grade of 60.90%.[5]
  • Beyond Grey Pinstripes ranked the JMSB as 2nd in Quebec and 8th in Canada in a survey which allows employers to determine which MBA graduates are best prepared to lead business in the 21st century.[6]
  • The 2007-2008 Aspen Institute's Global Rankings ranked the JMSB 59th in the world, in a research survey on "alternative ranking of business schools" that "spotlights innovative full-time MBA programs" leading the way in the integration of issues concerning social and environmental stewardship in to the curriculum.[7]
  • The Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking 2009 ranked the JMSB 80th in the world and 5th in Canada.[8]
  • According to a worldwide ranking by the École des Mines de Paris, Concordia ranks first among Canadian and 33rd among world universities in terms of graduates occupying the rank of Chief Executive Officer at Fortune 500 companies.[9]

[edit] Origin of the name

John Molson (1763-1836)
Main article: John Molson

The John Molson School of Business is named after businessman John Molson who was an entrepreneur in Canada during the late 18th century and early 19th century after having emigrated from England. Shortly after his arrival, at the age of 23, he founded the Molson Brewing Company, which is North America's oldest brewery.

Concordia University renamed its Faculty of Commerce and Administration after John Molson in November 2000 following a $20 million donation by the Molson family towards the construction of the new JMSB building.[1][10]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c John Molson School of Business (2008–09). "At-a-glance". Concordia University. http://www.johnmolson.concordia.ca/aboutus/ataglance.cfm. Retrieved 2010-12-16. 
  2. ^ a b c "Fast Facts". Concordia University. http://concordia.ca/about/whoweare/fast_facts/. Retrieved 2011-10-31. 
  3. ^ "Which MBA? | Concordia University — John Molson School of Business". The Economist. http://www.economist.com/whichmba/concordia-university-john-molson-school-business. Retrieved 2012-01-02. 
  4. ^ "Knight Schools 2009". Corporate Knights. http://www.corporateknights.ca/special-reports/68-knight-school-guide/419-knight-schools-2009.html. Retrieved 2009-07-13. [dead link]
  5. ^ "Knight Schools 2008". Corporate Knights. http://www.corporateknights.ca/special-reports/68-knight-school-guide/166-knight-schools-2008.html. Retrieved 2009-07-08. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Concordia University". Beyond Grey Pinstripes. 2006-2007. http://www.beyondgreypinstripes.org/rankings/school.cfm?cid=78. Retrieved 2009-07-08. 
  7. ^ "Beyond Grey Pinstripes — The Global 100". Aspen Institute. http://www.beyondgreypinstripes.org/rankings/index.cfm. Retrieved 2008-01-16. 
  8. ^ "Business school rankings and MBA rankings from the Financial Times". Financial Times. 2008. http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/emba-rankings. Retrieved 2009-07-08. 
  9. ^ "The 350 leading higher education institutions in 2008" (PDF). Professional Ranking of World Universities. École des Mines de Paris. 2008. p. 33. http://www.ensmp.fr/Actualites/PR/EMP-ranking.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-10. 
  10. ^ RAPOPORT, IRWIN (2006-11-03). "Quebec chips in $60 million for school". Daily Commercial News and Construction Record. http://dcnonl.com/article/20061103300. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 

[edit] Further reading

Bissonette, L. A. "Loyola of Montreal: A Sociological Analysis of an Educational Institution in Transition between 1969 and 1974." M.A. thesis, Concordia University, 1977.

[edit] External links

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