This document provides information about faculty and programs at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University. It outlines several MBA programs including concentrations in areas like Retail & Commercial Development, Marketing, Human Resources, and Management of Technology and Innovation. It introduces several faculty members and provides brief summaries of their areas of expertise, including in fields like Marketing, International Business, IT Strategy, and Real Estate. It also provides an overview of the structure of the MBA program including the foundations, core courses, specialization term, and integrative term. In addition, it includes two quotes from business leaders praising Ryerson students and graduates.

6. MBA International Focus
Retail &
International Marketing Human Commercial
Business Resources Development
MBA - Management of Technology and Innovation
Information
Supply Chain Media
Systems
Management Management
Management
MMSc
Chosen
focus area

15. Professor Dale Carl’s expertise is in Marketing and
International Business
He is Co-ordinator for International Programs and
Exchanges
His research focuses on cross cultural issues in
leadership and he is coauthor of Culture, Leadership
and Organizations: The Global Leadership and
Organizational Effectiveness Study (GLOBE) of 62
Societies.
He had a distinguished career with the Canadian
Foreign Service, in the US , Norway , Pakistan , East
Africa , and the Middle East and was Chargé
D'Affaires of the Canadian Embassy in Baghdad
during the last Gulf crisis.
He has also worked as the Director of Sales and
Marketing for a multinational corporation with clients
in 17 Middle Eastern countries.

16. Professor Ken Grant teaches IT Strategy, Process
and Performance Improvement and eCommerce
Research focus: realization of benefits from IT
investments and eCommerce
Spent over 30 years in industry
Has held senior partner positions in major
consulting firms, including A.T. Kearney EDS and
KPMG
Author and speaker on management and IT topics

17. Professor Catherine Middleton teaches in the MBA
in the Management of Technology and Innovation
Also teaches in the joint Ryerson/York Graduate
Program in Communication and Culture
Holds a Canada Research Chair
Co-author (with ITM colleagues Wendy Cukier, Ken
Grant and Denise Shortt) of Innovation Nation, a book
profiling successful Canadian technology
entrepreneurs

18. Professor Michael Brooks is the Executive Director
of the Real Property Association of Canada
(“RealPac”)
He helped to develop and teaches in the Ryerson
MBA retail and commercial development specialization
RealPac’s public company, REIT, institutional and
private members own over $120 Billion in real estate
assets in Canada, in the industrial, retail, office,
apartment, seniors and hotel markets
He is a former Adjunct Professor at Schulich’s
Program in Real Property Development
Michael is also a member of the Canadian Bar
Association, American Bar Association, Law Society of
Upper Canada, International Council of Shopping
Centres, NAIOP, ULI and NAREIT

19. MBA Overview
Core Specialization Integration
Foundation Term
Courses Term
(For non B-Comms)

20. Foundations Core Courses Specialization Term Integrative Term
(Starts: May)

21. Foundations Core Courses Specialization Term Integrative Term

22. Foundations Core Courses Specialization Term Integrative Term
MBA
Retail &
International Marketing Human Commercial
Business Resources Development
MBA - Management of Technology and Innovation
Information
Supply Chain Media
Systems
Management Management
Management

23. Foundations Core Courses Specialization Term Integrative Term

25. “Ryerson staff have gone out of their way to work
collaboratively with our business to better understand our
needs and successfully matched a qualified, energetic
and results orientated student. We will continue to work
with and look at opportunities to bring in Ryerson students
who can impact our business and deliver results.”
Nick Bogias, Director, Business Development,
Virgin Mobile, Canada
“When it was time to grow the BEST team, we turned to the
Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University to
recruit bright young talent with practical, street-ready
skills. We took on two MBA interns and two months later
fast-tracked them to senior positions in our firm.”
John Richardson, Chief Executive Officer and President,
BEST Funds

26. MMSc in the Management of Technology and Innovation