Dalhousie Corporate Residency MBA

Dalhousie Corporate Residency MBA
Established	2009
Type	Public
Dean	Peggy Cunningham
Director	Scott Comber
Academic staff	Rick Nason, Jim Barker, Scott Comber, Carolan McLarney, Blyth Archibald
Students	40-60
Location	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Campus	Urban
Colours	black & gold
Mascot	Tigers
Website	http://www.dalmba.ca/cr

Coordinates: 44°38′13″N 63°35′30″W / 44.63694°N 63.59167°W / 44.63694; -63.59167 The Dalhousie Corporate Residency MBA (CRMBA for short) is a new MBA program located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The main elements of the program include an 8-month paid work term (dubbed the 'Corporate Residency') as well as a focus on Corporate Social Responsibility, solid business skills and personal and professional effectiveness. Dalhousie University's Faculty of Management enlisted the help and advice of several Canadian business leaders when developing the curriculum and overall strategy of the program^[1].

Program Outline

Duration: 22 months

Students begin in early July, which is atypical of many MBA programs (they will often start in September). The first week is spent in Orientation, where on-campus activities take place to help get the students accustomed to Dalhousie and their new classmates. In 2009, students were brought to Liscombe Lodge, a private lodge / conference centre located along Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore^[2] for "off-campus" orientation.

Following the orientation are 2 months of condensed summer "intensive" courses. In 2009 these courses were Economics, Accounting and Quantitative Decision Making (Statistics).

Core Courses (Summer - Fall)

After the summer intensives, the regular fall season starts with the bulk of the student population returning to Halifax and Dalhousie. This period lasts 6 months (until December). CRMBA students must take a full course load of "core" classes, which include: Financial Management, Marketing Management, Management of Operations, Managing People (Organizational Behaviour), Global Business and a course called Managing Without Borders, in which CRMBA students work alongside other graduate students in the Faculty of Management (e.g. MPA, MREM, MLIS).

Corporate Residency (Winter - Summer)

From January to the end of August is the Corporate Residency portion of the program (8 months). During this time students also partake in two online courses.

Elective Courses (Fall - Spring)

From September to April of the following year (8 months), students are back in school and must take a Corporate Social Responsibility course as well as a Business Strategy course. The remainder of the classes are electives^[3], to be determined by the student with help from their Corporate Residency employer if that employer has offered them a position upon graduation. These electives can be tailored so as to pursue a certain (but not mandatory) concentration.

Personal and Professional Effectiveness

Throughout this entire 22-month process students partake a personal and professional development component, named Personal and Professional Effectiveness, or PPE. PPE Allows students to explore and hone skills and behaviours related to leadership development and career management. The format and delivery of PPE is constantly being developed; it may change every year depending on the students in the group. Indeed, as the program evolves, this entire outline is subject to change as the employers, faculty and students discover what works best.

2010 Corporate Residency Employers

The following companies have provided a corporate residency position for at least one student for 2010 (January to August)^[4]. Total: 39 placements.

• Aon Reed Stenhouse Inc. (2 placements)
• American Express (1)
• Atlantic Lottery Corporation (1)
• Canada Revenue Agency (2)
• Canadian Broadcast Corporation (1)
• Coburg Consultants Limited (1)
• Corporate Research Associates (1)
• Colgate-Palmolive (1)
• Cushman & Wakefield Atlantic (2)
• Eastlink (1)
• Emera Energy (1)
• Environment Canada (1)
• Halifax Regional Municipality (1)
• Homburg Canada (1)
• Innovacorp (1)
• Stantec (1)
• Johnson & Johnson (1)
• McCain Foods Ltd. (1)
• Northstar Trade Finance (1)
• Nova Scotia Business Inc. (1)
• Nova Scotia Pension Agency (1)
• Nova Scotia Power (1)
• Privy Council Office (1)
• Royal Bank of Canada (1)
• ScotiaBank (4: 2 in commercial banking, 2 in credit analytics)
• Shell Canada (1)
• TD Securities (2)
• The Business Place (Cape Town, SA) (1)
• Transport Canada (3)
• Wilson Executive Search and CareerWorx (1)

External links

• Dalhousie University
• CRMBA site
• CRMBA blog
• CRMBA Facebook Page
• Class of 2012 Facebook Group
• CRMBA Twitter Feed

News Items

• May '10 - P.E.I. natives partner personally, in pursuit of business careers (The Guardian, PEI)
• March '10 - Connecting capital markets to developing countries (Financial Post)
• March ‘10 - The tailor-made MBA at Dal (GlobeCampus)
• March ’09 - Dalhousie's Unique Corporate Residency MBA Program is worth considering (Financial Post, Executive Blog)
• Feb ’09 - Dalhousie’s Corporate Residency MBA Defies Recession (Dalhousie, NS)
• Nov '08 - Dal MBA student upset over new program's planning (UNews, NS)
• Sept ‘08 - Dalhousie Launches First Corporate Residency MBA Program in Canada (NewsBlaze)

References

1. ^ GlobeCampus.ca - The tailor-made MBA at Dal
2. ^ Liscombe Lodge
3. ^ Core Courses - Dal CRMBA site
4. ^ Employer Partners - Dal CRMBA site