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Calendars > School of Management > History
School of Management
HISTORY
1969 the University of Ottawa established a Faculty of Management Sciences, combining the Department of Commerce (formerly part of the Faculty of Arts), the Department of Public Administration (formerly part of the Faculty of Social Sciences), and the School of Hospital Administration. To this was added, in 1970, a Department of Operations Research.
In 1977, the name of the academic unit became the Faculty
of Administration in order to reflect more accurately the aims and objectives of the Faculty and to inform the community at large of the broad scope and diversity of the establishment's activities.
The four departments of the Faculty were amalgamated in 1979, and the Faculty began discussing ways of creating a more comprehensive approach to the study of administration
in the private and public sectors.
Beginning in 1982, all undergraduate programs were offered through a new comprehensive approach to the study of admi-nistration in the private and public sectors. The three-year baccalaureate in administration was reorganized into a highly effective format, to provide a generalist background. The four-year honours baccalaureate in commerce was improved in many areas and alternatives included highly specialized programs in accounting and in management information systems. Major/minor combinations were also available. Major subjects included finance, human resource management, marketing, management science, and public policy and public management. To complement these majors, the Faculty offered minors in all these subjects, as well as in international business, management, and management information systems. Students could also choose a minor subject offered by another Faculty, such as computer science, mathematics or law.
In the summer of 1984, the Faculty initiated a co-operative program in accounting and in management information systems. This program allowed students to combine classroom work with practical experience.
In 1992, honours baccalaureate programs, with or without options, replaced the major/minor combinations. Students could obtain a degree that would clearly mention completion of a maximum of two options. The seven options available were as follows: accounting, finance, human resource management, management information systems, marketing, production-management science, public policy and public management. Options in international management and entrepreneurial management were added in 1993. Some important changes were made in 1996 to the co-operative program. All baccalaureates in commerce programs were available as co-operative education programs.
In 2001, following the development of a new strategic plan, the Faculty of Administration changed its name to the School of Management to better reflect the objectives of its programs to train managers with a solid strategic vision and the skills
needed for its implementation.
The School of Management also redefined its orientation to ensure that all of it's activities contribute to the development of knowledge and skills for managers working in a technology-intensive global environment, thus perfectly adapted to our 21st century economy.
The three-year baccalaureate in administration program was offered for the last time in 2002 as it was no longer meeting the market demand. Also in 2002, the honours baccalaureate programs were modernized with updated course curricula and the removal of the second option, to give more flexibility to students in their selection of optional courses. Some new options have been introduced to students, others removed, to meet the needs of the professional sector.
The School has made significant progress keeping with the demands of the high-tech industry, for example, introducing a program in e-commerce strengthened by the existing specialized program in management information systems.
At the graduate level, the School of Management has offered, since the beginning of the 1970s, programs leading to a master's degree in business administration (MBA); the executive MBA; and in health administration (MHA). The School also offers joint MBA/LLB and MBA/LLL programs with the Faculty of Law.
In addition to its MBA, executive MBA and MHA programs, the School of Management now offers graduate level certificates in e-business, e-commerce and in information technology project management in partnership with other Faculties. As well the School offers a master of engineering in engineering management and a master of science in systems science offered in conjunction with the faculties of Science and Engineering.
In line with the philosophy of the University, courses offered in our programs are taught in both English and French. Students therefore can study in the language of their choice.
The long-term goal of the School of Management is to provide a whole spectrum of learning experiences, from the undergraduate and graduate degree programs which will continue to represent the principal thrust of our School from executive development short courses and modules for specialized groups, to graduate level studies all involving the private, public and non-profit sectors.
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