Sessional Instructional Assistant: Mgt 1301 - Fundamentals of Strategic Management

Date Posted: 04/14/2025
Req ID: 42421
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: MMPA
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

This position is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.

Course Description: This course is designed to advance the student's understanding of strategic management. Strategic management studies the choices that top managers make and the consequences for the organization. A strategy is a sequence of contingent choices. Not all choices are the outcomes of decisions. Moreover, not all decisions are strategically motivated. Learning to distinguish between different types of choices and between strategic and non-strategic thinking is part of the goals of the course.

MGT 1301 builds on the knowledge gained in Microeconomic Theory (MGT 1210) and introduces concepts in competitive strategy. It provides a framework for understanding how economic reasoning can inform and develop useful insights for practicing managers, enabling the formulation of more powerful hypotheses and the development of richer strategies. Students will also utilize frameworks for industry and competitor analysis, examine how companies have established a sustainable competitive advantage, and consider the implications of discontinuous change on strategic decisions.

Course Title: MGT 1301 - Fundamentals of Strategic Management

Number of positions: 2

Estimated course enrollment: 73 students

Estimated TA support: 125 hours

Sessional dates of appointment: May 5, 2025 - July 31, 2025

Salary: $52.26 + 4% vacation pay (CUPE dues deducted by accounting officer)

Qualifications:

• Preference for a PhD in Economics / Masters student that has completed studies in Strategy/Strategic Management and/or Economics

Description of duties:

• Marking of tests, assignments, and exams
• Maintaining the course master excel grading spreadsheet and Quercus gradebook
• Responding to student inquiries as well as providing Quercus and other support as required

Application instructions: Please submit your application by completing the online Application Form. Your resume and transcript are required to apply.

Contact information:
Nadine Mcharafie, Program Coordinator
nadine.mcharafie@utoronto.ca
MMPA Program Office, Innovation Complex, Room 2202
University of Toronto Mississauga
3359 Mississauga Road
Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6

Please submit your application no later than the closing date of the job posting. Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. Only applicants who are chosen for a position will be contacted.

Closing Date: 04/20/2025, 11:59PM EDT
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This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.

It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.