2025 Business Economics Cyclical Program Review Implementation Plan Update of Cycle 2

Implementation Plan

 

Recommendation Proposed Follow-up and Resource Implications Responsibility for Leading the Follow-Up

Timeline for Addressing Recommendation

1. Explore prospects to provide students and faculty with experiential learning within the military and civilian sectors.
  • Identify collaboration opportunities for research and support structures for faculty to fulfill research-action within selected public sector organizations and CAF-related organizations.
  • Develop student experiential learning initiatives with these organizations.
  • Encourage students to prioritize case studies of these organizations.
  • Discuss with the Writing Centre (WC) the needs of Management Department students for writing cases and the ways WC can help.
  • Boost the use of the Writing Centre by Management department students.
Department head, Management, in coordination with Departmental faculty

Beginning of Fall 2025:

  • Contact the Writing Center to explore areas of collaboration with the department of management
  • October, November 2025
  • collaborate with Writing Centre to develop on-campus activities such as simulations, case competitions, etc.
  • Early December 2025:
    • Share and discuss the results with the involved stakeholders

To be reviewed in June 2026 for implementation update:

  • Identify, and select appropriate public sector organizations and CAF-related organizations.
  • As soon as possible, discuss partnership with these organizations based on the needs of both parties.
  • Monitor outcomes regularly, making adjustments based on faculty/student inputs.
  • Evaluate current CAF-aligned tools and software when they are available; identify and select software for consideration regarding adoption at RMC
  • Encourage faculty to incorporate such activities into their syllabi as much as possible.
2. Explore enhancing collaboration between RMC’s MBA and BAdmin programs.
  • Explore the possibilities of a shared governance of the MBA program by the department of management, the chair of MBA program, and the graduate studies of RMC. 
  • As part of the RMC programmes analysis, review interdependencies and synergies between BA and MBA programs.
Department head, Management, in consultation with the chair, MBA, and the chair, graduate studies

Winter 2026

  • Engage in regular contact with concerned stakeholders to discuss and implement synergies between BA and MBA programs.

Winter 2026

  • Analyze findings.
  • Draft a governance collaboration proposal after gathering the perspectives of the concerned stakeholders

Fall 2026

  • Start implementing agreed-upon changes with clear communication plans as soon as possible.
3. Develop a mechanism for maintaining regular contact with alumni and engaging them in the BA programs - in order to gather feedback on career opportunities for the students, coaching opportunities for them, as well as suggestions for curriculum and program improvement.
  • Develop and implement a system for regularly collecting, analyzing, and applying alumni feedback.
  • Use the feedback to:
    • Improve curriculum,
    • Communicate within the department of management about the opportunities and challenges,
    • Align with evolving military and civilian career demands.
Department head, Management, in consultation with Departmental faculty

Winter & Spring 2026

  • Develop a mechanism that allows regular contact with alumni.
  • Use this mechanism to gather feedback.
  • regularly analyze data and integrate insights into program review cycles.
  • When possible, launch alumni surveys, interviews, and focus groups.

 

 

 

 

Date modified: