SEM 488
Selected Topics in Organization Theory
Fall 2026
Topics
- Class Overview & Intro to the Food Industry
- Ideation, Customer Discovery, and Testing Hypotheses
- Business Models, Revenue Streams Guest Speakers - Filistix
- Food Regulations, Supply Chains, & Manufacturing & In-Class Customer Discovery Exercise
- Validate market demand, consumer behavior, and brand positioning through research
Spring 2026
Topics
- Apply theoretical concepts to real-world applications
- Identify and develop viable sustainability initiatives
- Apply sustainability at the highest strategic level
Readings
- A digital copy of the coursepack must be purchased online through Ivey Publishing. A message will be sent out via Canvas prior to the first class providing instructions and a link to the coursepack
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- 2022-Winter-SEM-488-LECTURE-X50 ↗2022
- 2022-Winter-SEM-488-LECTURE-B1 ↗2022
- 2023-Winter-SEM-488-LECTURE-X50 ↗2023
- 2023-Winter-SEM-488-LECTURE-B03 ↗2023
- 2023-Summer-SEM-488-LECTURE-B01 ↗2023
- 2024-Winter-SEM-488-LECTURE-B01 ↗2024
- 2024-Summer-SEM-488-LECTURE-B01 ↗2024
- 2026-Winter-SEM-488-LECTURE-X51 ↗2026
- 2026-Spring-SEM-638-LECTURE-800 ↗2026
- 2026-Spring-SEM-488-LECTURE-800 ↗2026
- 2026-Fall-SEM-488-LECTURE-X02 ↗2026
- Additional readings are supplied through the course LMS. Partial automated extraction.
- Partial automated extraction.