2025 Spring (Jan - April) | Sessional Lecturer| RSM2709H L0117a & L0117b | Global Practicum: Design

Date Posted - November 1, 2024
Req ID: 40492

Faculty/Division: School of Management
Department: School of Management
Campus: St. George (Downtown)

Description: Course Description:
This course involves lectures and live discussions during a five-day tour in New York. The coursework will blend in-person and online modules with in-person visits to provide students with the knowledge of industry-leading design methods, models and case study frameworks for design-driven business innovation. The site visits will offer unique engagement with firms that use design-infused methods to innovate new services, processes and experiences. This course will expose students to relevant and resilient ways to engage in business innovation and transformation. Site visits will encompass dialogues, case studies, Q&As. The course focuses on both the academic/theoretical aspects of Business Design (BD), as well as application and the real-world challenges organizations face in pursuing innovation ambitions. It will provide students with insight into how companies innovate and the types of behaviors and mindsets they exhibit. The ultimate goal is to understand how companies use Business Design as a problem solving method to solve strategic business challenges Qualification:

The ideal candidate will hold an MBA degree accompanied by practical industry experience related to business design and human centered innovation (4 years minimum). The role requires an established network of design professional and the ability to set up visits and engagement with studios in NYC. Previous teaching experience is an asset.

Class Schedule: Courses may be online or in-person depending on the circumstances, so candidates must be available and comfortable with both.
Sessional Dates of appointment :January 1, 2025 to April 30, 2025

Salary: Rate of pay inclusive of 4% vacation pay (0.5 Full-Course Equivalent) Sep 1st, 2021 Sep 1st, 2022 Sep 1st, 2023 Undergraduate: Sessional Lecturer I $ 8,829.25 $ 9,182.42 $ 9,457.89 Undergraduate: Sessional Lecturer I - Long Term $ 9,270.71 $ 9,641.55 $ 9,930.79 Undergraduate: Sessional Lecturer II $ 9,448.99 $ 9,826.95 $ 10,121.77 Undergraduate: Sessional Lecturer II Long Term $ 9,640.23 $ 10,025.84 $ 10,326.61 Undergraduate: Sessional Lecturer III Long Term & Part-Time Faculty (LTLs) $ 10,262.15 $ 10,570.01 Graduate: New Sessional Lecturer I/I-LT/II $ 14,040.00 $ 14,601.60 $ 15,039.64 Graduate: Sessional Lecturer I/I-LT/II $ 15,387.84 $ 16,003.35 $ 16,483.45 Writing Instructor I $ 49.86 $ 51.85 $ 53.41 Writing Instructor I - Long Term $ 52.35 $ 54.44 $ 56.07 Writing Instructor II $ 53.61 $ 55.75 $ 57.42 Writing Instructor II - Long Term $ 54.68 $ 56.87 $ 58.58 Writing Instructor II (Priority) $ 55.18 $ 57.39 $ 59.11 Writing Instructor II (Priority) - Long Term $ 56.28 $ 58.53 $ 60.29 Notes:

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

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.

It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment.

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The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

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All jobs are posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrollment.

Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting.

Positions posted here are open to Graduate Students in the School of Graduate Studies, Postdoctoral Fellows and Undergraduate Students in the University of Toronto.

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