Sessional Lecturer: MGT 2260 - Management Control

Date Posted: 07/21/2025
Req ID: 44341
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: MMPA
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

Description:
 

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

The Master of Management & Professional Accounting Program offered by UTM has the following Sessional Lecturer position available for the Fall term and invites applications from suitably qualified candidates who are not current University of Toronto students.  No late applications can be considered.

Posting date:  July 21, 2025

Closing date: July 25, 2025

Course title:  Management Control, MGT 2260H (1 module)

Class schedule: Two 2-hour classes once per week, Monday to Friday starting at 9 am and 1 pm (day/time subject to change)

Dates of appointment:  September to December 2025

Description of course: 

The course addresses two views of Management Control Systems (MCS) which describe managers' guidance of an organization toward its strategic objectives.

In the first view, strategy is designed and translated into plans after which MCS tracks the execution of the plans arising from the strategy. If environmental changes are predictable, strategy can be developed first and MCS can follow this first concept. In the second view, strategy may begin with a plan but it evolves from interactions between the environment and the lessons learned from MCS' feedback.

The view that works best depends on the environment in which the entity operates: But if the environment change rapidly and somewhat unpredictably, then experimentation guided by MCS’s is essential. Complexities arise when the environment changes in ways that require changes in the judgmental social influences underlying an organization's MCS.

The course will contrast Management Control Systems and mechanical control systems.  In both, the central control problem is of GOAL CONGRUENCE. MCS are more complex and judgmental than mechanical control systems, so the course will seek to cast light on the greater complexities of MCS using perspectives on the political and cultural dimensions as well as technical challenges of management systems.

Position description: All normal duties related to the design, administration and teaching of a university credit course, including preparation and delivery of course content; supervision of teaching assistants; development, administration and marking of assignments, tests and examinations; calculation and submission of grades to university officials; holding regular student office hours and maintaining reasonable availability for student contact.

Minimum qualifications:  Preferred qualifications are either PhD in relevant discipline (completed) or for non-University of Toronto graduate students, in progress, or relevant qualifications, professional designation or professional experience.  We are seeking previous experience in teaching, teaching excellence, and mastery of subject area.  Previous experience in teaching a similar course is highly desirable. preference in hiring is given to qualified persons holding the rank of Sessional Lecturer II and Sessional Lecturer III.

Salary (per module):  $9,383.82 

Anticipated enrolment:  72

Minimum TA support:  40 hours

To apply, please use the following link: Application Form

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: 07/25/2025, 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.