What is a Capstone?

A capstone course is a senior level integrated course (or activity) that allows students to make conceptual and practical linkages between different learning objectives in a designated field and apply them in a practical manner.  

ADM 4311 Strategic Management

The ADM 4311 (Strategic Management) course is a required course for all BCom students.  As part of this course, students undertake the Intopia Strategy Simulation. This simulation provides the opportunity for students to develop a strategy for an organization and then make required decisions before a predetermined time elapses. Student teams must negotiate with each other in order to grow their business over multiple decisions. Intopia participants get immediate feedback on their decisions and are given the opportunity to apply what they learned during their four years at the Telfer School.

ADM 4317 Leadership, Strategy and Sustainability

This course integrates social and environmental issues with strategy frameworks to make the business case for sustainable enterprises. With an emphasis on leadership and decision making, students will explore how organizations are embracing innovative business models that tackle grand challenges such as resource scarcity, environmental degradation, and climate change. As the capstone course for students in Management, this course emphasizes action through case studies, simulations, and an applied community consulting project that allows students to apply core strategy concepts to real organizational challenges.  

ADM 4325 Promotional Planning Practicum

As part of this highly applied marketing capstone, students undertake the Michel Cloutier Marketing Competition. The founder who originally created this opportunity was late professor and Associate Dean, Michel Cloutier, in 1986. The competition was renamed in his honour in 1991.

The purpose of the Competition is to have students work in groups to address a strategic promotional mandate from a major corporate sponsor. The Competition itself sees the 3 best promotional plans be presented to a panel of industry professionals. 

ADM 4339 Strategic Human Resources Planning

This integrative, capstone course for the HRM option is designed to teach prospective human resource professionals how to plan and make decisions about the allocation and alignment of human resources, within a given organizational strategy. Students will acquire technical knowledge related to traditional human resource planning activities, such as forecasting demand and ascertaining supply of human resources and implementing a succession management program.

ADM 4340 Cases Studies in Accounting

Students in this class integrate their knowledge acquired in other finance and accounting courses to make multidisciplinary decisions. As part of this capstone course, students participate in the Lekadir LLP Accounting Case Competition, in which they analyze a real company and report on accounting issues being faced by the company. The judging panel includes partners from Lekadir LLP.

ADM 4350 Equity Valuation

Students of ADM 4350 take part in a case analysis competition where they have to assess the value of a real-life company and propose a course of action that the company could take to solve its challenges and future opportunities.

ADM 4377 Digital Enterprise Systems and Strategies

As a capstone course in Business Technology Management, this course offers an integrated perspective on the strategic role of information systems (IS) in improving business performance; socio-technical critical success factors underlying effective IS strategy formulation; and best practices for digital transformation initiatives. The course incorporates various experiential learning activities including case discussions, simulations and a field project. Course topics include IT business leadership, Business-IT alignment, and Digital Transformation Strategy. Special topics pertaining to strategic considerations for emerging technologies may also be included.

Award Winners

Accounting Capstone

First Place: 
Daniel Asselin
Annick Daigle
Carl Michel René
Rodel Tinio

Second Place:
Nurlan Abildayev
Martin Contreras-Wolfe
Megan Rose Mckee
Sahar Naveed Sheikh

Intopia:

First Place and Best Service Providers: Team 4
Jeff Leitch
Xinyue Zhang
Anja Nell
Oscar Moulero Paravicini
Cameron MacMillan

Best Component Producer: Team 33
Gladwynn Stefan Guerrier
Ahmed-Amine Meguellati
Mathieu Thomasoo
Miratia Andriamisaina
Loris Mugisha

Best Integrated Producer: Team 62
Loris Toesca
Krystal Wiltshire
Julianne Ouellet Paradis
Osama Usmani

Best Finished Goods Producer: Team 48
Ines Laamrani-El Idriss
Mouhamadou Moustapha Ndiaye
Murielle Yao
Francis Lalande
Valerie Guilbault

Michel Cloutier Competition:

First place:
Alec Dragnea
Camille Dubois
Charles-Adrian Lessard
Daniel Cavanagh
Jiayu Huang
Mael Rivard

Second place:
Lydia Lalonde 
Kayla Szymczuk
Charles Doray
Félixe Bourgeois
Emilie Lebel
Bianka Monette

Second place:
Yacine Ngandu
Quyen Pham
Juliette David
Yixuan Liu
Morane Yapo
Noura Sidibé

Finance:

First place:
Anh Nguyen (Bim) Nguyen
Noah Sidoli
Betty Zhao

Second place:
Othman Echhibou
Oussama Hidane

Third place:
Chatelain Maxime
Ji Yuqi
Wang Kaishu
Zhao Zhenni

Intopia Simulation Strategy

Best Component Producer: Team 54

Amna Ahmad 
Francesca Aman 
Desh Chaudhuri 
Joe Davis 
Khalil Dawod 

Best Service Provider: Team 68

Inès Abidoune 
Othman Echhibou 
Imad El.laia 
Mohamed Essonni
Daniel Folz 

Best Finished Goods Producer: Team 75

Jasdeep Punia

Best Integrated Producer: Team 47

Ranim Adjali 
Marianna Astachkina 
Malek Bergeron 
Robyn Moke 
Talia Rancourt 

Michel Cloutier - Marketing Capstone

Stephanie Black
Remi Dakik
Jessica Houston
Isaac Lockert
John Pickering

Finance Capstone

Annabella Hu
Tristan Huynh

Accounting Capstone (English)

Kyra Swift
Aarun Senathirajah
Katie Feldbruegge
Hunter Hicks
Max Renic
Lina Salama

Accounting Capstone (French)

Antonio Gustiniani 
Camille D'Aoust 
Charlene Doro Balamou 
Kristelle Rivard 
Pascale Gagnon 
XinYue Shao 

Intopia Simulation Strategy

Best Integrated Producer/Best Overall:

Griffin Brown
Fawad Hedjran
Harley K. Hubbard
Melissa Reyes Chinchilla

Michel Cloutier:

James Cormier
Estevao Costa
Ryan Coughlan
Jackson Hines
Paula Jaramillo Palacio
Maclain Van Eindhoven

Finance:

Griffin Brown 
Fawad Hedjran 
Harley K. Hubbard  
Melissa Reyes Chinchilla 

Intopia Simulation Strategy

Best Component Producer: Team 7

Anthony Beaulieu
Kawter Benmessoud
Khouloud Haddi
Haitam Lamqaddem
Justine Malette-Poirier
Kouassi Ruben

Best Service Provider: Team 18

Cédric Amessan
Maxime Chainey
Justin Larose-Clément
Janika Maisonneuve Bossé
Justine Malette-Poirier

Best Finished Goods Producer: Team 16

Terry Hsieh
Yousef Masry
Kumarakuladervan Ramanath
Kexin Weng
Ningyu Yao

Best Integrated Producer/Best Overall: Team 17

Katya Berezovskaia
Mackenzie Duncan
Naylor Evan
Patrick Kaminski
Jack Lau

Michel Cloutier - Marketing Capstone

Aleksandra Romanowski
Amanda Lanteigne
Laura Tran
Maria Sokolov
Marianne Couture-Benitez
Reema Radia

Finance Capstone

Justin Abraham
Julia Magahey
Liam Woodside

Accounting Capstone (French)

Gabriel Baril-Lavoie
Guillaume Forget
Julien Lafleur
Mike Sirhan
Kevin Wilson

Intopia Simulation Strategy

Best Component Producer: Team 62

Chris Gent
Eshmam Khan
Benjamin Ottenhof
Phoebe Sipa
Sam Sutherland.

Best Service Provider (R&D): Team 7

Hamza Benzakour
Badr Ghilani
Mehdi Lahchimi
Annalisa Lemieux Barsetti
Ali Rais et Juliette Libersan 

Best Finished Goods Producer: Team 37

Feyisope Adedotun
Tanya Frlan
Eric Methot
Joshua Powers

Best Integrated Producer/Best Overall:

Liam Blevins
Marina Bossio
Garrett Galvin
Heather Officer
Christoforos Pietrobon

Finance Capstone

1st place: 
Philip Kaczmarczyk
Joy Xu

2nd place: 
Yacine Amalou,
Liam Blevins,
Bashir Hussen
Jared Sullivan

Intopia Simulation Strategy:

Best Component Producer: Team 7

Anthony Beaulieu
Kawter Benmessoud
Khouloud Haddi
Haitam Lamqaddem
Justine Malette-Poirier
Kouassi Ruben

Best Service Provider: Team 18

Cédric Amessan
Maxime Chainey
Justin Larose-Clément
Janika Maisonneuve Bossé
Justine Malette-Poirier

Best Finished Goods Producer: Team 16

Terry Hsieh
Yousef Masry
Kumarakuladervan Ramanath
Kexin Weng
Ningyu Yao

Best Integrated Producer/Best Overall: Team 17

Katya Berezovskaia
Mackenzie Duncan
Naylor Evan
Patrick Kaminski
Jack Lau

Michel Cloutier:

Jia Zi Chen
Jiana Bandojo
Kyenshak Zakka
Will Vincent
Michael Vice
Fiona Ing

Finance Capstone: 

Tsoi Lau
Robert Mackenzie Duncan

Poster Winners

Rushika Khatkar
Nourhan Mohamed
Pierre-Andre Smith

Accounting Capstone (English):

Robin Cheung
Adib Hossain
Kushalsingh Romooah
Yasr Said
Leah Salzman

Accounting Capstone (French):

Laurence Vaillancourt
Alexandre Plouffe
Tina Samaha
Myriam Joanisse

Intopia Simulation Strategy:

Best Component Producer: Team 30

Yasr Said
Adib Hossain
Shoban Anandarajah
Ziyad Zeidan
Noah Taj

Best Service Provider: Team 10

Nicholas Castell
Ali Hassan
Ryan Persaud
Khaled Hawari
Benyamin Khademi

Best Finished Goods Producer: Team 23

Patrick Chury
Simon Liedtke
Dina El Alami
Bhagyashree Ravinthiran

Best Integrated Producer/Best Overall: Team 11

Simon Watters
Terrence Poon
Patrick Haggar
Grace Tang
Richard Li

Intopia Simulation Strategy:

Best Component Producer: Team 51 - Kadri

Leizl Pineda
Madison Scheer
Ivana Brainerd
Audrey-Anne Delage
Steven Gutknecht-Segovia

Best Service Provider/Best Overall: Team 18 - Koame

Mathew Paquet
Maxine MacKinnon
Duan Hua Dora Go
Amy Wakerell
Nathalie Parker

Best Finished Goods Producer: Team 34 - Marques

Mohan Aubeeluck
Youssouf Salah
Samy Saadaoui
Guèye Arona
Sabine Tambay

Best Integrated Producer: Team 14 - Manseau

Ven Djukic
Lindsay Gray
Michael Inglis
Blake Bolkovic
Mark Bradica

Michel Cloutier:

Amy Wakerell
Mariah Thom
Maxime Alarie
Véronique Sabourin

Finance Capstone:

Yining Hou
Yufeng Zhang
Bohan Li

Poster Winners

Amaresh Parameswaran
Sagar Kaushal
Ashok Baldeo

Accounting Capstone (English):

Natalija Karajovic
Matthew Kreuk
Peter Li
Garrett Reed
Kyle Weedmark

Intopia Simulation Strategy:

Best Component Producer: Team 32 - O'Sullivan

Jason Audfrioud
Julie-Anne Given
Zane Olfert
Austin St. Pierre

Best Service Provider/Best Overall: Team 6 - Manseau

Katherine Alvarenga
Guillaume Darraidou
Nicklas Jensen
Philippe Mahaffy
Alexis Routhier

Best Finished Goods Provider: Team 18 - O'Sullivan

Colin Bonsall
Bohan Li
Qi Zhang
Yufeng Zhang
Chen Yu Zhao

Best Integrated Producer: Team 40 - Koame

Namitha Abraham
André Caissie
Joel Emond
Ilana Lander
Antoine Paradis

Michel Cloutier:

Moe Abu Rouss
Alexandre Blais
Alif Mollick
Christine Seguin
Marisha Sesto
Alexandra Smiley

Finance Capstone:

First Place

Mitch McEwen
Lorie Lucia

Poster Winners:

Pascale Boucher
Adnan Shaikh
Troy Streber
Bithanya Lemma

Accounting Capstone (English):

Christina Georgiou
Gaetano Lombardo
Dominic Piscopo
Sarah Spencer
Sharanya Tharmarajan

Accounting Capstone (French):

Joel Emond
Fabio Ndizeye
Simon Watters
André Caissie

Intopia Simulation Strategy:

Best Component Producer: Team(34) Manseau

Marilyna Boutros
Laurence Gagne
Samia Mohamed
Jade Pomerleau
Pat Senecal

Best Finished Goods Producer: Team(5) Kadri

Mohammed Jaradat
Kim La
Zhe Nan Liu
Feng Qing Ming
Gowribalan Raveenthiran

Best Service Provider: Team(16) Kadri

Eric Cavaliere
Logan MacPherson
Carter Malette
Santiago Pinzon Delgado
Kyle Weedmark

Best Integrated Producer: Team(9) Kadri

Christina Georgiou
Ila Gupta
Divya Mehta
Sarah Spencer
Sharanya Tharmarajan

 

Michel Cloutier:

Matthew Fernandez
Paxton Mayer
Jon Ou
Carl Rhyndress
Matthew Saunders

Intopia Simulation Strategy:

Shawn Corcoran 
Meghan Drake
Cameron Joseph Hayes 
Sarah Loewen
Paxton Mayer 

Finance Capstone:

Mila Giray           
Rohan Kumar     
Shivdeep Pal 

Best poster winner:

Bryan Froh
Bashayer Khatheer
Eric Lafreniere

Accounting Capstone:

Alexandre Chaiban
Celine Daoud 
Clara Ferland
Cole Van Wyk

 

Michel Cloutier:

Spencer Chan
Chelsea Hamre
Michaela Hermer
Keara Johnston
Taylor Sudermann

Intopia Simulation Strategy:

Brenda Lam
Eric Thompson
Roberto Shapiro
Sundus Abu-Oshaibah
Hoang-Nghi Dam-Le

Finance Capstone:

Nathalie Puppa
Anne Armstrong

Accounting Capstone:

Philipe Hoff-Hamann
Miguel Laroche
Justin Nadeau
Hugo Émard
Brendan Sheedy
Jeffrey Alves
Anthony London Di Perno
Gurjiwan Gill          
Kejsi Merja
Alamin Mollick

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