Dalhousie University. Faculty of Management. Rowe School of Business

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Dalhousie University. Faculty of Management. Rowe School of Business

• Dalhousie University. Faculty of Management. School of Business Administration (1989-2012)
• Dalhousie University. Faculty of Management Studies. School of Business Administration (1985-1989)
• Dalhousie University. Faculty of Administrative Studies. School of Business Administration (1976-1985)
• Dalhousie University. Faculty of Arts and Science. Department of Commerce (1930-1976)

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Between 1891-1902 the Dalhousie calendars sporadically listed a two-year course in “Subjects Bearing on Commerce,” along with the suggestion that it be supplemented by practical training at a business college during summer vacations. Commerce then disappeared from the Dalhousie curriculum for two decades, until the university received a gift of $60,000 to endow a chair in business studies. Bishop Carleton Hunt was appointed the first William Black Professor of Commerce in 1921 and courses were offered leading to a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Following several years of staffing challenges, in 1930 James MacDonald replaced Hunt and was appointed the inaugural head of a Department of Commerce.

The School of Business Administration replaced the Department of Commerce on 1 July 1976, a year after the establishment of the Faculty of Administrative Studies, which was an initiative designed to bring together business and public administration under one umbrella, and also included the schools of library services and social work. The BCom became a four-year program and a Centre for International Business Studies was created. In 2012 the school was renamed the Rowe School of Business after Kenneth C. Rowe in recognition of his business leadership and his transformative gift to Dalhousie’s business program. The school is among the five percent of business schools around the world accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

The Rowe School of Business is located in the Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building on Dalhousie's Studley Campus.

The Rowe School of Business offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs including a Bachelor of Commerce Co-op (BComm), Bachelor of Management (BMgmt), Corporate Residency MBA, Blended/Online MBA in Financial Services, and MSc in Business.

The school supports student and faculty research in four cluster groups—Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Analytics, Healthcare Industry and Responsible Organizations—through its weekly seminars and multidisciplinary centres and labs. Collaborative in nature and shared by other schools within the Faculty of Management, these include: the Centre for Research in Sustainable Supply Chain Analytics; the Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship
; the Centre for Family Business and Regional Prosperity; the Douglas C. Mackay Finance Lab; and the Behavioural Research Lab. It also supports the student societies: Dalhousie Commerce Society
; Dalhousie Management Society; MBA Society; Dalhousie Investment Society; and Enactus.

The basic statute relating to Dalhousie University is Chapter 24 of the Acts of 1863. This statute replaced earlier statutes, and the 1863 statute itself has been amended and supplemented several times over the years. The provisions of these various statutes provide for the establishment and regulation of the university, the membership of the Board of Governors and its rights and powers, the authority of senate for the internal regulation of the university (subject to the approval of the board), and various other matters.

The Rowe School of Business in within the Faculty of Management and is administered by a limited-term school director, associate director, and program directors, supported by four administrative staff. In 2021 there are 63 faculty members, including five named chairs, professors, lecturers, instructors and teaching fellows, who teach across seven departments, including Accounting; Finance; Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (TIME); Supply Chain and Decision Sciences; Marketing; Management; and Strategy.

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