This article presents the results of two surveys on the undergraduate business policy course in Canadian Schools of Business. The objective of the first survey was to identify the content and structure of the business policy course as currently taught. The second survey polled senior executives of major Canadian corporations on what they thought the content and structure of the undergraduate business policy course should be.
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