Business Management Post-Graduate Certificate

Business Management Post-Graduate Certificate

• Specialization: Post-Grad Business Management

  Course Code	Course Name
  PG-011	Seminar in Ethics and Integrity
  BM-045	Software Skills: Email and Scheduling
  BM-035	Software Skills: Excel
  BM-025	Software Skills: Word Processing
  PG-060	Marketing Fundamentals
  PG-070	Introduction to Human Resource Management
  PG-030	Ethics and Social Responsibility for Leaders of Today
  PG-010	Dynamic Communication Skills
  BM-010	Principles of Economics
  BM-020	Canadian Business Environment
  BM-015	Becoming a Lifelong Learner
  BM-030	Essentials of Management
  PG-020	Writing and Grammar for Business
  PG-050	Budgeting and Financial Management
  PG-040	Organizational Behaviour for Corporate Governance

  • Seminar in Ethics and Integrity

    MITT’s Ethics and Academic Integrity Seminar provides students with the tools necessary to navigate the expectations of the Canadian post-secondary academic environment.  In this three-hour on-line seminar, students will develop a thorough understanding of MITT’s Academic Integrity policy and the consequences of academic integrity violations and demonstrate how to use APA style when writing an academic paper.

    This seminar is a graduation requirement for all Post-Graduate Students. It is an asynchronous, three-hour course, and must be completed in Term 1 of the program.

    Course Code: PG-011
    Course Requirements: None

    Hours: 3
    

  • Software Skills: Email and Scheduling

    This course will familiarize students with Microsoft (MS) Outlook and associated functions.  Students will develop organizational habits and efficient practices to properly manage schedules. Topics include, time management, meeting arrangements and records management.  This course will also cover email etiquette and professionalism. 

    Course Code: BM-045
    Course Requirements: None

    Hours: 21
    

  • Software Skills: Excel

    Students will familiarize themselves with Microsoft (MS) Excel and learn to design, create, modify and present professional-looking spreadsheets for use in today’s workplace.  Students will use formulas and built-in functions to solve mathematical problems, perform calculations, and filter and format data. 

    Course Code: BM-035
    Course Requirements: None

    Hours: 21
    

  • Software Skills: Word Processing

    Students will familiarize themselves with Microsoft (MS) Word and develop skills to effectively utilize Windows navigational tool and files.  This course focuses on working proficiently with MS Word processing features to develop professional documents.

    Course Code: BM-025
    Course Requirements: None

    Hours: 21
    

  • Marketing Fundamentals

    The purpose of this course is to provide students with a basic understanding of the fundamentals of marketing, including the marketplace and consumers. Developing a customer-focused marketing strategy that achieves measurable, realistic objectives for an organization is emphasized.  Topics include: the global market environment, customer attitudes and behaviour, digital marketing and the influence of social media.

    Course Code: PG-060
    Course Requirements: None

    Hours: 42
    

  • Introduction to Human Resource Management

    This course introduces students to the basic human resource functions and the role of HR within an organization. Topics covered include: recruitment and selection, compensation and benefits, retention and motivation, and working with labour unions.

    Course Code: PG-070
    Course Requirements: None

    Hours: 42
    

  • Ethics and Social Responsibility for Leaders of Today

    This course introduces students to the importance of ethics and social responsibility in business. Emphasis is placed upon increasing awareness, understanding and critical thinking of ethical issues in business, and to provide conceptual tools to guide analysis and decision-making.

    Course Code: PG-030
    Course Requirements: None

    Hours: 42
    

  • Dynamic Communication Skills

    This course focuses on the communication skills that are necessary to be successful in a professional workplace environment. Developing effective speaking and listening skills are an integral part of the course.  Students are also introduced to effective strategies for creating and delivering effective presentations to a variety of audiences for various purposes.

    Course Code: PG-010
    Course Requirements: None

    Hours: 42
    

  • Principles of Economics

    Learners will understand, discuss, and apply the key concepts and principles of micro and macroeconomics in the context of the global economic environment and the Canadian economy. Links between economic principles and business fundamentals are emphasized and students will be able to apply abstract economic theory to real-world business situations.

    Course Code: BM-010
    Course Requirements: None

    Hours: 42
    

  • Canadian Business Environment

    As an introduction to what characterizes the business environment in Canada, this course provides students with the business basics that are essential in today’s fast-paced, globally connected world. Students learn how politics, the economy, laws and people have shaped the Canadian business climate by exploring key business topics, such as personnel, management, product development, finance, ethics and current issues and trends.

    Course Code: BM-020
    Course Requirements: None

    Hours: 42
    

  • Becoming a Lifelong Learner

    Students are introduced to the growth mindset required to become self-motivated resilient learners.  Students are challenged to examine their own thinking habits and build on their strengths in acquiring new learning and skills.  Various research-backed strategies are provided for students to tailor to their own classroom experiences and as a skill set to be carried forward into all aspects of life. 

    Course Code: BM-015
    Course Requirements: None

    Hours: 21
    

  • Essentials of Management

    This course familiarizes students with basic approaches to management and organizational theory and practice. Students will develop their understanding of managerial functions and the implications of these functions within different organizations.

    Course Code: BM-030
    Course Requirements: None

    Hours: 42
    

  • Writing and Grammar for Business

    In this course the emphasis will be placed on improving and perfecting written communication for business purposes (e-mails, memos, letters, reports, public relations messaging, and other documents). The focus is on providing students with the knowledge and skills to make their writing clear, effective, and grammatically correct. Students will also have the opportunity to develop effective communication for various professional scenarios and situations, including making business presentations.

    Course Code: PG-020
    Course Requirements: None

    Hours: 42
    

  • Budgeting and Financial Management

    This course allows participants to explore the complexities of planning, preparing and monitoring operational and capital budgets to support the strategic plan of an organization. Developing awareness of the principles of financial decision-making is explored as well. Topics include: financial goal setting, budgeting, tax planning, cash management, investment and insurance considerations.

    Course Code: PG-050
    Course Requirements: None

    Hours: 42
    

  • Organizational Behaviour for Corporate Governance

    This course will help students understand how organizational culture is adopted and internalized within organizations.  Students will explore determinants of organizational behaviour relating to individuals, groups, and structures, and the effect this has on North American work environments.

    Course Code: PG-040
    Course Requirements: None

    Hours: 42
    

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