Business Administration II Diploma
Program Overview
The Business Administration program provides students with necessary skills for success in a rapidly changing work environment. By combining areas like information systems and accounting with organizational behaviour and human resources, the program ensures that graduates gain both a philosophical and practical understanding of effective business administration today. Upon completion, students may expect to find employment in management, administration, finance, sales, merchandising and personnel. The Business Administration Diploma allows graduates to obtain credit transfers at various colleges, universities and professional organizations (please visit our website for details).
Courses
(click item to view course description)This course examines the strategies and principles of First Nation Public Administration, with emphasis on Band Government Administration. Other topics include self-government, economic development, education, health and Band politics.
Contact Hours: 90
This course focuses on cross-cultural management, specifically comparing Aboriginal management techniques with those of Japanese and other cultures. Topics include cross-cultural management, work behaviour, communicating across cultures and managing diversity in the workplace.
Contact Hours: 90
This course give students practical experience in computer applications focusing on computerized accounting (Simply Accounting) and the use of spreadsheets (Excel).
Contact Hours: 90
This introduction to conflict resolution examines the strategies and principles of conflict resolution and mediation. The main area of study is organizational conflict and how to resolve conflict before it evolves into costly litigation, labour interruption or other disruptive behaviour.
Contact Hours: 90
This course emphasizes the transactional nature of relationships. It presents communication not as collections of techniques used on others, but as a process we engage in with them. The course emphasizes that impersonal or adversarial interactions often have the best chance of success when handled in a constructive, respectful manner.
Contact Hours: 90
An overview of the concepts and techniques used in analyzing and solving financial problems. Topics include risk, return, valuation, working capital management investments, capital structure, dividend policies and long term financing.
Contact Hours: 90
This course provides an overview of financial record-keeping, budgeting and planning structures of local government bodies, nonprofit organizations, hospitals and nursing homes.
Contact Hours: 90
An introduction to the concepts of human resources and human management. Students gain an understanding of the underlying role of human resource activities and the impact the human resource department has on the organization.
Contact Hours: 90
This course familiarizes students with the principles and practices of Indian Government Law through an examination of Indian government, the authority from which Indian government acts and how authorities exercise power to govern.
Contact Hours: 90
This course centres on Canadian and First Nation public administration. It focuses on various levels of government including Band, Tribal Councils, Provincial and Federal. Specific topics include the Canadian political process, Indian self-government, administrative structures, financial planning, budgeting, jurisdictional responsibilities of Indian First Nation government, and program development, implementation and evaluation in Indian First Nation government.
Contact Hours: 90
An introduction to the fundamentals of managerial accounting, including an examination of cost concepts, pricing strategies, manufacturing accounting, cost allocation and budgeting processes.
Contact Hours: 90
The focus of this course is the nature and function of money markets and financial institutions. Students are introduced to the money market, financial systems and the securities market, as well as the functions of the Bank of Canada and the roles of non-banks and chartered banks.
Contact Hours: 90
An examination of human behaviour in organizations. Topics include relationships and communications in small groups, and intergroup relations, leadership, culture, power and change. Topics are discussed in the context of various organizations, including governmental, educational and industrial. Case studies are used extensively.
Contact Hours: 90
In this course, students develop an understanding of financial planning, financial security and credit. The course outlines financial issues of concern and the techniques used to deal with them. It includes development of the skills required to create a personal financial plan.
Contact Hours: 90
An examination of the techniques and mechanisms used to ensure control within Indian public administration. Topics include strategic planning, program development, budgeting, program implementation and evaluation, funds accounting, financial reporting, management control and financial management for Indian governments and related organizations.
Contact Hours: 90
An introduction to the development of purchasing and supply management. Effective purchasing methods and procedures are studied along with quality and price determination.
Contact Hours: 90
This course examines the managerial and practical approaches to modern retailing. The focus is on examining issues faced by owners, managers and employees of the retail institution. Retail strategy, the retailing mix and retail evaluation aspects are explored.
Contact Hours: 90
A study of the principles of selling, including communication, sources of sales knowledge, and steps in preparing and delivering a sales presentation.
Contact Hours: 90
This course is a comprehensive study of computerized accounting. Students learn computerized accounting using Simply Accounting.
Contact Hours: 90
This course gives students insight into the operation of a small business. Students learn to evaluate business opportunities, assess costs and evaluate the feasibility of small businesses. The students also prepare a business plan for the operation of a small business.
Contact Hours: 90
This course provides an overview of the scope and importance of recruitment, selection and staffing functions within the workplace, and their interdependence with strategic design. Students develop the ability to measure performance, and to design, develop and deliver performance measurements, screening and interviewing techniques. Students also gain a conceptual understanding of the diverse roles of the recruiter in the organization.
Contact Hours: 90
This course covers organizing, presenting and summarizing data; basic probability concepts and problem solving; discrete and continuous probability distributions; sampling and inferences about means and proportions; linear and nonlinear curve fitting and regression analysis; chi-square and analysis of variance, and nonparametric statistics.
Contact Hours: 90
An exploration of strategic marketing's pivotal role in business, which is demonstrated by the market-driven strategies of successful organizations in a variety of market situations. Topics include the escalating importance of superior customer value, leveraging distinctive capabilities, responding rapidly to diversity and change in the marketplace, new product creation, recognition of global business and sustaining a competitive edge.
Contact Hours: 90
An introductory course in taxation, administrative practices and issues related to personal taxation. The course includes preparation and calculations necessary for the completion of a personal tax return.
Contact Hours: 90
This overview of the scope and importance of training and development in the workplace gives students the ability to implement a needs assessment, analyze the needs assessment and design, and develop and implement a training program. Students also gain a conceptual understanding of the role of the training consultant in organizational change and development.
Contact Hours: 90
