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Continuing Education & Part-time Studies Guide Winter/Spring 2015 continuingeducation@georgiancollege.ca 50 postsecondary credit courses BuSINESS COuRSES (CONT.) Principles of Management This course provides you with an introduction to the various philosophies, roles and functions of management. In addition it will cover ongoing changes in business that have a direct effect on the role of management. MGMT 2001 | 42 hrs $325.50 loc date day time BA JAN. 14 – APR. 15 WED 7 – 10 P.M. BA MAY 12 – AUG. 11 TUE 7 – 10 P.M. Professional Business Practice You will learn how to prepare and present yourself and your work in a professional manner according to business ethics and protocol(s). In addition you will develop skills to manage office politics, social situations, travel and communications. Finally, you will develop an understanding o f appropriate cultural and travel protocols for success in international business situations. BUSI 1011 | 42 hrs $325.50 loc date day time SG JAN. 5 – APR. 17 THU NOON – 3 P.M. MU JAN. 8 – APR. 16 THU NOON – 3 P.M. OL Project Management Introduction This course provides students with an overview of project management and an introduction to leadership and ethics. Students learn the fundamental principles of project management including: project initiating, project definition, creating the Work Breakdown Structure, estimating effort, budgeting, scheduling using Gantt charts and network diagrams, risk management, controlling resources, quality assurance, auditing and closing. The techniques are based on a study of the typical project lifecycle. MGMT 2019 | 48 hrs $444 date loc JAN. 13 – APR. 21 ONLINE FEB. 2 – MAY 11 ONLINE MAY 12 – AUG. 18 ONLINE JUNE 1 – SEPT. 8 ONLINE OL Project Management Scheduling Software Project management software greatly increases the ability of the project manager to work more efficiently. The functions of project planning and scheduling, resource allocation and costing, progress monitoring, and reporting are explored in detail. The student moves from an introductory to an advanced level of familiarity with the functions of MS Project, a typical project management software tool. MGMT 2020 | 48 hrs $444 date loc JAN. 13 – APR. 21 ONLINE FEB. 2 – MAY 11 ONLINE MAY 12 – AUG. 18 ONLINE JUNE 1 – SEPT. 8 ONLINE Recruitment and Selection In a highly competitive business world an organization's staff can determine whether a company profits or perishes. This course presents recruitment and selection as essential components in recruitment planning. The role of recruitment and selection is examined in relation to an organization's overall profitability or viability. Through a blend of theory and application the course introduces students to a wide range of issues, principles, practices and trends in recruitment and selection. HURM 1007 | 42 hrs $325.50 loc date day time BA JAN. 15 – APR. 16 THU 7 – 10 P.M. OL Retail Management This course follows a managerial, practical approach to retailing, focusing on the issues faced by the owner, the manager or the employer of a retail organization. It assumes prior knowledge of marketing and covers the conceptual and analytical foundations necessary to understand all aspects of retail management. The emphasis in this course is on the application of marketing/retail strategies and concepts to the retail environment. MGMT 1001 | 48 hrs $444 date loc JAN. 13 – APR. 21 ONLINE MAY 12 – AUG. 18 ONLINE OL Small Business and Entrepreneurship This course is designed to provide the student with an introduction to small business and entrepreneurship and to help develop certain entrepreneurial success skills which are important for small business ownership. The students develop a general knowledge of the historical and political context of small business in Canada and of the major functional areas of business management. ENTR 2010 | 56 hrs $506 date loc JAN. 13 – APR. 21 ONLINE MAY 12 – AUG. 18 ONLINE OL Statistics This introductory online course in statistics covers the following topics: introduction to statistics, organization and graphing of data, measures of location, measure of variation, probability distributions, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, statistical process control, Chi-square distribution, and regression and correlation. Notes: Minitab Software. STAT 2004 | 56 hrs $506 date loc JAN. 13 – APR. 21 ONLINE MAY 12 – AUG. 18 ONLINE Statistics 1 This course is designed to develop students' skills in organizing and summarizing information. It also provides an introduction to the techniques of inferential statistics (that is drawing conclusions about populations on the basis of sample data). Students are expected to have and further develop their skills with spreadsheet software. EqUIVALENcY: Statistics (STAT 2004) page 50 OL STAT 2000 | 42 hrs $325.50 loc date day time BA JAN. 13 – APR. 14 TUE 7 – 10 P.M. OL Strategies for Fostering Client Loyalty Goods and services are no longer adequate bases for establishing relationships with clients because clients attach an emotional connection to the products they use and to the businesses with which they interact. This course offers insights and ideas in order to create lasting and genuine customer relationships that will withstand the competitive overtures of other companies. Students explore the process of developing and sustaining client relationships that establish an emotional connection, manage difficult relationships (such as those that take place via technology or at great distances), and help to determine the pulse of client relationships. BUSI 1018 | 42 hrs $397.50 date loc JAN. 13 – APR. 21 ONLINE MAY 12 – AUG. 18 ONLINE