Diploma of Business Administration

This course provides a general introduction to many facets of business, covering topics such as economic systems, legal environments, ethics and corporate social responsibility, management, human resources, accounting, information systems and marketing.

The course addresses digital communication, social media, and the emerging impact of artificial intelligence. This course links the student to the vital connection between recent technological developments and modern business practices. It addresses essential changes in technology and how they impact the business world, while covering critical communication skills such as listening, presenting, and writing.

This course covers the essential concepts / principles of management by providing a solid foundation for understanding the key issues facing managers and organizations and applications.

This introductory course in finance presents the key elements of related concepts and operations in business management. The course forges connections between ideas and applying them to real-world situations. The course makes finance interesting and accessible to students unfamiliar with this topic by relating it to their own personal experiences and exploring this field across many business disciplines.

The course introduces the student to theory and relevant skills and practices in Accounting. For example, recording and reporting of financial events for service and merchandising enterprises for the purpose of preparing financial statements. Topics include (among others) the accounting cycle, cash and receivables, inventory valuation, and the use of special journals and subsidiary ledgers.

This course provides an introduction to the basic principles of marketing, including the components of product/service, price, distribution and promotion. Students develop an understanding of the role of marketing in modern organizations, theories and applications.

The course offers a comprehensive overview of information systems used by business firms today. Information systems are one of the major tools available to business managers for achieving operational excellence, developing new products and services, improving decision making, and achieving competitive advantage.

The course teaches theory and concepts related to how organizations behave and how to communicate and interact within organizations, through theory and real-world scenarios.

The course provides students with an introduction to the theories, daily tools and skills to effectively function as successful managers in both human resources and business in general.

This course allows students to acquire a general understanding of the law as it affects business operations; and a legal / ethical framework within which management decisions / actions take place.

This course provides an introduction to micro / macro economic theory and concepts. It addresses the functions of economic systems, including various approaches to the organization of production and allocation of resources, and of policies to achieve national economic goals. These include an overview of the determination of national income, inflation, recession, unemployment, taxation, labor unions, environmental pollution, energy and economic growth. From a micro perspective the course includes an emphasis on behavioural economics.

The course provides students with a comprehensive framework for addressing operational management and supply chain issues using a systemized approach. The course focuses on real-life practices and issues of current interest and provides students with ample opportunities to experience the role of a manager through hands-on problems, cases, and exercises.

This course introduces the fundamentals of public relations management and practice with an emphasis on the role of effective communication strategies in the corporate environment. Students will focus on the role of public relations in the organization and the application of communication strategies and tools for communications planning.

This course introduces project management theory, terms and concepts. Students will learn about the project life cycle and how to build a successful project from pre-implementation to completion. The course will introduce project management topics such as resources, costs, time constraints and project scopes.