The first half of this course in accounting covers double-entry bookkeeping procedures, period-end adjustments, and preparation of financial statements pertaining to sole proprietorships. The second half of the course covers cost accounting concepts, including identification and behaviour of costs, financial statements of a manufacturer, cost-volume-profit analysis, job-order costing, and financial statement analysis.
Everyone communicates, but are they doing it well? Communicative competence takes practice and self-awareness. In this foundational course, students will learn through discovery and project-based activities to practice approaching situations critically and collaboratively. By developing their communication skills, students will improve their interpersonal ability, intercultural competence, and digital fluency to prepare for success in the workplace and beyond. The strategies students will gain in this course will be useful throughout their program and in their chosen industry.
In this course, students will learn the foundations of business writing with a focus on internal business communication using contract proposals, business plans, recommendations and executive summaries written within a Canadian context for a global marketplace. Students will then learn how to summarize information using the principles of academic integrity. This highly interactive course will encourage students to practice and participate, focusing on how to give and receive constructive feedback. The skills that students will learn in this course will be used in other courses and will prepare students to produce professional business documents.
This foundational course focuses on essential communication skills for entering and advancing in industry. Students will develop skills for effective resumes, cover letters, and job interviews that are tailored to the specific needs of prospective employers. Additionally, students will enhance their interpersonal skills and digital fluency while applying speaking, writing, and collaboration techniques crucial for job searching, adapting to new roles, and achieving long-term career goals. Students will also develop strategies for continuous learning to remain competitive in an ever-changing job market.
In this business-sector communication course, students will continue to develop their ability to communicate effectively with their peers and stakeholders. Students will strengthen their collaboration skills to accomplish shared goals and practice negotiation and persuasion in a team context to reduce, prevent, and manage conflict. Through engaging project-based learning, students will also demonstrate their ability to collect, manage, and share information across various communication channels. These skills will prepare students for real world challenges and opportunities in business providing them essential tools to succeed in their professional careers.
Welcome to Communication for Global MGMT and Leadership. Human skills such as intercultural competence, collaboration, and negotiation are essential for working in any business environment. In this course, students will continue to practice advanced communication skills expected in today’s leadership and management positions in a variety of business settings (public/private, domestic/international). This course will give the business professional practical communication skills and strategies for administrative, accounting, leadership and management roles in the global business environment.
This course examines the impact of geography and the environment shaping human economic activities – at a global, regional, and local level. Economic activity will be placed within the human response to their environment and the geography of their world.
This course is designed to expose students to the basic concepts underlying the financial manager's approach to decision-making. The course focuses on building a basic understanding of accounting and finance fundamentals, such as financial statement creation and analysis, financial ratios, risk, leverage, capital budgeting, short and long-term financing, taxation and working capital management. The second part of the course will look at these fundamental concepts from an international perspective including, but not limited to, various international monetary bodies, the multinational corporation, financial considerations in conducting international business and banking, central banks and their impact on interest rates and currency fluctuation.
The purpose of this course is to introduce the international business student to a broad range of issues, concepts, and key organizations in international law. This course will examine the different world legal systems with particular focus on the common law. After developing a fundamental understanding of key legal concepts the course will examine international trade law and the resolution of international commercial disputes.
Business gurus, scholars and political leaders increasingly attribute economic success to changes in a global business environment. It is hard to gain a competitive advantage in international trade without exposure to the study of international political economy.
This course is designed to achieve three main objectives:
• To familiarize the student with the basic concepts and theories associated with International Political Economy (IPE);
• To explore issues associated with practical applications of international political economy and
• To analyze the impact of IPE issues on a contemporary, global business organization
This course examines the process of moving the product/service from the design stage to the customer's doorstep. Topics include documentation, regulatory compliance, transportation, and other logistics issues.
This course is an introduction to the economic, political, and cultural factors that influence the international marketplace. The course focuses on the application of international business theory as it relates to current trends and practices in international business.
The course examines the role of strategy in business with an emphasis on the management of international companies. Through seminars and case studies, students will review the best practices of international strategic management and apply them to the contemporary business environment.
This course is designed to expose the students to the field of marketing and its applications to markets outside of Canada. Students will be familiarized with the institutions and mechanisms of marketing outside Canada and the role of geography, culture, customs and infrastructure of the major countries on the international scene.
This course takes a detailed look at the personal sales function as it applies to international business. Topics include tools to build relationships, sales techniques, sales presentations, the management of the sales process, trade shows and international negotiations.
This course applies the process of marketing management to the marketing of products/services within the global marketplace by emphasizing specific topics of significance to international marketing.
The student will complete a minimum six-week work experience, either paid or unpaid. While the college will help students find work placements, it is each student’s responsibility to find a position. The college approved placement must be related to the specialty courses of the program. Students will prepare an assignment related to the placement, and final evaluation will be assessed by the work placement supervisor and the college.
Students will learn to identify and validate an international (preferably) business opportunity. Students will be shown a pathway to execute on the idea opportunity in the modern economy using lean start-up methodologies.
The project involves preparation of a feasibility study to introduce, via import or export, a product or service to a foreign market.
Students working in groups are expected to display their knowledge by completing a comprehensive business plan for a profit seeking company. This course requires students to integrate and apply what they have learned in other courses in the International Business program.
Each group will deliver a written business plan that includes both primary and secondary research, and analysis and findings pertinent to their business and industry. The business plan will also be presented to a panel jury.