Small Business and Entrepreneurship
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This programme will offer a hands-on experience designed to help small business owners and entrepreneurs develop the skills needed to start, run, and grow a business. Basic business skills such as accounting, using accounting software, creating marketing plans, developing employee manuals, and developing business plans are included. Students will develop a real business idea in a capstone course. Workshops will cover additional topics in customer service, sales techniques, ethics, project management, and team-building with industry professionals. Students can take classes in a blended learning environment which is (face-to-face and online). A 50-hour work attachment will be included to help students gain industry experience.
Career Opportunities: Besides self-employment, some job possibilities for graduates include Food Service or Catering Management, Retail Sales Management, Administrative Services or Office Management, and Supervisory jobs.
Notes: Students are encouraged to take General Education courses in the summer to avoid an overload of credits.
Programme Goals
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Apply basic legal systems and practices that guide how business is conducted.
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Apply general business and management strategies to real-life in small business settings.
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Analyse trends that measure consumer needs, wants, and desires and show how they influence business practices.
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Demonstrate how an organisation can gain a sustainable competitive advantage through effective management of its human resources.
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Communicate effectively in written and oral form in business situations.
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Use technology effectively to communicate and analyse information related to business.
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Analyse financial data and trends as they relate to everyday business.
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Apply ethical principles and standards that are accepted in the business world.
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Utilise internal control methodologies to enhance reliability of the accounting function.