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
Apply basic legal systems and practices that guide how business is conducted.
Apply general business and management strategies to real-life in small business settings.
Analyse trends that measure consumer needs, wants, and desires and show how they influence business practices.
Demonstrate how an organisation can gain a sustainable competitive advantage through effective management of its human resources.
Communicate effectively in written and oral form in business situations.
Use technology effectively to communicate and analyse information related to business.
Analyse financial data and trends as they relate to everyday business.
Apply ethical principles and standards that are accepted in the business world.
Utilise internal control methodologies to enhance reliability of the accounting function.
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