College Diploma - Business Administration - Human Resources Management

Business plays a main role in the structure and functioning of contemporary world. Rapid changes in technology, structural shifts in the economy, resource allocation, changes in consumer preferences, and global rivalry all require a better understanding of the role and nature of business in today’s world. This program provides a well-rounded business education with a focus on business operations. In addition, students develop an understanding of the functions of human resources management. The program will help students develop specific knowledge and skills required by business professionals with an emphasis on key people processes that include recruiting, training, performance management, rewards, labour, and employee relations.

Upon completion of this program the successful student will have reliably demonstrated the ability to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of the theory and practice of recording financial events for service and merchandising to prepare financial statements while becoming familiar with account cycles, cash and receivables, inventory valuation and special journal and subsidiary ledger use.
• Understand the fundamentals of Canadian managerial principles, methods and skills: organizational structure, strategy and ops, controlling and leading, and managerial decision-making.
• Demonstrate knowledge of spreadsheet and database software applications including the design and management of spreadsheets and workbooks, managing and analyzing data, macros, queries, reports, relational databases, and Pivots.
• Demonstrate fundamental understanding of the micro and macro economic frameworks of the Canadian economy including supply and demand, economic goals, monetary policy, fiscal policy, and market structure with current economic interests incorporated into analysis.
• Demonstrate the concepts involved in marketing functions in a firm or business community while exploring tools and techniques used in developing a marketing strategy.
• Recognize and apply basic financial management principles relating to financial management goals, functions and decisions by calculating, preparing, analyzing, and projecting economic health, financial leverage, and working capital of a company.
• Demonstrate and understand the fundamentals of accounting abilities regarding acquisitions, depreciations, intangible assets, natural resources, goodwill, liabilities and methods appropriate to mitigate, corporate transactions, and net income calculation amongst various partners while accounting for applicable sales taxes.
• Demonstrate and understand the various functions of human resource management including compensation and benefits, staffing, recruitment and selection, research, labor relations, training and development, health and safety, mediation, influence of government legislation, and human rights and employment equity.
• Work in a variety of human resource positions and be able to assume greater levels of responsibility as they grow in their human resource capability.
• Understand and comply with the employer's legislative and legal obligations including workplace health and safety regulation, the Worker's Compensation Act, payroll compliance legislation, and employment standards.
• Conduct organizational needs assessments, analyze and modify organizational staff development plans and develop effective recruitment strategies to attract talent that satisfies the organizational objectives.
• Foster a work environment that promotes productivity and employee satisfaction.
• Evaluate performance and communicate performance issues in a manner that encourages responsible and corrective action and manage disciplinary action proactively and thoroughly.
• Understand the elements of a total compensation package that align with an organizational recruitment and retention strategy, develop compensation policies and procedures, procure benefits, and analyze employee and organizational pension requirements.
• Evaluate core processes in human resources practices associated with strategic planning, acquisition and development, utilization of human resources, establishment and improvement of labour and employee relations, and compensation and administration issues.
• Promote the best human resources practices in an organization.
• Contribute to the monitoring of health and safety in the workplace.
• Analyze diverse forms of adaptation to a changing environment and implement change in a logical and planned way.
• Define implementation strategies for job redesign and work re-organization.
• Encourage an approach to the practice of human resource management that is proactive and thoughtful rather than reactive.