Business Certificate - Yorkton

You will study human behaviour in organizations and develop the skills needed to deal with people at work. Your studies include content on individual behaviour, values, interpersonal relationships and communications, groups and team dynamics, organizational culture, leadership, and change. You will study these aspects of human behaviour within the context of diverse formal organisations.

You will develop fundamental employability skills through the study of the principles of communication and active listening techniques. The course content includes the development of effective writing skills and formatting. You will apply the principles and skills by writing business messages for positive, negative and persuasive purposes. You will examine ways to apply communication skills to cross-cultural and Indigenous situations. You will learn to apply effective presentation skills when delivering oral presentations. You will write business reports.

You will be introduced to fundamentals of business. You will study structures, activities and forces that impact businesses. The course will explore the importance of ethical business practices, corporate social responsibility, and economic diversity in the global economy. You will begin your exploration of the functional business areas of leadership, human resources, operations, marketing, accounting, finance, and entrepreneurship. The course will prepare you for further study in these areas and others. You will work on a business case and prepare a simple business plan.

You will advance your career readiness to enter the industry. Specifically, you will develop a personal brand, practice skills in job searching, cover letter and resume writing, interviewing, and cultivate your interpersonal skills.

Your studies will explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and focus on the practical use of Word and Excel from Microsoft Office 365. You will learn how to use AI effectively, including how to evaluate and verify its outputs. You will learn beginner and intermediate Word skills. Finally, you will build strong data analysis skills and learn how to manage and present complex data to support business decisions. You will focus on data modeling in Excel and learn to use features like built-in functions, charts, PivotTables, Sparklines, Slicers, and Power Pivot.
 

Your studies will focus on an introduction to microeconomics. You will learn how individuals, businesses and governments make decisions in a world of scarce resources and unlimited wants. You will study how production and consumption choices are made in a market economy. You will learn to analyze economic fundamentals in supply, demand, costs, response to price changes, and income distribution. Finally, you will gain an understanding of the most common market structures along with their price and output determination in the Canadian economic marketplace.

Your studies will focus on an introduction to financial accounting designed to provide you with accounting skills to handle business transactions. The course will include bookkeeping techniques, accounting for a merchandising concern and control over cash and receivables. ACCT 122 is a companion to ACCT 125 (Introductory Financial Accounting 2) which continues the study of basic financial accounting.
 

You will explore concepts related to planning and managing personal finances while developing applied quantitative skills essential for sound financial decision-making. You will learn fundamental mathematical concepts used in personal finance. Your studies cover banking, deposit accounts, investing, tax and retirement planning, personal credit, insurance, and estate planning. You will also apply time value of money in every applicable aspect of the course and evaluate interest rates. The skills and knowledge developed in this course will be applied in a wide variety of real-world financial scenarios.
 

Your studies will focus on an overview of human resource management and practices. You will discuss and apply the concept of job analysis: planning, recruiting, and selection processes; training, developing and compensation considerations, and management performance and labour relations. You will discuss employee and organizational ethics throughout the course, and your studies will emphasise the use of human resource management to achieve high organisational performance.

You will receive an introduction to the Indigenous cultural groups within Saskatchewan. You will learn about the colonization of Indigenous peoples by the Canadian state. Your studies will help you discuss current issues and explore possible solutions.

Your studies will focus on the field of commercial law. You will apply the concepts of tort law and contract law. You will examine various legislative acts. Legal concepts in your studies will include torts, contracts, agency, forms of business organizations, the sale of goods, employment, bailment, insurance, personal as well as real property, and secured transactions.

You will discover the dynamic field of marketing. You will explore what marketing is, how it works, and the effect it can have on consumers and society. At the end of the course, you should have a strong sense of how to market ideas, skills, as well as products and services. You will apply these marketing concepts: the strategic marketing planning process, market research, segmentation, positioning, consumer behaviour, and the marketing mix.

Your studies will focus on an introduction to financial accounting building on the skills you learned in ACCT 122 (Introductory Financial Accounting 1). Your studies include these topics: accounting for property, plant and equipment assets, current and non-current liabilities, partnerships, and corporations and accounting for payroll. In addition, you will learn to prepare a cash flow statement and perform ratio analysis.
 

Using an automated accounting software package, you will learn how to enter transactions into journals (general, purchase, payments, sales, cash receipts and payroll) and ledgers (general, accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll), learn to account for inventory, and learn to prepare banking records. You will also prepare the initial automated accounting setup for use by a company.