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A common assumption is that high performing individuals will transition easily from being a team member to a supervisor/team leader, but effective leadership and management require a diverse skill set. The Supervisor & Leadership Basics micro-credential provides those who supervise or lead teams with strategies for increasing their personal effectiveness as well as their team's overall performance...

Successful front-line employees are often seen as prime candidates for supervisory and leadership roles, but moving from the front line to supervision / management requires additional knowledge and skills. Supervisor & Leadership Basics II provides high potential, recently promoted, or experienced supervisors additional foundational knowledge to further develop in their existing role or to prepare...

Students in this course will acquire and learn to apply the knowledge and skills necessary to work successfully in any organization. Organizational, team and individual relationships and processes and their impact on organizational outcomes will provide the framework for the course. Within this framework, various topics, including theories of organizational behaviour, decision making...

This course will provide students with an understanding of the process, issues, and techniques involved in administering a compensation system. Students will learn both the theoretical and applied aspects of the compensation function; the linkage between the compensation function and the organizational management process; and the compensation system design necessary to attract, retain and motivate...

Human Resources plays an integral role in the development of an organizational business plan and strategy. This course will provide an overview of the essential elements of the human resources planning process. Quantitative, as well as qualitative concepts, approaches and techniques will be discussed. This course is HRPA approved and is required to write the Comprehensive Knowledge Exam 1 (CKE1)...

This course will teach students the skills to manage the time dimension of projects. They will become familiar with estimating strategies, critical path identification, project float analysis, and defining and sequencing project activities using Network Diagrams and Gantt Charts. Students will also define, sequence, estimate resources and tasks to develop and control project schedules. The...

In the first half of the course, students learn to how to plan, identify, and perform qualitative and quantitative project risk analysis and opportunity analysis. Students also learn how to develop risk response plans; and lead, monitor and control project risks. In the second half of the course, students learn how to lead and build quality into projects, based on quality management principles...

This course evaluates the role of efficient transportation management and the impact on an organizations supply chain effectiveness. This course will expose students to transportation regulation, risk management, security initiatives, cost analysis, transportation and customs documentation and various transportation decisions. Students will utilize their research skills, critical thinking and...

An organization has many considerations to factor when purchasing goods or services; these include selecting the right supplier; whether to outsource or insource; how many suppliers; and what to buy domestically and internationally. Domestic and International Sourcing will give students the problem-solving and critical thinking skills to support an organization in making these sourcing decisions.

This course is designed to provide an overview of managing inventory and distribution decisions that have a significant impact on the entire supply chain. Students will be introduced to terminology used in inventory and distribution management which they will utilize to perform inventory calculations, analyse inventory and operations issues to minimize the risks in an attempt to maintain or...