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This course covers both micro- and macroeconomics. Using real-life examples and case studies, you'll acquire a broad overview of economic theories and their application to current situations. Topics include supply and demand, income distribution, differing market structures, interest rates, unemployment, inflation, business cycles, monetary and fiscal policy, economic growth, international trade and currency exchange rates. You'll come away with a better understanding of economic concepts, theories and methodologies and how to apply them to market and policy situations. Identify and understand key economic concepts.Understand how supply and demand establish market prices and output levels.Analyze the basic characteristics of such market structures as pure competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition and oligopoly.Calculate a firm's output and profit under different market structures.Compare the business cycle, unemployment, inflation and long-term growth, examining the impact of each on the Canadian economy.Identify the importance of international trade and globalization to the Canadian economy.Evaluate the operation and limitations of fiscal policy and the impact of recent federal budgets on the Canadian economy.Identify the main functions of the Bank of Canada and the goals and tools of its monetary policy.

Get the accounting expertise you need to complement your strategic and financial management skills. This advanced course focuses on the accounting needs of managers. You'll learn key concepts and practices of management accounting and how they can be used to improve business performance and decision-making. Topics include types of cost-accounting systems; patterns of cost behaviour; problems related to cost determination, allocation, budgeting and control; and identifying, classifying and summarizing costs and expenses. Identify, classify and allocate costs and expenses.Prepare budgets, including possible variances.Determine internal-transfer prices and evaluate capital expenditures.Support better decision-making across all areas of an organization.

Whatever business you're in, this course will ground you in the basics of financial accounting. You'll start with an introduction to basic financial statements, then move through the accounting cycle and the notion of debit and credit. You'll learn how to measure and report financial transactions and apply accounting theory. You'll end the course knowing what questions to ask about a company's financial statements and how to make better business decisions based on sound analysis. Understand the purpose, nature and basic functions of accounting.Measure and record financial transactions.Prepare and analyze financial statements using accepted international standards.Develop an appreciation for internal control systems.

This course teaches you how to identify, assess and manage different types of enterprise risks. These include such emerging risks as cyber security, social media and climate change as well as reputation, regulatory, supply chain, legal, property, personnel, environmental and motor fleet risk. You'll learn how to manage and control the major categories of risk faced by all organizations, with an emphasis on insurable risk. Understand the nature and purpose of risk control. Know the steps involved in risk assessment and treatment. Analyze and treat exposures to accidental and business losses. Make well-informed risk control decisions.

This course explores the development of risk financing strategies and the selection, implementation and monitoring of risk financing techniques. Starting with an overview of risk financing and techniques used for estimating losses arising from hazard risk, the course covers alternative financing techniques including insurance, self-insurance, retrospective rating, reinsurance, captive insurance and contractual transfer. It also addresses financial risk and capital markets and allocation of the costs associated with hazard risk. Understand the nature and purpose of risk financing. Know how professionals offset the negative consequences of risk events. Analyze and treat exposure to accidental and business losses. Understand the criteria for making risk financing decisions.

Effective human resources management (HRM) is critical to the success of modern organizations. This 13-week course gives you a practical overview of key concepts, issues and practices in all areas of HRM. Increase your knowledge as a human resources professional and get a step closer to certification. Topics include strategic HRM; planning, recruitment and selection; performance management; employee and labour relations; compensation and benefits; equity and diversity; health and safety; and HRM in the global context. Estimate your firm's human resources needs and supply. Analyze staffing needs and design recruitment solutions. Explore the effects of legislation related to human rights, diversity, equity and workplace safety and health. Identify effective performance management, compensation and incentive systems. Build cooperation between unions and management and create a framework for resolving disputes.

Organizations have to manage their people well to achieve good business results and create a great workplace culture - not easy in today's fast-paced world. Managers and supervisors have multiple roles as leaders, mediators, motivators, mentors and negotiators of change. This course will help human resources practitioners and managers understand practices, organizational structures and other factors that influence behaviour in organizations. Topics include high-performance work practices, organization structures, team development, leadership, motivation, employee engagement, conflict management, change management and decision-making. See how organizational reality is changing in today's work world. Understand the impact of human behaviour and its implications for managing people effectively. Be at ease with a range of management-level communication strategies. Apply contemporary organizational theory to build a positive, proactive work environment.

Whether you want to learn Dutch for a professional opportunity or because of a personal connection, this Level I course is the place to start. It teaches you Dutch pronunciation and basic grammatical structures. Role-playing and other exercises help you begin to handle simple daily interactions. You'll be able to greet people, request and give information about your immediate surroundings, express simple likes and dislikes and describe where you live and people you know. Form simple sentences in Dutch about yourself and your family.Begin to grasp the complexities of Dutch pronunciation.

If you've completed 0990 - Dutch: Level I or have equivalent skills, this course will build your facility with Dutch grammar, your vocabulary and your knowledge of cultural etiquette. Role-playing and other exercises will help you feel more at ease in straightforward conversations, giving simple instructions and directions and describing people and places in a simple way. An ideal course for business travellers and tourists, lovers of language and people of Dutch heritage who want to expand or refresh their knowledge. Build your essential vocabulary. Use appropriate grammar, syntax and vocabulary in simple everyday situations. Deepen your understanding of Dutch language structures, idioms and cultural etiquette.

If you've completed 0991 - Dutch: Level II or have equivalent skills, this course will help you take part in more complex, nuanced conversations in Dutch. You'll tackle intermediate grammatical structures for more formal expression and learn useful idiomatic expressions for casual speech. Through role-playing and exercises, you'll learn how to handle short social exchanges, discuss your work and shop. Ideal for business travellers and tourists, lovers of language and people of Dutch heritage. Express simple original thoughts using an expanded vocabulary. Increase awareness of the social and cultural etiquette of Dutch.