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 organizations.
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.
Your studies will focus on an introduction to financial accounting building on the skills you learned in ACCT 122 (Introductory Financial Accounting I). Your studies include these topics: accounting for property, plant and equipment assets, current and long-term liabilities, partnerships, and corporations. In addition, you will learn to prepare a cash flow statement and perform ratio analysis.
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. Accounting for payroll is also introduced in this course. ACCT 122 is a companion to ACCT 125 (Introductory Financial Accounting 2) which continues the study of basic financial accounting.
This three-week work placement with a business firm provides students with a realistic office experience. Workplace attire will be required for work practicums. Enrol and begin in September, November, January or March.
In this course office procedures skills are developed to a higher level and the importance and function of secretarial public relations are examined. Students are prepared further for their work in an office and the employment application process. Enrol and begin in September, November, January or March.
This is a practical course that requires the application of effective writing skills and further develops good keyboarding techniques. It covers advanced features of words processing and desktop publishing. Speed and accuracy are emphasized for the production of office documents. This course is a continuation of OA130 and covers advanced features of word processing. Students must achieve a minimum keyboarding requirement of 40 wpm to pass this course. Enrol and begin in September, November, January or March.
This course offers an introduction to the world of business. Students gain practical experience in a typical office environment and perform routine duties common to the majority of all office positions. Enrol and begin in September, November, January or March.
This course combines keyboarding and document processing. In the keyboarding portion, you will gain mastery of the computer keyboard, learn proper keyboarding techniques, and key letters, memos, tables, reports, and business forms. Increasing emphasis is placed on developing speed and accuracy. This hands-on course is designed to introduce Administrative Assistant students to word processing concepts and the production of routine business communication. Students must achieve a minimum keyboarding requirement of 33 wpm to pass this course.
This course allows students to integrate computer applications. Students are introduced to the hands-on skills needed to create and use database management software in the business environment, using Microsoft Publisher. Students will also create presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint, incorporating fonts, graphics, and colours to create slides, overheads, printed documents, and on-screen slide shows.