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PROFESSIONAL & APPLIED CERTIFICATES
Strategic Business Initiatives Certi cate
In today’s globally focused commercial landscape, understanding business and learning job-ready skills are necessary to manage and lead in the complex and diverse culture of the international marketplace.
In this series of six courses (and two electives), Royal Roads University faculty provide participants with a concise and dynamic approach which rapidly develops skills and knowledge to handle new scenarios as a manager while strengthening professional performance, con dence, and decision- making abilities.
Courses incorporate the unique considerations of operating within a global business cultural context, addressing public and private sector perspectives. Participants will learn through
a combination of case studies, interactive exercises, and group discussion.
Each session will build con dence and understanding of topic areas while also providing a common understanding of:
■  Corporate strategy within the small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) sector
■  Marketing approaches & strategies ■  International trade
■  Financial reports & information
■  Intercultural leadership
■  Public & private sector budgeting issues ■  Change management
■  Risk assessment & management
■  Corporate transformation
■  Macro-economic business issues ■  Organizational behaviour
ELECTIVE Courses
Dates
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Strategic Business Initiatives: Corporate Strategy
Oct 10, 2017
18
Strategic Business Initiatives: Business Finance for Non-Financial Staff
Nov 15, 2017
18
Strategic Business Initiatives: International Marketing – Public and Private Sector Perspectives
Jan 17, 2018
18
Strategic Business Initiatives: Business Issues and Economics with a Global Eye
Mar 21, 2018
18
Strategic Business Initiatives: Organizational Transformation
May 16, 2018
18
Strategic Business Initiatives: International Business and Culture
Jun 20, 2018
18
Plus completion of 2 ELECTIVES from Professional Advancement
Advanced Facilitation Certi cate
Facilitation is one of the key skillsets
for leaders and in uencers of change. Their work is invaluable in enabling groups to work together and produce a common outcome. Valued facilitators need to be adaptable and  exible. They must draw on a variety of skills and tools to enables their participants to create a common, shared understanding and produce measurable outcomes.
The  exible delivery method and combination of online and face-to-face delivery methods allows you to take the certi cate at your
own pace and tailor it to suit your unique development needs.
To achieve the Advanced Facilitation Certi cate, take eight courses with the option of selecting three appropriate alternate courses.
CORE Course
Dates
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Boost Your Facilitation Practice with Liberating Structures
Oct 16, 2017
19
Visual Facilitation Practices: Level 1
Nov 17, 2017 or Jun 11, 2018
20
Online Facilitation Skills for Mediation – Mediate BC
Jan 22, 2018*
20
Learning Design for Organizations
Jan 22, 2018*
19
Visual Facilitation Practices: Level 2
Feb 9, 2018
20
Instructional Skills Workshop (counts as 2 courses)
Please refer to website
19
Art of Hosting Meaningful Conversations for Participatory Leadership (counts as 2 courses)
Feb 16 to 18, 2018
40
Teaching with Blackboard CollaborateTM
Please refer to website
20
Facilitating Learning Online – Fundamentals
Please refer to website*
19
Facilitating Learning Online – Synchronous
Please refer to website*
19
Complete 8 courses from the list above with the option of up to 3 appropriate alternate courses.
8
*Online course




















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