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GENERAL STUDIES
demonstration purposes. Pre-requisites: Students are expected to have prerequisite education in the field of coaching (e.g.,
the RRU Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching or an acceptable alternative).
Length: 11 weeks
Credits: 3
Delivery: Online
This course is required for the Graduate Certificate in Advanced Coaching Practices.
Project Planning & Scheduling
Examines how to foster innovation and creativity in the face of constraints faced by every project manager – project timeframe, budget, human resources, specifications, equipment and material. The course introduces techniques for work breakdown structure development, estimating, forecasting, evaluating and forecasting, monitoring and reporting costs, and interpreting earned-value data.
Length: 9 weeks
Credits: 3
Delivery: Online
This course is required for the Graduate Certificate in Project Management.
Workplace Innovation: Strategy & Culture
Considers the need for embedding innovation in both strategy and culture within an organization. Identifies leadership practices necessary to encourage and support innovation. Students will examine models and tools for understanding how workplace culture can be measured and managed, alongside innovative approaches to strategy development.
Length: 9 weeks
Credits: 3
Delivery: Online
This course is required for the Graduate Certificate in Workplace Innovation.
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James Hanson
Graduate Certificate in Project Management 2013
I am responsible for roughly 20 business units: overseeing facilities maintenance, design
and construction, food services, supply chain and more. I wanted to expand my business acumen and earn professional accreditation
in project management as well as an MBA. When I learned that the Graduate Certificate in Project Management from Royal Roads University counted towards credits for their MBA program, it was an easy decision for me – I could kill two birds with one stone and it wouldn’t cost more to do it.
The program was taught by an instructor
with real-life PM credibility and experience. This was a draw for me as I have attended other institutions where the professors and instructors were pure academics with little hands-on experience. The cohort model mimics real teams, and challenges you to form, storm, and norm under real-time pressures and an expectation of results. I was able to balance work and school by completing school at work and work at home. If this is an option for you,
I highly recommend it.
I use the PM, change leadership and financial learnings regularly, and I feel much more confident in the processes and systems my teams and I choose to apply to our projects.