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PROFESSIONAL & APPLIED CERTIFICATES
Strategic Business Initiatives Certificate
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, confidence 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 in this multi-day program will build confidence and understanding of topic areas while also providing a common understanding of:
■■ Corporate strategy within the small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) sector
■■ Financial reports & information
■■ Public & private sector budgeting issues ■■ Risk assessment & management
■■ Macro-economic business issues
■■ International business structures & cultures ■■ Marketing approaches & strategies
■■ International trade
■■ Intercultural leadership
■■ Change management
■■ Corporate transformation
■■ Organizational behaviour
ELECTIVE Courses
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Business Finance for Non-Financial Staff
Feb 1, 2019
19
Corporate Strategy
Feb 5, 2019
20
Marketing Strategy – Planning for Growth
Feb 20, 2019
21
International Business and Culture
Mar 8, 2019
20
Business Issues and Economics with a Global Eye
Please refer to website
20
Organizational Transformation
Please refer to website
22
Plus completion of 2 ELECTIVES from Professional Advancement
Advanced Facilitation Certificate
Facilitation is one of the key skillsets
for leaders and influencers of change. Their work is invaluable in enabling groups to work together and produce a common outcome. Valued facilitators need to be adaptable and flexible. They must draw on a variety of skills and tools to enable their participants to create a common, shared understanding and produce measurable outcomes.
The flexible delivery method and combination of online and face-to-face delivery methods allows you to take the certificate at your
own pace and tailor it to suit your unique development needs.
To achieve the Advanced Facilitation Certificate, take five of the courses listed in the table plus the addition of three electives from the Applied Communication suite of non-credit Professional Advancement courses.
* Online course
UPON COMPLETION OF CERTIFICATE PROGRAM:
CORE Course
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Online Facilitation Skills for Mediation - Mediate BC
Oct 1, 2018 or Jan 14, 2019
23
Boost Your Facilitation Practice with Liberating Structures
Apr 25, 2019
22
Visual Facilitation Practices: Level 1
Please refer to website
24
Learning Design for Organizations
Please refer to website *
23
Visual Facilitation Practices: Level 2
Please refer to website
24
Instructional Skills Workshop (counts as 2 courses)
Please refer to website
23
Moodle: Getting Around
Please refer to website
23
Teaching with Collaborate Ultra
Please refer to website
24
Facilitating Learning Online - Fundamentals
Please refer to website*
22
Facilitating Learning Online - Synchronous
Please refer to website*
22
Moodle: Editing and Enhancing (Online or classroom)
Please refer to website*
23
Plus completion of 3 ELECTIVES from Applied Communication
6
Students who have met the certificate program requirements must email the Professional & Continuing Studies office at continuingstudies@royalroads.ca to request their certificate upon completion. Certificates can take up to two-three weeks to process.