To introduce students to manual and electronic business administration systems and procedures and to develop skills useful to a new employee.

Aim

To develop communication, research, business writing and computing skills for the work environment

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

The student will be able to:

  1. Apply appropriate written and oral communication skills for business purposes
  2. Use the Internet as a research tool
  3. Explore the relationship between culture and communication
  4. Use current commercial software to complete business tasks
  5. Demonstrate understanding ofthe recruitment process and develop job search skills

To introduce students to the concepts of designing, planning and using business spreadsheets and databases.

To develop document presentation, word processing skills and keyboarding skills to an intermediate level.