Business Department | 3 CC - Certificate of Completion | 1 year

• Understand the fundamentals of marketing, business law and supervisory management
• Use the principles of financial accounting
• Create budgets and use technology for business communications

Careers

Career opportunities include:

• management trainee
• first- line supervisory
• management analyst
• merchandiser
• marketing/sales representative in small and medium-sized retail and service companies.

For information call Sharon Parker, 503-594-3075 or sharonp@clackamas.edu

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PROGRAM CODE: CC.BUSMANAGEMENT

This certificate focuses on basic management and leadership skills, including: motivation, decision-making, ethics, workflow analysis, supervision and human relations skills, effective communication, essential technology skills, basic budgeting and accounting, and managing change. All courses required for this certificate can be used to satisfy requirements for the Business AAS.

RELATED INSTRUCTION OUTCOMES

Computation (1 course- BA-104 Business Math)

• Use appropriate mathematics to solve problems

Communication (1 course- WR-121Z Composition I)

• Read actively, think critically, and write purposefully and capably for professional audiences

Human Relations (1 course- BA-285 Human Relations in Business)

• Engage in ethical communication processes that accomplish goals

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

• make informed business decisions based on the use analysis of financial and budgetary data;
• demonstrate an understanding of the functions of leading, planning, organizing, and controlling in an organization;
• identify effective supervisory strategies (e.g. motivation, goal setting, coaching, leadership, etc.) for given individual and group situations;
• demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively;
• identify the various laws that impact employee management practices;
• identify effective supervisory strategies (e.g. motivation, goal setting, coaching, leadership, etc.) for given individual and group situations.