Courses

Courses

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Courses

What makes people want to do well and how can you motivate them? A better understanding of employee motivation will help you to improve your personal and organizational performance. Explore how effective leadership and management practices can increase job satisfaction, boost employee morale, and lead to high performing teams. Note: Textbook materials are provided and distributed in class.

CRN Duration Starts Time Instructor Cost Location
60147 May 04, 2024 Online Raf Jamil,
Yasmin Virji
$365 Online

Communicating effectively is vital to the success of every manager and team. Take a new look at your role as an effective communicator and learn ways to improve the overall communication process. Learn how different personality types send and receive messages. Identify communication barriers to reduce fly-bys and ensure common understanding. Gain insight into your role in communicating change.Note: Textbook materials are provided and distributed in class.

CRN Duration Starts Time Instructor Cost Location
60148 Jun 01, 2024 Online Raf Jamil,
Yasmin Virji
$365 Online

Looking to fine-tune the knowledge and skills needed to maximize personal and professional success? Focus on management objectives and goal setting, and explore techniques for communicating expectations, giving and receiving effective feedback and engaging in coaching conversations. Look at ways to reward and recognize employees formally and informally to improve performance.Note: Textbook materials are provided and distributed in class.

CRN Duration Starts Time Instructor Cost Location
50166 Mar 23, 2024 Online Raf Jamil,
Yasmin Virji
$365 Online
60150 Jul 27, 2024 Online Raf Jamil,
Yasmin Virji
$365 Online

Understanding human behaviour and working effectively with different personality types is key to business and management success. Explore ways to identify and cope with difficult behaviours encountered in the workplace. Learn to recognize personality styles, read body language, and use techniques to establish rapport and deal more effectively with others.Note: Textbook materials are provided and distributed in class.

CRN Duration Starts Time Instructor Cost Location
60149 Jun 29, 2024 Online Raf Jamil,
Yasmin Virji
$365 Online

Courses

Explore the theory and practice of managing human resources as you learn about the fundamental functions and competencies needed by HR practitioners and supervisors today. Discover the employee life cycle, from job design, recruitment, and orientation to training and career development, and discipline.

CRN Duration Starts Time Instructor Cost Location

This course is not offered at this time. Please email yvirji@langara.ca for details.

Learn about managing employee performance within an organization and the performance management process. Performance fundamentals will be covered, including defining performance expectations, performance appraisals, evaluations and recognizing how performance management can improve your organization.

CRN Duration Starts Time Instructor Cost Location
50169 Mar 30, 2024 0900-1600 Online Raf Jamil,
Yasmin Virji
$487 Online
60153 1 wknd Sa/Su Jun 15, 2024 0900-1600 Online Raf Jamil,
Yasmin Virji
$487 Online

Learn why organizations are required to undergo change management and how this is critical for both organizations and employees. You will learn concepts, fundamentals and best practices of change management in this course.

CRN Duration Starts Time Instructor Cost Location
60151 1 wknd Sa/Su May 11, 2024 0900-1600 Online Raf Jamil,
Yasmin Virji
$487 Online

This course will explore some introductory concepts about unions and union trends in Canada. We will discuss difference between legislation for unionized and nonunionized workplaces/employees, provincial and federal legislation. We will also review basic concepts about British Columbia Labour Code and British Columbia Labour Relations Board.

CRN Duration Starts Time Instructor Cost Location
50168 1 wknd Sa/Su Apr 27, 2024 0900-1600 Online Raf Jamil,
Yasmin Virji
$487 Online
60152 1 wknd Sa/Su Aug 24, 2024 0900-1600 Online Raf Jamil,
Yasmin Virji
$487 Online