Diploma in Business Management
The Business Management Diploma Program is designed to prepare students for entry-level management positions. In this program, students will receive instruction in business principles and practices as well as specific training in management and information systems, human resources, small business, and project/quality management principles. The program is 4 quarters in length, and students must attend and complete all courses (14) in order to graduate.
Career opportunities in the following fields:
- Insurance
- Retail
- Sales
- Customer service
- Office and administrative support
- Business startup
Job opportunities:
- First-Line Supervisors
- Office & Administrative Support
- Accounting Manager
- Accounts Payable Supervisor
- Accounts Receivable Manager
- Administrative Supervisor
- Customer Service Manager
- Customer Service Supervisor
- Office Coordinator
- Office Manager
- Office Supervisor
- Staff Services Manager
- Starting one’s own business
Industry Certificate:
- Bookkeeper certificate
- Quickbooks
- Google Certs – Shopping Ads
- Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
- Total Quality Management
- MOS certificates
- Business Communication
- Microsoft Certificates
Program Length: 1 year
Total Credits Required: 55
The Business Management Diploma Program consists of 13 – 4 quarter hour courses and 1 – 3 quarter hour courses. The program totals 55 quarter credit hours and 660 clock hours. A full-time student can complete this program by taking two quarters of four courses and two quarters of three courses in any quarter sequence within a 12-month time period.
Students are responsible for purchasing books, supplies and materials needed in any course. The following is the average list price of program textbooks purchased from Global Tech Institute’s Bookstore: $2,850.
The academic catalog provides additional information about the curriculum and courses for this major.
Download Catalog HereThis course will prepare students for career success with the first-hand experience in calculating payroll, completing payroll taxes, and preparing payroll records and reports. This course will provide knowledge covered on basic payroll accounting exams found on such sites as the NACPB
Credits: 4
Clock Hours: 48
This course will provide a practical approach to law that emphasizes current, relevant topics needed to succeed in contemporary business. Cases throughout the course address issues such as trademark infringement, computer tampering, pollution, agency, and employment‐at‐will.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours: 48
This course will use a skills-based approach and apply practical ethical situations to real-world business settings and decisions.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours: 48
This course will examine the role the banking system plays in individual financial activities and considers the monetary policymaking that shapes the worlds financial system.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours: 48
This course presents a basic, arithmetic‐based approach to business math. Students will use practical skill-building to prepare students for careers in business through the step‐by‐step development of concepts, numerous practice exercises
Credits: 4
Clock Hours: 48
This course will examine the role the banking system plays in individual financial activities and considers the monetary policymaking that shapes the world financial system.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours: 48
This course will cover the three unifying themes throughout the course are strategy, global supply chain, and service operations. The strategy will serve as an overarching framework and will be used in each chapter to present students with an alternative approach to specific challenges. The global supply chain and service operations themes will allow students to see how products move through different companies and countries.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours: 48
This course will approach business operations from the entrepreneurial and management perspective. Finance, marketing, and human resources are some of the topics that will be explored. This course will provide an overview of the management, discusses the history of management, and compares management approaches and philosophies. This course focuses on data analysis and decision‐making, demonstrating the importance of math, statistics, and quantitative decision‐making
Credits: 4
Clock Hours: 48
This course details how to organize as well as how to manage effective project teams, from planning and scheduling to cost management. Contents of this course will provide the basics which are covered in the PMI exam (https://www.pmi.org/certifications/project-management-pmp)
Credits: 4
Clock Hours: 48
The foundation of this course is on the emergence of Total Quality Management (TQM) as a strategic focus in firms seeking excellence and a competitive edge.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours: 48
This course will provide the practical concepts, entrepreneurial insights, and comprehensive resources essential for student success now and throughout their management future. This course covers the fundamentals of business management on starting and managing a business.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours: 48
This course is designed to help students develop a practical understanding of today human resource management skills, concepts, and principles. Students will learn techniques in interviewing, recruiting, and all other aspects of human resource management. Students will develop an understanding of the application of important laws and regulations.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours: 36
Credits: 4
Clock Hours: 48
This course will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of Microsoft Office 2019 and will learn how to take advantage of the flexibility it offers. Students will learn to use various programs to accomplish tasks such as organization, data analysis, advertising, cloud computing, and publishing. The contents of this course will help prepare students to sit for MOS exams (https://certiport.pearsonvue.com/Certifications/Microsoft/MOS/Certify/Office-365-and-Office-2019.aspx)
Credits: 4
Clock Hours: 54
GTC was my first venture back into higher education since getting out of the military, and they have not only been extremely helpful as an education institution, but I have received more support from them than any physical campus I have ever attended. If you are unsure about school, GTC will make sure it goes as smoothly as possible for you to pursue schooling, and help you succeed and prepare you for many of the industry standards for higher education.
