Develop the leadership, management, and decision-making skills needed to succeed in today's business environment. This comprehensive diploma combines training in marketing, human resources, accounting, business law, and strategic management with over 3 months of real-world workplace experience through an extended co-op placement.
CredentialDiploma
Duration49 Weeks
Co-op12-week Co-op (480 hours)
Schedule20 hours/week, Monday – Friday, daytime and evening classes
DeliveryIn-Class, Online (Synchronous)*, or Combined
Before attending Brighton College, I was a small business owner in Canada and Mexico. I decided to attend Brighton to receive a Canadian accreditation after returning to Canada. What I liked most about my experience at Brighton is the great teachers, program structure, and flexible schedule.
– Dor French, Business Management DiplomaLearn about the Business Management Diploma, its comprehensive business curriculum, and the workplace experience provided through the extended co-op.
The Business Management Diploma prepares students to understand how successful organizations operate, grow, and adapt in today's evolving business landscape. Through a comprehensive curriculum that combines management, marketing, human resources, accounting, and business strategy, students develop the knowledge and skills needed to contribute to organizational success across a wide range of industries.
Students explore the key functions that drive business performance, including organizational behaviour, leadership, human resource management, marketing, professional selling, accounting, and business law. They learn how organizations attract and retain talent, build strong customer relationships, manage resources effectively, and respond to changing market conditions.
A major focus of the program is leadership and strategic decision-making. Through courses in leadership, corporate social responsibility, and strategic management, students examine how business leaders evaluate opportunities, solve organizational challenges, guide teams, and make decisions that support long-term growth and sustainability.
Unlike programs that focus primarily on administrative or operational support functions, this diploma provides a broader understanding of how organizations are managed across multiple business disciplines. Students develop both analytical and interpersonal skills that can be applied in leadership, supervisory, and management-oriented environments.
The program concludes with an extended co-op placement, providing students with over 3 months of workplace experience where they can apply their classroom learning, build professional confidence, expand their network, and gain valuable industry experience before graduation.
Upon completion of this program, the successful student will have the ability to:
This course will help student review basic mathematics and introduce to student some business mathematical concepts. The topics will include algebra, time value of money, future value, present value, annuity, investment evaluation, and other basic financial concepts. Some common business software such as Microsoft Outlook will also be introduced in this course.
Duration: 60 hours, 3 weeks.
Prerequisite: none.
Students will practice business writing skills, applying the mechanics of style, developing proofreading and editing skills and using words effectively. They will apply verbal and non-verbal styles to a variety of business communications. The students will also practice career and interpersonal skills necessary for success in the workplace, such as conflict resolution and business etiquette. They will work in teams to examine administrative, ergonomic and efficiency functions of a business office. Students will also learn about using PowerPoint to deliver demonstrations, training, and presentations in a professional manner.
Duration: 60 hours, 3 weeks.
Prerequisite: none.
This course explores the fundamental use of Microsoft Office’s word processing software: Microsoft Word. Students will learn how to use Word to create, save, edit, format, and manipulate documents in a professional manner.
Duration: 20 hours, 1 week.
Prerequisite: none.
This course explores the fundamental use of Microsoft Office’s spreadsheet creation software: Microsoft Excel. Students will learn how to use Excel to create spreadsheets, perform calculations, generate charts from data tables, and print results.
Duration: 60 hours, 3 weeks.
Prerequisite: none.
This course introduces the students to the construction and interpretation of financial systems, records, reports and statements, including how vital accurate and complete financial data is for a business to ensure its ongoing success. This course is the first in a series of courses to build a solid base in accounting from both a practical and a theoretical perspective.
Duration: 60 hours, 3 weeks.
Prerequisite: none.
This course is a continuation of the work stated in Introduction to Accounting. This course provides students’ introductory knowledge about the construction and interpretation of financial systems, records, reports, and statements. It also shows how vital accurate and complete financial data is for a business to ensure its ongoing success.
Duration: 40 hours, 2 weeks.
Prerequisite: BAF140.
Improving organizational effectiveness by studying behavior in organizations is the focus of this course. Students develop the ability to evaluate their own behavior and that of others by critically examining performance and activities at the individual level, the group level, and the organizational level.
Duration: 60 hours, 3 weeks.
Prerequisite: none.
This course is designed to provide the students with an overview of the marketing concept and how it can be applied to any type of organization or service. This course includes the controllable and uncontrollable elements of marketing, strategic planning, market characteristics, marketing research techniques, market segmentation and target market selection.
Duration: 60 hours, 3 weeks.
Prerequisite: none.
This course introduces students to the Canadian legal system, dispute resolution, and torts including product liability, contracts, sale of goods, agency, employment, business structures, personal and intellectual property, E-commerce and international trade.
Duration: 60 hours, 3 weeks.
Prerequisite: none.
This course introduces the role of human resource management and its contribution to the effectiveness of organizations and their employees. In today’s rapidly changing business world, organizations are realizing that their greatest asset is their employees, and that the effective management of people is a key factor in their overall success. This course provides an overview of essential human resource management concepts and techniques, specifically related to the main areas of human resource management activity. Whether you become a business owner, supervisor, manager or human resources professional, this course will provide you with helpful information and insights to help you deal with issues relating to people in organizations.
Duration: 60 hours, 3 weeks.
Prerequisite: none.
This course offers students an opportunity to learn and practice a combination of selling fundamentals and selling strategies needed to succeed in today’s business environment. The focus of the lecture/workshop is all of the skills required for developing and implementing relationships, product, customer, and presentation strategies.
Duration: 60 hours, 3 weeks.
Prerequisite: none.
This course provides an overview of theories and concepts in business ethics and leadership. This course will help students to understand ethical reasoning in the business context and introduce them to the concept of corporate social responsibility. The course will also cover theories for effective leadership and practical advice for business leaders. Students will develop a personal definition of leadership and define personal leadership values, understand cultural influences on leadership and explore power, influence, engagement and motivation.
Duration: 60 hours, 3 weeks.
Prerequisite: none.
Strategic management in organizations is vital to the long-term effectiveness of any organization. This strategy course introduces students to the strategic process including improving the quality of decision-making in a time-sensitive global environment. Students utilize the principles of strategic management enhanced by contemporary new analytical concepts.
Duration: 60 hours, 3 weeks.
Prerequisite: none.
This course helps students prepare the required job search skills and knowledge they need to become employed. Students will learn the best known job search techniques to find viable opportunities, strategies to differentiate themselves from the competition and how they will add value to prospective employers in today’s competitive global economy.
Duration: 20 hours, 1 week.
Prerequisite: none.
A co-operative (co-op) work placement provides students with the opportunity to implement their newly acquired knowledge and skills from their academic program into relevant work experience. During the co-op, students will be considered employees who are actively engaged in productive work. The experience provides students with coaching, work-site monitoring and employer evaluations. Students will also gain deeper insight into the industry, explore their different career opportunities, and observe professionals in practical situations. They will acquire situation-specific skills and identify areas that may need to be developed further. To ensure a high quality co-op experience, the institution will monitor both the student and the employer throughout the co-op. At the conclusion of the co-op, students and employers jointly complete a written evaluation of the student’s performance to direct the future career development of the student.
Duration: 480 hours, 12 weeks.
Refer to Language Proficiency Policy for details.
*Mature Student is defined as an individual who is 19 years of age or older at the start of the program.
*Under no circumstances can these Admission Requirements be waived.
Data sourced from WorkBC. Occupation information aligned with the National Occupational Classification (NOC).
Career-path occupations generally require additional industry experience, employer training, certification, professional registration or further education. Completion of this program does not by itself confer a professional licence or protected occupational designation.
