This subject focuses on effective problem solving and decision-making skills in the workplace through the application of critical thinking, logical reasoning, and scientific methods. It aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills in cognitive sciences so that they can define and systematically develop solutions for a wide range of potential problems in an agile workforce. Students will also be taught to recognize common pitfalls and biases in decision-making and to apply appropriate decision-making tools to help them improve the quality of their decisions.

This subject provides an introduction to basic counselling principles and skills, and their application in the workplace. Students will be equipped with the fundamental theoretical and practical skills used in counselling, and about the counselling process that can enhance their interpersonal skills. They will also discuss some of the main perspectives and approaches in counselling, and explore issues that influence the counselling process, including ethics and working with diversity. Finally, students will also learn about how counselling principles, skills, and approaches may be applied to handle critical issues in workplace settings.

This subject focuses on increasing the awareness of the theoretical, empirical and clinical aspects of wellness in the workplace. It will examine the impact of emotional and behavioural factors that affect the prevention, onset, duration, and recovery of physical and mental health. This subject aims to equip students with an in-depth knowledge of workplace wellness, so as to enhance and promote holistic wellness in the workplace.

This subject covers the key management functions of planning, organising, leading and controlling. It addresses the impact of environmental factors that affect business and the relevance of corporate social responsibility in an organisation. It emphasises the roles, responsibilities and challenges faced by supervisors/managers in an organisation.

This subject provides participants with an understanding of the key determinants of human behaviour, at both the individual and group levels, in an organisation. It aims to develop the ability to use organisational behaviour concepts to improve personal, interpersonal and group interaction skills. Some of the topics are perception, motivation, reinforcement theory, group dynamics and conflict management.

This subject focuses on learning and talent development concepts and practices to develop and enhance workforce capabilities and competencies. The subject covers learning needs analysis, design, implementation and evaluation of a learning programme and career development. An understanding of these concepts will help students understand the importance of learning and talent development to strengthen individual and organisational performance.

This is a subject to equip students with the fundamental principles of economics for understanding the business environment. Students will study the various aspects of the product market: demand and supply, consumer theory, production and cost, market competition, market power, product differentiation, firms’ strategic behaviour and the macroeconomic environment.

This subject covers the general framework of the financial and cost management processes. It focuses on the use of accounting information for management planning, control and decision making through the understanding of costing and budgeting concepts.

This subject provides an introduction to marketing concepts and practices. It covers the marketing process and tools including product, pricing, distribution and promotion. An integrated approach will be employed to develop a range of skills such as strategic thinking, presentation and personal selling which are needed to sense, serve and satisfy customer needs.

This subject will help students learn the written communication skills that are vital for their success at the work place. They will learn how to prepare, plan and write investigative reports and present information relevantly and succinctly using appropriate visuals. They will also be taught to write appropriate emails, memos and letters for inter-office and intra-office communication.

This subject will help students develop effective oral professional communication skills that are essential in their working lives. They will learn how to plan, prepare and deliver oral presentations that are professional and audience-centered. In addition, students will learn the skills of conducting themselves professionally in a meeting.

This subject covers fundamental computing and data analytics skills for businesses. A strong emphasis is placed in exposing students to office productivity tools, which can aid in decision making as well as solving business problems through data manipulation, modeling and visualisation.