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Keyano College is a comprehensive community institution in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Stretching from north-central Alberta to the borders of Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories, Wood Buffalo is one of the largest municipalities in Canada.
The College offers programs that lead to certificates, diplomas, certificates of qualification (trades), and baccalaureate degrees. The College also supports the development of professional knowledge and skills in several sectors, including energy, construction, business, health and safety, arts, sciences, education, human services, and transportation. A wide range of corporate training options are available to client companies as well as Aboriginal Education and Regional Stewardship programming focused on improving access to learning opportunities.
Recent experiences
Report Writing and Presentations
BUS 101
Looking to elevate your business, and bring it to the next level? Bring on students from Keyano College to be your student-consultants, in a project-based experience. Students will work on one or more projects of your choosing over the partnership period, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools. Students in this program are given an introduction to the new world of communication, building skills in five specific areas: choosing effective communication channel; critical thinking through verbal and written message; business writing; research strategies and material usage; and presentation and job search strategies. Students will be exposed to writing basic business documents and utilizing information data bases, citation, and referencing of materials.
Public Administration
MGMT3313
Looking to elevate your organization, and bring it to the next level? Bring on students from Keyano College to be your student-consultants, in a project-based experience. Students will work on one main project over the course of the semester, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools. This course focuses on the practical implications of public administration and emphasizes the differences between the private sector and public sector management regimes. Public administration is examined at the federal, provincial, and local levels with particular focus on how government functions. Through historical, contextual, and theoretical perspectives an overview of public administration is given that includes policy activities and decision-making, governmental processes and structures, human relation issues, and performance measurement.
Marketing Strategy
BUS 239 E
Looking to elevate your organization, and bring it to the next level? Bring on students from Keyano College to be your student-consultants, in a project-based experience. Students will work on one main project over the course of the semester, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools. Students in this course are introduced to the highly dynamic field of marketing. Marketing is based on the premise that successful marketing of goods, services and ideas is fundamental to the functioning of our society. The major focus of the course is on understanding marketing, analyzing marketing opportunities and planning marketing strategies related to product, promotion, price and place.
Strategic Staffing
BUS 274 E
Looking to elevate your organization, and bring it to the next level? Bring on students from Keyano College to be your student-consultants, in a project-based experience. Students will work on one main project over the course of the semester, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools. Students in this course begin with an examination of the different methods and information sources used to forecast an organization's need for human resources. Then, the course addresses various recruitment techniques, with emphases on the identification of effective sources and media for particular types of jobs, and on the design of effective recruitment messages. The third and largest portion of the course examines the range of tools and techniques used to select the best candidate from a pool of recruits, including Application Blanks, Interviewing, Selection Tests, and Background (Reference) checks.