Bullying Course This course looks at bullying in schools & outlines ways that schools can support victims of bullying & help reduce levels of bullying. A series of Reflection on Practice exercises gets you to reflect on your own school & your own practice & looks at how procedures & interventions to do with bullying could be enhanced. The resources are up to date & relevant & cover areas such as understanding bullying, research & statutory responses relating to bullying, how to help & support victims, cyberbullying & e-Safety, supporting vulnerable groups & developing a whole school response. This course on bullying is aimed at teachers, lecturers, supply teachers, teaching assistants, & cover supervisors; indeed anyone working with children. ...

Business Accounting Course Accounting has become an essential part of business life, & the knowledge & skills that you will learn in your studies will give you a broader & more experienced view of business life. About this Course The course has been written to introduce you to the bookkeeping & accounting skills required in Britain & around the world. Full details of topics covered are given below. As a general introduction to Accounting, the course can, therefore, be studied with advantage by students who are interested in obtaining a grounding in Accounting but who do not wish to take an examination. It is also ideal preparation for a wide variety of professional exams & the Higher Diploma in Accounting. ...

Business & the Environment Course In 1990 the concept of the environmental management system (EMS) was new to many organisations. However, it has subsequently developed very rapidly, becoming the subject of a number of international standards & schemes. The first national environmental management standard, BS7750, was published in 1992 & the European Union (or Community as it was then called) adopted the same basic approach in 1993 with the introduction of its Eco-Management & Audit Scheme (EMAS). An international standard, ISO 14001, replaced BS 7750 in 1996. In this course we look at how these standards & schemes have developed, the differences between them, & what benefits an organisation can expect to gain from adopting a recognised EMS. While neither ISO 14001 nor EMAS prescribe the level of environmental performance to be achieved, they do require a commitment to continual improvement. The extent of this improvement is for the individual organisation to decide & should be quantified in objectives & targets where practicable. At first glance, continual improvement may appear to be a particularly onerous commitment, but it is vital if the environmental management system is to be seen as credible by interested parties. This course looks at the importance & benefits of continual improvement, how it can be achieved, & how some of the barriers to its achievement can be overcome. Any organisation undertaking a programme of continual improvement needs not only to establish procedures for its work processes but also to regard all procedures, & the processes to which they relate, as being capable of improvement. This course focuses on what is involved in improving work procedures & processes in order to reduce the environmental impacts of your organisation. A sudden environmental crisis - such as a large fire, explosion, release of toxic gas or major water pollution incident - is probably the most feared occurrence by individuals with responsibility for an organisation's environmental performance. However, slow-acting pollution incidents can create a crisis that damages not only the environment but also the organisation, both financially & in terms of its reputation - & the reputation of its products - among the public. Emergency planning is required to deal with any incident that could result in loss of life, ill health or damage to the environment. ...

Business Communication Course Communication is essential in all business. It is important at all levels & in all areas of organisations what ever they do & where ever they are. In this course we look at some basic communication theory that you need to understand to help you communicate more effectively.  Communication is a complex subject as we, as human beings, are complex, our work tasks are complex & our world is becoming increasingly more complex. Communication skill is an enabling factor that allows us to perform the work of the organisation. It is essential for business success & as an individual, you need to be an effective communicator for your future career. In this course we look at some communication models & some effects on & barriers to the communication process. It is obviously important for us to understand how these might arise, if we want to improve organisational effectiveness & efficiency. We also consider how organisational structure affects the flow of information required for co-ordination, decision-making & awareness. The term communication covers a vast field of study. There are many books you can consult on specific skills such as report writing, presentations, interviews, & body language. The aim of this course is to cover basic concepts which will help you in the world of communication at work. ...

Business Communications Course One of the features of business economy in most developed countries in the world, since the Second World War, has been the increase in size of business units. This process has tended to accelerate in recent years, with the mergers & take-overs that have taken place in order to produce economies of scale & ability to compete on an international level. In consequence, managers & subordinates are having to spend an increasing proportion of their working time on communication, & skill in the exercise of this function is most necessary if they are to be effective. ...

Business Decision Analysis Course For those involved in business, particularly for those in managerial positions, the ability to make effective decisions or to contribute to the decision-making process is of vital importance. The ability to use mathematical techniques is becoming an increasingly important part of the manager's "tool kit", especially as low cost & more powerful information technology becomes accessible & enables more sophisticated techniques to be utilised. The examples & activities utilised within the course will provide some clues as to the range of applications to which Business Decision Analysis (BDA) can be put. Throughout the course you will have the opportunity to work on problems relating to investment decisions, marketing & distribution, & product development. By working through the exercises you will begin to understand the potential which BDA can bring to improving decisions in areas as diverse as organisational planning & forecasting, human resource management & manufacturing. ...

Business Economics Course Economics is the study of scarcity & the consequences of scarcity. Individuals, households, businesses & nations all experience some level of scarcity, in that they do not possess all the resources to satisfy all their wants & needs. Decisions have to be made to balance those scarce resources in order to improve what can be achieved with them. Individuals have to decide how to spend their income, household budgets have to be managed, business need to deploy their resources in order to ensure their profitability & governments need to consider the best possible balance of spending to meet the needs of competing groups within society. Economics is concerned with how these decision are made, with how the resources of a nation or a business are allocated & utilised in the production of goods & services, & with how the rewards of these activities are distributed. ...

Business Economics Professional Course What is economics about? Economics is the problem of using the available resources as efficiently as possible so as to achieve the maximum fulfilment of society's unlimited demand for goods & services. The ultimate purpose of economic endeavour is to satisfy human wants for goods & services. The problem is that whereas wants are virtually without limit, the resources
- natural resources, labour & capital (machinery)
- available at any one time to produce goods & services are limited in supply. Resources are scarce. This fact of scarcity means that we must always be making choices about what to produce, how to produce it & for whom. Decisions must be made so that these scarce resources are allocated optimally or efficiently to their end use. This implies they could not be used more beneficially elsewhere. This is the criterion economists use to judge many economic phenomenon & is the focus of our study of the economic approaches to organisations.

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Business Environment Course All organisations, whatever their size & whether in the public or private sector, operate in a constantly changing environment. As it changes, this business environment offers organisations the opportunities they need to develop & grow. It may, for example, offer new markets to exploit, new technology to develop new products & new processes, ideas on how to manage operations better, new sources of raw materials or new ventures with new partners. The changes also, however, may present threats to organisations. These may be new competitors, changing fashions & tastes, new technology making existing products & processes obsolete, changing terms of trade making imported inputs expensive, & government policies changing the competitive or operating environment. The legal implications of what organisations do are extensive & varied; effectively, the legal infrastructure constrains their activities. All successful organisations continually monitor the environment in which they operate, both formally & informally, in order at least to react to the changes taking place through reactive management. At best, organisations seek to anticipate & take advantage of changes through proactive management. Any actions need to match an organisation's basic philosophy & its resources & abilities. We look at how an organisation does this, but the first step is recognising what is happening in the environment & evaluating its importance. After participating in this course, you should be able to: monitor changes to the business environment & appreciate their significance for an organisation identify potential environmental opportunities & threats for particular organisations describe the components of a PEST or STEEP analysis detail the structure of the social & demographic environment detail the structure of the economic environment identify relevant factors in the industrial environment assess the implications of government policies for an organisation identify relevant factors in the political environment, including the law, society & international trade identify significant technological developments driving organisational & competitive change. ...

Business Finance Course This programme is designed for people seeking to understand & apply the principles of finance & financial control of a business. The course is particularly suited to the general manager with responsibility for a small organisation or a department, needing a broad understanding of a range of financial planning & management techniques. At the end of the course you will be able to: Define the need for keeping books Describe common book-keeping methods Understand credit control techniques & methods Devise debt recovery procedures Understand costing & pricing models & methods Conduct break even analyses Prepare a trading budget Manage cash & cashflow Compose basic financial reports ...