Leaders, Leading & the Led Course In this course, we examine leadership in organisations. We first of all highlight that leadership is one of the key managerial roles & assert the importance to organisations of effective leadership. Leadership skills & the sources of a leader's power are then explored & we make clear that formal management position is just one of these. The sources of a leader's power are, in fact, broken down into personal power sources & organisational power sources, & to help clarify this distinction, we discuss the notions of transactional leadership & transformational leadership. Finally, we present & evaluate two important approaches to leadership effectiveness: the universal traits approach & the situation-contingent traits approach. In terms of the latter, we give an appreciation of Fiedler's extensive work in this area. By the end of the session, you should be able to: define the basic process of leadership. understand the relationship between leadership & management. explain key leadership skills. identify the sources of a leader's power. distinguish between transactional & transformational leaders. appreciate the universal personality traits approach to leadership. appreciate the situation-contingent personality traits approach to leadership. ...

Learning & Social Care Course Social work is an extremely complex & challenging practice which cannot be learnt simply by following a given set of laws, rules & procedures. Because it is carried out to assist people at every stage of life who are encountering difficulties, there is no set way to approach it. However, this unit does offer a competence-based approach to social work & social services education & training programmes which will assist in empowering the social worker & engaging service users. Our course will help you to examine the problematic nature of social work & provide a framework for a professional approach to addressing the uncertainties & complexities of practice, while improving your knowledge about social work qualifications & its historical context. ...

Legal Aspects of Health Care Course If you work in health care your activities are constrained by the legal framework within which you work. The reasons for wanting to understand the legal aspects of health care are numerous, & range from wanting to avoid the increasing litigation in the health care system & ensuring correct procedures be followed, to knowing the rights of employees & employers. The aim of this course is to provide a basic understanding of the main laws which underpin health care & the work of the professional. Furthermore, knowledge of the law brings with it an understanding of its strengths & deficiencies. This empowers professionals & managers alike, enabling them to press for changes where appropriate. ...

Legal Office Management Course The legal field is expanding rapidly, both in the number of people entering the business & the scope of opportunities becoming available. All law firms need to have management that is capable of organising the vital functions of the practice. These managers do not only 'manage' the firm, but also have to work closely with all legal staff, making sure that all operations are completed successfully. Bad management will portray an unprofessional image & this course will provide you with the understanding, knowledge & skills needed to give yourself that professional & organised appearance. ...

Legal Relationships Course In this course you will be introduced to a range of legal relationships. The term "legal relationships" is used here to mean those associations which arise in commercial situations. At the end of your study of this course you will be able to: distinguish between different forms of business organisation explain the advantages & disadvantages of each form in a given business situation identify the main features of an agency relationship explain the importance of the contract of employment & identify its existence in a simple factual situation apply your understanding of the legal rules governing legal relationships to factual situations. ...

Life Skills Coaching Advanced Course The Advanced Life Skills Coaching Diploma course is designed as a complete professional training package, incorporating a full range of therapeutical models in a complete holistic Life Skills Coaching programme. About Life Skills Coaching The student will gain competence in modalities including; Basic Counselling, Psychoanalysis, CBT, Coaching, Advanced Coaching, Basic NLP & Self Hypnosis. These are all combined with the knowledge of how to work with support networks & other professionals, a well as how to set up in professional practice. Extensive use of case studies is combined with examination of specific application topics (such as stress, anger, smoking & emotional issues) so that the student will gain knowledge of how to apply skills to a range of typical client presentations & issues. The course is designed to enable the student to adhere to the existing National Occupational Standards for Counselling. ...

Lifespan Development in a Mixed Economy of Care Course This course on life-span development is designed to help you explore the issues related to the development of the life-span. Among the topics you will explore are: why people are living longer the impact of longer life-span on health & care services the influences on health at different stages in the life span how we can use the life-span model outlined in this course to plan for the future. The concept of life-span development is one that owes its origins to demography & epidemiology. Life-span trends & changes have an impact on the planning & delivery of health & social services. It is now recognised that individuals at different stages in the life-span will exhibit different needs. These needs are not due simply to the ageing process & disease patterns but also to the social & environmental influences at different stages. They are also influenced by what is perceived as rational & reasonable behaviour at particular points in the life-span. For example, skiing may be thought to involve acceptable levels of risk for young people & those in middle age. However it is not thought to be rational or reasonable for an eighty-year-old to start learning to ski. ...

Lifestyle Consultant Business Course The traditional focus on specific job-related skills has expanded to include the training needs of the whole person necessary for meeting the constant challenges of changes in corporate environment. This course provides the student with a barefoot survival kit to obtain the necessary skills to develop themselves or to assist others with survival in the fast track of corporate environments. ...

Personal Lifestyle Consultant Course Every human being has a limit beyond which they seemingly cannot cope. The traditional focus on coping skills has expanded to include the needs of the whole person necessary for meeting the constant challenges of changes in our day to day environment. This course goes some way in providing the student with a barefoot survival technique to obtain the necessary skills to develop themselves or to assist others to survive life's trials & tribulations. ...

Living Foods Nutrition Course Nowadays, when a great percentage of us have just cause to be concerned regarding an overload of chemicals added to the food we consume each & every day – here is a way of supplying ourselves with the freshest – albeit alive until we consume – mineral & vitamin nutrient-dense, tasty & remarkably cost-effective foodstuffs, which are available to everyone. Preparation could not be simpler! You can easily convert your kitchen, laundry-room, etc into a mini-organic garden – with the right choice of seeds, nuts, grains, vegetables & pulses – all without any noxious chemicals. This particular course will provide information on how to buy, store & prepare “living foods”. It will also provide information to anyone wanting to rid themselves – & others
- from problematical health conditions or simply to take their present health into higher echelons.
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