Moon Gardening Course This course is a journey through your garden & the work to be done in it during the 12 months of the year. With the help of the moon we can improve the harvest without using any fertilizer to enhance it. Plants grow healthier & are sturdier if you work with them at the right time. The moon travels within 27.2 days through the 12 zodiacal sign. Each sign has a specific quality of day & rules over a part of a plant. Aries is a fire day. It rules over fruit. Therefore we do whatever we can when it comes to plants which end up in fruit. If you feel the soil you can feel the warmth of the day in it. Plants planted during fire days need more water. At the end of the course you should be able to use all the knowledge in your garden & see improvement by doing so. Anybody can do it. Be it an old hand in gardening or a person just starting out to the adventure. Anybody interested in gardening could have a lot of fun doing this course. ...

Motivating the Workforce Course Delivering a good performance at work has been shown to be a function of ability, experience, reward &, above all, motivation. We are purposive beings & we continually select goals which are important to us & seek to achieve them. It is this goal-directed activity we call motivation. Given the importance of employees as an organisational resource, it is obviously crucial that managers should understand the nature of motivation so that they can better manage those forces, both internal & external to individuals, that lead some to apply only minimal effort to their work tasks while others expend much greater effort & consequently are much more productive. However, motivation is a very complex subject, influenced by many variables. There is no one answer to what motivates people to work well but rather a number of sometimes competing theories, each subject to varying degrees of criticism. Collectively, however, these theories provide a valuable basis for study & discussion & a fund of ideas. Mullins (1993) argues that it is up to managers to judge their relevance & how they might be drawn upon & applied in their particular work situations. By the end of this course, you should be able to: define motivation & explain the importance to managers of understanding it. explain how motivation theories are classified into content theories & process theories. describe the nature of human needs. explain Taylorism & its motivational implications. understand the motivational implications of the Hawthorne experiments. appreciate Maslow's hierarchy of needs & its motivational implications. set out Alderfer's ERG theory & its motivational implications. explain Herzberg's two-factor theory & its motivational implications. describe expectancy theory & its motivational implications. understand equity theory & its motivational implications.  ...

Motivation by Rewards Course If you are a fan of history you may have read tales of children & adults in previous centuries who were beaten as they worked, punished for non-performance & in many cases publicly humiliated when things went wrong. The view of those in charge was that fear of punishment would lead to a greater motivation towards success. More recent research has shown that motivation by reward, recognition of good behaviour & careful support & encouragement can achieve far more than any form of punishment. That is not to say that there is never an occasion when punishment is appropriate but when trying to generate excellence in performance, reward programmes are a good place to start. Increasingly reward programmes are gaining publicity. Schools are starting to implement them all over the world & even local authorities are seeking to embrace the key principles as they reward people for recycling their rubbish, paying their bills on time or for demonstrating community spirit.  But how do you start a rewards programme if you have not had one before? How do they work & why is it important that they do? To explore this issue & to give you very practical information that you can adapt to your own situation, this Motivation by Reward programme explores all the key areas & provides examples of how to set up your own scheme. ...

Moving & Handling Clients Safely This programme has been written for those working in the care industry & whose work may at some point include moving clients from one position to another. Helping learners to develop the skills they need to move & handle clients safely, considering their physical comfort & well-being. The programme also

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Mushroom Growing Course Over the past 30 years the popularity & consumption of mushrooms has expanded in leaps & bounds worldwide. Mushrooms are relatively easy to grow, & with the advent of a range of home growing kits, the home mushroom farm has become a reality for many a home gardener. This course has been written to teach mushroom growing in a way which will be relevant to any country. It puts aside regional techniques & tries to teach you principles & concepts which can be applied to anywhere. This course also teaches you the principles & not just black & white facts. ...

Macrobiotics Course Macrobiotics is an approach to health in which the individual is able to study how food, exercise & lifestyle affects their health & balances them to suit their own needs. As each person is unique & has individual requirements, the balances & uses of basic foods will vary. The aim is to introduce the foods that most suit the individual's health needs & helps them to lead the lifestyle that they enjoy. The course content not only affords the student the opportunity to balance their own diet & lifestyle, but offers guidelines & ground rules for excellent career opportunities. A flexible & high quality course written especially for home study with tutor support to motivate you. ...

Management Accounting Course Management accounting is concerned with providing financial information about a particular organisation to managers to help them to manage. Management can be seen as a series of activities which involve decision making, planning & control. Thus management accounting is the collection, analysis, dissemination & interpretation of information for managers of an organisation which will help them to make decisions, to make plans based on those decisions & to control their part of the organisation so as to try to ensure that the plans come to fruition. ...

Management & Leadership Course ' Management is a practice rather than a science.' Peter Drucker (The Practice of Management, Heinemann Ltd, 1955) This is somewhat self-evident, but to try to make rules for successful management, in the same way as a chemical process, ignores the main element of variability -- namely the people involved. The activities & the role of a manager will vary depending on the organisation & its culture. Sales organisations tend to give the title of 'manager' very freely, while manufacturing industry has been reluctant to do away with the traditional 'tall' hierarchy where there are far less management positions to be had, & where titles like foreman/woman, & supervisor are more common. Leadership, as distinct from management, is primarily concerned with 'doing the right thing' & these 'right things' are the key concerns of vision & empowerment. These are complex issues which require many skills & attributes, & each of them are examined in this course. After participating in this course, you should be able to describe the key differences between management & leadership  describe the main components of the role of manager  identify the main components of the role of leader  discuss a range of management styles. In working through this course, you will practise the following BTEC common skills: Managing & Developing Self  Working with & Relating to others Communicating Managing Tasks & Solving Problems  Applying Numeracy Applying Technology Applying Design & Creativity ...

Management (HND) Course About Our Management Higher National Diploma Course This course is suitable for anyone wishing to learn the knowledge, skills & tools essential to the many facets of management in the workplace. The management vocational training course will prepare you to enter a higher education degree programme, or enter directly into employment in management. You will have the opportunity to learn practical management skills, the management process, training & development, communication & motivation, change management, the psychological aspects of managing people, project management & much more. You may take up to 2 years to complete this course & you will receive unlimited tutor support throughout. About BTEC HNDs BTEC (Business Technical Education Council) courses are vocational-related training courses that prepare you to enter either into a higher education degree program, or directly into employment. BTECs are developed with key representatives from their respective industry & are built to progress the learner along a vocational path. The courses are continually updated with employers’ needs in mind so that you are given the knowledge, skills & tools most suitable for your field. BTECs also provide direct advancement into university programmes. BTEC HNDs (Higher National Diplomas) are at the fifth level of the BTEC scale. They are worth 240 credits & are equivalent to a Foundation Degree or HE (Higher Education) Diploma. You can take BTEC courses together with, or instead of A-levels. What Can I Do After Completing This BTEC Management Course? Once you have successfully completed this course you will be able to use your HND in Management as a qualification to enter into university, complete a final year of study, & obtain a full degree. To view direct progression routes from BTEC HND, & the range of worldwide universities this qualification is recognised by, please download this Progression Details Document. Please note: this list is not exhaustive. In addition, the download file also contains the professional bodies you will be entitled to join after completing BTEC HND studies. Please note the professional body will depend upon your course title. Please also note: the list is not exhaustive. Here is an updated list of UK Universities which will accept the BTEC HND as a qualification with which you can top up with a third year at university to gain a full degree. Financing Your HND Management Course While our ' Fees' tab below shows only full payment options, we do offer alternatives for financing your BTEC course. You can either pay everything up front so you don't have to think about it again, or we have an instalment payment plan available, whereby you pay a deposit of £194.44 plus 17 monthly intalments of £194.44. ...