Planning & Managing a Support System Course Planning & managing a support system provides you with an overview of the support needed to run an open learning system effectively. It considers where support is needed & by whom & how to plan & evaluate its effectiveness. ...

Planning Information Systems Course IT has powerful effects in a globally-networked world. IT-based information systems have enormous potential to enhance important business features such as productivity, profitability, quality, customer service, creativity, & decision making. We now need to consider what we have to do if we want to successfully implement IT-based information systems. We see how they must be planned for, justified, constructed, operated, maintained & protected if they are to enable & support the business. We also explore the concerns that managers face as they deal with information systems. This course concentrates on what must be done before we begin the development of any information system; to plan. After completing this course, you should be able to: understand the relationship between business planning & information systems planning identify the major issues raised by the need for information systems planning identify the key role of information systems requirements in the information systems planning process relate business systems requirements to the choice of information technology architectures assess the economics of systems development. ...

Planning Marketing Communications Course In this course, we look at the development of integrated marketing communications plans. After completing this course, you should be able to: understand the importance, meaning, & complexities of planning integrated marketing communications identify the key elements of planning integrated marketing communications understand & explain the key inputs to this planning process assess how marketing communications strategies can be developed for different target audiences develop integrated marketing communications plans. ...

Playwork Our Playwork course is divided into six units, each of which deals with one or more learning outcomes related to one or more aspects of Play & Playwork. About Playwork Once you have completed the entire Playwork Course you will have achieved all the learning outcomes. By the end of the Playwork course you will be able to: Understand Playwork Principles & different types of play. Understand the value of different relationships in playwork & their impact on positive outcomes within play settings Understand how to provide an inclusive & challenging play environment Understand how to provide an organisational framework for play Understand how to develop playwork provision & create play opportunities in the community Understand the importance of reflective practice for practitioners ...

Positive Customer Care Course The 21st Century business is increasingly won or lost on the effectiveness of its customer care programme. It costs 5 times as much to win a new customer as to keep an existing one. This course has been designed to help you develop the vital skills to offer positive Customer Care for any business. With this knowledge, you will be able to deal with customers effectively, maximise their potential, & exceed their expectations. ...

Positive Thinking Course Everyone has a creative mind & it can either work for you or against you depending on what you programme into it. Thought has power
- & what you think about expands because energy follows thought. In the superconsciousness there is a lavish supply for every demand & this course teaches the student how to depend on that invisible supply through the bank of the imagination. It is not what you think you are, rather what you think
- YOU ARE.

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Course Once referred to as ‘ Shell Shock” in the first world war the limited understanding of this complex condition led to some soldiers branded as cowards & shot! Our understanding has developed greatly & more since the Hillsborough Disaster, when the word trauma was used & we became aware of PTSD. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder has been around, but never fully recognised or underst&.  We are now gaining an understanding of this important condition that seems to dominate those working in the areas it has high prevalence. As we evolve in science we realise how complex mental health is.  This course will develop your understanding & beyond.  Whether you work in the field of mental health, studying a degree or just interested, you will learn about the complexities of PTSD. ...

Poverty, Social Exclusion & Social Care Course To understand the history & context of Poverty we need to see where poverty came from, how it was understood & what structures were developed by society in order to understand poverty. The course covers: History & context of Poverty Definitions of Poverty Developing eligibility The development of social work as a profession The term Social exclusion was used primarily in Europe in the 1980's & adopted here in the late 1990's to explain & describe a concept perceived as a serious issue in the UK. When new Labour came to power in 1997 one of the first initiatives to follow was the introduction of the Social Exclusion Unit. The course covers: Social exclusion & how it is defined Poverty & social exclusion Social inclusion Social exclusion & social work In this course, we consider the social work role in relation to inclusion & social control. We look at some of the interventions which social workers carry out & how & consider local projects & examples of good practice. The course covers: Issues of inclusion or control Social work Intervention Practice examples of developing social inclusion ...

Practice Promotion & Management Course "for the successful therapist" You may be the most competent therapist that has ever walked on the planet, but if you have no knowledge of managing your business it will be of little help in keeping you employed. We believe is one of the most important courses you could ever take. Appeal To all therapists who would like to start a Practice, & to anyone who has their own practice & would like to see it more profitable. It would be an ideal second or parallel course for students who would like to plan out a Practice strategy for the time they qualify in their therapy. Intention To equip the student with all basic business skills to start a therapy Practice, be it clinic, or domiciliary based. The main emphasis of the course is pivoted on caution, & encourages the student to walk before they run. At the same time enforcing the importance of steady planed growth. ...