Product & Operations Management Course Operations management is concerned with the ways of achieving the most effective & efficient use of an organisation's resources, such as its financial & human resources, its capital resources & its raw materials. It is concerned with making a better product or service & with making it more efficiently or at lower cost. Operations management is therefore centrally concerned with the achievement of organisational objectives & ultimately with the achievement of business success. Although the course presents operations management as a specialist business function, it will become clear that many of the ideas & techniques are relevant to many other management specialists. As you will see throughout this course there are many parts to the discipline of operations management & the course is likely to be of value to any manager in any business. ...

Product & Services Management Course To ensure that the objectives set out in the marketing plan are met, it is essential that the marketing mix is developed & successfully targeted in the market place. A key element of the marketing mix is the product or the service a firm offers. We start this course on product & services management by defining a product & a service, & identifying some similarities & differences. By the end of this course you will be able to: define the elements of products & services undertake product analysis to identify components of successful products identify the unique characteristics of service products detail the new product development process & explain the importance of its management distinguish between products in different stages of the product life cycle & select appropriate management actions identify key branding decisions. ...

Professional Business Development Course This programme is designed for people who wish to develop their specialist business skills & demonstrate general business principles in the role which they perform in an organisation. At the end of the course you will be able to: Put into practice personal skills which underpin effective business performance Practice & demonstrate leadership skills Plan & implement a range of business development skills Device, implement & monitor a customer service excellence programme Develop working practices which comply with business, employment & consumer law Students may register at any time & have a full year to complete their studies.  ...

Professional Therapeutic Counselling Course Counsellors & therapists deal with a broad range of difficulties including redundancy, marital problems, alcoholism, eating disorders, self-esteem & bereavement. This integrated course is based upon the theory that life's difficulties are perceived & tackled by the individual in relation to a host of social factors such as family makeup & background, ethnicity, cultural, educational & economic circumstances. About Professional Therapeutic Counselling Using such an approach, the therapist's task is to work with the client within this context as briefly & economically as possible in order to reframe the perception of & approach to problem management & resolution. ...

Profit & Loss Account Course Businesses are created with the intention of producing wealth for their owners & profit is a measure of the wealth that has been created during a particular period. Profit is generally considered to be the most important measure of business performance & the amount of profit generated by a business is reported in a profit & loss account. In this course, we provide an understanding of the nature, form & content of the profit & loss account which is also known as the income statement. We examine the way in which profit is measured, & the way in which basic profit & loss accounts & balance sheets are prepared from a series of business transactions. By the end of this course, you should be able to: explain the nature & purpose of the profit & loss account set out the basic form of the profit & loss account & explain its relationship with the balance sheet explain the major conventions underpinning the profit & loss account explain the major principles involved in the measurement of profit prepare a profit & loss account & a balance sheet from basic transactions set out profit & loss statements in an appropriate form. ...

Advanced Project Management Course This Project Management Advanced course is a progression from our Project Management course. Students will learn the fundamental aspects of project management, in detail, including principles & approaches to project management & the stages of project initiation & planning. The course also aims to develop the skills necessary for managing the project life cycle, project finance & resources, quality & risk, & the people & communications involved. This Advanced Project Management course is ideal for those who have completed our Project Management course & want to progress their training further. It is also suitable for those who want to gain a solid foundation in project management in order to further their job skills. ...

Promotion Management Course In this course, we look at marketing communications or the promotion element of the marketing mix. We use the term marketing communications to avoid confusion between promotion (one of the 4 Ps of the marketing mix) & sales promotion (a short-term tactical tool which can be used with advertising, publicity or other mechanisms to reach the audience). Most marketers are faced with difficult choices when developing marketing communications strategy, not just in terms of determining appropriate objectives which integrate with the overall marketing plan, but in developing messages, which will appeal to their target audiences, choosing the most effective mechanisms to reach them & measuring the results. Here you examine the nature of the communications process & analyse the requirements of an effective marketing communications plan. By the end of this course you will be able to: identify & define the key elements of the marketing communications mix detail the characteristics of different marketing communications tools use the key stages in planning a marketing communications campaign evaluate the effectiveness of marketing communications in given situations describe the communications process & two alternative models of how advertising works develop appropriate marketing communications plans for given situations. ...

Property Investment Course In almost every developed nation across the world, property is making the news headlines on an increasingly frequent basis. Alongside all of this we hear about the ‘property millionaires’ – people on average incomes who ‘struck it lucky’ & happened to buy a house in the right place just before the price rose miraculously, enabling them to cash up & live the life most of us can only ever dream about. So is property investing really based on luck? Have we missed the boat now that house prices are doubling every 5 – 10 years? Is this really a good time to take the risk & enter the property market? About Property Investment This property investment course will help you determine your own answer to that question. Many people make a full time living at property investing. It is possible to do this however the key is to gain the information that can help you make a wise investment decision. This property investment course also focuses on ways that an individual can enter the property market without needing to spend full-time hours doing so. ...

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Protecting Vulnerable Adults from Abuse in Social Care Course The Home Office acting in conjunction with the Department of Health produced " No Secrets". This offered " Guidance on developing & implementing multi-agency policies & procedures to protect vulnerable adults from abuse". This course uses the suggestions made in " No Secrets" as a foundation for building a more detailed study of this area of Social Care. It incorporates new Common Law practices & reflects the Youth Justice & Criminal Evidence Act, 1999; " Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings." & " Making Decisions". It also recognises an important developing role of " Age Concern" as a support body for vulnerable older people. ...