MANAGEMENT DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE
BE THE BEST MANAGER YOU CAN BE!
Managers are common - but great managers are not. Good management can seriously affect the viability of a company, and improve everything from productivity to worker satisfaction and profitability. This course provides a very solid foundation for increasing your capacity to manage in any situation - be it within your own business, somebody else's, or a government department.
- After enrolling, watch our "orientation video" and discover how to use all sorts of services to support your study.
- Lots of flexibility is where and how often you study -even what your learning is focussed on
- Exams are optional and only needed if you want to use this study as a credit in a formal qualification -even then, we always give you the option to repeat exams
- Exceptional tutor support -Our faculty includes a dozen university trained professionals most with decades of industry experience. You have unlimited access to tutors over the phone or email.
COURSE STRUCTURE
There are 6 lessons as follows:
- Introduction & Organizational Structures
- Management Theories & Procedures
- Problem Solving & Decision Making
- Management Styles & External Influences
- Employing People & Interview Skills
- Staff Management
AIMS
- Understand the role of managers in an organization and the kinds of organizations in which they function.
- Identify the processes and procedures that are associated with the effective management of staff in the workplace.
- Describe the use of motivation in the workplace and the effects this can have on staff performance.
- Describe how to recruit and interview a new staff member for a specific job in an organisation.
- Discuss workgroup project preparation, costing, performance analysis and goal completion from a managerial perspective.
- Describe the principles of Occupational Health and Safety policies, and their application in the learner's proposed industry sector.
WHAT THE COURSE COVERS
Here are just some of the things you will be doing:
- Describe a range of different management structures used in different organisations and why they suit that organisation.
- Compare the use of differing management styles in a variety of businesses.
- Define common management terms.
- Identify the primary role of the different levels of management in an organisation.
- Discuss the relationships that exist between managers, company employees and board members in both small and large corporations.
- Discuss the importance of trust and confidence in an organisation and its staff, and why are managers so crucial to this process.
- Discuss the use of motivation in attaining goals and improving work performance.
- Describe the most common motivating factors for employees.
- Compare and contrast different methods of motivation.
- Describe when and why different motivation techniques should be used in a workplace situation.
- Explain what is meant by a chain of command and how it is affected by communication style.
- Explain how to assess the need for a new employee.
- Write a position profile for a specific job.
- Analyse employment advertisements in the local paper and list their strengths and weaknesses.
- Explain what information can be determined from a application and a resume.
- Write an interview guide and conduct a mock job interview.
- Discuss the anti-discrimination/equal opportunity laws in your state.
- List what information should be sought in a telephone reference check.
- Describe what is involved in the induction of a new employee.
- Explain the concept of workgroups in the workplace, and the advantages and disadvantages of their use to achieving company goals.
- Prepare a mock workgroup project incorporating examples of efficient use of an enterprise’s financial, plant/equipment and personnel resources.
- Discuss communication issues that might affect the effectiveness of a workgroup project.
- Discuss ways in which membership diversity can benefit workgroup performance.
- Discuss the criteria and considerations to be made when forming a workgroup.
- Develop guidelines for assessing workgroup performance.
- Prepare a timeline that might apply to a workplace project to be carried out within a specified business.
- Summarise the major points of the learner's state workplace health and safety legislation.
- Define health and safety responsibilities of the employer in the learner's state.
- List steps to take to ensure a business meets health and safety requirements in the learner's state.
- Discuss procedures to be taken when handling dangerous goods in the learner's state.
- Explain the proper procedure for manual lifting of goods.
- Discuss possible safety dangers in a business office.
Duration: 100 hours
More Information on ACS Distance Education and our courses
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Sample Course Notes
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How Long will it take to complete the course?
This obviously varies from student to student. Some students will have more time for study than others. Some students may work quicker than others, so it is an individual thing. We estimate that most students will take, for example, 4 – 6 months to complete a 100 hour individual module, but we allow up to 12 months for you to complete it.
Longer courses will obviously take longer. You can find more information on the length of time required and so on the “Enrolment” box, then selecting “Terms and Conditions of Enrolment.”
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What qualification will I achieve for completing this course?
This is an individual module course. The individual module courses are 100 hour long usually and can be taken on their own or as part of a larger program of study.
If you wish to take an individual module course as a stand alone course, you can elect to sit an optional exam at the end of it.
If you successfully pass the exam and all assignments, you will receive a Statement of Attainment. You can take examinations at a time and location to suit you. If you enrol, you will be sent further information on how to arrange examinations at the end of the course.
If you do not wish to take the exam, you will receive a Course Completion letter when you have passed all assignments.
There is an assignment at the end of each lesson. So for example, if an individual module course contains ten lessons, you will need to complete ten assignments. Assignments can be sent to us via email, post or fax.
Other qualifications, such as certificates, diplomas etc may require examinations to be taken as part of the overall assessment process.
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