Business and Management

Around one in ten businesses stop trading within twelve months after being set up, and one third are no longer trading after three years. To give that ‘big idea’ the best chance of success, good planning and preparation are essential. Make or Break 1 - Starting Your Business helps participants understand the...

Over recent years, a series of corporate scandals such as at Enron and WorldCom in the US and Barings Bank, BCCI and Polypeck PLC in the UK, have raised major concerns about the ways in which companies are governed, managed and controlled. This course will help delegates to understand the reasons...

Many entrepreneurs undermine the importance of business planning or simply dislike the task. However, a well-constructed business plan can make a huge difference when it comes to raising finance, planning resources and setting up goals and processes for a new business or in expanding the business. Creating a valuable business is...

Assessing organisational effectiveness can be challenging and complex. This course examines the importance of establishing standards throughout the organisation and how to both meet and improve upon them. It will help you become conversant with cutting edge techniques for measuring and managing performance, interpreting them and assessing both quantitative and qualitative...

In project management, the old maxim holds true: ‘failure to plan is planning to fail’. Experience tells us that it is a hard lesson to learn. Time and again projects either fail or experience unnecessary problems due to poor planning and execution. By focusing on planning and identifying Key Performance Indicators...

Strategic management is the art of selecting appropriate strategies and determining policies and procedures to be followed with a view to achieving the pre-selected objectives. How can strategic vision be turned into reality in a complex, ever-changing world? This course will help you differentiate mission, strategy, vision and objectives. It will...

The only constant in life is change. Economic, technological, social and environmental factors compel organisations to look for ways of increasing productivity, improving quality, maximising profits and finding new opportunities in a competitive market. This course has been designed to help you recognise the need for change, diagnose requirements and develop...

In this dynamic world, a successful organisation is one that is effectively managed. Poor management can result from a lack of training in human relations issues and/or unawareness of the key tools to use in order to maximise management success. By examining the principles that underpin the practice of effective management...