Business and Management Courses

Study Advertising at Home

Learn how to write and use effective advertising copy, and to plan and manage an appropriate promotional campaign for any product or service, in any industry.

This course will firstly help you to understand the marketing world, then develop your marketing decision making skills, as well as your general marketing skills.

ONLINE COURSE - BOOKKEEPING

• Learn bookkeeping -a course with particular relevance to businesses that are selling goods (trading firms)
• A great course for retailers, manufacturers and primary producers
• A natural progression from Bookkeeping I.

It covers stock control and other issues not covered in Bookkeeping I, and looks at accounting for trading firms, and the differences between recording and reporting. It consists of 12 lessons.

• finance
• financial record keeping
• financial management
• business planning
• business law
• mistakes to avoid
  

Develop a Business Plan

Planning is an integral part of the success of a business. In every business, there are certain things that should be planned for, using systematic, proven methods. This course will help you to develop a better capacity to plan, and in turn, develop a better capacity to successfully manage a business.

Study Business by Distance Learning 

• Explore business opportunities, and secrets of success in business.
• Study at home, at your own pace -100 hour course
• Tutoring and mentoring from qualified and experienced professionals

Establishing and managing a small business, or a department within a larger business, requires knowledge and skill. As well as teaching you 'the basics', this course will teach you to develop and implement procedures that work as controlling mechanisms which can sometimes deal with problems automatically as they arise.
You will learn to evaluate performance and implement appropriate responses, whether the business activity is small or large.

START YOUR OWN BUSINESS

Be a Successful Entrepeneur

This course analyses entrepreneurship as a crucial part of business development, and will enhance your ability to apply entrepreneurial principles to business. Develop the entrepreneur in you! increase innovation in your business, and increase the chance of business success.

This is a practical requirement for several certificate and diploma qualifications.

In some qualifications this is only 100 hours, in others 200 or more.

This is a practical requirement for several certificate and diploma qualifications.

In some qualifications this is only 100 hours, in others 200 or more. This module is added to Industry Project I to create 200 hrs as required in some longer courses. Fees are normally covered by the certificate or diploma fee that this module relates to.

"TRAIN THE TRAINER" Course.    This develops a solid understanding of how to teach or train people, with particular relevance to a workplace.

Distance Education Management Training
Managers are common - good managers are not.

Good management can deeply affect the viability of a company, and improve everything from productivity to worker satisfaction and profitability. This course provides a very sound foundation for increasing your capacity to manage in any situation - be it within your own business, somebody else's, or a government department.

WHY DOES SOMETHING SELL?

When you understand why people make a decision to buy, or not to buy, you have a foundation for improving the marketing of anything. This is a different but very important and valuable course for anyone involved in sales, marketing or business of any kind.

Understand what Motivates People in any area of life.    

Motivated people work better, live more satisfied lives and are generally healthier and happier. 

Motivated employees drive the success of a business. Learn how to get the best of employees by understanding more about this fascinating subject.

Motivation is very simply, a process or mechanism that causes us to act or think in a certain way. It is a general term for any part of the hypothetical psychological process that involves experiencing needs and drives, and the behaviour that leads to the goal that satisfies them.

Work in an Office -Learn to do it better by distance learning

There is plenty of work out there for skilled, knowledgeable office workers. Office work has been revolutionised in recent years by technological developments, and to give yourself the best chance of securing well paid office work, you have to keep pace! This course will familiarize you with the nature and scope of equipment and procedures used in most modern offices, which will lay a solid foundation for improving your performance in any capacity - from office manager to trainee administration assistant.

Learn to Manage People at Work, studying by Distance Learning

This course will develop your ability to carry out the various tasks associated with managing personnel, such as recruitment, training and controlling. Emphasis is placed on knowledge and methods that will improve workplace morale and productivity.

A course for anyone who works, or aims to work in a position of authority, directing the day to day activities of other workers (eg. Human Relations Manager, Department Head, Foreman, Supervisor, Team Manager, Business Owner)

Sell Your Expertise to the World

This course is a valuable guide to setting up and operating a consulting business in any profession. Experts are always in demand by business, government bodies, public organisations and private individuals.

Everyone needs help from time to time from someone who has greater expertise than themself. If you have training, and/or significant experience in just about anything;  you may have the potential to become a consultant in your field of expertise.

This course has been developed to complement studies in the various disciplines taught by ACS, including Psychology, Horticulture, Agriculture, Leisure Studies, Businesss Management and Environmental Management.

Twelve lessons cover marketing, planning, budgeting, reviewing progress, improving profit and more. Give yourself the best chance to succeed in a new business.

Train to be an Effective Supervisor

This is a very sound foundation course in the theory and practice of supervision, relevant to those working as supervisors, and those wanting to move into a supervisory role. Learn to recruit and train new staff, plan work, motivate staff, solve problems systematically, implement disciplinary procedures, maintain a safe workplace, use worker participation as a supervisory tool, and more.