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This course is aimed at business leaders and professionals to explain the difference between commercial acumen and awareness. It will relate to different business situations and scenarios with frameworks. This Commercial Acumen training course begins with a definition of commercial acumen and awareness and the difference between the two and will go on to relate these to four different business situations. -
The course describes the characteristics of low-performing and high-performing teams and analyses why a low-performing is rarely successful, including Lencioni’s five dysfunctions of a low-performing team, reviewing how to build a high-performing team and key actions a leader can take to address the five dysfunctions. -
This course describes the definition of a project plan and reviews the different types of plan, according to the size and type of organisation or project. It then goes on to describe the common elements contained in each plan and outlines the seven stages required to define every project and ultimately to produce the project plan. It explains what should be included in a project plan, and explores each part of the plan with descriptions and examples. -
This course describes how to manage team performance using different management models and by identifying the different roles and requirements in a team, as well as understanding motivational theory. The course reviews what kind of problems a team leader can encounter and the types of interactions which may occur. The module looks at Belbin’s nine team roles model and describes each role in more detail and also considers the Tuckman model of team development. Finally, the course reviews the four main motivational theories from Maslow, Herzberg, Adams and Vroom and how to use these to understand team behaviour. -
The course describes how the hospitality and the service industry is divided into different food service methods: formal, casual dining, quick service, counter, carvery, buffet dining and room service. Each of these methods are explored in more detail, with examples of their different menu styles and menus. This is followed by a series of short challenges to check your learning. The course concludes with a summary of the relevant food industry legislation. -
The course describes organisational culture, its characteristics and its impact on an organisation’s success, including how it manifests itself, with examples provided. Four different types of organisational culture are explored, with their significant characteristics and impacts. The course discusses whether culture can be changed with a case study and how this could impact on the success of the organisation. -
This course uses five concepts to explore the use of creative thinking in business and each of these is explored separately, for example: what is creative thinking; what happens if we don’t use creative thinking; what makes a creative thinker, etc. This Creative Thinking course uses five concepts to explore the use of creative thinking in business and each of these is explored separately. -
This module is aimed at project managers, leaders and professionals who will need to make business critical decisions as well as day-to-day choices as part of their role. By taking this course, learners can strengthen their decision making skills and understand the different techniques and methods for making effective decisions. -
We have developed this digital marketing training course to give you the knowledge and confidence to start your own digital marketing plan. Digital marketing channels are one of the biggest areas of expenditure in marketing budgets with budgets increasing every year, as more potential channels become available and online shopping increases its market share. -
This course looks at emotional intelligence and having the ability to understand and manage your emotions and those of the people around you. Learn how you are affected by situations, trigger words or people around you. Understand if you can change your reactions to these triggers and situations or your emotional states. And lastly, gain insight into how you can practice and improve using your emotional intelligence situations. -
Professionalism in the workplace is essential, regardless of your job. This means representing your company well both in person and online, including via your personal social media profile. Of course, you don't have to reference your job on your personal channels, but colleagues, clients and prospective employers are now easily able to search for you online and see how you spend your time outside of work. If you're self-employed, it's arguably even more important to know how to manage your professional digital profile to ensure the lines between your private and professional lives remain clear. What's more, General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) mean businesses need to ensure staff are not sharing sensitive information on their personal social media profiles, and know exactly how far their digital footprint stretches.