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BOOKKEEPING APPLICATIONS BBS203


 Are you ready to progress in your bookkeeping career?

This course is a natural progression from Bookkeeping Foundations which focused on accounting for trading businesses. This course will look at further applications for accounting.

 

Trading businesses have a major asset which most service businesses do not. That asset (known as ‘stock’, ‘merchandise’ or ‘inventory’) is unique in character – it is obtained by the businesses for one purpose only: selling to customers. Unlike other assets which are obtained and retained by a business, a trading business must rely for its survival on the constant sale of this asset. Because of this, trading businesses need to be able to account for this asset and the individual lines of merchandise which make it up.

 

TAKE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF BOOKKEEPING TO THE NEXT LEVEL

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BOOKKEEPING FOUNDATIONS BBS103



Study Bookkeeping and start a new career!

Want the option of working full or part time?  A reasonable salary?  Skills that are constantly in demand?  Be able to work in any industry? As a book keeper you have choices.  Every business needs someone to look after their accounts, so the career possibilities are endless.

This course focuses on the nature of accounting for small business (mainly service firms), and will give you a very solid foundation in this discipline.

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BOOKKEEPING SHORT COURSE SGB9

Learn Bookkeeping! 

You need to learn bookkeeping if you are: 
Self-employed
New to business administration
Are seeking professional development in financial management 


This course teaches:
Important practical techniques for accurate bookkeeping. 
What a bookkeeper does and how to provide bookkeeping services. 
Be inspired to develop skills for a successful bookkeeping career.

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BUSINESS COACH COURSE BBS304

Learn to be a Business Coach

  • Enhance Prior studies and experience
  • Open up new employment Opportunities
  • Learn to help others with developing and maintaining their businesses

Business Coaching is expanding. More and more businesses today are using consultants or coaches to help identify problems, plan responses and guide businesses to improved success.

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BUSINESS OPERATIONS VBS006

Forge Ahead in Your Career by Developing the Skills to Assist in Business Expansion or Establishment

This is a great foundation course to develop skills and knowledge in various aspects of business operation and planning and become a valuable resource in the event of new business development or business expansion.

The business world is like a complicated machine where there are lots of different parts, all interacting with each other and all dependent upon those parts they are interconnected to. To be successful in business requires an ability to see the broad picture as well as a more precise view, and to foresee the implications of developments in the broader marketplace. The efficient running of resources within a business can dramatically improve the profit margins of a business, no matter what the desired business outcome is - goods or services. A good operations manager will see the business in broad terms also: Changes in political leadership in one part of the world can eventually have repercussions on the other side of the globe. A downturn in the economy in one place, can eventually affect the marketplace somewhere else. Everything is interconnected in the business world, and the first step towards success is to begin to develop an awareness of the broader marketplace and an ability to foresee changes in your business before they occur.

Businesses are setup by individuals or other businesses for generating a return on equity (ROE). Normally, ROE is generated by running business operations which utilize economic resources like land, labour, money and time and generate a return in terms of profit or other economic value addition. Before starting a business it is essential that you review and read the laws that govern business in your area to make sure that you don’t waste resources if the business will not be able to legally run.    

Note: this course does overlap with Business Studies and Starting a Small Business, so you should choose to do one or another, not all of these. Enrol today, and study from home, so you can earn while you learn.

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BUSINESS PLANNING BBS302

Avoid Business Failure

 

PLAN FOR YOUR BUSINESS TO HAVE A LONG LIFE

Businesses fail because they don't plan. There are certain things that should always be planned for; and systematic proven ways to plan. Develop a better capacity to plan, and in turn, develop a better capacity to manage business.

 

Why Do this?

  • To produce a well structured business plan
  • To preparing for a career in business
  • Professional development for business managers
  • To reduce risk and increase profit

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BUSINESS STORYTELLING BWR207

Business storytelling creates an interesting and engaging story to attract and retain your customers.

Learn business storytelling so you can deliver more powerful marketing messages – in writing, through images and through speech. Learn how to build a brand, create a mission and vision.

This course is about:

  • Marketing 
  • Branding 
  • Business vision 

Communicating with a story can be a powerful tool if you do it properly and well – and this course shows you how. It can allow you to manage staff better by communicating more effectively. Craft stories for marketing and management in a business. 

 

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BUSINESS STUDIES BBS101

Want to Take the Next Career Step & Become a Business Manager?

Taking the next step up from worker to business management requires an employee to have additional knowledge and skills, and be able to demonstrate them. This course develops the skills necessary for establising and managing a business or a business department within an organisation. Created by professionals with many years of experience, it covers a range of topics that will ensure your career in Management has a strong foundation.

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COMMUNICATIONS VWR100

Your communication skills may well be more important than any qualification you can ever achieve.

People who can communicate better will be more successful at a job interview, are more likely to succeed in business negotiations, and will have a far better chance of clinching a sale. 

This course improves your ability to communicate in all situations.

Communication is a two-way process i.e. a person is sending a message and another is receiving it. Communication is not effective if it is one-way i.e. the information is sent but not understood by the person receiving it: or the receiver does not indicate that they do not understand the message. 

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ECOMMERCE BIT100

Why choose this course?


Develop an ability to manage commercial transactions electronically, particularly via the internet. While the course is concerned with marketing, management and processing; the primary concern is marketing. E commerce is short for "electronic commerce". It is anything concerned with doing business electronically. E-commerce includes commerce conducted over the internet, but also other forms of electronic commerce such as telephone banking, using a fax, or generating and managing accounting systems on a computer (without use of the internet). This course focuses on the internet; but covers other aspects of e commerce as well.

 

Is this course right for me?

This course is excellent for managers and marketing people who are good with general marketing but are not very sure about marketing on the web.

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EFFICIENT WRITING AWR102

Need to Improve Your Writing Skills?

This course is useful for people who wish to brush up on their writing skills, or to obtain basic skills which they should have, but did not develop properly while at school.

It aims to provide an understanding of how to write clearly and efficiently, and to communicate thoughts in the minimum number of words, and without any ambiguity.

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ENTREPENEURSHIP BBS204

Want to be the Next Richard Branson? Want to Learn to Find and Convert Ideas into Money?

This course will assist in developing the entrepreneur in you! Learn how to be more innovative in business. Discover how to find opportunities and develop them! This course aims to increase your chances of business success by enhancing your ability to apply entrepreneurial principles to business.

This course will develop your understanding of entrepreneurship as a crucial part of business development, and your ability apply entrepreneurial principles.

 

This is a course for:

  • People who want to be an entrepeneur
  • People who want to be more entrepeneurial than what they are in their existing business or job
  • Students of business who want to better understand entrepeneurial processes
  • People who are unsure of their own capacity to be an entrepeneur; who wish to better understand the possibilities and discover whether this type of career path might be right for them.

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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT BBS104

Improve your Financial Life!

Who is this Course for?

Any person or small business who wants to learn how to reduce costs, increase assets, and improve their overall finances, through more effective financial management practices. It is quite simple to improve your financial lot, but you must begin with the right learning.

What will you learn?

Learn how to make your money work for you and reduce your expenses! This course teaches you to take charge of your finances by getting better deals when spending, borrowing or investing. There are more options than you may know. Get an understanding of financial terminology and gain an insight into how money works. Learn how to make the most of what you've got.

This course is equally relevant to both individual/personal and business financial management.

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FOUNDATION DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS

Prepare for a career in business, small or large, as an entrepreneur, business owner or manager.

A fast track qualification giving a good foundation for a professional career in business. 

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INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY BPS103

Organisational and industrial psychology course - study the psychology behind organisations and the workplace.

This course is useful for anyone wanting to -

  • Better manage staff / employees / subordinates.

  • Understand how workers think - what motivates them and what demotivates them.

Industrial Psychology is also useful for professional development for managers, supervisors, foreman, or employers. Or, for your own personal interest.

What Our Students Are Saying

"Very much valuable. The course is designed in a manner that learning is not limited. I am gaining lot of knowledge through the course. The assignments are really good as it help the students to think out-of-the box and answer. I am very happy doing this course as I am gaining a lot of insight. Also, professionalism and the support being extended by my tutor and admin team (Elaine and team) is really great and I am thankful to them."

C.V. Lakshmi, Industrial Psychology course.

 

This course helps develop knowledge and skills for anyone involved in dealing with fellow employees, from a business owner, to a supervisor or personnel manager. If you need to understand how people think and act in the workplace, you need this course.

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MANAGING INNOVATION BBS209

 

What is your sphere of influence? 

Don’t be passive. Take existing ideas, goods or services and make them better.

Managing innovation is the difference between having potential and seeing that potential come to life and learning to make the most from your ideas and products.

This course is unique! Conceived and developed by ACS staff from both the UK and Australia, that includes science, business and education professionals. Professional innovators have collaborated to blend their experience of more than 150 years working across many industries to create this course.

 

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NETWORKING FOUNDATIONS BIT103

Learn about Computer networks; what they are, their component parts, the various configurations that are possible and what they can do. This course lays a foundation in a way that will enable you to better plan and manage computer networks.

It is designed for the office manager, or I.T. professional who has limited knowledge of networks; and needs a more solid foundation in order to build their knowledge, skills and ability to work with networks.

 

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OFFICE PRACTICES VBS102

Study Office Practices

Increase your value to employers, or improve the running of your own office.

Even if you have never worked in an office before, there is no reason why you cannot begin now.

  • Develop skills and knowledge in the operation of an office and take the first step to a new career.

Office work today is very different to what it was only a few years ago, having been changed dramatically by technology.

This course provides you with a essential knowledge of the nature and scope of equipment and procedures used in most modern offices.

  • Improve your performance in any capacity, from office manager to trainee administration assistant.

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Professional Consulting

A consultant is an expert in a specific field who provides advise to others. Because what a consultant specialises in is outside the area of most people's understanding, they may be considered an expert. A consultant is usually hired on a temporary basis until a certain task is finished. They are required because no one within a firm or institution possesses the required knowledge.

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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE FOR CONSULTANTS BPS301

Home Studies Course - How to be a Consultant

  • Learn how to plan, set up, and run your own consultancy business.
  • Be guided by experienced and qualified international experts
  • Increase your awareness; plan your entry into a consultancy business, learn about the risks and improve your chance of success

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Qualification - ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Employment in HR Management - All Businesses Need Someone Like YOU!

Effective human resource (HR) management is an essential part of the development and execution of company strategy.

A competent HR manager is multi-skilled, and has a broad knowledge base.

This course is a comprehensive foundation on which to build a strong career in HR. It covers a diverse range of subjects which is indicative of the scope of this profession. This course is designed for newcomers into Human Resources or those who want to feel confident in their role of when it comes to  training dealing with disciplinary issues and terminations supervision workplace health and safety performance management and appraisals rewards, incentives, bonuses.

The course has been developed by workplace professionals with many years of experience - lean on their support as you need to. 


 

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SALES SKILLS FOR GARDEN CENTRE STAFF SHORT COURSE SGB7

Enhance your skills of becoming better sales staff in garden centres.

A good sales person will:

  • Assist customers through their process of discovery of the product
  • Enhance a product's chance to sell itself
  • Offer attractive, functional or useful products that are placed in eye-catching positions
  • Know how to advise the customers to ensure they are buying the right product

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STARTING A SMALL BUSINESS VBS101

Avoid Mistakes

How Do I Start a Business?

INCREASE THE ODDS FOR SUCCESS! This course is a UNIQUE BUSINESS START-UP guide!

Be your own boss!  Having your own business means that you make the decisions and you reap the benefits from your own hard work.  It is the chance to forge your own career on your terms.  Imagine never having to answer to a boss again.  Anyone can start up a new business - all it takes is a good idea, knowledge, and a little support. 

This course gives you the opportunity to learn how to start a business under the guidance of a professional business expert.  You will plan and initiate development of a business venture!

This course takes you step by step through all the process of starting up a business to maximise your chances of success.

You will learn how to start your own business, or you can choose to review the running of an established business. Your tutor will guide you through several stages which assess, analyze and improve operations in this "real life situation".

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STATISTICS BSC303

Learn to use statistics for a better understanding of business planning and management.

This course assumes a basic knowledge of Statistics (eg. high school level).
A 100 hour course such as this will not make you into a statistician, but it will provide the most essential knowledge and skills required by consultants and researchers in a wide variety of disciplines taught by ACS.

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TIME MANAGEMENT BBS208

 

Six reasons why you need to study time management!

· Increase productivity and efficiency 
· Gain a sense of fulfilment 
· Relieve Stress 
· Improve self-discipline 
· Improve your decision-making ability 
· Improve your credibility 

The course helps you uncover why time management is important. You will conduct a time management audit. You will learn practical tools and strategies designed to help focus on what matters most. 

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