Home Page     

Workplace Success & Entrepreneurship

COURSE INTRODUCTION:-

Workplace Success/Entrepreneurship is an introductory course that provides you with the essential tools to be successful in today’s workplace environment.

The course combines theoretical, how-to information, with practical applications. You are required to draw on your own experiences, to research information, and to apply your knowledge to typical workplace situations. The course provides you with a balance of hard and soft skills.

The soft skills you will develop and apply to realistic case studies include communication, writing, planning and organizing, and time management.

The hard skills you will develop and apply include setting goals and objectives, preparing meeting checklists, and developing strategies.

OF INTEREST TO :-

People entering or re-entering the work force who wish to be successful.

top

COURSE AIM:-

To assist students in learning how to handle the basic responsibilities encountered in the workplace.

COURSE CONTENT:-

Lesson 1: Workplace Fundamentals; Workplace Information; Employability Skills; Workplace Attitude and Etiquette; On the Job; Workplace Health and Safety

Lesson 2: Self-Empowerment; Office Culture; Thinking; Learning; Listening ; Reading

Lesson 3: Creating and Organizing Work Groups or Teams; Group or Team Development Process; Group/Team Needs, Positive Influences and Non- Supportive Roles; Co-operating in Teams

Lesson 4: Conflict Fundamentals; Symptoms of Escalating Conflict; Sources of Conflict and the Conflict Process; Difficult Personality Types; Handling and Resolving Conflict; Building and Maintaining Positive Relationships

Lesson 5: Career Options; Job Enrichment; Job Advancement; Annual Reviews; Mission Statements, Goals, Objectives and Action Plans

Lesson 6: Job Stress; Time Management

Lesson 7: Fundamentals of Writing; Prewriting; Writing; Proofreading and Editing

Lesson 8: Methods of Communications and Communicating Effectively; Non-Verbal Communication; Presenting Yourself and Your Ideas

Lesson 9: Meeting Fundamentals; Meeting Planning and Procedures; The Meeting; After the Meeting; Dealing with Criticism

Lesson 10: Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurship Concept; Idea-Generation;
Assertiveness

COURSE NOTES:-

Course material is provided as an
ongoing reference.

A certificate is issued upon the student’s completion of the course and on attaining a pass mark of 75% or higher for the final assessment.

PREREQUISITES.

Word Processing and Spreadsheet Level 1 courses or equivalent 

 

 Courses Start every Monday

We are open weekdays, one evening and Saturday mornings.

Flexi-Time Self-Paced, Pick-'n-Mix Training. Our Exclusive System allows you to learn at your own pace within your own flexible, time commitments. There is no need to keep pace with other students

Set your own schedule; You can create a schedule that lets you accommodate your job, your family and other time commitments.

Financial arrangements available or use our Time Payment Plan.

WINZ funding may be available  - conditions apply.

top

email us