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Newsletter 3: Jan 2005
THIS MONTH Quality Audit for ISO 9001:2000 Managing People- New Team Activity Challenging Behaviour - dealing with bullying in the workplace Special Offer, discount on All Angel Production titles. To request more information on any of the products you can email: info@iol-uk.co.uk Sales
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Welcome to
the January edition of Communicate Firstly, we would like to wish everyone a very happy New Year. With the start of 2005 IOL partners with the National Extension College to become their preview centre in the southwest. This month in the e-Learning section we feature management essentials, a comprehensive management course provided by BBC Worldwide Learning and the National Extension College. Accredited by the Chartered Management Institute, and leading to the introductory Diploma in Management Level 4. Each month we highlight new releases and special offers available - just click on the left hand titles for further information. Remember, if you need help finding any other training resources then click on email links within this newsletter or just give us a call and we will do the rest! As always we would welcome your feedback. If you have something to say about this email news bulletin or any of the products
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To order you can click here or call 01884 821870
A Complete Guide to Educational, Technical, Professional & Academic Qualifications in the UK.How Today's Global Trends are Shaping Tomorrow's Companies In a sin  gle
volume, the new edition of this indispensable guide gives
comprehensive coverage of the developments within the fast-changing field of
professional, academic and vocational qualifications. Fully indexed, it
provides details on all university awards and over 200 career fields, their
professional and accrediting bodies, levels of membership and
qualifications, and is a one-stop guide for careers advisors, students and
parents. It will also enable human resource managers to verify the
qualifications of potential employees.
Part 1: A summary of the history of and development of British qualifications; Contents and user's guide. Part 2: Analysis of current academic and vocational education and how they relate to each other, includes F/HE education, Higher Education, professional and post graduate education and different modes of delivery. Part 3: Provides institutional listing of contact details for universities, FE colleges, business schools, specialist institutions and professional associations. Part 4: Awards made by universities and designated institutions. Part 5: Qualifications listed by trades and professions - more than 500 trade and professional bodies in an easy-to-use guide to vocations. Part 6: Learned societies and study associations. Part 7: Further reference and other organisations, includes trade associations and useful web sites. Part 8: Abbreviations and general index. British Qualifications includes: over 500 professional institutes and accrediting bodies giving information on membership and qualifications lists of all degrees and postgraduate awards from all UK universities and colleges contact details for every establishment a full description of the current framework of academic and vocational education including recent changes Editor: Heather Davison Published: Kogan Page, December 2004 Paperback: £45.00 (plus p&p)
To order you can click here or call 01884 821870
New chapters include:
Total reward and engaged performance Types of grade and pay structure Implementing new structures Individual contingent pay Recognition schemes Flexible benefits Trends in reward management Author: Michael Armstrong & Helen Murlis Published: Kogan Page, October 2004 Hardback: £37.50 (plus p&p)
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 Managing
People
FOCUSING ON:
People are an organisation's key resource - but disgruntled staff can be difficult!This highly participative activity allows teams to practise dealing with typical human resource issues in a risk-free environment.Ideal for first-time managers and supervisors to discuss and practise their people-management skills.* Requires ONE PC (or laptop) and printer. HOW IT WORKS Managing People follows a similar structure to our top-selling exercise Decisions! Decisions! Teams are faced with a number of situations: someone is not following the organisation's dress code, another has a grievance, another is under-performing. In all, there are ten different people-situations involving a variety of issues.Each situation has five possible solutions and all teams have to do is discuss the issue and make a consensus decision. But not all issues are easily settled! They feed their choices into the computer (or laptop) and in return receive details of the consequences of their decision - plus details of the effect on staff morale and the outlook for the department. Teams have a budget to work within. Bad decisions can be costly and issues not dealt with properly tend to reappear. WHAT IT DOES Managing People provides the opportunity to practise people-skills in a safe environment and see the consequences of getting it wrong.It illustrate the benefits of taking a rational, fair and reasoned approach to staff problems. Establishing the facts, not acting impulsively and following correct procedures are all important points for discussion in the debrief. In particular, spotting issues early and addressing them – and communicating what you are doing –can prevent problems from escalating, in some cases, into damaging and costly court cases and tribunals. All managers need to know the relevant aspects of employment law and follow correct procedures. One-page handouts on appropriate employment law and human rights legislation are provided in the pack. Cost: £395 (plus VAT and p&p).
To book your Preview
click here
or if you would like
more information call
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Since 1999 my main professional focus has been to promote the proactive management of the working environment. The human aspects of that environment - the things we feel, say, do and write - are very important in determining how we feel about our work: the 'morale' perspective. These aspects can also be at the centre of damaging internal grievances, court and tribunal cases: the 'liability' perspective. The working environment needs to be managed from both perspectives, rather than left to fend for itself. Everyone in a workplace is responsible for creating the working environment. We all 'cast a shadow', and tend not to spend enough time thinking about that shadow. To ensure people feel comfortable at work, maintain morale, and avoid costly grievances, we need to take responsibility for our working environment. This learning resource is designed to help you do just that. It illustrates different types of unwanted inappropriate behaviour and the effects these can have on individuals and organisations, and suggests ways of combating that behaviour. The 'Actor-Receiver-Observer' model seeks to encourage everyone to play a role in creating an environment in which people enjoy working, but in which the risk of liability for inappropriate behaviour is lessened. There are seldom any winners in litigation. The natural place to sort out problems caused by inappropriate behaviour is at work; simply and effectively. This resource is about helping you to develop a culture in which problems can be raised and resolved in your workplace. Matt Dean LawyerByrne Dean Associates Price £995 (plus VAT and p&p) includes VHS + DVD video and Trainers notes. 2 Day hire Price £199 (plus VAT and p&p) To book your Preview click here or if you would like to speak to our sales team you can call 01884 821870
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 To succeed in today's business environment, managers need a combination of skills. They need to be strategic thinkers, operational managers, and motivational team leaders. Whether used to train new managers or for more experienced managers, Management Essentials is complete and comprehensive, and provides managers with the training and skills they need for these roles. Management Essentials gives managers a set of skills that they can use throughout their careers. Organised into four modules, and comprising 17 units in total, it covers the following core topics: • Developing Your Management Skills • Managing and Developing Staff • Effective Business Operations • Improving Business Performance Featuring authoritative content alongside innovative learning technology, Management Essentials leads to a professional qualification (Level 4 Introductory Diploma in Management) with the Chartered Management Institute, on completion of the course. Management Essentials is available as a CD-ROM-based resource for colleges and organisations delivering training to managers. It is also available as a supported course to help large and small organisations meet their management training needs - without having to send their managers off-site to learn. WHAT YOU GET... CONTENTS • I x Multimedia CD-ROM Format: CD-ROM • Text Material (available as printable PDFs) • 4 x Practice Assignments (2 hours each) • I x Final Assignment set by the Chartered Management Institute The package contains: 40 hours of study time, including approximately:
Special Introductory Price for a single user CD-ROM : FE / Voluntary sector £150.00 + VAT Corporate / Public sector £200.00 +VAT To order your FREE Preview CD-ROM click here or if you would like more information call 01884 821870To find out more about tutor support options and access to NEC's Virtual Learning Environment click here. To order you can click here or call 01884 821870
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January sale at Angel Productions! Take the opportunity of Angel Productions’ January Sale to
stock up on the training resources you need. During January you can choose
between two special offers:
To book your Preview click here or you can call 01884 821870 The small print: Under our 'Two packages for the price of one’ offer you will be charged the higher price if there is a difference. Customers who qualify for our concessionary prices can purchase two complete packages for the concessionary price of one (the higher price if there is a difference). These special offers cannot be combined with any other discounts (eg our regular discounts for multiple purchases). The prices in the table below do not include the sale discounts. The listed prices are for single copies; ask us about discounts for multiple purchases.
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This
fifth edition of the best-selling Reward Management has been
thoroughly revised and updated to bring it in line with the latest thinking.
Taking a strategic approach to the subject, it addresses the wide gap that
exists between theory and practice, focussing on the implications for
practitioners. Crammed with comprehensive and essential information, this
highly practical book shows that reward management is about performance - of
individuals, teams and the whole organisation.
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