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Operations Management
Operations Management 100 Hours Certificate Course
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Operations Management Online Course
This Operations Management Online Course will provide essential knowledge on how most business operate and understand how their functions are interrelated to other competitors.
If you’re on the verge of launching a new business and want to learn more about the processes and fundamentals of operations,
Trying to create a new business? Did you create a business idea and want to learn more about the business process? Are you moving up the ladder in your current workplace and need to develop skills of managing the business operations? Do you want a new set of skills to present on your resume or CV?
Business Operations gives you the absolute essential knowledge on how businesses operate and understand how their services are interrelated to their other competitors and the overall economic environment.
Expand both your learning and confidence while leading the operations of the business you work in!
Course Information
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Lessons
LESSON STRUCTURE:Â Operations Management VBS201
There are 9 lessons:
1. The Economic Environment
- The world of economics
- Scarcity
- Opportunity costs
- Goods
- Definitions
- Economic systems
- Economic ownership
- Performance criteria for an economy
- Other economic performance indicators
- Basic economic principles
- Law of demand
- Law of Substitution
- Law of diminishing return
- Law of diminished marginal utility
- Competition
- Sustainability
- Total Quality Management
- Strategic Planning
- Creating a strategic plan
2. External Influences
- Monopoly
- Monopolistic Competition
- Oligopoly
- Perfect competition
- External Influences
- International markets and trade-able commodities
- Globalisation
- Supply and demand
- Market forces
- Demand
- Supply
- Elasticity
- Economics of scale
- Cost structures
- Liquidity
3. Information Management Â
- Scope and nature of office work
- Functions of an office
- Common jobs in an office: reception, clerical, secretarial, information processing
- Departments within an organisation
- Office processes
- Data knowledge, storage and management
- Filing systems
- Classifying information
- Hard copy
- Filing procedure
- Data protection
- Financial records
- Books needed in business
- Different ways to approach bookkeeping
- Steps in the bookkeeping process
- Developing a record keeping and accounting system
- Flow of information
- Financial reports
- Ledger
- Journal
- Source documents
- Cash transactions
- Credit transactions
- Returns and allowances
- Other business documents
- Use of business documents
- The cash book
- Credit sales and credit purchases journal
- The general journal
- The ledger
- A trial balance
- Bank reconciliation
- Petty cash
4. Strategic Planning Â
- Strategic planning
- Documenting the strategy
- Operational planning
- Documenting an operational plan
- Key components of a business plan
- SWOT analysis
- A planning procedure
- Decisions
- What to plan for
- Finance
- Structure for a Financial plan
- Developing a budget
- Structure for a marketing plan
- Plan drawing
5. Implementing Strategies
- Implementing strategy
- Bench marking
- Reviewing strategy and strategy management
- Environmental audits
- Key elements of EIA
- Steps in an environmental assessment process
- Study design
- Baseline studies
- Predicting impacts
- Mitigation measures
- Flora and fauna assessment
- Open space management plan
- Rehabilitation plan
6. Developing a Business Plan Â
- Business planning
- Case study: nursery development plan
- Sensitivity analysis
- PBL project to formulate criteria required for implementation of a business proposal to develop a business plan.
7. Business Control Systems
- Financial statements
- The balance sheet
- Classification in the balance sheet
- Working capital
- Profit and loss statement
- Link between profit and balance sheet
- Depreciation of assets
- Analysis and interpretation of accounting reports
- Analytical ratios
- Ratio yardsticks
- Profitability ratios
- Operating efficiency ratios
- Efficiency ratios and profitability
- Liquidity ratios
- Liquidity analysis and cash budgeting
- Financial stability ratios
- Gearing rate of return on investment
- Limitations to ratio analysis
- Risk
- Risk analysis
- Contingency planning
- Business systems
- Quality systems
- Innovation management
- PERT (Program evaluation and review)
- CPA (Critical path analysis)
- GNATT Charts Fastest and slowest completion times
- Business expansion and sources of finance
- Record keeping
8. Evaluating Marketing
- Introduction
- Market research
- The marketing mix
- Marketing planning
- Services marketing
- Customer service
- Buying, selling and decision making
- Different heuristics
- Decision making process
- Customer satisfaction
- Goodwill
9. Marketing Strategies
- Â Â Target markets and market segmentation
- Â Â Targeting strategies
- Â Â Defining your target market
- Â Â Determining market segmentation
- Â Â Projecting the future
- Â Â Positioning
- Â Â Case study
- Â Â The business portfolio
Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school’s tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.
Learning Goals
Aims
- Â Explain the economic environment in which business operates.
- Appraise the impact of external influences.
- Establish the type of information required for operations in both commercial businesses and service organisations.
- Examine the process and analyse approaches to strategic planning.
- Examine the process and analyse approaches to strategy formation and implementation.
- Prepare a business plan.
- Assess the importance of business control systems utilising IT integration into financial management; prepare, read and interpret annual statements, appreciate the importance of budgetary control.
- Identify the benefits involved when preparing marketing plans; analyse organisational strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
- Formulate customer-orientated and realisable strategies for selected markets FINANCIAL
Practical (Set Tasks)
Examinations
Program Summary
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RECORDS MUST BE KEPT
An owner or manager needs to know whether the business is making profit.
It does not matter how small the business is, accounting should be seen as being part of the overall management strategy, with financial information relating to all facets of the business being readily available.
There are many different uses for financial information and the nature of these uses varies depending on its intended purpose. It is the user of the financial information who determines how it is to be used. Accounting must meet the needs of the individual users and therefore must be flexible enough to satisfy a variety of purposes.
Sometimes information must be kept for legal reasons; and at other times records are essential to just ensure smooth running of the enterprise.
Some of the main users of accounting information and their areas of interest are:
– Owner/manager: profit, liquidity, stability, sales, growth, budgets, stock management, debtors, creditors, rates of return.
– Prospective owners: budgets, future earnings, predicted returns, stability, growth.
– Banks/Lenders: liquidity, stability, budgets.
– Suppliers of Materials: credit rating, reliability, stability.
– Government Departments: e.g. Taxation department, Bureau of Statistics, Small Business Corporation – these have specific needs pertaining to their own specialist areas.
– Employees/Unions: stability of employment, profits – likelihood of wage increases?
If a business owner is well informed in relation to all aspects of the firm, it has a better chance of not only surviving, but of being successful.
Financial information helps management to make better decisions. In order to do this, financial data must be collected, sorted, classified, recorded and finally reported in a meaningful form. These steps make up the basic accounting process. It is extremely important to keep accurate, clear and accessible records of all financial transactions which take place in a business. Different businesses have different types of book keeping systems. The options are very great. A balance must be struck though where you decide between a system which gives you the detail you require and one which doesn’t take too much time to maintain.
EXTRACT FROM COURSE
Financial records are needed because:
- Â They help you manage your finances.
- Â You can make decisions about what something is likely to cost in the future by seeing what it cost in the past.
- Â They allow you to see whether your business is making a profit or loss.
- Â They give you a basis upon which you can calculate what you will charge your customers/buyers.
- Â They allow you to prepare and submit you tax returns.
- Â They are legally required by government.
- Â You can track the fluctuation in cash flow, month by month.
By law, you are required to keep the following financial records for taxation purposes:
- Â Bank statements, deposit books and cheque butts
- Â Sales transactions, together with the relevant source documents
- Â Purchase transactions, together with the relevant source documents
- Â Expense payment transactions, together with the relevant source documents
If you employ staff:
- Â Wages transactions
- Â Fringe benefits Tax Records
- Â Superannuation or Pension guarantee records
- Â If you are a contractor or sub-contractor
- Â Prescribed payment records.
- Â If you are involved in the clothing or fishing industries
- Â Reportable payment records
- Â Expenditure relating to assets
- Â Stock-take records
- Â List of debtors and creditors
- Â Depreciation schedules for assets and stock
- Â Lease agreements and documentation
- Â Records pertaining to the start-up of a business, and the sale of a business
- Â Occupational health and safety records.
Each of these records also gives us a way of monitoring business performance and controlling the business operations.
Assessment
Assessment is based on a combination of completing all assignments and sitting for a final short one and a half hour exam, in your own location.
If you don’t cope well with exams then you may elect to undertake a project instead. This is a popular option.
In addition, most modules have a Set Task at the end of each lesson placed before the assignment. This is an opportunity to undertake practical work to help you acquire knowledge and skills and practical experience. This ADL feature is an added bonus not found at most online schools. Set Tasks are not required for assessment.Â
Some courses also have optional Self-Tests which are available on our online learning platform. These are not available by correspondence or by USB, and do not form part of your overall grade.
How our courses work
- Choose Your Learning Method
You choose how you would like to receive your course material, i.e., Online, USB or Correspondence. The choice is yours. You may also work on online or offline. - Tutor Allocation
Every student is assigned their own dedicated tutor who is an expert in their subject area. They provide as much or as little individual contact as you require. You can contact your tutor whenever you need – your hours are not limited. - Feedback and Assignments
Tutor Feedback is an essential component in helping you understand the subject matter. Tutor feedback is given in the form of notes written on the assignment. We encourage you to contact your Tutor where help with clarification and understanding of course material may be required.
Your assignments are located at the end of each lesson. You submit them for marking whenever you are ready. There is no time limit.  - Set Tasks and Self-Tests
Most modules have a Set Task at the end of each lesson before for the assignment. This is where you get the opportunity to undertake practical work to help you acquire knowledge, skills and practical experience. Many modules also have short Self-Tests. - Exams
Once all assignments have been completed you may then elect to sit for a one and half hour exam in your own location. If you prefer not to take the exam you do have the option to undertake a project instead.
Once the exam or project part of the course is completed, your Certificate is then processed. Please allow approximately 4 weeks for this. - Design Your Own Qualification
ADL offers students the flexibility to self-design their own qualification – bundling together a combination of 100-hour modules into a qualification higher than a certificate.
FAQ
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Here is a list of the most often asked FAQ’s.
General
Q. Why should I enrol with the Academy for Distance Learning?
A. Here at ADL, our students are our priority – we treat everyone as a unique individual.
Q. Do I need to buy text books?
A. No, as each module has been written by highly qualified industry professionals. The content of the material is presented in such a way that text books are not required. However, if you require additional reading your tutor will be able to supply a list.
Q. What happens if I have to stop studying for a while? (eg. become sick, go on holidays, have a baby, move house, etc)
A. It’s OK to take a break and start up your study at a later point in time. Just let us know.
Q. Is there an age limit?
A. There is no maximum age limit. We do however, have a minimum age limit of 18 years. Below that age parental consent would be required.
Q. Are your courses up-to date?
A. Our courses are revised and updated on a rotation system.
Q. Do you have a Cancellation policy?
A. Yes. We have a cancellation policy that is fair and equitable. For further details please click here.
Q. Will I have any opportunity to engage with other students?
A. We have a Student Community group based on facebook! If you don’t have a facebook account already, you could make one just for talking with fellow students on the group.
Enrolment
Q. When can I enrol/start?
A. You may enrol and start at any time of the year – it’s all self- paced.
Q. Can I study from anywhere in the world?
A. Our courses are available to anyone, anywhere in the world from the comfort of your own home. The course content is relevant to any country, culture or economy.
Q. How long do I have to complete the course?
A. You complete the course at any time that is convenient for you.
Q. Completing a 100 hour module – how long will it take?
A. For some students a 100 hour module will take approximately to 3- 6 months to complete. Others take less time and some even longer.
Assessment
Q. Assessment – how does it work?
A. For each 100 hour module you are assessed by assignments (at the end of each lesson) and a final one and a half hour exam (or you may elect to complete a Project, instead of sitting the exam) – the choice is yours – you sit for the exam in your own location.
Q. I don’t cope well with exams – what can I do?
A. You may elect to undertake a Project (set by your tutor) instead of sitting the exam. Projects are completed from your home and can usually take a couple of weeks to complete.
Q. If my assignment is not up to standard is there an opportunity to resubmit my work?
A. Yes –
Q. How many assignments do I need to complete for each module?
A. At the end of each lesson, there is an assignment – so if a course has say, 10 lessons, there would be 10 assignments.
Q. I am having difficulty attending workshops/industry meetings, what can be done?
A. If your course requires attendance at workshops, conferences, or industry meetings; alternative arrangements can be made in your country.
Qualifications
Q. What qualification will I receive?
A. For individual modules, you would be awarded a Certificate endorsed by TQUK (Training Qualifications, UK), providing you complete all assignments and the exam. If you just want to complete only the assignments and not sit for the exam or finish a Project, then a Letter of Achievement would be awarded. For more details on qualifications available please click here.
Q. Can I customize my diploma/higher qualification?
A. Not all educational institution’s certificates /diplomas meet everyone’s needs. The opportunity to Design Your Own Diploma at the Academy (subject to our approval) is an added bonus, not found at other colleges. You choose modules that you think will help you in achieving your goal.
Q. What do I get when I complete the course? Will I receive a transcript?
A. At the completion of all courses and providing all assignments and exam requirements have been met, you will receive your Award and a Transcript.
Tutors
Q. Our tutors – who are they?
A. We appoint Tutors and require that they must be currently active in their industry, with at least 5 years’ experience in their chosen profession.
Q. Can I contact my tutor at any time?
A. Yes – you have unlimited access to your tutor via email through our Online Classroom. You can always leave a message with ADL requesting your tutor to contact you. You decide on how much or how little contact you wish to have.
Q. Practical work – How is this done?
A. To find out more about this part of the course please visit the section on How Our Courses Work here.
Career Options
What's Included
What your tuition fees include
- All Course Material via Online, USB or Correspondence
- Assignments Marked
- Professional Tutor Feedback
- Set Tasks - Practical Exercises to help you develop skills
- Self-Tests – multiple choice questions at the end of lessons in most modules
- Unlimited Personal Tutor Support – via our student classroom
- Committed and Friendly Admin Support – vital to your success
- All ADL Exam or Project fees (exception RHS exams)
- Qualification Certificate
- Official Transcript with assignment grades
- Student Manual
Plus FREE
- Academic Writing course (optional - 10 hours only)
- Critical Thinking course (optional - 10 hours only)
- Job Seekers Careers Guide
- Study Tips on How To Study Better
- Career Counselling by ADL Staff
- CV Writing Help, Tips and Advice
There are no hidden extras
Career Opportunities
FAQ - RHS Theory Qualifications
GENERALÂ
If you require further details about any of the RHS industry recognised qualifications please, call one of our friendly RHS Course Advisors on +44 (0)1227 789 649 or email: [email protected]
Q:Â When can I Enrol/Start My RHS Course With ADL?
A: Anytime, Anywhere. There are no enrolment deadlines.
Q:Â I live Overseas. Can I Study From Overseas?
A: You can study any of the RHS theory qualifications overseas. All courses are offered in English. You will need to email RHS Qualifications direct to arrange sitting for your examination overseas.
Q: Is There a Time Limit for Completing an RHS Qualification?
A: At present there are no time limits. However, RHS is contemplating in the future, the introduction of course time-lines.
Q:Â Are There Any Entry Requirements (Pre-Requisites)?
A:Â The RHS Theory courses do not require prerequisites, previous experience or any knowledge of horticulture. You just need passion for all things horticulture.
Q: What Course Should I Start With First? I Am New To RHS Qualifications.
A: We highly recommend that you start with Level 2 – Principles of Garden Planning, Establishment and Maintenance.
Q:Â What Does ADL Course Material Include?
A:Â Includes Power Point Presentations, Videos and written course lessons.
RHS EXAMS
Q:Â When Do Exams Take Place?
A: Exams are held on fixed dates in February and June of each year. You should register as a candidate at least 3 months before these dates, so please do not leave exam registration to the last minute
Q:Â Where Do I Take My Exams?
A:Â UK: You take the exams at the RHS Wisley Centre, located between Cobham and Ripley in Surrey or at other authorised RHS centres around the UK.
Overseas: please email RHS qualifications direct for centre information.
Q:Â Exam Pass Marks?
A:  Module – pass 50%.  Commendation 70%.
Qualification:Â 50% pass for all modules.
Commendation awarded for all modules.
Each question carries a value of 10 marks.
Q: I’m Not Happy With My Exam Results?
A:Â You have the opportunity to re-sit your exam at the next opportunity.
There are no restrictions on the number of re-sits you can take. The highest mark you achieve will remain.,