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Improve your management skills
Successful business management practices implemented by skilled and knowledgeable managers are vital for the continued success and growth of any business. This free online course introduces you to essential business management skills and practices. The course starts by asking what management is, and reviews managerial characteristics and skills. The course covers topics such as managing external relationships such as with customers and suppliers. It introduces management accounting practices and procedures, best practices for managing and using information systems, how to manage information about business competitors, and best practices for human resources management in terms of selecting, training and appraising employees. This course is ideal for business professionals who are working in established companies and who want to prove a basic competency and knowledge of business management matters, and also to learn more about successful business management skills and practices.


Preparing to Manage - Skills and Practices is originally from The course contents are licensed by Creative Commons License and published by Connexions and has a duration of 2-3 Hours for the average learner.

Content Type
  • Video: None
  • Audio: None
  • Animation: None
  • Assessments: Yes
  • Course Rating: (5/5 10047 )
Certification Availability
  • PDF Download: Yes
  • Parchment: Yes
  • Framed Parchment: Yes
  • Type: course
Education Level
  • Approximate FETAC Level: Level 5
  • Approximate NQF Level (UK): Level 3
  • Other: Higher High Secondary School
  • Age appropriateness: 16+ Years
  • Minimum Grade/Class Level: Higher High Secondary School

Modules in Preparing to Manage - Skills and Practices

Module 3: Managing External Relationships
Module 4: Managing the Accounts
Module 5: Managing the Information systems
Module 6: Managing Competitive Intelligence
Module 8: Business Management Skills and Practices Assessment
Module 7: Managing Employees
Module 2: Managerial Characteristics and Skills
Module 1: What is Management?
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Learning Outcome

Upon completion of this course you will gain a good knowledge of management and the characteristics of an effective manager. You will understand how to manage external relationships, accounts, information systems, competitive intelligence and employees successfully.

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Last Course Reviews

Ingrid Greco
Preparing to Manage - Skills and Practices:

Course Module: Module 1: What is Management?
Course Topic: Demands, Constraints and Choices
Comment: very informational.


HEATHER BAIZE
Preparing to Manage - Skills and Practices:

Course Module: Module 1: What is Management?
Course Topic: Demands, Constraints and Choices
Comment: very full of great info


Hassan Elsayed
Preparing to Manage - Skills and Practices:

Course Module: Module 6: Managing Competitive Intelligence
Course Topic: Identifying competitors and their relative advantage
Comment: nice course


Mahmoud Almashaikh
Preparing to Manage - Skills and Practices:

Module: Module 8: Business Management Skills and Practices Assessment
Topic: Management Strategies Assessment
Comment: nice course


Prisca N Obi
Preparing to Manage - Skills and Practices:

Module: Module 2: Managerial Characteristics and Skills
Topic: Causes of Stress
Comment: perfect and straight to the point


Hassan Elsayed
Preparing to Manage - Skills and Practices:

nice course


David Ibbs
Preparing to Manage - Skills and Practices:

im enjoying it greatly


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