After completing this course you will be able to:

• Identify the importance of Human Resource Management (HRM) and the functions involved
• Discuss staff recruitment issues commonly faced by HR managers today
• Outline the importance of the job description to the advertisement and interview processes
• Describe various recruitment options for finding suitable employees
• Explain how to screen resumés for suitable candidates and manage applications effectively
• Demonstrate effective interview questions, techniques and approaches
• Discuss protocols for conducting reference checks
• Summarise the procedures involved in offering employment, including human rights concerns
• Summarise the procedures for the effective orientation of new employees
• Discuss the benefits of employee training for organisations and staff
• Describe the procedures for effective employee performance evaluation

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Define your role as an online learner by developing a mindset for independent learning
• Describe how to prepare for a role as a team member in a virtual classroom
• Outline how to relate to online instructors in a way that supports your learning and growth
• Explain how to communicate professionally with them
• Employ different techniques that improve your time management skills when learning online
• Demonstrate how to analyze writing assignments
• Read strategically using the ‘SQ3R’ method

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Describe the composition and characteristics of meat
• Outline the chemical changes associated with slaughter
• Discuss the ageing, blooming and tenderness factors of meat
• Explain the handling and storage of meat and meat products
• Identify meat inspection levels and agencies
• Outline grading regulations for meat
• Identify suitable cuts of meat for various cooking methods
• Define ‘variety meats’ and ‘offal’
• Recall the diseases associated with meat
• State the meat inspection process
• Illustrate the muscle and bone structure of meat
• Compare primal and secondary cuts of beef, lamb, pork, veal and game

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify the diverse areas community psychologists work and research in
• Recognize how an international context differs from at-home Community Psychology
• Describe the main theories and research methods
• Recognize cultural humility and the dimensions of diversity in a community
• Discuss the concepts and theories of oppression and power
• Discuss the processes of empowerment to make changes in communities
• Identify what is involved in a community intervention and how to measure its effectiveness
• Discuss the key aspects of prevention programs and evaluation
• Discuss community psychologists work with public policy, and community organizing

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Discuss the definition of sustainability
• Identify the basic facility before the IPAT equation can be used
• Define both "climate" and "weather" and explain how they relate
• Explain the enhanced greenhouse effect
• Describe the natural cycles of carbon, water, and nitrogen
• Discuss biodiversity and current trends in biodiversity loss
• Discuss soil sustainability and soil-forming factors
• Discuss what sewage treatment does and its importance
• Discuss how to identify/evaluate uncertainties in risk assessment
• Identify the ultimate sources of renewable energy
• Discuss the basic thermodynamic principles of heat
• Discuss the role and mechanisms of the major controls on Earth's climate

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Recognize common examples of graphic design in use
• Explain the design process as a problem-solving activity
• Discuss design elements such as space, colour and type
• Describe the influence of the Industrial Revolution on design practices
• Summarize the main features of graphic design in the modern and postmodern periods
• Outline the key content and partners involved in the design process
• Explain ‘AIDA’ and the use of other graphic design techniques
• Discuss the use of graphic design elements such as point, line, plane, colour, space and figure/ground
• Indicate the process involved in designing drafts
• State the use of compositional techniques such as contrast, emphasis, movement, symmetry and visual hierarchy
• Describe how constraints, alignment, grids and organizational systems enhance design

After completing this course you will be able to:

• Describe the procedure for measurement and colour profile generation in the manufacturing process
• Discuss the primary four imaging and six pre-imaging processes
• Discuss on-screen and imaging compatibility issues with different types of fonts
• Trace the issues involved in preparing transparent graphic elements for output
• Outline Preflight procedures for checking a computer graphic document in preparation for the manufacturing process
• Compare digital and traditional printing methods, including different types of inkjet printing
• Discuss how paper size, weight and quality can effec output
• Trace the development of page description languages and digital front ends
• Explain how Variable data printing uses data to personalize documents
• Discuss the advantages to companies and customers of using online print services

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Define what technical writing is, why it’s important, and what it looks like
• Recognize the main conventions and characteristics of technical writing
• Identify how to use rhetoric appeals in a professional context and avoid logical fallacies
• Recognize how to effectively integrate headings, figures and tables, and lists in written communications
• Define basic terms related to conducting and disseminating various types of research
• Outline how to determine the reliability, authority, and relevance of research sources in a professional context
• Identify the most common types of documents used in technical communications
• Outline how to create technical descriptions and write instruction manuals
• Recognize how to create the appropriate format, structure and content for different types of professional documents