Organisation Structures and their Culture and Values

• Understand organisational structures.
• Understand the organisational environment.
• Understand the ethics of an organisation.
• Understand how organisational culture and values are developed.

Principles of Organisational Planning

• Understand organisational resource requirements.
• Understand the need for organisational planning.
• Understand the planning cycle for organisations.
• Understand the importance of risk management to organisations.
• Understand the processes to measure organisational performance.

Managing Human Resources

• Understand the factors involved in human resource planning in organisations.
• Understand the recruitment and selection process.
• Understand how organisations motivate employees.
• Understand the importance of managing employee performance.

Personal and Professional Development

• Understand what personal and professional development is.
• Know how to identify strengths and needs in relation to own planned job role.
• Understand how to plan and produce own professional development plan.
• Understand opportunities for professional development.

Teamwork

• Understand the benefits and challenges of working in a team to complete a task.
• Understand the need for a team to work to an agreed code of conduct.
• Know how to recognise the different strengths, skills and experiences different people bring to a team.
• Understand how to allocate roles and responsibilities within the team in relation to a given task.
• Understand how to reflect on the performance of a team

Leadership and Management Skills

• Understand the difference between leadership and management.
• Understand leadership and management styles and theories.
• Understand the role, functions and responsibilities of management.
• Understand the principles of effective decision making.