Management Practices (Personnel Management) Course

Are you moving into a management position? Want to consolidate your experience? Then this course should be ideal.

It covers managing personnel, analysing job function, recruiting staff and business ethics. This course would be valuable for anyone managing people or thinking about employing staff.

This course is split into small sections to make studying easy to fit into your life. Your tutor is available to help every step of the way.

Distance Learning Support

At Start Learning we pride ourselves on our friendly and supportive tutors. Your tutor support will start as soon as you receive your course and will be valid for 12 months. All our tutors are highly qualified with extensive experience in supporting distance learning students. You contact your tutor via email and they are responsible for marking assignments answering your questions and guiding you through the course.

Entry Requirements 

At Start Learning we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and study further, so we try to keep our entry requirements to a minimum.      

Recommended Hours of Study

We recommended you spend approximately 110 hours of your time studying for the Management Practices (Personnel Management) course. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in six months. 

Course Contents

Management practices consist of the following:
 
Topic 1: The Personnel Function

Topic 2: Planning Staffing Levels

Topic 3: Analysing the job function

Topic 4: Recruiting Staff

Topic 5: Training Staff

Topic 6: Evaluating the job

Topic 7: Providing the Personnel Department Functions

Topic 8: Sample Letters

Topic 9: Business Ethics

Topic 10: Case Studies in Personnel Management

Qualification

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Level 3 Award in Management Practices.

Awarding Body Information

NCFE is recognised as an awarding body by the qualification regulators ('regulators') for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland

Assessment

This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following NCFE guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

Language of Course

English