HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1984-12-05, Page 92Descriptions of Courses and Programs
Iuating efficiency. BMS -D SS -13
Offered at:
Doon
Tues. 7-9:30 p.m. 10 wks.
Jan. 22 $42
Guelph
Tues. 7-9:30 p.m. 10 wks.
Jan. 22 $42
Fee includes $17 for text.
First -Line Supervisors -
Motivation And Leadership -
Modules
Of interest to anyone responsible for
motivating and directing employees, this
course includes sessions on developing
and maintaining morale, handling con-
flict, team building and job enrichment.
BMS -F SS -A
Offered at:
Doon
Wed. 7-9:30 p.m. 10 wks.
Jan. 23 $38
Goderich
Mon. 7-9:30 p.m. 10 wks.
Jan. 21 $38 Location: Goderich District
Secondary School
Listowel
Wed. 7-9:30 p.m. 10 wks.
Jan. 30 $38 Location: Listowel District ,
.Secondary School
Wingham
Wed. 7-9:30 p.m. 10 wks.
Jan. 23 $38 Location: F.E. Madill Secondary
School
Fee includes $1 3 for text.
Fundamentals Of Financial
Management .
This course is particularly for
owners/managers of small businesses
who are especially sensitive to the
conditions of their operations at all
times. It is also of interest to non-finan-
cial managers or supervisors who, wish
to gain an appreciation of financial
statements and financial management.
Topics covered include the components
and uses of the Income Statement and
the Balance Sheet and the calculations
and uses of the Break -Even Point, the
Cash Budget and the Primary Ratios.
BMS -B •
Offered at:
Waterloo
Mon. 7-9:30 p.m. 14 wks.
Jan. 21 $47
Fee includes $12 for text.
How To Operate A Successful
Retail Store
Here's a course for retailers that's
packed with practical guidelines related
to the basic aspects of retailing. How to
turn customers' needs and wants into
products and services ... how to pick a
good location ... how to use your store
space ... how to make the right
purchases ... how to manage mark-
downs ... these and other useful topics
are fully covered. An invaluable course
for all who seek the opportunity. to apply
proven, practical retailing principles to
their business with the view of increasing
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sales and profitability. BMS -C SS -F
Offered at:
Cambridge
Thurs. 7-10 p.m. 10 wks.
Jan. 24 $52
Fee includes $21.5 0 for text.
How To Start A Small Business
This course is intended primarily for
individuals interested in starting their
own small businesses and those who
may have recently become owners/
managers.
Topics include: financial requirements,
the marketing process, management
and staffing, purchasing and inventory
control, financial controls, government
regulations. BMS -F SS -F
Offered at:
Guelph
Thurs. 7-10 p.m. 10 wks.
Jan. 24 $52
Waterloo
Mon. 7-10 p.m. 10 wks.
Jan. 21 $52 Rm. H2
Fee includes,$21 .50 for text.
Job Enrichment For Production
This advanced course will be of particu-
lar interest to those who have taken at
least two courses in Human Relations,
Communications, Labour Relations,
Work Simplification, Work Study, Per-
sonnel Management, Owners/manag-
ers, senior executives, plant managers,
personnel directors, key department
managers, foremen and supervisors in
industrial and manufacturing operations
will find this course valuable. Topics
include: Motivation Through Meaningful
Work; Vertical Job Loading; Skills in
Conference Leadership; Facing Up to
Implementation Problems. BMS -D SS -C
Offered at:
Guelph
Wed. 7-10 p.m. 10 wks.
Jan. 23 $54
Fee includes $23.50 for text.
Management. By Objectives And
Results
For owners/managers of small and
medium sized businesses and anyone
with' some management experience. The
course discusses M.B.O. as a system of
management, how to form and imple-
ment plans of action, evaluation of
results and performance. Various man-
agement styles and the advantages/
problems of the M.B.O. process are also
covered. BMS -A SS -C
Offered at:
Doon
Tues. 7-10 p.m. 10 wks.
Jan. 22 $52
Fee includes $21.5 0 for text.
Management For Results
This course is designed particularly for
senior and middle management person-
nel who have senior responsibility for a
complete unit. The objectives are to
improve managerial skills, to devolve
fundamental and advanced concepts of
the management by objectives. Topics
covered include: Getting .Organized,
Delegations, Motivation Through Job
Enrichment, The Systems Approach and
Setting Objectives and Performance
Planning.
Special note: Applicants should be
willing to devote a considerable amount
of time to preparation outside of the
seminar and a desire to share ideas and
experiences regarding the art of man-
agement. BMS -A SS -C
Offered at:
Waterloo
Wed. 7-10 p.m. 10 wks.
Jan. 23 $50 Rm. H8
Fee includes $20.25 for text.
Management Skills In Personnel
Selection
This course will be of interest to anyone
whose job function is to recruit new
employees or to appraise present em-
ployees for transfer or promotion. Some
of the objectives of the course are: To
develop an awareness of the importance
of correct procedures in selecting
people to perform, tasks, to establish
criteria for hiring, . to investigate the
conventional application form in relation
to the overall design of a job, to review
the various forms of legislation which
permit and prohibit information in appli-
cation forms, to develop an evaluation
ability of the conventional letter and the
job resume as employment application
forms, and the vaFious types of covering
and follow-up letters to a resume, to
develop an appropriate procedure to
determine the best candidate, to deter-
mine the correct way of giving and
taking an interview. BMS -E SS -C
Offered at:
Doon
Mon. 7-10 p.m. 10 wks.
Jan. 21 $53
Guelph
Mon. 7-10 p.m. 10 wks.
Jan. 21 $53
Fee includes $22:75 for text.
Marketing For Small Business
Objectives: To introduce participants` to
the marketing field. To appreciate the,
marketing interaction of product, price,
promotion and place (distribution) and
.the significant cohsiderations that must
be given to each.
Participants: Owners/managers in small
and medium-sized businesses with little
or no formal background in the area of
marketing;, those desirous of under-
standing the basic tools of a marketing
program. BMS -C
Offered at:
Waterloo
Tues. 7-9:30 p.m. 10 wks.
Jan. 22 $47 Rm. H4
Fee includes $21.50 for text.
People Management: Tools And
Techniques
Objectives: To provide participants with
the necessary skills for' developing
teamwork, in any type and size of opera-
tion.
Areas covered: organization planning,
employee motivation, selection of per-
sonnel, induction and training, perfor-
mance and appraisal, industrial rela-