Management Practices

The success of any organisation is due to its people, and in today's fiercely competitive business world it's those in the Human Resource department - the people behind the people - who make all the difference. If you're keen to learn more about this exciting field and gain a qualification that will lead to a promotion or a new job in Personnel Management, then UK Open Learning can help you achieve your goals.

The UK Open Learning Personnel Management Course will let you enter the industry with the confidence to really get on. You'll learn all the general principles of the profession and gain a thorough grounding in all the key subjects such as Recruitment and Selection, Training and Development, and Discipline and Grievance.

At UK Open 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 to ensure you are ready for your examinations.

You don't need any previous experience to take this course although a reasonable level of literacy is required.

We recommended you spend approximately 110 hours of your time studying for this 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.

Unit 1: The Personnel Function. Unit 2: Planning Staffing Levels. Unit 3: Analysing the job function. Unit 4: Recruiting Staff. Unit 5: Training Staff. Unit 6: Evaluating the job. Unit 7: Providing the Personnel Department Functions. Unit 8: Sample Letters . Unit 9: Business Ethics. Unit 10: Case Studies in Personnel Management.

There is no exam as such, although you will be required to complete a series of assignments. These assignments have no word count. However, you do have to prove to your tutor that you have fully understood the questions asked.

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.

You will have to send in a series of assignments which your tutor will mark and return a feedback sheet to you with your results.