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Business Management & Administration

Dates: 02 Nov to 11 Dec

Class Time: Monday to Friday 13:30 to 16:45

Price: 350€ 

 

Main Topics of Study:

 

The Organisational Background to Business Administration

The Management Framework to Business Administration

  • What are Business Administration and Management?

  • The Board of Directors

  • Functions within an Organisation

  • The ‘Systems’ Approach to Organisation

  • Planning-Control Feedback Cycles

Characteristic Features of Organisations

  • The Structure of Organisations and the Need for Authority

  • The Features of Bureaucratic and Non-Bureaucratic Organisations

  • Traditional Principles and Types of Organisation

  • More about Systems & Subsystems

The Structure of Business Enterprises

  • The Pattern of Organisations

  • Business Types including; Sole-Trder Enterprises, Partnerships, Limited Partnerships, The Limited Liability Company, Non-Profit-Making Units (Clubs & Societies), Public Enterprises

  • Public Sector Organisations; Autonomous Public Corporations, Nationalised Industries, Local Government Institutions, Central Government Departments

Functions within Organisations

The Production Function:

  • The Production Process and Types of Production

  • Site Selection & Factory Planning

  • Plant & Equipment

  • Materials & Materials Handling

  • Production Administration

  • Costing Aspects of Production

  • Work Study

  • Maintenance & Production

  • CAD, CAM & CIM

The Purchasing Function:

  • The Nature of Purchasing and the Role of the Purchasing Officer

  • Purchasing Department Procedures, Inventory Control, Stores Control and Economic Order Quantity

The Research & Development Function:

  • The Functions of the Research & Development Department

  • Basic Research

  • Problem-Based Research

  • Ideas Generation

  • Applied Research & Development

  • Patents, Trade Marks & Service Marks

  • Research & Development in the Business Organisation

The Marketing Function:

  • Introduction to Marketing and The Marketing Philosophy

  • Market Analysis & Research

  • Promotion, Publicity & Public Relations

  • Pricing Policy

  • Credit Control

  • Sales Administration

  • Transport & Distribution (Logistics)

  • Export Marketing

Personnel Department:

  • The Need for Staff

  • The Functions of the Personnel Department and a Personnel Policy

  • Employee Records

  • Promotion, Transfer, Termination & Dismissal

The Administrative Officer’s Role

  • Industrial Relations Practice

  • The Remuneration of Staff

Office Administration:

  • The Role of the Administrative Officer

  • Facilities Management – The ‘New-Look’ Office Administrator

  • The Office & its Functions

  • The Clerical Function, Business Correspondence, Mail Inwards, Mail

  • Outwards, Systems for Producing Business Correspondence.

  • Meetings, Conferences, Functions and Delegation

Other Responsibilities of the Administrative Officer:

  • The Organisation & Methods Department

  • Security Aspects of Business

  • Risk Management

  • The Environment of Organisations

  • What is a Claimant?

  • Assessing the Impact of Claimants

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