On successful Completion of the course you will get a sound understanding of:

• business objectives, resources and accountability
• the structure and classification of business
• the external environment
• the scale and location of production, different production processes
• marketing strategy, marketing planning and market research
• accounting concepts and sources of finance
• HR planning

This course will assist in the preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-ITB

On successful Completion of the course you will get a sound understanding of:

• the nature of financial accounting and the principles of double entry book-keeping
• how to prepare final accounts
• accounting rations for profitability and liquidity
• costing for materials, labour and overheads
• how costing principles can be used in decision making
• budgeting and budgetary control

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-1000<

On successful Completion of the Introduction to Quantitative Methods course you will be able to:

• Develop quantitative thinking and skills
• Develop skills in gathering and computing numbers
• Cultivate the ability to present, interpret and communicate quantitative results for managerial decision making
• Build a robust quantitative foundation for other business units

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-1020<

On successful Completion of the Introduction to Business Communication course you will be able to accomplish the following:

• the principles governing the communication process
• how to compose common types of business communication
• how to communicate orally and in writing
• non-verbal signals
• barriers to communication and how to overcome them
• how to summarise simple business information
• the role of computers and ICT
• communications structures within organisations
• common business and communications terms

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-1010

On successful Completion of the Introduction to Marketing course you will be able to accomplish the following:

• the relationship between marketing and business
• the marketing mix
• the elements of marketing communications
• how to communicate in sales and marketing contexts
• effective marketing presentations

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-1011

On successful Completion of the Introduction to Bookkeeping course you will be able to:

• Business transactions
• Introduction to business and recording transactions
• Introduction to sales on credit
• Books of prime entry – sales day book and sales returns day book
• the banking system and double entry bookkeeping
• Books of prime entry – Purchase day books and purchase returns day books
• Banking – Receiving and making payments
• Cash book
• The cash book and introduction to double entry
• Introduction to double-entry bookkeeping
• Accounting for receivables
• Accounting for payables
• Payroll and ledger accounts
• Petty cash, the journal and payroll
• Accounting for petty cash
• The accounting process and journals
• Payroll
• Payment methods in a payroll system
• Reconciliation and preparing the trial balance
• Control accounts and the bank reconciliation
• Receivables control account
• Payables control account
• Trial balances
• Preparing a trial balance
• Correction of errors in a trial balance

Certification: This course will assist in preparation for the ABE Certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-INB

On successful Completion of the Intermediate Bookkeeping Bookkeeping course you will be able to:

• Widely accepted accounting principles and concepts
• The elements of the financial statements
• The principles of accounting
• How to account for business transactions
• Maintaining financial records and the flow of accounting information
• Recording cash and bank transactions using journals and ledger accounts
• Bank reconciliations
• Sales and purchase transactions
• How to account for events and prepare financial statements
• General principles of sales tax
• Tangible non-current assets
• Depreciation of tangible non-current assets
• Disposal of tangible non-current assets
• Receivables, payables and provisions
• Reconciliation of control accounts and the cashbook
• Control account reconciliations
• Accruals and prepayments
• Inventory – an introduction
• Inventory – valuation and recording
• Extraction of the trial balance
• Correcting errors in the general ledger
• Preparation of the final accounts
• The extended trial balance
• Incomplete records
• Introduction to partnerships
• Preparing partnership accounts

Certification: This course will assist in preparation for the ABE Certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-INBK

On successful Completion of the Introduction to Management Accounting course you will be able to:

• The nature and purpose of cost and management accounting
• Cost classification, behaviour and measurement
• Source documents, coding and accounting for materials
• Accounting for labour, product costs and overheads
• How to use spreadsheets

Certification: This course will assist in preparation for the ABE Certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-INMA

On successful Completion of the Intermediate Management Accounting course you will be able to:

• Management information
• Costing and financial principles and techniques
• Budgets and variances
• Materials
• Labour and Costs
• Capital and revenue expenditure
• Job and batch costing
• Service costing
• Absorption costing
• Marginal costing
• Process costing
• Cost-volume-profit (CVP) Analysis
• Short-term decision-making
• capital investment appraisal techniques
• Discounted cash flow analysis
• Cash and cash flow
• Cash management
• Cash budgets
• Investing and financing

Certification: This course will assist in preparation for the ABE Certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-IMA

On successful Completion of the Introduction to Accounting course you will be able to accomplish the following:

• the importance of effective accounting information systems
• accountancy terms and definitions
• the principles, purposes, concepts and techniques used in financial and management accounting

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-1111

On successful Completion of the Introduction to Cost and Management Accounting course you will be able to accomplish the following:

• Understand the principles of costing for materials, labour and overheads
• Understand and calculate the costs for various outputs
• Demonstrate an understanding of the way costing principles can be used in short-term and long-term decision-making
• Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of standard costing, budgeting and budgetary control

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-1211

On successful Completion of the Quantitative Methods for Business Management course you will be able to accomplish the following:

• types of numerical data and data collection processes
• probability distributions and their applications in business and management
• how to investigate patterns in business variables
• how how statistics and mathematics can be applied in the solution of economic and business problems

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-1411

On successful Completion of the The Business Environment course you will get a sound understanding of:

• the significance of the environment for business
• the structure and organisation of business
• the competitive and political environment facing business
• the impact of the macro-economic environment and of the global economy on business

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Financial Accounting course you will get a sound understanding of:

• the framework of financial accounting
• how to prepare, present and analyse financial statements and consolidated financial statements under IGAAP
• how to prepare Statements of: Comprehensive Income/Financial Position/Changes in Equity/Cash Flows
• capital structure and gearing
• Enterprise Resource Management Systems
• Computerised Accounting Systems
• Oracle Financials R12 Software
• Oracle Financials R12 General Ledger Module

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Marketing Policy, Planning and Communication course you will get a sound understanding of:

• the nature of marketing and how to evaluate its role and value in different contexts
• the marketing mix (7Ps)
• how to formulate and evaluate marketing plans
• the contributions of information, market research and technology
• environmental factors, environmental scanning and external audits
• buyer behaviour at all levels
• segmentation, targeting and positioning

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Organisational Behaviour course you will get a sound understanding of:

• the importance of organisational behaviour
• the individual’s contribution to the organisation
• motivation theories and job design
• job satisfaction and dissatisfaction
• groups in organisations
• leadership theories
• conflict and conflict resolution
• communication processes

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Human Resource Management course you will get a sound understanding of:

• the importance of a professional approach to HRM
• people resourcing
• employee development, reward and recognition and employee relations
• the full range of HRM functions
• key developments in the HRM agenda

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Principles of Business Law course you will get a sound understanding of:

• the main sources and types of law and their purposes
• different types of business organisation, directors’ duties and liabilities
• the essentials of contract law and its use in today’s society
• the law of agency, duties and liabilities of agents and principals
• contracts of and for services, implied duties of an employer and employees

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Managerial Accounting course you will get a sound understanding of:

• understanding of the essential requirements of a managerial accounting system including control systems
• understanding of how to classify and analyse cost data according to the activity
• understanding of costs for short-term decision making, marginal and absorption costing
• understanding of budgetary control and working capital management
• understanding of standard costing and variance analysis
• understanding of capital investment project appraisal

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Economics for Business course you will get a sound understanding of:

• sound understanding of the finite nature of economic resources
• sound understanding of market equilibrium, supply and demand analysis, price determination
• sound understanding of elasticity of demand and supply
• sound understanding of short and long run costs, economies and diseconomies of scale
• sound understanding of how different market structures affect business
• sound understanding of how the banking and finance sector affects business

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Managing the Customer Relationship course you will get a sound understanding of:

• how customer service contributes to organisational objectives
• how to improve customer service performance in an organisation
• how to improve customer service levels in different settings
• how to manage the customer interface
• the role of front-line staff in customer service

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Entrepreneurship and Business Development course you will get a sound understanding of:

• the concepts of entrepreneurship, enterprise, owner-management, innovation and creativity
• the nature of business development for existing and new businesses
• the importance of research and information to business
• regulatory frameworks affecting small business
• how to resource and financially manage a new business
• the enterprise culture and characteristics of entrepreneurs

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Corporate Strategy and Planning course you will get a sound understanding of:

• the nature, scope and need for corporate strategic planning
• how to evaluate corporate strategic planning decisions
• how to critically assess and decide between strategic options
• key developments in the HRM agenda
• how to evaluate key contemporary issues and future challenges

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Managing in Organisations course you will get a sound understanding of:

• different approaches to organisation theory
• organisational structure and design
• managerial processes
• organisational strategy and goals
• the effects of external and internal pressures
• organisational change and development

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Strategic Marketing Management course you will get a sound understanding of:

• concepts and processes of strategic development and marketing planning
• the importance of strategic marketing analysis and research
• how an organisation determines and achieves its strategic direction
• implementation, measurement and control of strategic marketing plans
• strategic marketing for different business contexts
• the impact of technological advances

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Strategic Human Resource Management course you will get a sound understanding of:

• the nature and benefits of an HR strategy
• links between corporate strategy and operational HR activities
• the design, monitoring and evaluation of an HR strategy
• strategies for people resourcing, learning and development, employee relations, performance management and reward

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Project Management course you will get a sound understanding of:

• the preliminary stages of a project
• how to analyse the project work content and risks in order to obtain estimates and tenders
• detailed project planning
• monitoring and control
• project team structures and management strategies
• managing quality and change
• closure and review of projects

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Corporate Finance course you will get a sound understanding of:

• the role of the Corporate Finance Manager
• debt and equity funding and financial gearing
• the evaluation of investment decisions
• key developments in the HRM agenda
• valuation of company shares
• dividend policies
• the cost of capital
• treasury and working capital calculations

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the International Business Finance and Planning course you will get a sound understanding of:

• business environmental analysis in the international business and financial planning process
• international financial markets and the international financial environment
• international investment projects and project finance
• the impact of globalisation on the business and financial planning process
• the management of financial risks associated with global expansion and sustainability

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Information Systems for Strategic Management course you will get a sound understanding of:

• the role of Information Systems in supporting strategic management
• strategic management principles as applied to e-Commerce and business processes
• the need for organisational change to realize the benefits of new technology
• applications of new technology (national and international)
• how to review a strategic information system
• reasons why IS projects succeed and fail

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Introduction to Management Information Systems course you will get a sound understanding of:

• the meaning of ‘Information System’ and related terms
• the purposes of the hardware and software components of a PC
• how to select a program development environment
• functions of common office packages
• data processing stages of computerised business applications
• the impact of the Internet and other recent technologies on business models and applications
• IT staffing and skills requirements

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Personnel Administration course you will get a sound understanding of:

• the role of a personnel administrator within the HR function
• the competencies required by a personnel administrator
• how the personnel administrator can contribute towards: HR planning and people resourcing; training, learning and development; performance management; employee relations and engagement
• the management of personnel information

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Managing People course you will get a sound understanding of:

• principles of people management and leadership
• the internal and external environment for people management
• changing staff attitudes and expectations
• changing expectations of employers
• ‘hygiene’ and ‘motivator’ factors in employee motivation
• the role and nature of leadership
• high performance working

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Human Resource Development course you will get a sound understanding of:

• Understand the role of human resource development within organisations
• Be able to critically analyse learning and development theory
• Understand the organisational factors that influence learning and development
• Know how to develop an effective performance management programme
• Understand the importance of human resource development
• Understand the purposes, relevance and value of specific management development initiatives and programmes

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the People Planning and Resourcing course you will get a sound understanding of:

• principles behind the design, implementation and review of people plans
• the external factors to be considered when designing the people plan
• different approaches to people resourcing in today’s organisations
• recruitment and selection processes and their evaluation
• employee retention and managing employee departures
• systematic, cost-effective recruitment and selection
• methods for controlling turnover
• Employer branding strategies

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Employment Relations course you will get a sound understanding of:

• the nature and different forms of the employment relationship
• the roles of employers, trade unions, the state and international bodies
• how employment relations decisions are made and implemented
• the legal background
• co-operation, conflict and negotiation skills
• current issues

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Personnel Information Systems course you will get a sound understanding of:

• the role of PIS in HR decision making
• the different systems appropriate for different levels of the organisation
• basic techniques for analysing and modelling personnel information
• different methodologies for the design and control of PIS
• ethical, professional and legal obligations

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Managing Organisational Change and Development course you will get a sound understanding of:

• how to assess the strategic direction of an organisation and apply the results
• the development and evaluation of an HR strategy
• the factors affecting people resourcing activities
• the management of performance
• employee development and reward strategies
• how to plan and evaluate organisational change and development
• the place of conflict

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516

On successful Completion of the Performance Management and Reward course you will get a sound understanding of:

• the purposes and benefits of performance and reward management
• how performance management and reward fit with the contexts of the organisation
• how to design and implement performance management and reward processes
• appraisal schemes
• the evaluation of performance management and reward
• how to promote fair treatment
• the handling of performance issues through conduct and capability procedures

This course will assist in preparation for the ABE (Association of Business Executives) certification exams.

Product code: WLN-ABE-516