Course details
The Certificate in Business Management has been designed for participants with previous experience and/or who have been previously self-employed. To enable these participants to re-engage with (a more internationalised) construction industry, to compete successfully for projects/jobs and to enable them to create employment opportunities for other jobseekers, a number of key skills requirements have been identified in the report on the construction industry published by Forfás. These include skills related to running and managing a business in the face of reduced demand and/or heavy indebtedness. This course will equip individuals with the skills to meet these challenges with modules in Management, Human Resource Management, Management Accounting and Business Communications. Students should develop skills needed for planning, conflict resolution, decision-making, personnel management, supervisory skills, business acumen, managing people, managing material and managing accounts and money.
The construction sector has a dual role in Ireland’s economy, as identified with the Forfás report: 'Ireland’ Construction Sector: Outlook and Strategic Plan to 2015', - as a sector in its own right and one that provides and maintains the infrastructure on which every other industry in society depends. While domestic growth since the report’s publication has been slow, this is set to grow at a faster pace in 2015. Therefore, there has been a drive to support the sector in realising
untapped potential in overseas markets, and ensure that firms are equipped with the right skills and management capability to internationalise successfully and create further opportunities for domestic sub-suppliers. A more internationalised construction sector will raise the bar for the sector generally in Ireland in terms of professionalism, competitiveness and capability. This drive has exposed capability issues within the industry and its employees who have to date been oriented towards the local market. Sustained recovery will require that the sector can operate to the highest
professional standards, and that it is capable of delivering innovative construction solutions both at home and overseas.
Upon completion of this course participants should be able to discuss the key concepts and functions of management and their application in achieving high performance. They will have developed the skills to analyse basic accounting information including budget data and prepare cost accounting information relevant to planning control decision-making and product costing. Participants will also be able to describe the key HRM processes and policy areas of HRM and analyse their effectiveness when put into practice. Communication skills for professional and business environments will also be developed.
- Upon completion of this course participants should be able to deploy a range of communication skills effectively in professional and business environments. They will also be able to understand and discuss the essential role and nature of service operations and their characteristics, and analyse the role of operations in the development of business strategy. Participants will be able to explain organisational issues arising from working in groups and teams, and identify actions to improve and enhance organisational performance. They will also have developed the skills available to enable them identify key issues and challenges of successful operations, and effective organisational change, in current business environments.
Modules
- Management
- Management Accounting
- Human Resource Management
- Business Communications
Participants who successfully complete the programme will have developed highly marketable and transferable skills particularly relating to people management and operation of a small business. Graduates will also have developed analytical, critical thinking, evaluative and problem-solving skills. As part of the programme participants will undertake job readiness and job skills training, the aim of which is to develop and support the learners while improving their employment prospects.
IBAT College Dublin has collaborated with Osborne Recruitment on developing the job readiness component of the course ensuring that Springboard students receive up to date industry information and a holistic career support service. This training seeks to equip students with life skills in order to make them independent job seekers who can contribute meaningfully in the work place.
The training takes the form of a numbers of workshops offered by the careers service and in conjunction with Osborne Recruitment including:
- Researching employers and job searching tips
- Compiling a marketable CV
- Writing effective cover letters
- Interview techniques
- Working as part of a group
- Effective time management
- To be eligible for the Springboard Certificate in Business Management course applicants should possess a qualification on (or equivalent to) level 5 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ)
- Mature students with significant relevant work experience will also be considered
- An IELTS score of 5.5 is required for those applicants whose first language is not English.
The overall learning strategy for this Springboard programme is to ensure that the assessments used are linked to the learning outcomes for each module of this programme and encompass both formal learning and experiential learning. This requires the use of a wide range of assessment methods and instruments involving an appropriate balance of formative and summative assessment methods linked to the flexible learning methodologies employed by our lecturers. Above all, the assessment methods aim to assess ability to demonstrate the attainment of learning outcomes over the entire programme. This is particularly suited to adult learners who can use learning achieved in a work-based environment and apply it to the academic elements of this programme. Induction programmes have been developed to support student integration within IBAT College Dublin. Academic support facilities (including literacy skills, library use/support, academic writing, examination techniques, etc) are provided for all students on an opt-in basis.
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About IBAT College Dublin
IBAT College Dublin is Ireland's leading Industry-focused third level institution. It provides a perfect blend of high quality undergraduate, postgraduate and professional education with a state-of-the-art learning environment in a range of subject areas including Business, Accounting, ICT and Management. Established in 2004 in Swords, Co. Dublin, IBAT College Dublin opened a new campus in 2011 in the heart of the city centre, theyllington Quay in Temple Bar. This modern, purpose build campus houses five floors of teaching and learning facilities including classrooms, auditorium, IT labs, library, MBA debating chamber, student recreation and study areas with high speed Wi-Fi throughout.
Education is critical to Ireland’s regeneration and future success. It demands a new approach, an approach that can innovate and evolve at the same pace as business and technology; a model that espouses the highest quality education and focuses on equipping students with the knowledge and skills they need to progress in their chosen career or upskill and retrain where necessary to ensure they can stay ahead in their field. IBAT College Dublin pioneers this new model of education. It emerges from and represents the entrepreneurial, ambitious and pragmatic new culture that will drive Ireland back to international success by creating a practical and innovative knowledge economy.
At IBAT College Dublin, they pride theirselves in how they guide, support and mentor their students throughout their college experience and into their working lives. their smaller class sizes make for a more interactive and personal learning environment and allowing the practical as theyll as academic side of ctheirse material to be fully explored. Employers need graduates that can hit the ground running and their students enjoy some of the most applied ctheirse content and teaching techniques in the country. IBAT College Dublin has links with over 400 private enterprises, public organisations and NGOs in Ireland, including small to medium sized indigenous businesses and also multinational corporations. A key objective of IBAT College Dublin is to ensure students have a positive, useful and engaging experience during their period of study. One of their biggest strengths is their people. The Academic team at IBAT College Dublin present with significant lecturing experience and also have many years industry experience. they understand the challenges that exist within industry, their priority is to ensure that their graduates are fully prepared to differentiate themselves in the workplace when they graduate.
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