Educational history
Secondary
Parktown Boys' High, Johannesburg, South Africa (1977)
Potchefstroom Boys' High, Potchefstroom, South Africa (1974)
Tertiary
London, United Kingdom | 2012 - present
Diploma in Psychology - The need to know how people think especially for employment environment
You gain comprehensive understanding of the main elements of Psychology.
London, United Kingdom | 2012 - present
Diploma in Business Management & Entrepreneurship - Business Coaching & Development
You learn extensive knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices behind key business management subjects such as corporate management, operations management, accounting, human resource management, financial accounting, and project management.
London, United Kingdom | 2012 - present
Introduction to Cash Accounting - Accounting Management
Cash accounting is a very important basic accounting concept and anybody who works with accounts should have a thorough knowledge and understanding of it. Cash accounting is a method of managing revenue and expenditure to track outgoings and incomings to a business or organisation - receipts are recorded during the period they are received, and the expenses in the period in which they are actually paid.
London, United Kingdom | 2012 - present
Introduction to Cash Accounting - Accounting Management
Cash accounting is a very important basic accounting concept and anybody who works with accounts should have a thorough knowledge and understanding of it. Cash accounting is a method of managing revenue and expenditure to track outgoings and incomings to a business or organisation - receipts are recorded during the period they are received, and the expenses in the period in which they are actually paid.
London, United Kingdom | 2012 - present
Diploma in Human Resources - Human Resources & Industrial Relations
Human Resources place a key role in modern organizations and businesses, be they private sector, public sector or voluntary.
London, United Kingdom | 2011 - 2012
Achieving Personal Success - Business Management
Tom Kelley is the highly respected general manager of IDEO, a firm that helps its clients create innovative products, services and environments. He is also the author of best-selling books on creativity. In this online course he starts by explaining how achieving personal success depends on implementing good, healthy mental habits. The course explains how you should treat life as an experiment, how you should be willing to fail and learn from your mistakes. He advises that you should have confidence in what you know well, but realise that you have a lot more to learn and that you must keep yourself learning at all times. You will also learn about using your whole brain and how you should make the most of opportunities to use the right side of the brain. This course will appeal to all working professionals in businesses and organisations, and students who want to gain greater knowledge and understanding about achieving personal success.
London, United Kingdom | 2011 - 2012
Discovering and Meeting Market Needs - Marketing Management
This course is presented by professional marketer Kate Rodan, co-founder of Proactive Solution, a health-science company dedicated to researching and developing products for dermatological and skincare problems. In this online course, she talks about how the company strategically goes about researching and developing new products. The example for the course is researching a market need for dermatological problems such as skin acne that are not being met by existing products. Kate discusses the value of effective market research and the benefits of using market research techniques such as customer surveys. She demonstrates how infomercials were very successful as a marketing tool in reaching her company’s target audience and how infomercials helped educate their target audience about their skin problems, and opened up new business opportunities for the company. This course will be of great interest to business professionals and entrepreneurs interested in learning more about using marketing techniques to reach targeted audiences, and how to create new business opportunities by reacting to what your customers are saying. At the end of the day, they are the very best advisors.
London, United Kingdom | 2011 - 2012
Creating Meaning for Employees - Human Resource Management
Janice Fraser is CEO and co-founder of Adaptive Path, an experience design consultancy firm based in San Francisco, California and Austin, Texas. Janice is an experienced entrepreneur and in this online course she talks in detail about how important the culture of a business is for the success of that business. She emphasises that a productive culture is one where managers create meaning for their employees. By promoting a business culture that employees can buy into they will become more motivated and work more passionately to make the business a success. Janice believes that alignment is the key factor underlying everything we do. In a business alignment means that employees are doing fulfilling work which they excel at. This course will be of great interest to all business professionals and managers who would like to gain advice and guidance about creating a successful business culture which has meaning for all employees.
London, United Kingdom | 2011 - 2012
Fundamentals of Human Resources - Human Resource Management
This HR course introduces the learner to the world of Human Resources management (HRM). The lessons examines the various functions of human resources management in organisations including responsibilities and objectives, the employment cycle, job analysis, recruitment and selection and performance appraisal. The tutorial also considers employee relations and managing change within the workplace such as changes to employees attitudes, changes in technology, and changes to legislation. The course is a useful introduction to those who wish to learn and understand more about the role HR management plays in organisations
London, United Kingdom | 2011 - 2012
Fundamentals of Human Resources - Human Resource Management
This HR course introduces the learner to the world of Human Resources management (HRM). The lessons examines the various functions of human resources management in organisations including responsibilities and objectives, the employment cycle, job analysis, recruitment and selection and performance appraisal. The tutorial also considers employee relations and managing change within the workplace such as changes to employees attitudes, changes in technology, and changes to legislation. The course is a useful introduction to those who wish to learn and understand more about the role HR management plays in organisations
London, United Kingdom | 2011 - present
Social Media Marketing - Marketing
Social media marketing if of increasing importance to most businesses and organizations. It has equipped me to plan and implement a successful social media marketing strategy.
Pretoria, South Africa | 1983 - 1984
Matric - Mathematics & Science
HR/IR Legal Practices
