Management

Advantages: Well paid and varied role
Disadvantages: Can't really become an "Office Director"

...An Office Manager can sometimes be seen as the most important person in a company. You may not agree with that statement but you can't disagree that a good Office Manager will help to run a business more smoothly. To summarise an Office Manager's role one could say that their main function is to supervise or manage the administrative functions to make an office run more efficiently. WHAT DOES ONE DO? There is no real job description set in stone for this role as duties vary greatly depending on size of company and industry sector you're working in. A typical Office Manager will have some key functions which can include most of the following areas of responsibility: • Ordering and monitoring stationery • Liaising with landlords • Looking after incoming and outgoing post (not specifically dealing... Read review

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Advantages: flexability, proffesional
Disadvantages: cost

...The capable manager is a stand alone or 'linked' course through the open university. The 'ou' way of doing things is exceptional in that it uses the latest of teaching materials to facilitate learning, I completed the course last year and already it has been improved and re-published in order to keep up to date with changing principles and thinking. The course itself can be used as a stand alone certificate or as part of a degree course constituting 1/6 of a degree. Alternativly it can be counted as half of your first year towards an MBA (masters of business adminstration) and is therefore worth while. The second part, the diploma, follows on directly afterwards and is one of the most commonly held management qualifications in the country. The course itself is formulated to cover the cornerstones of management and give and insight... Read review

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Advantages: lots of FIELDTRIPS!!
Disadvantages: erm...actually having to do work on fieldtrips?

...Having just finished the first year of my degree in Environmental Management at Northumbria, having not yet found a job for the summer, and generally having nothing better to do I have decided to share my experiences of the course thus far... The course The degree I am studying for is Environmental Management (Bsc (Hons)); it is a full time three year program. I have just finished the first year (awaiting results- fingers crossed!) which you are required to pass by gaining over 40% and marks from this year do not count towards your degree classification. The final degree classification is based on all of the assessed work in Years 2 and 3 (40% : 60% ratio) or 100% in Year 3 (whichever gives you the better mark). In the third year all students carry out a dissertation project. Environmental Management encompasses a wide range... Read review

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