Course catalogue

Welcome to the course on Know Your Health & Safety Responsibilities for Health and Safety Managers. In the 21st century’s post-pandemic world, the best companies are going beyond their legal duties of meeting OSHA compliance requirements. Many organizations are striving to create a culture of safety. By going above and beyond legal requirements, companies are communicating that the health and safety of employees is paramount. Effective workplace programs, policies, and environments that are health-focused and worker-centered have the potential to significantly benefit employers, employees, their families, and communities. As Health and Safety Managers and Supervisors, you play a critical role in ensuring that the organization’s health and safety programs are being followed at all times. You also play a critical role in bridging the communication on health and safety issues from employees to the organization’s senior management.

In this course you will learn:

• The responsibilities and roles of supervisors and workers in organizational health and safety

• About the responsibilities of supervisors and workers in hazard identification, assessment and control, safety and health inspections, and accident reporting and investigation

Workplace is a place where individuals from diverse backgrounds, varied educational qualifications and different interests come together to strive and work towards a greater goal. This also means that organizational dynamics can be complex and could sometimes be difficult to interpret for the employees. Workplace politics is one such phenomenon that tends to creep in when the workplace dynamics are complex. In this course, you will learn about what workplace politics is, its effects and the ways to avoid it.

According to David Grossman’s report, “The Cost of Poor Communications”, which included 400 large companies and 100,000 employees, the cost of communication barriers that arise in the workplace costs a whopping $62.4 million per year, per company. These numbers increase even more if we take some additional consequences into account, such as breached deadlines, mental and emotional health, retention rates, and so on and so forth. As workplaces evolve socially and technologically, interpersonal skills which help in collaboration, problem-solving, and effective decision-making, are crucial, now more than ever.

In this course, you will:

● Understand the importance of interpersonal communication skills for businesses

● Understand how interpersonal communication skills influence business relationships

● Understand the importance of interpersonal skills in expressing oneself

God kommunikasjon er en forutsetning for et godt arbeidsmiljø, effektiv oppgaveløsning og ikke minst læring, utvikling og innovasjon. 

I denne modulen får du en innføring i hvordan du lykkes med kommunikasjon som gir læring og utvikling.

Innhold:

• Læringsmål

• Kommunikasjon for læring og utvikling (video)

• Grunnprinsipp i god kommunikasjon

• Åpne spørsmål (video) 

• Mitt og ditt perspektiv (video)

• Valg av perspektiv

• Til refleksjon

• Hva har du lært?

• Tips til fordypning

The brain is a fascinating organ; our most important tool of all. We are completely dependent on having a fairly healthy and well-functioning brain if we are to manage to thrive in modern work life. 

Course Content:

• Learning outcomes

• Our brain, out most important work tool

• Know your brain (video)

• Save brain power

• How the different parts of the brain work

• Strengthen your brain

• Stress and emotional activation

• How change affects the brain

• For reflection

• What have you learned?

• Suggestions for further reading

Successful order management allows organizations to work within capacity, deliver to meet customer needs, maintain accurate records, and meet financial objectives. Order management isn’t having someone standing over all the material handlers making sure they are selecting the right product in the right quantities. There is some level of inspection or quality control but for this exercise, we are referring to order management as the tools and processes in place a company utilizes to deliver their products to a customer. When these systems are running properly and disruption-free, processes for order management maintain operational efficiency. However, things often change during the order process. Components are late, customer needs change, and other exceptions require intervention.

With technology's rapid advancement, connectivity has become a vital part of modern life. However, it has also created several avenues for cybercrime. Computer forensics helps analyze electronic devices and uncover digital evidence that might otherwise be overlooked. It offers potential benefits in litigation, criminal investigation, and public safety.

Why you should take this course:

● To understand what entails computer forensics

● To acquire knowledge of computer forensics techniques

● To be familiar with the available tools for digital forensics

With the changing times traditional concepts are fading and newer concepts are emerging. this will have a major impact in the demographics of the consumers. In this course Dr. Jagdish Sheth discusses how he phenomenon of living alone and its implications on the consumer world.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

Interpret the societal consequences of living alone by choice.​

Explain the growing need of social programs to counter loneliness.​

Understand the negative aspects of living alone by choice.