Business Fundamentals : Management by...cartoons
What you'll learn
- Through cartoons the basic of successful leadership
- Through cartoons and discussion, what motivates at work
- Leadership trends 2023
- Leadership theories
Requirements
- Be adventurous - have a sketch pad handy!
Description
The premise is straightforward.
Take four elements of management:
Motivation
What makes a successful leader?
Leader development trends 2023
Leadership theories
Then draw cartoons for key elements for each one. (The cartoons have been drawn by Pepe, co-Instructor and professional cartoonist).
The student has a number of tasks:
a. interpret the cartoon
b. consider whether the various elements are true at his/her place of work and then comment in the Q/A
c. (Optional) draw cartoons representing the various elements from his/her own experience
Does this course teach you how to draw cartoons? NO!
But the cartoons provoke ideas, provoke discussion and, coupled with the text and further links, will expand your knowledge AND encourage you to relate the theory to real life.
So what advantages does this course offer?
1. TWO Instructors - both known for their regular participation in discussions, courses provided and, owing to time zones, this gives 24/7 coverage for the course. BOTH have experience in the private, public and voluntary sectors.
2. Original ideas and work that is nowhere else ion the internet AND the cartoons were drawn specifically for this course
3. The idea of the cartoons is to provoke discussion and, as this course is short, the emphasis will be on relating cartoons to real-life situations
Taking the course as a whole, 40 different elements are covered by the cartoons BUT particular examples from particular companies are not given. Yes, you are encouraged to research but the purpose of the cartoons is to allow you to quickly assimilate ideas and then you are asked to consider whether such methods happen in your place of work.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone beginning to study management
- Anyone at work and hoping to climb the career ladder
- Anyone who appreciates the unconventional approach
- Someone who wants to understand management in the real world
Instructors
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 10,257 Reviews
- 251,625 Students
- 143 Courses
Studied at:
· University of Oxford (Philosophy and Economics)
· Oxford Brookes (Teacher training)
· University of Glamorgan (Business and Economics)
Qualifications
· Professional qualifications at Masters level
· Business and Economics degree
· Examiner for four major examining boards, at ‘O’ and ‘A’ level.
· Three teaching diplomas plus CELTA
· Qualified fitness trainer
Key academic positions held:
· Principal Oxford School of Learning
· Director of Studies: St Joseph’s Hall, Oxford
· Head of Economics: Cherwell Tutors
· Head of Business and Economics: Pipers Corner School, Buckingham
· Founder: Almost Random Theatre
I have experience in four main areas:
a. Teaching (40+ years of face-to-face experience)
b. Running businesses and conferences
c. Acting in films and theatre
d. Volunteering for a number of charities
Teaching/Instructor experience
Face-to-face: MBA students on a 1-1 basis; at University; Grammar, Comprehensive and F.E. College. This has included being Principal, Director of Studies; Head of Business and Head of Economics at various times in the past 40 years!
I have taught: Economics, Business, Sociology, Politics, English Literature and Psychology.
I have also run seminars for Teachers of |Psychology, Sociology, Businessman Economics.
I have run Therapeutic Art groups at Care Homes.
The success of my Business and Economics students has been featured in several newspapers plus I have appeared on BBC.
Running businesses and conferences.
I started Oxford School of Learning in the 1980s. From the college came Marketing Education Services, OSL Training and Saturday tutors.
In 201 I started Almost Random Theatre and have taken actors to Poland and the Czech Republic as well as running Drama days at schools.
Writing: my plays are sold to schools; I have 100+ books on Amazon; I used to write a regular column for The Guardian and BBC Bitesize.
Acting in films and theatre
My plays are sold to schools. I have performed at Oxford and Brighton Fringes as well as appearing in 100+ films, national TV advertising campaigns and role-played a hospital patient for Buckingham University’s medical degree students.
Volunteering
I have worked/am still working for Care Homes, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Dystonia Society, Stroke Association, Stroke Club, Talkback, Oxford Recovery College, Tandem, Age UK and Sport in Mind. I’ve given my tutorial fees to the Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Dystonia Society. I currently have a GoFundMe page to help lonely elderly people.
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 7,514 Reviews
- 182,548 Students
- 52 Courses
Oxford School of Learning was set up in 1986. It became a limited company which was then closed down around 2018 as there was no need to keep it going. The School kept going though, writing/providing books, online courses and issuing the Oxford School of Learning Diploma to those who met difficult criteria.
As the name suggests, Oxford School of Learning is based in Oxford, UK. The original Principal was Chris Sivewright who now delivers various Economics and Business courses for us.