Advanced Certificate in Business

Following the 2013 edition, which focused on New Zealand, this new volume examines the important issues within both human resources management (HRM) and employment relations (ER) in Australasia. The book actively seeks to raise academic, policy-maker and practitioner awareness of the key debates that need to be addressed to help New Zealand and Australian organisations to adopt more cutting-edge approaches to HRM and ER.

Understanding Accounting Principles is an abridged version of the full text of the Australian Master Bookkeepers Guide – 3rd edition.

The title uses simple language so that readers with a non-accounting background will find it easy to understand Practical in nature and contains numerous examples, diagrams, flowcharts and checklists. The book can also be used as a handbook for practising bookkeepers and accountants

An essential strategic resource for anyone working in employment law, including lawyers, industrial and employment relations practitioners, human resource (HR) specialists, people managers and in-house HR counsel. This Manual assists readers in grappling with a range of strategic solutions to numerous people-related legal issues. In addition to its comprehensive legal commentary, the Manual contains numerous case studies, flowcharts and checklists that enable decision-makers to be properly informed across this highly complex and evolving area of the law.

Understanding Business Contracts is a quick guide designed to assist those working in business understand the practical application of contract law in their day to day dealings.

KEY FEATURES
Many contract law books present the law as an abstract set of rules along with a stream of legal cases attached to each rule. By contrast, this book takes a unique approach by providing the legal context to the practical operation of everyday business contracts. It is a concise explanation of how law affects contracts and the process of contracting, from early negotiation to formation, implementation and conclusion. This book will help businesspeople understand what is commonly found in contracts and how to navigate common pitfalls. It will assist readers better appreciate the how and why of contract law.

An essential resource for anyone dealing with workplace law — employment lawyers, industrial relations practitioners, human resource (HR) specialists, and in-house HR counsel.
KEY FEATURES
The volume consolidates all operative amendments to 27 March 2024, which cover changes to:
– Fair Work Act 2009, including provisions concerning labour hire, workplace delegates rights, protections for those subject to family and domestic violence, bargaining, enterprise agreement making, flexible work requests, unpaid parental leave requests and registered organisations, as a result of the:
– Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Act 2024
– Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023
– Statute Law Amendment (Prescribed Forms and Other Updates) Act 2023
– Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Protecting Worker Entitlements) Act 2023
– Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Improvements for Families and Gender Equality) Act 2023
– Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022, and
– Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Act 2022

All too often people who are successful in their jobs are promoted to management without an appropriate level of support. They are often unaware of the implications of managing a team and their need to develop new skills to lead and inspire people to do their best work. Instead, many merely focus on “getting the job done”. The significant missing element is that which involves “people”. Managers typically understand the task-related aspect of the work and underestimate the importance of the human element. This is the area that really counts in leadership. It is not only new managers who must pay attention to this vital element.

This book seeks to address the widespread needs of managers in the quest for success in their leadership.

Success for New Leaders is a practical and personal guide for anyone new to the art of leading people. The eBook presents a number of typical challenges experienced by managers, offering techniques, or “tips” on what works and what does not — enabling new leaders to be successful in their new role.

New leaders are encouraged to explore what is important for them personally, to learn more about themselves and others, and identify how they can work best with the people around them. Managers who are also technical specialists with people responsibilities may find this eBook useful, as will anyone who works closely with people or who simply wishes to develop more effective working relationships. The book presents a number of learning techniques, frameworks and models that leaders can draw on when implementing strategies to work successfully with others.

Although leadership can be learnt, there is no single recipe or formula that will work for everyone. The eBook highlights how learning and development is, therefore, a continuous process where leaders can develop their own individual style. Leaders are encouraged to consider new ways of thinking, doing and being, and to see things from different perspectives.

The latest book from best-selling business author, Nick Humphrey, is a practical guide to leadership and is the result of extensive interviews with high-achieving leaders including insights from elite coaches and athletes, CEOs, psychologists, serial entrepreneurs and even some Royal Marines Commandos. It brings together strategies, habits and hacks of peak performers and the latest research from management theorists.
The book deconstructs the art and science of building high performing teams including value-based leadership, mindfulness, positive leadership techniques, attracting talent and also tips for enhancing your employees experience.

Managers and supervisors are key people in organisations when it comes to the prevention of bullying and harassment. This handbook has been written to give them practical guidance and to answer some of the most common questions they ask:

-How do I identify what is bullying/harassment and what isn’t? Where’s the line?
-How do I stop bullying/harassment if I know it’s happening?
-What is the difference between informal and formal interventions? What’s my part in this?
-What should I do when someone tells me they are being bullied or harassed?
-How should I respond if I am accused of bullying when I am trying to manage someone?
-How can I help create a work environment that prevents bullying and harassment from happening?

This new title gives an insightful look into the issues relating to behaviour and culture in the workplace. This book also looks at how technological and social networking advances are impacting the workplace. By providing a legal insight into why these matters present challenges for organisations, this publication looks at how behavioural change results in cultural change.
Contents Includes:
-Introduction: The future of behaviour and culture in the workplace
-History and evolution: International obligations, State and Commonwealth laws, bodies and tribunals
-Discrimination: Behaviours and grounds
-Sexual harassment: types, areas, specifics
-Bullying
-Other offences
-Liability and damages
-Resources