How to Develop a Culture of Openness and Trust

An organisations culture can explain much about how they function, both internally and in relation to their external environment. Although there is no one best culture to aspire to, openness and trust should be the foundations of any healthy culture.

This online training course has been developed to provide learners with an increased understanding of what the term organisational culture means and the benefits of adopting a culture of openness and trust. In addition, learners will also understand the ways in which managers can influence culture.

On completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Describe what the term organisational culture means
• Appreciate the benefits of a culture of openness and trust
• Recognise how whistle blowing is an important safeguard of organisational culture
• Identify the range of ways in which a manager can influence culture
• Articulate the different stages in changing culture

Lesson Plan

Areas covered include:

• Welcome and Learning Outcomes
• An Introduction to Managing a Culture of Openness and Trust
• Defining and Changing Organisational Culture
• Communication and Consultation
• Whistle Blowing

Accreditation

The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

Certification

On completion of this course you will be able to download a Virtual College certificate.

Duration

Approximately 1 and a half hours. With approximately 40 interactive screens, it is estimated that this module will take approximately 1 and half hours to complete (depending on learning speed). As an e-learning module you can complete this training in convenient stages. The system will record your progress throughout.

Target Audience

This course is aimed at managers who have a responsibility to manage team and organisational culture.

Entry Requirements

There are no specific entry requirements for this course.

How it Works

What

This is an online course, all the training will be taken through your browser window. There will be no face-to-face sessions with instructors nor will you receive any training material through the post. If you wish you may print out any page of the training material and may also print the notes you took during the training.

You can also revisit the training material at any time, even after you have completed the course.

How

The material for this course has been broken down into several smaller lessons, each lesson dealing with a specific area of the overall subject.

The lesson consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk you through the lesson material at a pace that suits you. Pages may also include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help you keep in touch and interested in the material.

Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be PAUSED and RESUMED at any stage. When all lessons in the course have been completed our system will realise and automatically record that you have successfully completed the course

When

The course is self-paced so you decide how fast or slow the training goes. You can complete the course in stages revisiting the training at any time.

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