Company profile : British Institute of Technology E-commerce

The current financial crisis has brought a cloud of gloom and despondency, leaving many businesses shaken and uncertain how to cope. Often they resort to panic measures and desperately try to reduce overheads to counter anticipated reduced income. Redundancies are often the first result of reduced budgets and employees selected are often those who it is felt cannot take a role in a remodelled organisation. Employees can prepare for this by taking the initiative and reskilling: organising their own retraining outside of the company.

In future it will be the up-skillers and multi-skillers who adapt and survive. If you wait too long it could be too late. At management level, the British Institute of Technology & E-commerce now offers MBAs and an LLM, taking just one day or two evenings per week, with accessible payment plans. For those without formal qualifications, but who have many years of experience, you may consider our Chartered Management Institute vocational programmes to boost your knowledge to an assessed qualification at NVQ Level 5.

By upgrading your knowledge you are showing that you can take the initiative in upskilling and multiskilling. With such rapid technological change, being flexible is the key, not only to survival but to becoming the key personnel who will manage our future.