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The Course

The environment of current business requires an increased focus on practices and skills in planning projects and work, properly organizing tasks and one’s work to improve productivity and delegating work to empowered staff. Businesses and indeed, all organizations, find themselves needing more productive methods of planning, more appropriate goals and effective means of accomplishing work. A focus on using productive best practices allows for effective and efficient management of work and making changes in the organization.

The course is designed to give participants an understanding of several management methods, processes and procedures, as well as practice on several key management techniques. The principles used are easily adapted to an organization’s or individual’s work assignments. The course presents a methodology of common, standard management techniques using a simple theoretical foundation and enhances learning with practical activities so students can develop knowledge and skill to manage more effectively and efficiently.

The Goals

Recognize internal and external influences on our daily planning
Use basic planning process tools to plan work and project strategy
Understand and develop skills necessary to complete work on time
Learn how to organize work and projects to complete them successfully
Understand how delegation can be used in planning and organizing
Understand the characteristics of colleagues who do work in our teams
Develop positive interpersonal techniques for better team relationships
Develop the ability to make higher quality decisions as work is planned and organized

The Process

This course is an interactive mixture of lecture, discussion, activities and practice on several management skills. It provides definitions, examples, discussion and activities designed to promote skill building with interaction and discussion among participants. Activities and work on practice case studies are used to deliberately highlight the concepts taught and allow participants to practice new skills.

The Results

Build and maintain effective and efficient procedures in the organization
Complete work on time, on budget and exceeding customer expectations
Develop skills in managers which will raise the capability, skill and morale of colleagues
Improved preparedness to deal with work task contingencies
Establish organizational and personal planning capabilities
Improved performance in personal and team organization
Be better able to meet the challenges of dynamic, constant change
Improve individual and team performance by establishing productive, effective and efficient management procedures
Learn to develop effective work and project plans for individuals and teams
Learn management techniques to plan and organize work
Develop skills in interpersonal interaction to better team work
Acquire useful planning, organization and delegation management skills
Adds personal value and competency to an organization

The Core Competencies

Project and Performance Management
Planning Management
Human Interaction
Personal Organization
Change Management

The Programme Content

Day One

Creating an Attitude to Change How We Plan and Organize Work

Course purpose, goals and objectives
New systems & strategic thinking
Overview and context of organizational change and the impact on planning and organization
Identifying a standard of excellence in the organization, team and personal work
Review of management processes and skill areas
Using a planning process to set goals and get projects started

Day Two

Importance of Planning Management

Integrating goals, scope, work structure and management planning
Identifying initial resource requirements
Identifying risk techniques that affect work assignments, priorities and deadlines
Communication that responds to who, what where, when, how, why
Understanding the importance of quality planning in work assignments

Day Three

Delegation, Personal Organization and Setting Priorities

Understanding how people approach their work
Planning for time management, scheduling and meeting deadlines
Using proper delegation skills to empower staff
Improving prioritizing of work and work tasks
Planning for delegation responsibility and authority

Day Four

Planning Effectively with Your Team

Identifying skills required to obtain the help of others
The importance of group skills to achieve team success
The importance of interpersonal skills in making personal and team decisions
Empowering the team through the development of interpersonal skills
The importance of versatility in team relations

Day Five

Developing Personal and Team Change Plans

Innovation and improvement for personal and team change
Identification of change processes and human change
Techniques to set personal and team change goals
Dealing with people who do not want change
Developing an action plan for personal and team change

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