Core Management Skills
Research has reported that simply improving core management skills will improve organisation outcomes. This program examines the core management skills shown to be most effective and efficient
Who should attend Core Management Skills
Anyone in a management or supervisory role at any level.
Outcomes of Core Management Skills course
There are individual and organisational benefits. Individuals become more valuable and valued, while operating more efficiently at lower stress levels. The organisation gains include all forms of efficiency and waste or resources and material.
Content of Core Management Skills
Cover three core areas: technical, human, and conceptual. These areas are explored in terms of management of Resources, People, Complexity, and Change
Competency areas explored include
- Teams and Groups.
- Presentation Skills.
- Time Management.
- Quality in the Team.
- Writing Skills.
- Delegation.
- Managing People.
- Verbal Communication.
- Project Planning and Management
Behavioural (activity) areas discussed include
- Operational risk management
- Strategic risk identification & management
- Strategic Planning
- Strategic Behaviours (Practices)
- Systems thinking
- Human Resources
- Operations Management
- Information Management
Individual skills elaborated upon include:
- goal setting
- adaptive problem solving
- rapid knowledge gathering and sharing with others
- discriminating between relevant and irrelevant information, and
- understanding and working with the organisation culture
Newer management practices debated include:
- the learning organisation
- total quality management
- lean production/high performance work organisation
- team working
- business process reengineering
Duration: Variable depending upon the needs of the organisation.
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