Professional Manager
This course comprehensively explores management and leadership theories in the context of a real business environment. The course will add tools, tactics and strategies to a manager’s toolbox. It achieves this through well-constructed content and careful selection of process practices. Delegates will be challenged through highly interactive activities that allow them to practise the application of new knowledge, skills and tools.
Who will benefit from Professional Manager
Professional managers, in management roles for 2 years or more, and postgraduate management students
Outcomes of Professional Manager
Delegates will gain:
- Understand the importance of effective leadership behaviours in successful organisations
- Value the need for and practise the skills of communicating the organisational strategic direction, including its vision, values, standards and mission
- Develop behaviours that influence groups and individuals within the organisation and in their relevant external environment
- Demonstrate behaviours that support the development and maintenance of high performing teams
- Act in a manner that demonstrates personal and professional competence to significant others within the organisation and its immediate environment
- Increase personal and organisational awareness on how to effectively adapt to a changing environment
- Implement change in a logical, structured yet flexible manner
- Encourage greater employee commitment and involvement in making change successful
- Create a work environment that encourages openness, creativity and opportunities for personal and professional growth
- Understand the principles and processes of strategic thinking, planning and management within successful organisations
- Develop and review the organisational vision and mission statement
- Use appropriate methods to successfully analyse the external environment and the competitive environment
- Analyse and review organisational capabilities
- Formulate strategic objectives and strategies
Content of Professional Manager
- Analysis of leadership in contemporary management theory and practice
- Communication, consultation and feedback skills relevant to contemporary leadership styles and change management
- Managing organisational culture
- Strategic Marketing
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- Building trust and confidence through positive role modeling for diverse individuals and groups inside and external to the organisation
- Decision making processes which manage risk, consultation and divergent expectations
- Creating and maintaining an environment that supports and nurtures high performing teams
- Conceive, develop, and present a Business Plan
- Organisational development objectives, values and culture
- Identifying change requirements and opportunities
- Creating an organisational development plan and change management strategy
- Establishing regular reviews and cost benefit analysis
- Formulating effective research methodologies for analysing and adapting to the potential impacts of the social, political, economic and technological trends and developments on the organisation
- Developing processes and systems for assessing, evaluating and documenting the resources, capabilities and competencies within the organisation to sustain competitive advantage, including a value chain analysis
- Formulating strategic objectives and strategies including strategic alliances/joint ventures, out-sourcing and contracting out
- Model of leadership
- Understanding behavioural styles
- Management styles
- Conflict resolution styles
- Adapting to change
- Influence or be influenced
- Developing processes for evaluating and improving strategic performance using Key Performance Indicators, the Balanced Scorecard methodology and establishing and managing stake-holder reporting relationships
Duration
- 5 days in 1/2 day sessions at intervals from 1 week to 1 month
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