EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT

EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT

COURSE OBJECTIVES

 3-day course on people management for Professional Engineers.

WHO WILL BENEFIT

The course is designed to help all Professional Engineers with management responsibilities for other staff as section leaders, supervisors, managers, engineers-in-charge, etc. The course should be taken once responsibility has been gained either from assumed responsibility or after appointment to a management position. Professional Engineers will benefit from the opportunity to stand back and consider the basic issues of good people management, how these inter-relate, and how they apply to themselves.

GENERAL AIM

To enable Professional Engineers in positions of management responsibility to become more effective in the management of themselves, their staff and their customers.

OBJECTIVES

As a result of this management training course Professional Engineers will be better able to:

1. Communicate effectively:

- orally and in writing

- in briefing others

2. Develop people:

- through appraisal and counselling

- by coaching and on-the-job training

- by formal assessment

- by discovering what motivates others

- through performance review and appraisal

3. Solve problems and make decisions:

- through a more systematic approach

- by consensus

4. Work in teams:

- by running effective meetings

- using the team role approach

- by being an effective team member

5. Organise themselves:

- in better use of time

- in personal analysis and goal setting

- through planning and monitoring

- by effective delegation

EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT

COURSE OBJECTIVES

6. Lead teams effectively:

- by using appropriate leadership styles

- by understanding leadership and followership

7. Negotiate:

- by planning negotiations

- by handling conflict

8. Communicate persuasively:

- through effective presentations

- through influence and persuasion

- in selling self and services as an Engineer

- in developing staff and client relations

FORMAT AND STYLE

The course will be very participative in nature and limited to a maximum of 12. Each day will be divided into separate sessions with appropriate breaks for refreshment.

Each objective will be covered in one or more of the sessions in the course. Though each session will be focused on one objective, the course is designed to reinforce the interlocking nature of all the objectives in a management role.

Day 1 Communication; Developing People; Problem Solving & Decision Making; and Teamworking & Meetings.

Day 2 Personal Organisation; Delegation & Developing People; Leadership; and Negotiation.

Day 3 Personal Organisation & Motivation; Negotiation; Performance Review; Persuasive Communication & Presentation; and Towards Effective Management.

Tutor Chris James, MSc(Eng), DIC, CEng, MIEE, FMCM Management Consultant.

Chris James has had extensive experience in management training and development; as Company Training Manager in a major subsidiary of Unilever; as the Manager responsible for the development of Professionals in one large accounting partnerships; and as Head of Management Development in another.

For the past 16 years he has been an independent management consultant with a wide range of clients including consulting engineers and various engineering concerns. He conducts management training for other professional bodies.