Damian Tracey

Today's leading companies constantly strive for enhanced performance and competitive advantage. Achieving this relies on managing organisations more efficiently and effectively with the sole aim of accomplishing both individual and organisational objectives This course will introduce participants to the latest review of modern management techniques, designed to cope with the challenges of a competitive business environment.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This informative course is designed for managers, department heads, team leaders and directors who wish to enhance their managerial skills and gain a fresh perspective on modern management.

COURSE PROFILE

• Strategic management

-          Strategic planning and systems thinking

-          Vision, mission and objectives

• Challenges in the making of a global organisation

-          Changes in the economic environment

-          Managing diversity and equality

• Strategies to attract and retain top talent

-          The “War on Talent”

-          Recruitment and retention strategies

-          Appraisals and performance review

• Business transformation and knowledge management

-          Recognising best practice

-          Knowledge management framework

-          Benchmarking

-          The “Learning Organisation”

• Management of change

-          Re-energising a mature organisation

• Risk management

-          The identification of risk types

-          What can be at risk and why

-          Techniques for handling risk

• Project management

-          Principles of project management

-          Tools and techniques

• Managing alliances and strategic partnerships

-          The role of alliances and partnerships

-          Combining company directions

-          Behavioural disciplines

• Financial awareness for managers

-          Clarifying the language of finance

-          The accountant as a service provider to internal customers

-          Accountancy support for management decision making

SKILLS ATTAINED

At the end of this programme delegates will be able to:

• Identify challenges of globalisation
• Set objectives and create an inspiring vision
• Employ strategies that win and retain top talent
• Manage successful projects
• Identify and handle risks
• Manage alliances and partnerships
• Implement knowledge management tools
• Identify and transfer internal best practice
• Understand the fundamentals  of business finanace