General Business Training Workshops
In today’s globally competitive world, edge over the competition is not only beneficial but also essential. General Oganisation / Business skills provide sound knowledge and training in the different aspects of business & organisations that not only help deliver an outstanding performance in your environment , but also empower you with confidence and authority that comes from knowing what others don't.
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Time Management, Planning and Organising
This course examines attitudes to time and self-management and provides practical strategies for implementing effective time management. The aim of this module is to help people manage their time , projects and priorities to best effect . Being effective at planning is all about ensuring things happen on time . You need to be able to prioritise to reflect the real needs of your organisation
Workshop training objective:
The training programme will help you become highly effective and show you how to identify and focus on the activities that give you the greatest returns. Time management is a vital skill. Effective people are those who can distinguish between tasks that are urgent and those that are important. Can you?
Learn How to:
- To recognise & plan work around personal strengths
- To use resource of time effectively
- Prioritise and spend time on the right things.
- Work effectively under intense pressure
- To understand the impact others have on our productivity
- Concentrate on results and not on being busy to become more effective.
- Be proactive in how you organise your time.
- Have the ability to set objectives , have clear goals and ensure they are met.
- Measure your performance and ability against agreed targets / objectives .
- Design scheduling activities which will assist in your performance
- Understand the importance of aligning personal & work values.
- How to supervise the activities of others and to delegate.
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Finance for Non-Financial Managers
Creating and maintaining organisations wealth is a fundamental consideration in today's complex and fast-paced climate. This module is for those who recognise the benefits of understanding how the financial side of organisations operates . An awareness of the financial impact of one’s actions and the actions of the team is critical . Participants will appreciate the need to achieve targets and budgets & how to forecast future demands and service levels.
Workshop training objective:
To provide managers and decision-makers who do not possess a strong grounding in finance an understanding of their company’s financial paradigm. Participants will gain a detailed understanding of critical financial fundamentals and will as a result be able to communicate with financial practitioners with more confidence. Take a practical , pragmatic view point on money matters and translate the jargon , conventions and formats of accounting so that they become useful tools in every day language.
Learn How to:
- Develop a sound understanding of the uses of financial statements for evaluation and analysis.
- Understand the importance of accurate financial planning.
- Understand the key issues affecting financial decisions.
- Gain insights into project selection techniques.
- Develop an understanding of financial records and management so that you can add value to your decisions and put them in an organisational context .
- Be able to read and produce a profit & loss and balance sheet .
- Understand the concept of cash flow forecasting and how this affects business decisions
- Understand the principles of management accounts .
- Understand how to analyse costs , variances and improve financial performance .
- Appreciate the practical side of budgets, planning and forecasting.
- Apply, monitor and respond to the Key Performance Indicators necessary to effectively manage in terms of Profitability , Liquidity , and Efficiency.
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Change Management
Today global market redefines competition; new technology speeds product and process innovation; changing work force demographics demand flexibility and adaptability, and we are all increasingly challenged to implement change – quickly and effectively. The change management workshop provides you with the frameworks, tools, and skills to successfully launch a change initiative and navigate through the inevitable pitfalls.
Workshop training objective:
The workshop provides the entrants an in-depth look at the dynamics of change in organisations and the essential tools and processes for creating and sustaining successful change. It also provides you with concepts and techniques that can be immediately and effectively be implemented in your situation.
Learn How to:
- Understand the need for change within the organisation
- Facilitate the changes in attitude towards ownership / control.
- Develop a fully integrated "flight plan" for achieving
- Understand the impact of change on peoples behaviour
- Develop effective communications for change.
- Appreciate the key steps in effecting change, visioning, obtaining participation, leading the change
- Design and execute effective change interventions.
- Maximise the efficiency and productivity of change while minimising individual and organisational stress
- Describe how to implement a change programme.
- Identify and overcome obstacles to change
- Understand the requirement for a robust change process within the organization
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Implementing the Balanced Scorecard
A management system, the balanced scorecard enables organisations to clarify their vision and strategy and translate them into action. When fully installed the Balanced Scorecard transforms strategic planning from an academic exercise into the nerve centre of an enterprise. It is a management system that uses measurement to provide feedback on internal processes and external outcomes in order to improve strategic performance and operational results.
Workshop training objective:
The workshop shows the delegates how to build and implement a balanced scorecard strategic management system for ones organisation . It includes a personalised workshop to allow you to get started in developing the balanced scorecard.
Learn How to:
- Develop a strategic map of the organisation.
- Define performance measures.
- Describe the structure and typical content of a Balanced Scorecard.
- Translate an organisations strategic themes and objectives into a Balanced Scorecard.
- Use a Balanced Scorecard in a management-for-results environment.
- Know how to use the Balanced Scorecard to align operational activity with strategy.
- Understand the Change Management implications of implementing a Balanced Scorecard.
- Cascade the scorecard throughout the organisation.
- Use scorecard information to evaluate and improve performance.
- Drive a performance-based budget and employee accountability through balanced scorecard.
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Project Management
This training unit is about managing a project for which you have been given responsibility. This involves developing and agreeing a plan for the project and monitoring and controlling implementation of and changes to the plan. It also involves ensuring that the project achieves its key objectives and is completed to the satisfaction of the project sponsor(s) and any key stakeholders. Poorly managed projects usually go over time, exceed budget or fail to meet the client's requirements. This training programme is designed to introduce participants to the methodology, tools and techniques required to improve their likelihood of success.
Workshop training objective:
This training workshop allows the key players in projects to explore all the core concepts, tools and techniques necessary to understand how business initiatives are planned, managed and closed.
Learn How to:
- Use project management techniques for day-to-day work planning
- Set practical goals for your projects—goals you can achieve regardless of pitfalls.
- Understand how management performance can being proved through the use of project management techniques
- Know what a project is and its component parts
- Recognise the phases of a project and the consequences of not going to phases in order
- Set realistic schedules that you can meet.
- Develop a project plan—and get that plan implemented.
- Stay on top of schedules, workloads and people problems.
- Effectively apply goal setting in management.
- Put together an effective project team.
- Deliver smart solutions on time and within budget.
- Delegate in a fair and practical way within the project team.
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TQM Strategies
Develop and master the application of a quality management system in managing a process to achieve maximum customer satisfaction at the lowest overall cost to the organisation while continuing to improve the process. One of the systems is Total Quality Management (TQM), which is a management strategy that seeks to integrate all organisational functions (marketing, customer service, finance, human resources management, vendor development, design, engineering, and production.) to focus on meeting customers needs and organisational objectives.
Workshop training objective:
This workshop allows the participants to streamline an organisation and to help it to continue to provide products or services despite declining resources as well as to create opportunities to increase profits even in a stagnant market. Both higher quality and lower ¬price are the result of TQM. The workshop also enables the participants to learn the skills and knowledge required to effectively assess an organisation as part of a high performing assessment team. The workshop enables the participants to identify priorities, establish goals, define metrics and measures, and develop a continuous quality improvement plan.
Learn How to:
- Discuss the importance of quality
- Understand the dimensions of Strategic Quality Management.
- Acquire knowledge of the factors that contribute to quality for each dimension.
- Discuss the different approaches of TQM tools and techniques
- Gain an appreciation for the role of measures and metrics in quality management.
- Define priority-sequenced list of measures and metrics for the highest-priority quality management areas.
- Implement a plan for continuous quality improvement.
- Address critical Issues in implementing Quality Management.
- Describe different ways of ensuring quality
- Develop their awareness on the current trends in total quality management and how successful TQM programs have been implemented and the advantages of having successful TQM in the organization
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