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Management Development Programme

For over 30 years, Nottingham Business School has helped individuals learn new knowledge and practical skills to enhance their careers and make a powerful contribution to their organisations.

Our Management Development Programme is a new course designed to empower you to deliver results, lead your teams and energise change.

This programme will help you:

understand the consequences of your actions
generate new and innovative ways to grow your business
develop your commercial acumen, project management and team leadership skills
discover contemporary models of leadership and management, including coaching
identify your strengths and build a tailored personal development plan
meet and learn from your peers from different organisations
increase your self-awareness
apply a step-by-step approach to managing people, tasks and resources
appreciate how strategic and functional concerns affect day-to-day operations
identify and respond to present and future challenges in your organisation
understand how marketing, finance and staffing affect your business
become more resilient in managing workload and personal pressures.

Audience

It is for managers and team leaders or those about to become managers. It is also a useful refresher course for established managers. The course is particularly aimed at those working in the public sector.

Delivery

We know the demands managers face, which is why we have kept the time you spend at Nottingham Business School to a minimum: three intensive workshop blocks delivered over two days, plus one final networking event. There are no exams or formal assessments.

Content

Workshops cover a range of topics:

Workshop One

Day One: Wednesday 14 March 2012

The Competitive Environment
Leadership and Management Overview
Gaining Employee Engagement
Leading and Building Teams

Day Two: Thursday 15 March 2012

Coaching and Mentoring
Managing Performance

Workshop Two
Day Three: Wednesday 11 April 2012

Business Simulation

Day Four: Thursday 12 April 2012

Organisational Power and Politics
Building Personal Resilience

Workshop Three
Day Five: Wednesday 16 May 2012

Career Planning
Skills Development - choose between promotion interview or coaching meeting

Day Six: Thursday 17 May 2012

Creativity and Innovation
Future Focus

Day Seven: Wednesday 30 May 2012

Follow-up network event
Certificate of Achievement presentations

Special features:

Assess your strengths through psychometric testing.
Take part in a tailored business simulation.
Create a bespoke personal development plan.
Develop skills in either a mock interview or coaching meeting.
Work with business actors simulating realistic scenarios.
Gain insights from guest speakers.
Take advantage of one-to-one leadership coaching (extra cost applies).

Funding opportunities
Grants of up to £1,000 are available through the Leadership and Management Advisory Service.

Entry requirements: Managing or about to manage a team
Course length: Seven days delivered over six months
Start: Wednesday 14 March 2012
Location: City site
Fee: £1,950 (funding available)