Courses and resources

Who is it for?

All staff who manage staff and who have 1-3 years of experience with some, little or no management development.

What is it about?

This is one of a cluster of workshops that comprise the Effective Middle Manager?s Programme.

The programme is designed to give you a firm foundation in the skills and understanding needed to manage others, including staff who supervise or lead a team.

This particular workshop examines how to identify development needs and plan to meet hem in the most effective manner.

What will I get out of it?

You will know how to identify development needs and how to develop yourself and others to achieve University objectives.

Specifically, at the end of the workshop you will be able to: - Identify own learning style(s) and the learning style(s) of another member of the team.

- Use a simple technique for identifying own development needs and the development needs of another member of the team.

- Identify potential barriers to learning.

- Explain how barriers to learning can be overcome.

- Briefly analyse learning/development options to meet need(s) of self and another member of the team.

- Identify support mechanisms for the development of self and another member of the team.

- Prepare a development plan to achieve a learning objective for self or another team member.

- Describe a method that could be used to monitor the development of self and another member of the team.

Course overview:

- Tutor input on SWOT analysis.

- Delegates to carry out a SWOT analysis for themselves in their current role, using their pre work.

- Tutor input on the hierarchy of objectives, i.e.

that department and individual objectives should be based on those of the organisation as a whole.

- Group review of the University of Exeter objectives against their own and discussion.

- Tutor input on the Development Cycle followed by small group work.

- Interactive exercise to identify the ways in which current competence of self and others can be established to include; feedback from others, SWOT, testing etc.

- Tutor input on identifying development needs and training needs analysis, followed by an individual activity relating to the development of a member of their team.

- Tutor input on development objectives followed by an activity to consolidate learning.

- Group work to establish learning and development opportunities for each of the different learning styles (Activist, Theorist etc.

covered in the Course Induction).

- Delegates to prepare their own development plan and discuss in pairs.

Is there anything I need to do before attending?

You will need to review your Job Description and Person Specification together with your own skills and experiences.

You will then prepare a personal statement and CV demonstrating your suitability for the role.

Lastly, you will need to bring along your Personal Performance and Development Objectives.

You may also like:

We run a wide range of management development workshops and full programmes.

This one is part of the Effective Middle Manager?s programme which also features a number of other workshops.

These can all be found on our website .

Book any or all of these through Trent Self Service.

Do I get a qualification?

Yes, if you register for the ILM Level 3 Award (or Certificate) in Leadership and Management.

Assessment:

This is carried out as part of the ILM Award and features a written assignment.

Previous attendees said:

?Every manager in the University should attend one of these .? ?Practical techniques and interesting theory?.delivered superbly and energetically.? ?I found the assessments incredibly useful for getting me to improve how I worked as a line manager.?

Learning provider:

This course is delivered by Lisa Hegan and Sandra Keith from our preferred supplier HRD.

This course is administered by Staff Learning & Development, please contact sld@exeter.ac.uk for any queries.