Curriculum
- 5 Sections
- 38 Lessons
- 1 Day
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- MODULE 1-DIMENSIONS OF TIME MANAGEMENT & PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS9
- 1.1Programme introduction and objectives
- 1.2Action planning and enhancing personal and team effectiveness
- 1.3Making the most of office technology
- 1.4Chronistic intelligence
- 1.5Time-stealers and costs of poor time management
- 1.6Priority setting – rational and emotional approaches
- 1.7Ten principles of effective time management
- 1.8Handling & making requests
- 1.9Behavioural analysis and time management
- MODULE 2 – PERSONAL PLANNING SYSTEMS/ INTERRUPTIONS/PROJECT PLANNING/STRESS9
- 2.1Getting the best from diaries and to-do lists
- 2.2Proactive planning to meet key responsibilities
- 2.3Developing time-based planning – daily, weekly, monthly plans etc
- 2.4Handling interruptions – developing a time sensitive culture
- 2.5Planning project-type work
- 2.6Principles of Critical Path Analysis and implications for priority setting
- 2.7Understanding stress
- 2.8Managing stress in self and others
- 2.9Dealing with change – taking and getting a positive response
- MODULE 3 – GETTING THE BEST FROM OTHER PEOPLE/COMMUNICATION /MEETING SKILLS5
- MODULE 4 – OFFICE ERGONOMICS/ MANAGING INFORMATION/ EFFICIENT READING & WRITING8
- 4.1Optimising the office environment
- 4.2Handling the paper-load and developing paperless systems
- 4.3Managing e-mails
- 4.4Improving the efficiency of management reporting
- 4.5Using and developing relational databases
- 4.6Business writing and the principles of ‘rapid composition’
- 4.7Rapid and efficient reading – digesting and retaining information
- 4.8Mind-mapping
- MODULE 5 – DEVELOPING CREATIVITY/CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT/ SELF-DEVELOPMENT7
- 5.1Developing creativity in self and others
- 5.2How the brain works and creative thinking techniques
- 5.3Developing a culture of continuous improvement
- 5.4Implementing change initiatives
- 5.5Influencing skills – making a case and managing the ‘politics’
- 5.6Continuing professional development – a proactive approach
- 5.7Programme review and action plans