Curriculum
- 5 Sections
- 38 Lessons
- 1 Day
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- MODULE 1-DIMENSIONS OF TIME MANAGEMENT & PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS9
- 1.0Programme introduction and objectives
- 1.1Action planning and enhancing personal and team effectiveness
- 1.2Making the most of office technology
- 1.3Chronistic intelligence
- 1.4Time-stealers and costs of poor time management
- 1.5Priority setting – rational and emotional approaches
- 1.6Ten principles of effective time management
- 1.7Handling & making requests
- 1.8Behavioural analysis and time management
- MODULE 2 – PERSONAL PLANNING SYSTEMS/ INTERRUPTIONS/PROJECT PLANNING/STRESS9
- 2.0Getting the best from diaries and to-do lists
- 2.1Proactive planning to meet key responsibilities
- 2.2Developing time-based planning – daily, weekly, monthly plans etc
- 2.3Handling interruptions – developing a time sensitive culture
- 2.4Planning project-type work
- 2.5Principles of Critical Path Analysis and implications for priority setting
- 2.6Understanding stress
- 2.7Managing stress in self and others
- 2.8Dealing 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
- 4.0Optimising the office environment
- 4.1Handling the paper-load and developing paperless systems
- 4.2Managing e-mails
- 4.3Improving the efficiency of management reporting
- 4.4Using and developing relational databases
- 4.5Business writing and the principles of ‘rapid composition’
- 4.6Rapid and efficient reading – digesting and retaining information
- 4.7Mind-mapping
- MODULE 5 – DEVELOPING CREATIVITY/CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT/ SELF-DEVELOPMENT7
- 5.0Developing creativity in self and others
- 5.1How the brain works and creative thinking techniques
- 5.2Developing a culture of continuous improvement
- 5.3Implementing change initiatives
- 5.4Influencing skills – making a case and managing the ‘politics’
- 5.5Continuing professional development – a proactive approach
- 5.6Programme review and action plans