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Excellence in Management

Offered on behalf of NZIM Southern Inc. 
7 Days (Residential)


Designed for
Mid management, production managers, line managers in operational roles, general managers who have not had broad exposure to modern management methods, and those moving into general management roles.


Learning outcomes
 

  • Understand better how to bring about sustained, improved performance of a business unit 

  • Be better equipped to benchmark the performance of a business unit against “World Class” operation 

  • Develop personal effectiveness 

  • Understand roles and responsibilities of operating in a general management context 

  • Understand how to build and maintain effective relationships 

  • Utilise the strengths within the organisation to achieve organisational goals 

  • Increase self-awareness and impact on others 

  • Broaden knowledge and understanding of specialist skills beyond their own role 

Learning content
Building Alignment with Organisational Strategy 

  • Strategic Planning – an overview

  • Role of Vision, mission, values

  • Goal setting – action plan setting

  • Monitor/review of goals

  • Contingency planning

  • Getting buy in

  • Sustaining ‘buy in’ and commitment

  • Role of culture  

Developing Marketing Excellence

  • What is marketing excellence?

  • Aspects of external environment that affect our success

  • Understand the product/service from a customer’s perspective as distinct from the company’s perspective

  • Align internal and external resources with marketing strategy

  • Information gathering techniques to inform marketing strategy 

Managing by the Numbers

  • Understanding key concepts of financial performance

  • Understanding how operating decisions affect financial measures

  • Align financial indicators with operational decisions

  • Understanding the drivers of actual performance against budget  

Building Operational Excellence

  • What is operational excellence?

  • How to measure and identify opportunities for improvement

  • How to lead operational excellence in service and production environments

  • How to implement operational excellence

  • Overview of practical tools – lean, six sigma, continuous improvement 

Developing Leadership and Personal Effectiveness

  • Leadership vs management

  • Components of leadership

  • Building/enhancing credibility

  • Measuring my effectiveness as a leader  

Retaining and Upgrading Workforce Capability in the Current Economic Environment 

  • What Employees want from organisations

  • What organisation and leadership characteristics attributes and actions retain talent

  • Role of Learning Environment

  • What can I do to recruit, develop and retain talent

Leading Change  

  • Leading change as the change agent  

  • Practical steps to gain and maintain momentum

  • Engaging the heart of team members  

 
Please note that accommodation and meal costs are not included in advertised  investment below. Members investment rate is for NZIM members only.
 

Location, dates and venue

Christchurch 29 June 2013 Commencing 29 June 2013 29/06/2013 11:59 29/06/2013 11:59 96 Excellence in Management Christchurch - Commencing 29 June 2013 dd-mm-YYYY
  12 October 2013 Commencing 12 October 2013 12/10/2013 10:59 12/10/2013 10:59 96 Excellence in Management Christchurch - Commencing 12 October 2013 dd-mm-YYYY

Investment

$ 5550.00 + GST for members
$ 6950.00 + GST for non members

Terms & Conditions

  • Employers’ terms and conditions
    (includes Employers’, She’s Motivated and ExportNZ) (PDF 210Kb)
  • NZIM terms and conditions (PDF 200Kb)

 

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