Graduate Management Development Programmes

Graduate Manager Development Programme Index:

Learning to Learn

Effective Communications

Introduction to Finance

Leading People (2 day module)

Leading Projects

Leading Innovation

Managing Yourself

Personal Presentation Skills

Introduction to Management

External Recognition

Additional Courses & Modules

Many organisations employ graduates as a way of building capability within the organisation. In the past many have commissioned bespoke training for this target audience, programmes have typically been there to be an accelerated route to management. Increasingly costs for an organisation are an issue coupled with the realisation that 90% of what they want their graduates to know is relatively generic.

In answer to this challenge we have developed a range of standardised modules relevant to graduates with potential, leaving you to focus your budget on the more specialised elements of their development. Each module is only one day duration (unless otherwise stated), many have been designed for full integration with additional items like work based projects to work towards an ILM endorsed award.

While not a fixed programme, we provide a menu of programmes appropriate to this audience, from which you select the most appropriate for your needs.

Endorsement and external recognition
All of our modules are appropriate for endorsement by the ILM if required.                       

Learning to Learn

Learning Aims:

• Describe your preferred learning style (s)
• Describe the impact of learning style on productivity
• Demonstrate an increase in their range of learning skills
• Understand how awareness learning theories can help us to learn with greater effect

top

Effective Communications

Learning Aims:

• Be able to describe a variety of communication channels and their appropriately usage
• Understand what causes difficult situations within organisations and between people
• Be able to identify the different preferences individuals have in person-to-person communications
• To understand their own personal preference is for communication and its impact on others

top

Introduction to Finance

Learning Aims

• Understand the importance of accurate financial planning
• Be able to read & produce a profit & loss and balance sheet
• Understand the concept of cash flow forecasting, and how they affect business decisions
• Understand the principles of management accounts

top

Leading People (2 day module)

Learning Aims:

• Understand the nature of the team psychology
• Understand the critical components required for a high performing team
• Use these components to build a team that works effectively as a unit where synergy is evident
• Explain the benefits of developing and maintaining effective team working

top

Leading Projects (inc. Project Management Principles)

Learning Aims:

• Use project management techniques for day-to-day work planning
• Understand how management performance can being proved through the use of project management techniques
• Know what a project is and its component parts
• Recognise the phases of a project and the consequences of not going to phases in order

top

Leading Innovation

Learning Aims:

• Be able to identify innovative behaviour
• Understand the importance of risk taking and creativity in innovation
• Describe the seven drivers of innovation
• Show an increase in their range of approaches to innovation

top

Managing Yourself

Learning Aims:

• To recognise & plan work around personal strengths
• To use resource of time effectively
• Understand the importance of aligning personal & work values
• To understand the impact others have on our productivity

top

Personal Presentation Skills

Learning Aims:

• Identify the main obstacles to effective presenting
• Understand the nature of the process behind being able to effectively present information to an audience
• Understand a range of presentation tools and techniques
• Deliver motivational presentations

top

Introduction to Management

Learning Aims:

• Identified the key skills needed for an effective manager
• Be able to describe the difference between management and leadership
• Explore various models for management styles and their appropriateness
• Understand the impact of providing effective feedback

top

External Recognition

A programme including the above modules, linked with Action Learning Sets, the development of learning logs and a learning assignment have already been ‘Endorsed’ by the ILM. This is an eight day programme, integrating the modules with involvement from specialists within the business. In our experience the more involvement the organisation has the more effective the learning.

Typical organisational involvement will include providing a manager to open each module and demonstrate the importance of the content of the day to the participants.

Modules from our Management Development series can also be included.

This document lists programmes that are developed and ready to run ‘off-the-shelf’ adaptations and customised programmes are available.

top

Additional courses & modules include:

We have a range of ready to run ‘off the shelf’ training programmes. for more details click on the links below:
Train the Trainer Workshops

Management Development Short Course Programme

Leadership Organisational Development Short Courses

Graduate Management Development Programmes

Personal Effectiveness Short Courses

top