MANAGING TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS (MTP)

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Be able to inspire and encourage technical subordinates to take part more actively in the organization
• Understand the authority, context, processes and techniques by which companies set strategy, manage operations, evaluate performance and make decisions
• View business as an integrated system and understand how their actions impact the whole
• Enrich their ability to operate cross functionally
• Broaden business skills and perspectives and acquire new tools to complement a technical background
• Discover how to support and inspire new leaders as they make the critical transition from individual contributor to manager
• Develop skills and techniques to manage people more professionally

FOCAL POINTS

• The management functions and principles
• managerial and supervisory responsibilities
• leadership styles
• decision making and problem solving
• attracting, motivating and retaining technical professionals
• models for managing Technical professionals
• communication skills
• delegation
• motivation strategies and employees engaging
• planning concepts and tool
• staff performance appraisal
• disciplinary procedures
• managing stress for positive change
• improving employee performance

WHO SHOULD BENEFIT

All professionals looking to deepen their understanding of human resource and management responsibilities and how to effectively do them.

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