Dates for this course

16/07/12 - 03/08/12

22/10/12 - 09/11/12

Who should attend:
• Senior company executives who need to broaden the scope of    their knowledge
• Senior managers who want to examine certain aspects of    management in greater detail
• Managers/executives moving into positions of greater responsibility who need to acquire senior    management skills

Course objectives:
• To provide senior managers and executives with an international perspective and an over view of    major company management principles
• An opportunity for experienced executives to examine in detail important aspects of management
• To provide managers with essentials skills of strategic management of company objectives

Course content:

Week 1
• The nature and challenges of leadership
• Leadership skills and attitudes
• Emotional Intelligence and Interrelationship Mastery
• Developing Personal Authority and Integrity
• Effective Communication Skills
• Listening Skills
• The relationship between good leadership and effective communication
• Maintaining communication in adversity
• Team building for productivity
• Creating the ideal environment for successful staff management and morale
• Building reliable internal networks
• Encouraging conditions for an industrious organisational culture
• The Psychology of Motivation
• Presentation skills and Audience Interaction
• Formal and informal presentations
• Elements of a successful presentation

Week 2
• Assertiveness Skills – understanding the various models
• Building rapport and common ground in effective negotiations
• Introduction to Neuro Linguistic Programming (N.L.P) & relationship building techniques
• Maximising good use of body language to positively influence
• The influencing strategy – best practice
• Achieving a win-win solution in negotiation
• Negotiating features and benefits
• Personal presentation and coaching
• Influencing across cultural differences and global business relationships

Week 3
• Basic principles and concepts of accounting
• Outline of company accounts, contents and compilation
• Understanding financial statements through simple ratios
• Importance, preparation and control of the budgeting process
• Investment routes, mergers and acquisitions
• Costing techniques, cost allocation and business uses of costing
• Introduction to management accounting