Management 1: The New Managers Course

Get a cross-functional view of management in a variety of organizational functions to enhance your perspective of where yours fits in to the whole organization. Develop a comprehensive management skill set that will propel your career, immediately increase ROI through the application of your learning and enhance the effectiveness of your staff and organization. Seasoned, dynamic instructors deliver refreshing perspectives on new manager training theories that have stood the test of time, as well as leadership insights on new management concepts.

Learn leadership and interpersonal dynamics, the marketing management process, strategic and business planning, the financial management process and performance evaluation. By understanding these management and leadership skills for new managers you will master the techniques of analyzing and using financial statements, budgeting, cost control and performance evaluations, and become proficient at planning and implementing business strategy.

Through analyzing and improving your personal leadership style, you’ll learn to open the lines of communication, foster teamwork and accredit your staff. From segmentation to positioning to new product development, you’ll gain insight on distinguishing between and excelling at the many marketing management processes while aligning your department with the wider strategic initiatives of your organization.

This course is designed for those new to management, and those moving into new areas of business. Functional specialists about to embark on a general management role will also benefit. You will hit the ground running with actionable tools and skills in order to lead others effectively. It is also perfect for current managers with less than five years’ experience who have little or no formal management training. Leadership best practices will be taught, that will allow you to build your confidence and a complete management skill-set.

What You’ll Learn

• Understand and improve your leadership style.
• Learn the latest techniques for performance evaluation.
• Understand the marketing management process, from segmentation to positioning to new product development.
• Practise new product development skills with a hands-on simulation workshop.
• Learn how to write and deploy business plans.
• Discover cost control and budgeting techniques for your department.
• Learn how to foster teamwork and empower your staff.
• Understand the rules of employee competency.
• Learn the best ways to handle crisis situations.
• Learn how to analyze and use financial statements.
• Open the lines of communication with both your staff and senior management
• Learn to plan and implement business strategy.