Short Overview
This program is designed for individuals that will be managers for the first time. According to recent statistics, six out of ten newly appointed managers are ineffective (or even fail) during their first two years in their new role. 58% of them have received no training and report lack of training as the main reason of failure to this new role. This program is intended to develop basic people management skills that are required, by any individual who undertakes the management of people especially for the first time, such as team development, delegation, feedback, performance evaluation, management / leadership style etc. It is a program based on asynchronous (video lectures, exercises, practical examples, talks by invited business executives, videos, self-evaluation exercises) and modern (online meeting with the professors) educational methods.
Learning Goals
After the completion of the program, participants will be able to:
- Understand who is a successful manager
- Understand the obstacles a manager may face at an individual and organizational level
- Understand and apply the basic principles of managing people and teams
- Realize the strengths and the areas of improvement based on personal self-assessment
- Explain the practical applications of human resource management
- Adopt good practices of managing people
Program Value
When an employee makes a job transition to the role of a new manager and from being responsible for his/her individual performance to taking on managing people or teams, individuals need to rely on basic management knowledge and skills. This is the goal and the value of the program. This program will contribute to the better adaptation and undertaking of job tasks that has the challenge of managing people.
Teaching Material
ppt voice presentation, exercises, video and online meeting with professors (first section of subject areas)
Evaluation Method And Final Grade Computation
Participants will be evaluated by completing multiple choice questions at the end of each topic section. Successful completion of the program and award of a training certificate requires a final grade of at least 50%.
Learning Method Description
The program uses the eLearning educational method: learning takes place purely asynchronously (that is, on days and hours that serve the trainee, without mandatory attendance at a specific time or day), exclusively remotely (using a special educational platform via the internet from the trainee's area) and using digital educational tools such as video lectures, interactive self-assessment exercises, and other elearning tools that ensure effective and flexible individual self-learning. The program's training material becomes available at specific time periods, based on the training path followed, and then remains available on the training platform without restrictions throughout the duration of the program.