Effective Planning, Organizing and Control for Optimal Results
Details
The primary challenge of managers is to get things done effectively and efficiently with and through people. This course introduces the four universal functions of management known as Planning, Organizing, Leading and Controlling (POLC) to help managers in their job. Analyzing and forecasting are also important tools of planning and the course introduces different techniques such as environmental scanning, budgeting, and breakeven analysis.
Course MethodologyThis course uses an interactive and cooperative learning methodology by integrating a variety of learning techniques such as lectures, participants-led presentations, individual and group activities and exercises, self assessment tools, role plays, case analysis and video discussions.
Course ObjectivesBy the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the importance of planning and employing the 'SMART' criteria to objectives setting
- Use environmental scanning, budgeting, and breakeven analysis as tools for planning and forecasting
- Recognize the importance of control, and of properly utilizing key performance measures to keep work on track
Anyone within the organization whether they are staff, department head, manager or supervisor who need to develop their ability to plan, organize, control and achieve their goals and objectives on time and within the expected quality standards.
Target Competencies- Proactive planning and scheduling
- Setting objectives
- Critical thinking
- Critical analysis
- Measuring performance
Outline
- Foundation of planning
- The functions of management
- Definition of planning
- Elements of planning
- Types of plans
- Planning in the hierarchy of an organization
- What is organizing?
- What is leading?
- What is controlling?
- Efficiency versus effectiveness
- Setting S.M.A.R.T goals
- Tips on setting goals
- Benefits of planning
- Why many managers and supervisors fail to plan
- Elements of good plans
- Planning tools and techniques
- Environmental scanning
- SWOT and PEST analysis
- Definition of benchmarking
- The benchmarking process
- Steps in benchmarking
- Allocating resources and budgets
- Breakeven analysis
- Limitations of breakeven analysis
- Control and performance measurement
- Definition of control
- The planning and controlling link
- Importance of control
- The control process
- Measuring: what and how
- Sources of information for measuring performance
- Managerial decisions in the control process
- Organizational performance measures
- Feed forward, concurrent and feedback controls
- Information controls and balanced scorecards
Schedules
| Thu, Fri, Sat | 10:00 AM — 04:00 PM |
| Thu, Fri, Sat | 10:00 AM — 04:00 PM |
| No. of Days: | 3 |
About Us
McTimothy Associates Consulting LLC is a Professional Management consulting, Human Capital Management, and Business Training company, incorporated in Nigeria with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). Our Corporate office is centrally located at Gbagada Estate Phase 2 Estate, connecting easily to both Lagos Island and Lagos Mainland. We are enabling business greatness in Africa through cutting-edge modern management practices of Business transformation, Strategy, Change management and Innovation, Leadership, Restructuring and Turnaround management, and Training solutions.
Our Philosophy is an enduring commitment to enabling businesses and the professional greatness of our clients every day. Both organizations and individual employees who have attended our indoor and outdoor management development training programs have benefited tremendously in a number of ways. We also maintain relevant accreditations/partnerships with:
- Institute of Management Consultants (IMC).
- Institute of Professional Recruitment Consultants (IPRC), Nigeria
- Association of Professional Recruitment Consultant (APRC) UK
- Nigeria Institute of Training and Development (NITAD),
- Centre for Management Development (CMD), ...
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