This unit examines that self awareness and reflection are the key to self enhancement. It looks at different learning styles and development; how to achieve personal change, techniques for improving personal creativity and hints on career management.
Target Audience
- Middle and Senior Managers
- Post Grad and/or Post experience Managers
Anybody wanting to develop skills and knowledge in a particular management field at postgraduate or post experience level.
Objectives
Give students techniques to help them develop a personal learning style
Enable them to develop an appropriate personal development programme
Raise awareness of obstacles and barriers which may hinder self enhancement
Give students techniques to develop creative thinking
Help students to develop an appropriate career management plan
Self awareness, The importance of reflection
Your belief system
Matching your job, values and beliefs
Understanding core values
Learning styles, The importance of learning
Learning organisations
Characteristics of learning
Understanding the learning cycle - models of learning
Understanding your own learning style
Questions to help you analyse whether a particular course will suit
Achieving personal change, The process of change
Using your valued skills to promote change
Reactions to change
Planning personal change If there's an open door - why not use it?
Improving personal creativity
Using a logical approach
Using creativity, Techniques for creativity
Ten golden rules to manage your career
Managing your career
Why manage your career?
Pathways into management
Reviewing and planning
Establishing where you are now
Deciding on your destination
Factors that affect career choices
Creating realistic development plans
Acquisition of skills and resources
Opportunities, Reviewing progress
(Normally delivered within 5-10 days)
(Publisher: Select Knowledge) | 
