Setting and Managing Work Priorities
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Setting and Managing Work Priorities
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4 Hrs (9:00 am – 1:00 pm)Meals Provided
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Course Overview
This course has been developed to promote planning and prioritisation skills to maximise time and resourse efficiency. Develop an understanding and learn techniques and tips to systematically plan tactics that underpin organisational strategy.
Expected Outcomes
- Understand the concepts of vision, mission, goals and impact on culture and productivity.
- Write goal statements and translate goals into tactical actions.
- Develop structured action programs to align strategies and critical tasks.
- Promote responsibility and accountability in translating action programs.
- Techniques to plan, monitor and re-prioritise work programs.
Who Should Attend this Course
Managers, supervisors, team leaders and all personnel wanting to develop conceptual competency, and learn techniques to set and achieve long and short term goals, and develop their planning and prioritisation skills.
Core Learning and Development Competencies
This course has been designed to support the development of the following core competency areas identified to facilitate individual and organisational success:
- Decision making
- Directing others
- Managing and measuring work
- Organising
- Planning
Topics Covered [Click to Show All]
- Develop planning/prioritisation competency to support a ‘human capital’ culture
- Link organisational vision, mission, goals to business unit/job profile task prioritisation
- Construct, implement and execute meaningful strategic and tactical operational plans
- Utilise techniques to identify and prioritise tasks critical to business success
- Utilise ‘a balanced scorecard’ framework to integrate critical business area priorities
- SMART goals and task statements
- Balance competing demands—systematic action programs
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