Enhancing Managerial Effectiveness

Course Contents, Concets and Issues:

Time Management and Meeting Management

• Time in an Organisation-Wide Context: Its Importance Including:
• Speeding Up Decision-Making
• Reducing Research and Development Time
• Reduction of Operational Cycle, e.g. Through the Use of:
• Computer Aided Design (CAD)
• Reduction of Testing Time
• Throughput Accounting
• Time Management and The Manager
• Benefits of Effective Time Management, Including:
• Increased Efficiency & Effectiveness
• Higher Profitability
• Increased Leisure Time
• Enhanced Job Satisfaction
• Reduced Stress
• More Opportunity to Switch Off After Hours
• More Room For Forward Planning and Long-Term Solutions
• Higher Creativity
• Time Management Tips for Managers
• Reducing Time Spent on Meetings
• Meeting Management
• The Trading Game Scenario

Managerial Leadership and Leader Behaviour In Organisations

• Leadership: General Definition
• The Difference Between a Leader and a Managerial Leader
• Transactional Leader Behaviour
• Charismatic or Transformational Leader
• Leadership and Authority
• Management and Power
• Management and Control
• Leadership and Interpersonal Relationship
• Qualities or Traits Approach To Leadership
• Task and Person Orientation
• Contingency or Situational Approaches to Leadership
• Leadership and Extroversion
• Leadership and Characteristics
• Leadership and Social Needs
• Leadership and Power Needs
• Leadership Sand Achievement Needs
• Leader Orientation
• Person Orientation
• Employee Cantered Leaders
• Participative Leadership
• Democratic Leadership
• Performance Monitoring
• Leadership and Environmental Variability
• Leadership-Superior Subordinate Relationship
• Leadership and Team Development
• Leadership and Flexibility
• Leadership and Decision Making
• Leadership Influence and Reward