Date: Wednesday 1 December 2010 - Friday 3 December 2010
Venue: Birmingham (TBC)
Times: Starting at 12.00 noon at finishing at lunchtime
Application deadline: Friday 12 November 2010
Spring 2011
Date: Wednesday 4 May 2011 - Friday 6 May 2011
Venue: Birmingham (TBC)
Times: Starting at 12.00 noon at finishing at lunchtime
Application deadline: Wednesday 20 April 2011
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Background
The Leadership Foundation in collaborative partnership with members of the UCISA (Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association) Staff Development Group and SCONUL (Society of College National and University Libraries), offers this course for those colleagues in computing, library and information service departments who are new to a management or supervisory role.
Having recognised that there is a need for the adoption of good practice in management at all levels we have reviewed the needs of managers from across the sector, both first-line managers and those at more senior levels. This course seeks, through the shared involvement of professionals from computing, library and information service backgrounds, to provide an insight into managing oneself and other colleagues. Additionally it offers opportunities to discuss management/supervisory work issues with colleagues from other HEIs.
Aims
To provide recently appointed first-line managers and supervisors with an introduction to the role of manager and some specific management skills.
Objectives
By the end of this programme participants will have:
• examined their role as a manager within the context of their specific job and tasks;
• examined their own preferred management and leadership styles;
• considered and practised a range of personal management skills;
• looked at ways in which people work together effectively in teams and practised team-building skills, including decision-making in meetings;
• considered a range of people management problems within the context of formal personnel policies and procedures;
• had an opportunity to assess their role in the rapidly changing world of higher education and information services.
Content
The focus throughout will be on practical management skills and their application in the workplace. There will be ample opportunity for staff to discuss and share experiences with colleagues. The main themes will be:
• the role of a manager/supervisor in computing, library and information services
• leadership and management styles;
• personal management skills: time management, self organisation, delegation and motivation;
• team skills;
• meetings skills;
• people management problems in computing, library and information services;
• formal personnel procedures and employment legislation related to: discipline/grievance and equal opportunities.
Who should attend
Staff from computing, library and information services departments who have recently been appointed to a supervisory or management role or are shortly to take up such duties.
Fee
Leadership Foundation Member Institutions*: £725 (inclusive of meals and two nights en-suite accommodation)
Please complete the application form and return by the deadline date above to:
Wendy Mason
Programme Administrator
Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
Kingfisher House, 90 Rockingham Street, Sheffield S1 4EB
T: 0114 270 0188 F: 0114 272 6354 E: wendy.mason@lfhe.ac.uk
*Your institution must be a member of the Leadership Foundation for the members’ fee to apply.
Details of the Leadership Foundation's Cancellation Policy can be found here.
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