Organization: Cornerstone Global Leadership Foundation
Registration deadline: 08 Sep 2017
Starting date: 11 Sep 2017
Ending date: 15 Sep 2017
In today's rapidly changing working environment it is obviously not just project managers that need project management skills. EAs, PAs, Project Assistants, Programme Assistants & Office administrators are expected to fulfil far more in their roles today than ever before and with organizations re-structuring and downsizing many extra responsibilities fall onto their shoulders. This five-day highly practical project management training course aims to inculcate project management skills and to create an awareness of good project management practice among managers of different levels and project teams. It deals with project management from a project life-cycle perspective and covers all technical aspects of project management. Project Management is positioned as a systematic, team-based approach to planning and organizing the project and fulfilling stakeholder expectations.
Learning Outcomes:
This project management master class is aimed at EAs, PAs, project assistants, programme assistants, office managers,
senior support staff or people that are relatively new to the field. After attending this training, participants will understand how to:
- Understand the underlying philosophies of project management.
- Define projects, project management, and project managers
- Identify the project management life cycle phases: initiation, planning, execution and closure.
- Understand the concept of project management as a fundamental management competence
- Be equipped to manage multiple projects.
- Play critical leadership role in project initiation and implementation.
- Develop project management teams, supervise and manage the teams throughout the entire project.
- Interpret information from project management tools e.g. gantt chart
- Create reports using templates e.g. Time sheets, status reports, risks & issues.
- Manage/administer project communications, meeting administration, record keeping, documentation control, finances,contracts, procurement, billing, payments and assets. WHO
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
UN agencies, International Aid workers, Regional organizations, Government, major corporations, NGOs, Project assistants, Programme assistants dealing with ad hoc projects to manage, Programme managers, Executive PAs, Secretaries and Administrators who manage, work in or support a project team, those new to project management or already manage projects but have had no previous project management training or anyone who needs to gain an understanding of the principles of project management.
How to register:
Register now by calling on + 27 ( 011 ) 056 2544, Mobile: +27 (82) 262 1657 by email: events@cornerstone-intsa.net