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Course Details
- 6 x 90 minute sessions
- Each session has 2 x 35 minute training periods separated by 1 x 20 minute discussion and breakout period
- Hosted on MS Teams. You do not need an MS Teams account to join the meeting, you can join on a web-browser
- You will be emailed the link and materials two to three days before the session
- You will be emailed a link to the video recording after each session
- $89 per session
- Fortnightly on Thursdays at 10:00am (Melbourne Time). Please note daylight savings changes in your region
- 22nd August; 5th & 19th September; 3rd, 17th & 31st October
- Practical tools and assessments
- Interact with our trainer and the other participants
- Access to further management materials
- Pdf notes to record your learning
- Course total: 9 CPD/CPE/CLE/MCLE/CE hours
Invoicing
- Eventbrite provides a tax invoice automatically on credit card payment
- If you need an invoice before payment, please email us at answers@mtaustralia.com with name(s), email address of each participant and sessions they wish to register for. Payment will then be by EFT
Session 1 – Creativity and Innovation – Thursday 22nd August 2024
- Understand the four types of creativity
- Understand the six steps of the creative process
- Learn Positive Constructive Daydreaming
- How to do a mind map
- Understand how to break associative barriers
- Learn 7 simple creative techniques
- Understand how to maximise creative flow at work
- Effective brainstorming
Session 2 – Developing your thinking skills – Thursday 5th September 2024
- Understanding multiple intelligences
- Using and improving intuitive thinking
- The attributes of a critical thinker
- 9 tools for problem solving
- Understanding all of your objectives
- Drawing your problem – drill downs, cause & effect diagrams and concept fans
- How to look out for biases and disconnects
- Developing a weighted decision matrix
- Getting started with systems diagrams
Session 3 – Change Management – Thursday 19th September 2024
- Understand the difference between personal and organisational change
- Understanding and responding to the 4 different stages of personal change
- Lewin’s 3 step change model
- Kotter’s 8 step change model
- Creating a sense of urgency
- Understand how to do a force field analysis
- Understanding the 4 outcomes of change to consider
- Communicating change to 4 different types of audiences
Session 4 – Project Management - Core Functions – Thursday 3rd October 2024
- How project management and change management work together
- Understand the nine knowledge areas of project management
- Project management methodologies including Waterfall, Agile and Scrum
- Learn tools for the four core functions of project management
- Key tools for scope management including work breakdown structures
- Key tools for project time management including Gantt and Pert charts
- Key tools for project cost management including payback analysis and Net Present Value
- Key tools for quality management including process control tools
Session 5 – Project Management - Facilitating and integrating Functions – Thursday 17th October 2024
- Understand the four facilitating functions of project management
- Key tools for project communication including communications planning and change impact statements
- Key tools for risk management including threat identification and risk estimation
- Key tools for project HR management including load charts
- Key tools for procurement management including make or buy analysis and supplier evaluation
- Key tools for integration management including project charters
- How to do a stakeholder analysis and form a stakeholder game plan
Session 6 – Improving your presentation skills – Thursday 31st October 2024
- Dealing with speech anxiety
- Verbal and non-verbal elements of delivery
- Understanding your audience
- Developing a presentation plan
- Structuring presentations
- Introductions, transitions, previews, summaries, signposts and conclusions
- Using supporting material
- Preparing for questions
- Reviewing and evaluating your presentation
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