Developing High Performance Teams

Learning outcomes

• Examine and evaluate the organization at intra-personal and individual levels
• Analyse the characteristics of teams and evaluate why they are the most effective organizational unit for high performance.
• Assess the marks of high performance at the organizational, team and individual level
• Understand the characteristics of successful teams and assess how teams can be developed for high performance
• Explore how a measurable framework can be put in place for individual development in support of individual and team development goals
• Examine and evaluate social aspects of team working and the benefits for the well-being of the individual

Your Lessons

• What is High Performance?
• Leadership for High Performance Teams
• Developing Teams
• Developing Individuals
• Summary

Governance and Directorships

Learning outcomes

• Understand the concept of governance
• Identify issues relating to employment law and legal aspects of governance
• Determine roles and responsibilities of directors
• Distinguish business ownership from business control
• Assess governance and directorship for different business structures

Your Lessons

• Governance and Directorships
• The Concept of Governance
• Employment Law and Legal Aspects of Governance
• Roles and Responsibilities of Directors
• Distinguishing Business Ownership from Business Control
• Assessing Governance and Directorship for Different Business Structures
• Summary

Strategic and Systems Management

Learning outcomes

• Understand supply chains
• Manage logistics and the supply chain
• Identify factors affecting supply chain management
• Assess and manage risks
• Integrate strategic and systems management in a business plan

Your Lessons

• Strategic and Systems Management introduction
• Supply Chains
• Managing Logistics and the Supply Chain
• Identifying Factors affecting Supply Chain Management
• Assessing and Managing Risks
• Integrating Strategic and Systems Management in a Business Plan
• Summary

Implementing and Managing Quality Systems

Learning outcomes

• Analyse the evolution of quality thinking and the shift from inspection to prevention.
• Evaluate the business case for quality and the management concept that ‘quality is free’.
• Describe the role of standards and regulations as well as quality processes in the Quality Plan (Quality System).
• Contrast Quality Assurance with Quality Control.
• Evaluate Quality Assurance models for change and quality improvement.
• Critically assess the role of quality control in the modern organization, highlighting the role of statistical process control.

Your Lessons

• Quality Concepts and Quality Management Defined
• Quality Planning
• Quality Assurance
• Quality Control
• Summary