Models for Managing Technical Professionals

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number

---

Overview/Description
Because technical professionals set a high value on autonomy, managing their time and resources can be a difficult task. But, since it's your job to supervise this often-frustrating yet extremely valuable group of employees, you need to figure out the best way to do it. And this "best way" may vary from company to company and from individual to individual. In this course you'll learn a variety of ways to motivate, manage, and lead technical professionals and how to get and keep your technical teams working together efficiently and effectively. You'll have a chance to practice using these different management models in both case studies and role-playing scenarios.

Target Audience
This course is designed for middle- and upper-level managers who manage technical professionals.

Expected Duration (hours)
4.5

Lesson Objectives

Models for Motivating Technical Professionals

recognize the benefits of using motivational models to manage technical professionals.

select the management models designed to motivate technical professionals.

apply the combination of motivational models that best supports a given situation.

Leading Technical Professionals

recognize the benefits of using the appropriate leadership styles and model, depending on a given situation.

match leadership models with the situations in which that model would be most effective.

match leadership styles with descriptions of each.

apply the appropriate leadership model and supporting style, in a given situation.

Developing Teams in Technical Environments

recognize the value of developing a high-performing team in a technical organization.

match the roles of a team leader to the actions a team lead takes.

sequence the steps for appropriately forming a technical task team.

apply the appropriate steps for organizing a technical task team, in a given scenario.

recommend appropriate actions to assist a team in overcoming performance issues.

Course Number:
MGMT0293