Continuous Learning for Tomorrow's Managers


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Target Audience
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Overview/Description
"The future belongs to those...to whom it is a pleasure to live, to create, to whet their intelligence on that of the others." Sir Henri Deterding could have been talking about the enlightened manager for the 21st century. Tomorrow's successful manager understands the forces in the business world that are changing the way people work, the way work is accomplished, and the way managers lead. How can you lure the talent you need and keep the talent you have? How can you build that talent into an organisation that is always looking ahead, always learning and growing? Continuous Learning for Tomorrow's Managers examines important insights concerning trends in demographics of the work force and how those changes will affect your bottom line. Learn adaptive strategies for attracting and retaining your future workers. And most important, discover how to turn your company into a learning organisation--a powerful, work force that is ready for change and that whets their intelligence on that of the others.

Target Audience
Department directors, managers, supervisors, coaches

Expected Duration (hours)
3.5

Lesson Objectives

Demographics of the Future Workforce

  • recognise the importance of adapting to shifts in the workplace.
  • choose strategies that managers can employ to meet the needs of today's workers.
  • classify job characteristics as having increased or decreased over past years.
  • select the demographic statistics that reflect the challenges of balancing work and home life for today's workers.
  • classify characteristics of younger and older workers.

    • Changing Managerial Needs

  • recognise the importance of adapting managerial strategies in response to rapidly changing lifestyles.
  • mark effective strategies employers should use in managing the knowledge worker.
  • identify ways to accommodate the needs of an ageing workforce to maximise performance potential.
  • identify the five factors in the PRIDE model.

    • Learning Organisations

  • recognise the benefits of developing a learning organisation.
  • choose strategies for developing mental models.
  • identify strategies to build shared aspiration within an organisation.
  • select protocols for building a team learning environment.
  • identify strategies to build systems thinking in an organisation.

    • Techniques for Continuous Skill-building

  • recognise the importance of continuous learning.
  • arrange in sequence the steps in skill training.
  • choose strategies for providing effective training sessions.
  • identify strategies that encourage lifelong learning.

    • Course Number:
    MGMT8116