The aim of this course is to give you a practical guide to managing people at work. It does not matter whether you are a first time manager in a shop or a middle manager in an office environment; the same skills apply to every work place. In the course you will engage with some HR theories and then see how they translate into every day working life.
The Manager's Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Managing People at Work
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The Manager's Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Managing People at Work
Instructor: Dr Chris Dewberry
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Skills you'll gain
- Interviewing Skills
- Staff Management
- Leadership and Management
- Human Resources Management and Planning
- Performance Appraisal
- Recruitment
- People Management
- Smart Goals
- People Development
- Talent Recruitment
- Leadership
- Compensation Management
- Strategic Decision-Making
- Constructive Feedback
- Goal Setting
- Decision Making
- Performance Management
- Conflict Management
- Employee Performance Management
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NS
Reviewed on Apr 12, 2019
An excellent course. Enhances skills of the managers to handle people effectively and using human resources efficiently to achieve the organizational and the individual employees' goals.
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Reviewed on Apr 11, 2020
The whole programme has been inspiring and resourceful. I plan to implement every bit of it in the discharge of my daily assignment. Thank you so much for this opportunity.Omobowale Odofib
SK
Reviewed on Aug 23, 2022
this was very informative and intersring cousrse especily for thoe who work as manager. we like seen forward for such interting and knowlede based course in future thank you University of Londan.
