Developing Professional Management Skills (DPMS) scheme
Do you want to manage yourself, your time and your work better?
Do you want a supervisory or management role?
Do you have management experience but want to improve your skills further?
Do you run your own business?
If you answer 'yes' to any of the above, they are important areas to consider when planning your personal CPD programme.
Time management, motivating people, decision-making and meeting customer needs are just a few of the management and personal skills so vital in today's professional environment.
A flexible, low-cost scheme for you
The DPMS scheme is a flexible, low cost way for you to gain these skills.
Learn at your own pace, at work or home
It’s a self-study package so you can learn at your own pace, either in work or at home.
Just £30 to register
It costs just £30 to register. On registration you will receive a user guide - to help you focus on your development needs and manage your progress - and your first module. Further modules cost £20 each.
After registration, you can choose the modules of most use to you from the 18 available.
Ten most popular modules:
| Getting the best out of yourself | Managing your time, your workload and getting the best out of yourself, including time and work management techniques and eliminating stress. |
| Getting the best out of others | Delegating responsibility and authority clearly, motivating people to achieve their objectives, and giving people honest and constructive feedback. |
| Developing teams, managing teams, and individuals | Making sure everyone in your team has the knowledge and skills to meet individual and the organisation's objectives, including planning and delivering/supporting learning and development. |
| Managing poor performance | Dealing with unsatisfactory performance from giving positive support through to implementing grievance and disciplinary procedures. |
| Meeting customer requirements | Defining what your customers want, planning operations accordingly, checking customer needs are met, and ensuring you continue to meet them. |
| Managing change | Identifying possible improvements, assessing the pros and cons, planning the introduction of change and implementing it in an effective way that gets everyone on board. |
| Decision making | Gathering and organising the necessary information to make a decision, and implementing decisions. |
| Managing meetings | Using meetings to achieve objectives in a cost and time-efficient way, including preparing for meetings, contributing at meetings, and leading meetings. |
| Managing projects | Using project management techniques to ensure you achieve your key work objectives, including scoping, planning for, leading and concluding your projects. |
| Using your influence | Assessing and developing your influencing skills, including motivating, negotiating and gaining support. |
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