Organising Management Development Programmes

All the major multi nationals have constant management training and management development programmes for their workers and even for themselves. Learning is the quickest way to growth and that's what management development programmes do. They train you as a cohesive unit to work as a well oiled machine for greater output and productivity. If you are thinking of organising a management training programme for company, here's what you can do.

Start with a specific goal in mind. What is the conclusion of the whole exercise? Do you want your subordinates to work better as a team? Or do you want them to become better decision makers and leaders? A specific outcome will help you with the rest of the decisions that need to be made.

Next decide on the period on training and timing of the programme. You can break it up over few days in between work or can have it extensively over a weekend. Having it over a weekend is always conducive as it causes no hindrance to work schedules. You also have to decide whether you are having the programme on office premises or at another location. Arrangements have to be accordingly. If it's at the office make sure the timing of the event doesn't clash with any other important event. Having it at a country club or a near by retreat is always fun. You can call it a learning getaway.

If you are welcoming speakers to come and address the employees make sure you send out their invitations months in advance so they can RSVP. So if they can't make it you have enough time to find another speaker. If you are organising a team building programme include games and a lot of activities that contain open communication and mingling. If it's a leadership development programme call motivational and other encouraging people to take about their real life experiences and small lessons learnt along the way.

The next you have to settle on is who is the training aimed at? Upper, mid or lower level management and whether is it a compulsory participation or not. Usually commercial houses have regular training cycles for all levels of management to improve their skills and abilities. Compulsory contribution is a must if you aim at team building. It is better to make management development programmes mandatory.