Management Extra brings all the best management thinking together in one package. The series fuses key ideas with applied activities to help managers examine and improve how they work in practice. Management Extra is an exciting, new approach to management development. The books provide the basis for self-paced learning at level 4/5. The flexible learning structure allows busy participants to study at their own convenience, minimising time away from the job. The programme allows trainers to quickly plan and deliver high quality, business-led courses. Trainers can select materials to meet the needs of their delegates, clients, and budget. Each book is divided into themes of ideal length for delivering in a training session. Each theme has a range of activities for delegates to complete, putting the training into context and relating it to their own situation and business. The books' lively style will stimulate further interest in the subjects covered. Guides for further reading and valuable web references provide a lead-in to further research. Management Extra is based on the NVQ framework to ease the creation of Diploma, Post Graduate Diploma or NVQ programmes for managers. It is accredited with all leading awarding bodies. Authoritative but accessible and lively material New, exciting and flexible approach to management development
Author(s): Elearn
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 96
front cover......Page 1
copyright......Page 5
table of contents......Page 6
List of Activities......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 9
List of Tables......Page 10
Series preface......Page 12
The opportunity to change......Page 14
The learning manager......Page 16
Learning organisations......Page 17
The climate for learning......Page 19
Feedback......Page 21
Models of learning styles and strategies......Page 22
Becoming a competent learner......Page 24
Feedback......Page 26
Donald Schön: The reflective practitioner......Page 29
Patricia Benner: Becoming expert......Page 30
How to get better at reflection......Page 31
More @......Page 33
Planning your own development......Page 35
New ideas in personal development......Page 36
The implications for personal development......Page 37
Planning your own development......Page 38
Feedback......Page 42
The benefits of self-awareness......Page 44
Ways of looking at self-awareness......Page 46
Recap......Page 49
More @......Page 50
How we see the world......Page 51
Examining your own perception......Page 53
Individual diversity......Page 57
Positive strategies for accepting diversity......Page 58
Feedback......Page 63
More @......Page 64
Approaches to managing your time......Page 66
Barriers......Page 67
Tools and approaches......Page 68
Developing the strength to make changes......Page 70
Feedback......Page 72
Goals......Page 75
Priorities......Page 77
Tasks you should not do......Page 80
Feedback......Page 82
Task......Page 83
Efficient use of time: Doing things right......Page 84
Use daily habits......Page 86
Speed up your activities......Page 88
Estimating the time required......Page 89
Long-term plans......Page 90
Weekly and daily plans......Page 91
Feedback......Page 93
Recap......Page 97
More @......Page 98
5 Stress and life balance......Page 99
Understanding stress......Page 100
The stress response......Page 101
The effects of unhealthy stress......Page 102
Feedback......Page 105
Life in general......Page 106
Yourself......Page 108
Symptoms of unhealthy stress......Page 110
How to cope with stress......Page 113
Increase your stress fitness......Page 114
Minimise the stress you cause yourself......Page 116
Find and use support......Page 117
Feedback......Page 120
Find an overall balance......Page 124
Keep the balance......Page 127
Feedback......Page 132
More @......Page 133
References......Page 135
