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News Release from: University of Oxford CPD Centre | Subject: Nov16/17 courses
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Team on 07 October 2005
Management skills for engineers and
scientists
Lack of management skills is a criticism often levelled at engineers and scientists: two intensive one-day courses from the University of Oxford address this skills gap
Lack of management skills is a criticism often levelled at engineers and scientists The University of Oxford has developed two intensive one-day courses for engineers, scientists and other staff in hi-tech companies on 16 and 17 November to address this skills gap
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 18 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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These are called 'Successful Change Management for Engineers, Scientists and Staff in Hi-Tech Companies' (16 November), and 'Effective Project Management for Engineers, Scientists and Staff in Hi-Tech Companies' (17 November).
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Successful Change Management (16 November).
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This one-day practical course will investigate the theory of change, apply tried and tested tools and develop skills.
The application of these tools and skills will be addressed at individual, team and organisation levels in the following areas.
* Understanding change.
* Arguments for change.
* Introducing change.
* Handling resistance.
* Smoothing the path.
* Ensuring momentum.
* Examining the future.
This course is aimed at engineers, scientists, managers and other staff from all sectors who are responsible for, or involved in, managing change from small scale interventions to large scale restructuring.
The course will be taught by Dr John Wilson, a specialist in professional development at the University of Oxford.
Effective Project Management (17 November).
This course is about the management of projects in high-technology and science-based settings, but the emphasis is on the management aspects and not on technology per se.
The examples and materials that we discuss relate to R and D, product development, and software projects.
Usually, many of the delegates are themselves scientists and engineers who are in the process of taking on more managerial roles and responsibilities, but that does not need to be the case.
This course will look at.
* Tools for Improving the Management of R and D Projects.
* product development performance - measures of success and failure.
* benchmarking product development.
* what is the best way to structure a product development team? Project Management for R and D.
* understanding project planning.
* using scheduling tools.
* getting the most from project teams.
* managing when projects fail.
And if things go wrong? The course will also show how to manage when the worst happens.
The course will be taught by Dr Steve New, a specialist in project management from the University of Oxford's prestigious Said Business School.
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