Milpark Business School Short Courses Offered
New Manager Orientation
The overarching goal of this course is to provide a general management orientation to newly appointed supervisors and managers at any organisation (or those earmarked for managerial roles) in order to facilitate a contextual understanding of their managerial role towards the achievement of the organisation’s mission. A critical outcome of the course is to promote employee engagement as a vehicle for organisational effectiveness.
Participants will be required to apply pertinent management principles to the requirements of their unique and related job roles.
Management Coaching and Mentoring Practice
The course equips participants with the tools to develop supportive relationships which enable them and related work colleagues to confidently make and own critical work decisions and practices.
Design Thinking for Problem Solving
This short course programme is ideal for those individuals wishing to expand their problem solving knowledge and skills through design-thinking methodology in order to improve products, services and systems.
Project Management Principles, Tools and Techniques
The focus of this course is on developing the essential knowledge and skills base as a core ingredient of organisational project learning. The course transcends various project management methodologies, creating a good basis for subsequent specialisation.
Delegates acquire the competencies necessary to effectively contribute to project team environments or lead small projects of their own.
Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers
This short course introduces delegates to basic financial management principles, tools and techniques applicable in a broad range of management contexts. The course is designed to assist managers with no financial management background to understand the financial implications of managerial decisions. It will enable participants to participate meaningfully in managerial processes such as budgeting, costing, pricing, working capital management and the analyses of financial statements. Such competences are particularly important
in entrepreneurial organisations, which might not have access to specialised financial management capabilities. Since financial performance is a central indicator of effectiveness for any business, the fundamental financial literacy offered through this course is a compelling requirement for managers at all levels.
Many general managers appreciate the value of project management as a tool for strategy implementation but shy away from adopting this approach due to a perceived lack of relevant project management acumen. This course aims to fill that gap by equipping the non-project management professional with the strategic management and leadership competencies needed to effectively drive a project-based organisation or business unit.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development
This online course introduces the concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainable Development today, operationalizing the terms and ensuring a cohesive definition of CSR and its applications to corporate sustainability.
The Women in Leadership course will introduce you to the concept of leadership, with specific reference to women leaders and the relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes and outcomes. The course specifically addresses the challenges faced by women in leadership, from definition to emotional well-being.
Professional Business Communication
Recognising communication as the hub around which all other organisational phenomena revolve, this course is designed to address the essential requirements for effective communication in diverse, dynamic organisations. Participants are exposed to the use
of essential English language tools and techniques in a variety of professional business contexts. Participants develop usable knowledge and skills that enable effective communication in different modes and for various purposes.
The duration of the short courses listed varies in time. Therefore, please visit www.milpark.ac.za for further information. For Corporate training requirements, please email Milpark on corptraining@milpark.ac.za