50 Activities for Developing Management Skills. Vol.2

This second volume in Gower's series of management skills manuals takes a broad-based approach to developing training, covering areas such as teamwork, monitoring and control as well as discipline, stress and negotiating. It also includes 10 Observer Checklists to help participants develop observation skills. - - Each activity has a full set of tutor's notes that cover the resources and preparation needed, and full instructions on how to conduct it. Where needed there are roleplay briefs for participants, which we give you permission to photocopy for use in the training session. A set of masters for slides is also provided. - - The Introduction section gives advice on how to use the material and lists each activity according to the approximate time required. There is also an index suggesting the applications for some of the activities. - - For those activities that require observers, the tutor's notes give detailed instructions on how to use them. A varied range of observer checklists is provided for this purpose. - - The manual concludes with a detailed section on activity appraisal and includes a comprehensive appraisal sheet. - - This manual, with its pre-designed training, will be invaluable both for full-time trainers and for managers who need to perform a training function.