Business Skills for IT Professionals (BSIT)

Duration: 4 days

Introduction

Success in a technical field does not guarantee success in a management role. Management is a specialization just like every other aspect of business. Become the best manager you can be by learning the latest techniques and approaches to management issues.

In this course, you will be introduced to the best practices in management science - the productivity tools you need to succeed in a constantly evolving workplace. This is knowledge that every manager can put to use every day.

Managers can be overwhelmed by new responsibilities - but only when not properly prepared. Unskilled and untrained managers lack the people skills necessary to be efficient and effective managers.

Choose to be exceptional. Draw on the experience of others to develop your own skills. Broaden your focus from a short-term manager to a strategic thinker. Develop a professional outlook through optimism and ambition.

In this course, you'll learn what experts in the field are saying about communications, leadership, negotiation, delegation, motivation, time management, critical thinking, and decision making. You will discover the fundamentals of effective management including the tools for powerful communications: quickly write reports that are concise and clear, structure letters and memos with purpose in mind, and prepare and deliver high-impact presentations that focus on specific, desired outcomes. Plus, you'll analyze financial statements and become familiar with budgeting, and you'll gain an understanding of critical thinking and how it relates to effective decision making.

Management skills are developed not found. To develop as a manager you must take advantage of the experience of others. Get started on the road to excellence by taking Business Skills for IT Professionals.

What You'll Learn

• How to develop as a professional manager
• Best practices for communicating up and down the organizational structure
• How to structure and compose communications for clarity, relevance, and precision
• What it means to be organized and the rules of effective time management
• Delegation for maximum efficiency and management effectiveness\Why motivation is key to corporate success and a fundamental responsibility of every manager
• How leadership serves as a management style and motivational tool
• The techniques for generating imaginative solutions that lead to optimum outcomes
• Best practices in decision analysis
• Preparation for and execution of win-win negotiations
• Preparation and delivery of productive presentations  

Who should Attend

New managers, potential managers, and anyone wanting to advance his or her career by becoming increasingly responsible for directing staff and resources. Department managers, project managers, IT project managers, IT managers, software architects, developers, general IT staff, and new directors.