We have an extensive range of programmes, which can be tailored to individual organisation needs. It is not possible to list every possible programme on this page but among Barnes Associates’ most popular courses are:-
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT |
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Leadership in the 21st Century |
Motivating and leading a high performance workplace |
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Winning Teams |
Teambuilding skills in the workplace |
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The Organised Manager Programme |
Time, Workplace and Project Management skills |
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The Performance Manager |
Performance appraisal skills |
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The Art of Negotiation |
Negotiating in a trade union or sales context |
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Recruitment - getting it right first time |
Job and person definition, advertising, interviewing skills and testing/selection methods |
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Interview skills |
Interview skills only - a subset of the Recruitment course |
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New Beginnings |
A programme for new job seekers to support those in a redundancy situation - covers the job market, organisation, CV writing, letters, internet, telephone and interview skills |
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Better Meetings |
Meeting management and action planning. A special course is available for Consultation employee representatives |
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On Report |
Report writing skills |
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Employment Law |
Basic and advanced courses plus annual law brief updates. Special course available on handling employee absence |
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Working smarter with MS Office |
IT skills in a job-specific context using the tools of Windows and Microsoft Office 2000 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Windows tools) |
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ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
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Lean Manufacturing |
Coverage of the key principles and tools employed by lean manufacturers |
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Lean Administration |
Aimed primarily at the public sector, a process and results based approach to reducing the demands on the tax payer whilst delivering better services |
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Strategic Process Deployment |
An introduction to the SPD process including the use of the SPD Toolkit. Using principles of Business Process Re-engineering in a strategic context |
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Cultural Change for a High Performance Workplace |
Looks at culture in an organisational context and provides practical guidance on planning and measuring cultural change, including hard and soft measures/actions - e.g. communication, involvement, development, reward and recognition. |
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The Continuous Improvement Toolkit |
Continuous Improvement Tools and techniques for project teams - problem solving, decision making and creative thinking |
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Information and Consultation |
Courses and tailored interventions for managers, staff representatives and mixed groups on planning a strategy and unblocking progress on the 2004 Information and Consultation Regulations |
In addition, our business partners at Oak Tree Management and Training can provide open public courses at many venues around the country as well as tailored in-house solutions. For a full list of courses, go to http://www.oaktree-training.co.uk/ .
Ring Richard Barnes on 01603-632159 with your requirements and we will tailor a solution for you. Or set them down and e-mail them to rjb at barnes-assoc.co.uk. Full programme details are available on request.
Last updated: 17 July 2008