ADMN 2010 Management Skills

• Management Skills – ADMN 2010 is the course code.
• Lectures are on Thursdays from 7:00 pm to 8:50 pm.
• Seminars begin the week of January 13th and are 50 minutes per week.
• Steve Girardi is the instructor.
• Brad Keizerwaard is the teaching assistant.
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• The instructor has 30 years of experience as an educator at KPRDSB.
• The instructor's roles included teacher, vice-principal, principal, and superintendent.
• Years as a Superintendent leading departments include: Operations, Leadership, Human Resources, Staffing and Recruitment, and School Accommodations
• The instructor has spent the last five years as Superintendent of Human Resource Services.
• The instructor is a Board Member with the Peterborough Police Services and chairperson of Strategic Planning and Labour Negotiations Committee.
• The instructor has been teaching at Trent for several years.
• The instructor is married with 2 children.

Classroom and Seminar Expectations

• Arrive on time when possible.
• Go to class prepared.
• Engage, participate, and contribute.
• Share lived experiences and allow your thinking to be visible by asking questions.
• Actively listen to others' thinking.
• Ensure all interactions are respectful to identities and lived experiences.
• Be present.
• Show classmates respect

What Students Can Expect

• Safe & engaging learning environment
• Timely feedback
• Policy & research integrated into classroom practice
• Sharing in best practice for Human Resource Management
• Students will grow confident in their knowledge of course content and their skills

Course Textbook

• The textbook is titled "Developing Management Skills".
• It is the Tenth Edition.
• Mylab and etextbook are used with the course.

Management Skills in the Workplace

• Competent management is a key determinant to organizational success.
• Competent management leads to decreased turnover.
• Competent management leads to increased profits.
• Competent management leads to greater sales and stock value per employee.
• Management skills are the building blocks upon which effective management rests.
• Peter Drucker stated, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast."
• Peter Drucker stated, "I’m interested in people that in how business work."
• A high IQ does not guarantee success in life or work.
• Management skills improve with a proper balance of conceptual learning and behavioural practice.

Model for Developing Management Skills

• Skill assessment uses survey instruments and role plays to assess the current level of skill competence and create readiness to change.
• Skill learning uses written text and behavioural guidelines to teach correct principles and present a rationale.
• Skill analysis uses cases to provide examples of appropriate and inappropriate skill performance and analyze why certain behavioural principles work.
• Skill practice uses exercises, simulations, and role plays to adapt behavioural guidelines to personal style and provide feedback and assistance.
• Skill application uses behavioural and written assignments to transfer classroom learning to real-life situations and foster ongoing personal development.
• The skills that make a good manager and a good leader are not the same.
• Organizations need employees with both management and leadership skills.

Contents for Class Lectures and the course includes:

• Personal Skills such as Developing Self-Awareness, Managing Personal Stress, and Solving Problems Analytically and Creatively
• Interpersonal Skills such as Building Relationships by Communicating Supportively, Gaining Power and Influence, Motivating Other People, and Managing Conflict
• Group Skills such as Empowering and Delegating, Building Effective Teams and Teamwork, and Leading Positive Change
• Supplements like Communication Skills, Making Oral and Written Presentations, Conducting Interviews, and Managing Meetings
• Components such as Skills Assessment, Skill Learning, Skill Analysis, Skill Practice, and Skill Application
• Class #1 focuses on developing self-awareness.

ADMN 2010 covers management skills. Steve Girardi is the instructor, and Brad Keizerwaard is the teaching assistant. The instructor has 30 years of experience as an educator and is a Board Member with the Peterborough Police Services.