University of Alberta School of Business
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
http://execed.bus.ualberta.ca/

Planning the Project - Techniques Workshop

The techniques of developing a plan are often where project managers struggle. The desire for certainty must be balanced against the unpredictability of how projects will unfold. There is a firm desire on the part of project managers to accurately commit to estimates, and often a strong level of accountability created by the organizations we work for. How we manage risk is equally important.......
 

Our ability to successfully deliver a project is strongly rooted in the effectiveness of our plans. One of the greatest challenges that project managers and teams face is the ability to plan and estimate the work of a project with confidence. Challenges in planning include ensuring that the requirements of our stakeholders are fully defined, that there is clarity regarding the work to be comple......
 

Project managers have to effectively manage project teams and the individual preferences and behaviours that each of these team members presents to the project. Without a clear understanding of their own personalities and preferences, it can be very difficult for a project manager to effectively manage in the high stress and intensive communications world of a project. An awareness of prefer......
 

Organizations frequently initiate projects without a clear understanding of the alignment of the proposed change initiative to the strategic goals of the corporation. As well, there is often little consideration of the capacity of the organization to undertake the projects it is considering, and how trade-offs between projects and other work need to be managed. Decisions about how projects are ......
 

Projects are the primary tool with which you, as a manager, effect change within your organization. Our Graduate Certificate in Project Management (GCPM) will take you from concept to completion and beyond, covering every step of effective project initiation, management, and evaluation. Whether you’re planning a new facility, upgrading an information management system, or developing and marketi......
 

In any organization, analyzing problems and making critical decisions are closely linked to accessing and understanding key financial data. Increasingly, managers, executives and professionals with non-financial backgrounds are asked to understand the language of finance to make effective decisions. The 3-day series will provide practical-hands-on grounding in the essentials of finance and budg......
 

The premise of this module is that change is pervasive, and a key strategic challenge facing leaders is managing this change. This module will give participants insights into the content and process of changing corporate organizations. To that end, the module will: investigate how social, economic and technological forces are changing the structure, managerial systems and human resource prac......
 

Problem solving and decision making is arguably the most important job of a manger and the easiest to get wrong. Successful senior managers and leaders blend the art and the science of decision-making into a practical process that leads them to consider their choices both intuitively and analytically. This session will deliver a decision making framework that managers can use to avoid common......
 

Building confident and competent leaders in today’s organizations is critical to individual and organizational success. This program will explore the essentials of leadership �who leaders “are� what leaders must “know� and what leaders must “do�to achieve success. Course Content There is no topic more heatedly debated and questioned than the one of leadership. Are they born or made? W......
 

Our flagship private-sector program, the Corporate Executive Program (CEP), is the result of extensive research on the executive and leadership education needs and preferences of more than 50 Alberta organizations. Regarded as Alberta’s premier executive education program, CEP comprises six modules: Executive Leadership Essentials, Decision Making Like a CEO, Succession Management System Implem......
 

The Alberta School of Business is offering a specialized leadership development program with a focus on the Energy sector, The Energy Sector Leadership Development Program. Great leaders are one of your most important assets. You can hire great leaders or you seize the opportunity to develop from within. In an ever shrinking talent market, providing relevant leadership programs to develop......
 

The Leadership Development Program (LDP) was piloted in 2007 by CANMET Energy Technology Centre in Devon in collaboration with the University of Alberta School of Business, Executive Education and Lifelong Learning. The LDP responds to a need for training at management, technical, professional, supervisory and administrative levels to increase retention and support succession planning and recru......
 

Whether you are already a manager or aspire to be one, the Management Development Program (MDP) will help you to develop your management and leadership competencies. It also offers the opportunity to learn from colleagues and develop networks that are vital for success in a changing environment...
 

The Senior & Executive Managers�Development Program (SEMDP) is designed to help senior and executive managers enhance their leadership skills. It also affords them the opportunity to learn from colleagues and develop networks that are vital for success in a changing environment....
 

Targeted at executives, this session covers the strategic and operational aspects of results-based management in the Alberta public service. Participants will review a results-orientated approach as a tool for motivating and communicating with staff about high-level issues within their department. The session will also emphasize the strategic importance of results reporting as the foundation of......
 

This session will provide an overall framework for innovative value creation in the organization, focusing on increasing value, improving performance and lowering cost, and managing risks. Participants will be provided with frameworks for understanding how value is created in an organization and how resources should be allocated to maximize value creation. Participants will learn creative thin......
 

Participants will gain an understanding of how to form and use strategic relationships and how to transform other relationships into strategic ones. This session will apply best practices and provide information on how to form, manage, regenerate and innovate in the strategic relationship. Participants will work interactively, applying the best practices with other organizations to develop acti......
 

This session will present a provocative and pragmatic approach to strategy, one that challenges much of the conventional wisdom in the field. The session focuses on contemporary strategic challenges within the public sector. In this session, participants will be provided with the key tools, techniques and frameworks of contemporary strategic planning and implementation. They will develop an und......
 

The Alberta Haskayne Executive MBA is designed to develop innovative leaders. Bringing together high quality, motivated students with a world class faculty, the EMBA program builds the skills needed to accelerate your career and expand upon your general management abilities. The program is jointly sponsored by the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. It is an intensive, 20 mo......
 

Financial and economic aspects of corporate mergers, restructuring, downsizing, and bankruptcy are examined. Relations between corporate structure and performance are investigated. Specific attention is paid to the roles of top management and boards of directors. Special issues relating to privatization and restructuring in former socialist economies are studied....
 

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