Public course

Planning, Organising and Scheduling for Workplace Effectiveness

One day 9.00am – 5.00pm

This course provides participants with a range of tools and techniques to plan, organise and schedule work activities. Case studies and group activities allow participants to apply the skills learnt in the course to realistic situations commonly encountered in the workplace.

For

Managers and team leaders who are responsible for or involved in the planning, organising and scheduling of workplace activities.

Purpose

All activities in the workplace involve some form of planning, organising and scheduling to be cost-effective in terms of time, money and resources.

Planning could be for the next five minutes or the next five years — it does not matter, as the principles are the same. The benefits to your business of planning are being prepared, to have identified alternatives in case things go wrong and to have confidence that the needs of your customers will be met, whatever happens.

Organising is the hands-on activity of putting the plan into operation. It is where planning meets the reality of being applied to your business. It is about adapting to internal and external change and pressures and ensuring that customer needs are met.

Scheduling looks at when and how often something needs to be done in your organisation. This course covers the scheduling of employee workplace activities.

Course Overview

Defining what planning is
Understanding planning components
Using planning models
Five steps to organise
Giving and writing clear instructions
Delegating tasks
Scheduling techniques
Overcoming obstacles
Evaluating results

Course Leader

David Jenkins & Associates Ltd