Sustainable Development Policy Institute

• Introduction
• Who should attend?
• Objectives
• Methodology
• Medium of instructions
• Contents
• Resource person
• Deadline for registration
• Registration fee
• Discount
• Withdrawal requests
• Cancellation/postponement
• Award of certificates
• Time
• Further information
• Registration form

Introduction
Supervisors play a key role in achieving organizational objectives. They are responsible to achieve targets at operational level and take a lot of stress in managing individuals and groups. Supervisors need to develop a style that works for them and that is also adoptable to different situations and people. The workshop on Management Skills for New Supervisors equips you with a variety of supervisory techniques that you can put into action immediately and plus the tools competent supervisors use to successfully lead and motivate individuals and teams.

Who should attend?
The training workshop is designed for entry and middle level supervisors, team leaders, coordinators, who are directly, or indirectly, involved in supervision or are expected to be engaged in such activities in future. The training will be useful for participants from industry, social sector development organizations, academia, international funding agencies and NGOs.

Objectives

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• understand the role of supervisors in managing work
• learn principles of effective communication
• understand how to apply various motivational techniques
• learn techniques to help you cope with stress and conflicts
• use delegation for employee development
• manage their time management effectively

Methodology
The workshop will be based on interactive sessions with focus on experiential and interactive learning models. There will be structured exercises, group discussions, analysis, and role-plays.

Medium of instructions
English will be the medium of instruction for this workshop. However, an effort will be made to conduct the workshop using both English and Urdu.

Contents

Functions of supervisors

• Basic function of supervisors

Effective communication

• Effective supervisory communication
• Impact of nonverbal communication

Creating a motivating environment

• Establish the essentials of a motivating environment
• Demonstrate rules for reinforcing productive behavior

Delegation for development

• Learn the steps for delegation success
• Practice delegation assignments

Managing stress

• Identifying stressors
• Strategies to deal with job stress

Handling conflicts

• How to deal with conflicting situations
• Techniques of handling conflicts

Managing time effectively

• Prioritization
• Dealing with time wasters
• Share time management best practices
• Plan and conduct effective meetings

Resource person
Zahir Uddin Butt, the lead trainer, holds masters degrees in economics, political science and public administration. He is a Certified Human Resource Professional from Canada. He did specialized courses on project management, monitoring and evaluation of projects from Ryerson University Canada. He has a diverse NGO, public and private sector background, having worked as a project planning officer, project administrator, management consultant, trainer and HR consultant over the last 15 years in Pakistan and Canada. He has also been a visiting faculty member with the University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, Allama Iqbal Open University, Preston University and Greenwich University, Islamabad. Currently he is working with SDPI as a Master Trainer.

He will be assisted by co-trainers and guest speakers.

Deadline for registration
Completed Registration forms should reach the Program Support Officer via fax or mail latest by 22 May 2006. The institute will confirm registration upon receipt of fee by a return fax. Please use a separate registration form for each nominee. Please note that seats are limited and applicants will be registered on a first come, first served basis. Registration will close if all the seats are taken up before the last date.

Registration fee
Rs 10,500 per participant.

Discount
25% discount is available to the following:

• SDPI members
• HRDN members on each nomination (HRDN members should send their nominations through HRDN secretariat)
• PEP partners on each nomination
• Students registering through their institutions
• Other organizations registering 2 or more persons

Withdrawal requests will be processed as under:

10 or more days before workshop	Full refund
Nine to four days before workshop	75 percent refund
Three days before workshop	50 percent refund
Two or less days before workshop	No refund

Cancellation/postponement
SDPI reserves the right to cancel or postpone the workshop if circumstances require. In such an event, SDPI will ensure that registered participants are informed as soon as possible. SDPI will also refund registration fees according to our refund procedures.

Award of certificates

• Trainees successfully completing 85 percent of the instructional sessions will be awarded completion certificates.
• Trainees who for genuine reasons are unable of complete 85 percent attendance but attend 60 to 84 percent instructional sessions will be given partial attendance certificates.
• Trainees attending less than 60 percent of instructional sessions will be given letters specifying the sessions that they attended.

Time
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (daily)

Further information
For further details, please contact Program Support Officer, SDPI at Tel. 92-51-2278134 or fax: 92-51-2278135.

Registration form
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