Managing Resources- Managing People (for Operational Managers)

Target audience – BCC Adult Social Care Supervisors, Managers and Leaders

Duration : 1 Day

Delivery Type: Face to Face

Learning Aims

The programme is designed to support Operational Managers who are managing a diverse range of resources (including information, technology, financial, people, functions and teams etc) and who have responsibility for identifying and driving efficiencies within areas they have responsibility for.  The course will provide opportunities to consider and articulate a potential business case for efficiency-related change.

Learning objectives

By the end of the programme, participants will have opportunities to:-

  • Identify the significance of managing efficiencies within the context of the resources managed
  • Apply principles of environmental scanning to appraise the context of Adult Social Care
  • Appraise the entrepreneurial skills necessary for managing efficiency and to innovate
  • Try out tools designed to improve efficiencies in functions within own area of responsibility
  • Describe the ‘people’ and ‘team’ processes’ that support collaborative responses to efficiency drives
  • Consider an area within own area of responsibility for potential efficiency improvement and apply an evidence-based decision-making technique for change
  • Consider processes to assess impact and risk with regard to functions earmarked for change/consideration
  • Identify the implications organisational policies have on managing resources