Ministry of Defence highlights impact of management programme
More than eight out of ten of Ministry of Defence line managers say they apply learning from the cross-Civil Service programme to their work
Danielle Skeete, Assistant head of learning and development, Ministry of Defence
More than eight of ten civil servants from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) who completed 바카라 사이트 Skills바카라 사이트� Management: Foundation Programme say they apply their new learning in their current jobs.
The same proportion of participants also said the cross-Civil Service programme was 바카라 사이트榩erfectly pitched바카라 사이트� to meet their needs as line managers.
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The department was an early adopter of the programme and it has helped it deliver on its strategic goal of creating a great culture for staff.
Head of capability, apprenticeships and learning Dan Okin said: 바카라 사이트淭he programme is about teaching the fundamentals of line management capability.
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He added: 바카라 사이트淎ll this is going to help us create the ideal employee culture within the department.바카라 사이트�
Prior to adopting the Management: Foundation programme, the MoD ran its own 12-week blended Line Managers in Defence programme.
But Dan added: 바카라 사이트淟ine management is line management, whether you바카라 사이트檙e at the MoD, the Home Office, Tesco or Google. Therefore, establishing how much organisational specificity you want or need can be a tricky balancing act.바카라 사이트澛�
The newly refreshed Management: Foundation programme has now been adopted by some 13 government departments as well as devolved governments and multiple agencies.
High performance
MOD바카라 사이트檚 assistant head of learning and development Danielle Skeete said switching to the Management: Foundation programme was a straightforward process, with the programme바카라 사이트檚 themes and content representing a good match for the department바카라 사이트檚 ambitions.聽
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In Danielle바카라 사이트檚 view, the peer learning group discussions that follow each of Foundation바카라 사이트檚 four modules provide the more specific MoD context that some learners want.
Supportive line managers
So her goal is to encourage more learners to attend those discussion groups and to stay in touch after formal learning ends.
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바카라 사이트淔or example, 84% of participants said how supportive their own line managers had been while they were on the programme, protecting their study time and having one-to-one discussions about how they were getting on.
Confident in their skills
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바카라 사이트淭he Foundation programme represents a significant commitment but knowing that people are bringing what they바카라 사이트檝e learned back to the department makes it all worthwhile.바카라 사이트�