Managing Self And Others (CMI & SQA)

This NATIONALLY-ACCREDITED course offers you the opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills in self-management and in working with people; it has a strong focus on PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS of what managers do and how others perform.
It enables you to develop interpersonal skills such as assertiveness and negotiation skills, as well as other techniques such as stress management. You will audit your current skill levels and then devise, implement and evaluate an ACTION PLAN to address your development needs and enhance your PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS.
This course also gives you the skills and knowledge in the main areas of PEOPLE MANAGEMENT. You will become conversant with current approaches and techniques of managing people and be able to apply them to your work as a manager in your organisation. As a result, your effectiveness as manager should be increased.

What makes this course unique?

This unique qualification brings together two key aspects of managerial work: MANAGING PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS and MANAGING OTHERS. You will therefore, be able to review and reflect on their current situation in terms of your managerial situation and relate this to people management skills which are a critical aspect of successful management. In this way you will be able to operate more effectively when managing others as well as a basis on which to plan future management development.

It has a stronger focus on managing others. Candidates who successfully complete this course will benefit because they will have devised, implemented and evaluated an Action Plan to address their development needs and enhance their personal effectiveness. This could be the basis of development over a number of years and ensure that they have skills and capabilities which meet their own needs and the needs of their employers.

Certification

The Managing Self and Others qualification is jointly certificated by SQA and Chartered Management Institute (CMI) at SCQF Level 8 (equivalent to HND Level).