Leadership and Management Development Training (Year I)

PDP offers powerful Leadership and Management Development Training (LMDT) that focus on developing skill sets that help participants become stronger, more confident leaders and managers. Skills focused on in these programs include Leadership and Management, Financial Management, Gender and Development and Development, Social Change and Governance. These courses are designed to help RSP managers strengthen skills to overcome these challenges in the workplace and to help become more successful leaders.

Developing Core Competencies - Writing and Speaking Skills
(Year II)

In the Year II of PDP, we aim to arm managers with a solid dose in Communication skills, which would allow them to assume greater responsibilities in their organizations. Emphasis is placed upon the development of writing and analytical skills. Critical and analytical abilities developed during the programme will enable participants to understand and deal with complex administrative and development issues more effectively.

In addition to that we have also planned two, Leadership and Management Development Training for the mid level managers of RSPs who might have missed out on the previous occasions due to their prior commitments. Moreover, a separate training is also developed in response to the need to provide a management access programme for Senior Managers (GMs, RGMs, PMs) across the Rural Support Programmes in the country. The primary aim and underlying philosophy of this programme is paradigm shift in the way managers perceive traditional Management practices.

Inter Organizational Relations and Networking (Year III)

The course would provide the participants with insight into different ways of organizing economic transactions and contractual relations between organizations. The programme would focus on inter organizational relations illustrating how organizations interact with other actors such as communities, donors, competitors and public authorities. This

includes studies of strategic alliances, joint ventures, vertical and horizontal coordination, partnerships and other forms of cooperative ventures. A number of empirical studies of strategic alliances will also be presented, and we will address methodological challenges in inter organizational studies.

Additionally, keeping up the previous year’s tradition, we would offer two additional courses for ‘Writing and Speaking Skills’ in the Year III of Output IV of RSPN Phase II, to the mid level managers of RSPs who might have missed out for the training due to their respective organizational engagements.
 

Wrap up (Year IV)

The end year of Output IV of RSPN Phase II, will hopefully be the busiest year of the program. Resource persons teach. They have not all been trained in teaching, so you don't necessarily expect every resource person to always be a masterful teacher, however, in their discourse, it is ensured that practical knowledge of the field is aptly transferred to the participants. We believe that it has happened in this course but in spite of our efforts we also think that all the participants did not equally benefit from the course.

In order to address this lacuna we are planning to hammer out an agreement so we have at least a minimum level of competency across all the mid level mangers. It will be ensured that the graduates should be able to effectively contribute to their respective organizations. It is also suggested that in addition to revisiting the modules of Leadership & Management, Financial and HR Management, Governance and Gender, we make sure we impart them necessary skills to train the promising leaders of tomorrow as well.
 

Developing Core Competencies - Writing and Speaking Skills

Communication skills transfer most directly into the sphere we interact.  Our English expertise (or more typically lack thereof) is revealed every time we write or speak.  Whenever we greet a person, make a comment, present a proposal, reply to a phone call, leave a voice mail, jot a note, write a letter, or send an e-mail, we are communicating with our image at stake.  Communicating quickly, clearly, and correctly creates a golden image.

In order to enhance the effective communication skills of our senior managers, we have developed a five-day intensive training programme that will combine tutorial sessions with practical exercises and case studies throughout, allowing participants to gain first hand experience of communication skills and techniques for increased confidence and acumen. In this course, participants will learn how to be an effective professional when dealing with challenging situations and people. They will also learn how to analyze and make use of criticism to improve their skills and abilities.

As mentioned above, in addition to two Leadership and Management Development Training for the mid level managers of RSPs who might have missed out on the previous occasions, PDP has also developed training for Senior Managers (GMs, RGMs, PMs), in response to the need to provide a management access programme  for Senior Managers  across the RSPs  in the country. The primary aim of this programme is paradigm shift in the way managers perceive traditional Management practices.

Under the ‘Inter organizational Sharing of Knowledge and Methodologies’, a three-day Exchange visit of the staff of RSPs is arranged in June 2008.

Four quarterly meetings of HRD committee have also been planned which would be held in the months of February, April, July and October, 20008.

HRD Committee:

Under the PDP project that commenced in May, 2006, an HRD Committee comprising of all CEOs of RSPs has been formed to liaise with IRM and provide guidance in module design, training needs assessment and facilitation in execution of training.

Exposure Visit

IRM also organized a three day exposure visit of 17 staff members from NRSP, AKRSP, SRSP and AHKRC to PRSP (Gujranwala and Lahore regions) in December, 2006.