29 March - 4 April 2001

Getting the best out of your employees

“Maximising Human Resource Management” is the name of a special course that the Malta Institute of Management is organising towards the end of this month.
The course has been designed for participants to become fully conversant with practical Human Resource Management and Development issues. Specifically, the course has been designed within a context whereby participants are given practical experience to understand and apply Human Resource Strategies in different and diverse situations. Additionally, the course also provides opportunities for the individual practitioners to build their own capability for designing, developing and implementing appropriate performance and compensation management systems.
the course is practical, relevant and developmental through the use of pre-course work, case studies and examples of management theories and practices and personal developmental plans.
By the end of the course participants will be able to:
• Understand the strategic concepts of Human Resource Management and Development in practical terms and within different organisational and entrepreneurial models and structures;
• Identify the key features of manpower planning and its integration to Career Planning, Succession planning Job Postings;
• Identify the importance of Training and Development Strategies within any organisation and its direct relationship to Performance Management and Skills Development;
• Identify the human relations approach to management and evaluate the importance of correct and adequate organisational communication strategies and networking systems. Additionally identify different motivating factors within different workplaces and situations.
• Identify how to use reward strategies and associated processes to contribute to organisational success.
During this course trainees will experience the use of a number of different techniques including practical exercises and case studies taken from situations in organisations. The course will be supported by video material, journal articles reference books and documentation on current initiatives. Participants are encouraged to bring along material from his organisation to stimulate debate and promote discussion.
The course is ideal for middle managers, HR practitioners, potential HR managers, new recruits to managerial positions, front-line and front-desk managers, senior supervisors will also find this course useful.
The course facilitator is Silvio De Bono, a qualified human resource management and development consultant and part-time lecturer at university and various educational and training institutions. Mr De Bono is a management consultant specialising in Business Process Re-engineering, Change Management and Human Relations issues. He started his career as a producer journalist, then moved to management and consultancy.
He is a regular lecturer at various institutions in Malta. He holds Masters in Human Resource Management (University of Malta), Diploma in Training and Development (Institute of Personnel Development, UK) and currently reading for a Doctorate in Business Administration.
The Malta Institute of Management is well-known as the professional body in Malta representing managers’ views on human resources development, and on policies and standards concerned with both training and the profession itself.

The commencement date is 16 April 2001, so book early to avoid disappointment. For more information about any of the training opportunities offered by the Malta Institute of Management kindly contact one of the Business Development Managers, Anne De Micoli, Richard Scerri or Paul Tihn at the institute on tel no: 322950-2, fax no: 322953, e-mail: mim@mim-malta.org or call personally at the premises: Management House, 86, The Strand, Sliema SLM 07.