GEST3030-1 : Development of managerial skills

Study Programmes 2015-2016

GEST3030-1

Development of managerial skills

Duration :

12h Th

Number of credits :

Master in law, professional focus in management		2
Master in management, professional focus in law		2
Master in management (120 ECTS)		2
Master in management (60 ECTS)		2
Master in human resources management (120 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Jean-Marie Dujardin, Jocelyne Robert

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

All year long, with partial in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

Development of the « savoir-être » of future executives as people managers. In other words : to teach him to communicate better, to run a team, to negotiate, to be in charge of people. To evaluate the participation of the students in groupes organized in differents courses. To organize training in decisions making during meetings To evaluate the participation of the students in groupes organized in differents courses. To organize training in decisions making during meetings. Ethical aspects.

Learning outcomes of the course :

Better communication : 1. Basic communication mechanisms 2. Attitudes contributing in developing a good communication-assertiveness and conflict management - Meeting running & teamwork - The role of the organizer, preparation & follow-up, meetings : success factors - Organizing team work. Participative management : Participative management by objectives. Making up objectives. - Better negotiation : examples in commercial and social negociation - Basic mechanisms & key concepts, rational & relational dimensions - Integrative & distributive negotiation - - Strategies & tactics. - Better staff management : - Leadership (styles of leadership, development of the competences of a leader). - To evaluate the participation of the students in groupes organized in differents courses. To organize training in decisions making during meetings

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Teaching methods
- participative method, inductive method
- interaction and personal stories
- cases sudies and roles play
Activities
Communication Exercices and presentations of the theories (systemic theory, verbal and non verbal communication, feed-back, message transformation)
Role plays
Students participation (exploration, production)
Cases studies and personnal stories and theoretical presentation

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face-to-face in majority. Distance learning for some elements
Groupes of 25-30 students