Project Management
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Good project managers need a range of skills and competences along side the structured approach to managing a project. Project management techniques and project planning tools are imperative for any tasks in which different outcomes are possible and so require planning and assessing options and organising activities and resources to deliver a successful result.
The OU not only has an introductory course on the basics of project management but courses that can also help with influencing, negotiation, conflict, problem solving, and managing complexity. The approach includes user friendly risk analysis, stakeholder analysis, problem description and project measurement at impact level.
Courses
- Becoming an effective project manager
This course provides a concentrated overview of, and practice in, some of the key skills and knowledge required to be an effective project manager. - Creative problem solving
This course will enable you to tap into the creativity of people, to use resources efficiently, stay ahead of the competition and to save costs. - Time management for you and your team
Create a more efficient business by improving time management, and learn techniques enabling you and your staff to prioritise, delegate and plan more effectively. - Managing conflict
This course will help you recognise the causes and sources of conflict and give you skills to help you deal with the situation. - Effective decision-making skills
This course explores how to reduce the time you spend on routine decision-making, leaving more time to consider the more challenging strategic decisions. - New managers' toolkit
This course equips you with tried and tested tools to help you with recognition and control over your everyday environment. - Managing complexity: a toolkit approach
This course is based on a toolkit, derived from working with the public and private sectors in the UK, specifically intended to help managers.
More courses
See the list of all our Professional skills courses.
Skills at the OU
- Change Management
- Clinical Leadership
- Communications
- Financial Management
- Food Science Skills
- General Management Skills
- Health and Social Care
- Human Resource Management
- IT Skills
- Key Corporate Skills
- Leadership
- Marketing
- People Management
- Problem Solving
- Project Management
- Strategy
- Travel Planning
- Updating Teacher Practice Skills
Spotlight on Project Management
Other skills you may be interested in...
As a project manager you will need to exercise a variety of skills; time management, negotiation, leadership and decision-making to name but a few – check out the Key Corporate Skills page for a variety of key skills to assist you in your project manager role.
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