ILM Level 3 in Leadership & Management

Planning skills

Improve skills to plan and allocate work.

Overview

Knowing how to plan and allocate work in the workplace is an essential skill for any leader. In this module, participants will learn how to identify organisational targets relevant to their team and set SMART objectives. Monitoring and controlling planned activities by identifying the resources required and allocating work to team members is also covered. Practical techniques that explain how to assess and support team performance are given and participants will gain understanding of how to improve the performance of a team in delivering to plan. The opportunity to reflect on the factors that could cause a variance from plan is given as well as methods to involve the team in overcoming these.

Learning objectives

Following the completion of the course and assignment, the leader will be able to:

Know how to plan work in the workplace
Identify organisational targets relevant to the team
Set SMART objectives for the team to achieve the targets
Use a technique to plan to achieve the objectives
Explain how to monitor and control a planned activity
Identify resources required to complete a planned activity
Explain how to allocate work to team members
Explain how to assess and support team performance in achieving objectives
Identify a possible cause of variance from a planned activity
Identify actions to overcome causes of variance
Explain how to involve team members in identifying ways to improve performance to meet objectives

Course content

Day 1

The role and purpose of objectives and targets

Links between organisational and team objectives

Setting SMART work targets

Performance measurement

Planning techniques appropriate to small scale planning e.g. action planning, task/work/production schedules, timetables, rotas etc measurement

Monitoring and control techniques and records

Effective methods of communication to give instructions

Types of quality standards and their purpose

A series of exercises are used to demonstrate and allow practice in applying planning skills in different workplace situations.

Day 2

Leadership behaviours and the sources of power

Identification, development and appropriate choice of personal leadership styles and behaviours

The role of trust and respect in effective team leadership

Supervised experiential simulation to develop the ability to apply knowledge and skills

The second half of the day has an extended experiential exercise so that new concepts can be applied in a simulated business planning scenario. Peer and instructor coaching is used to ensure the tools and concepts are being applied effectively.

Key information

Qualification credits

Part of the ILM Level 3 Certificate pathway

Duration

2 days

Maximum group size

Number of trainers

Mode of learning

Face to face or live online

Location

Flexible - hotel or your premises

ILM unit code

8600-303

Open course dates

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ILM Level 3 qualification in Leadership and Management

This module is one of eight, that form our ILM Level 3 Certificate in Leadership and Management.

The qualifications are designed for people who have leadership and management responsibilities but limited formal training.

Delivered in English, or Arabic, participants can receive either a L3 Certificate or L3 Award according to the number of credits earned.

The module sessions are highly interactive and based around experiential activities. We believe it’s important to have more than the minimum required contact time so there is room for discussion, activities and to apply the learning to real life situations.

What is the learning experience like?

The course is a blend of experiential activities, bite-sized teaching and discussion–based activities. We ensure a rich mixture of activities to engage all learning preferences.

This course is around 40% experiential activities.

What qualification will I gain?

This module earns credits which can be applied towards the L3 Award and L3 Certificate in Leadership and Management.

Additionally, each participant completing the module will receive a Red Rock International certificate.

Who is this programme for?

This course is for first time leaders, those about to move into leadership, or for more established leaders who want to revisit fundamentals of leadership.

How are the modules assessed?

Assessment is through a 1 hour guided conversation with the assessor. This avoids lengthy assignment writing, while still checking that the participant has adequate understanding.

The professional conversation can be face to face, or via video call. The assessor follows a structured sequence of questions and takes notes on the participant’s responses. The assessor is there to make it comfortable for the learner to share their understanding and achieve the best possible result.

Participants will be given assignment instructions during the Training sessions and encouraged to prepare for the professional conversation session by completing worksheets and undertaking any required workplace application activities/observations.

Where the assessor judges that insufficient evidence was collected for a pass, they will ask subsequent questions at an additional professional conversation meeting.

Can I do this module as a stand alone course?

Yes. Get in touch to find out more.