Management Training
FOR MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS AND LEADS

Oaktree’s management development program helps companies and organizations develop breakthrough strategies by providing managers, supervisors and lead people with the skills they need to provide the organization’s with a competitive advantage.

This program helps develop your “human capital” for a larger return on your investment.

THE COURSE

The on-site course provides weekly classes taught by experienced and knowledgeable college professors who are skilled at teaching the basics of management. These basics include:

1. •Planning
   

2. •Organizing
   

3. •Leading
   

4. •Controlling
   

Additionally, managers are exposed to skills and knowledge that will enhance their interpersonal skills and bring them up to higher levels of understanding:

1. •How to motivate employees to do exceptional work with a minimum of supervision.
   

2. •Understanding interpersonal conflicts and how to help subordinates work collaboratively and cooperatively in an environment free of negative conflicts.
   

3. •How to raise the level of job satisfaction and reduce absenteeism and turnover.
   

Workshop participants will also learn the very important skills of:

1. •How to select new employees, including interviewing skills.
   

2. •How to deliver effective performance appraisals that result in a motivated and productive employee. This includes learning how to reduce resistance to the appraisal by effectively providing constructive feedback that leads to manager-employee collaboration.
   

3. •How to communicate and listen effectively
   

4. •How to plan work and delegate tasks.
   

5. •How to provide direction without using power.
   

Workshop sessions are all geared to not only developing management and supervisory skills, but to building leaders who will provide employees with direction and motivation.

OUTCOMES

Oaktree employs a time-tested technique for developing highly skilled managers who are confident in their abilities and in turn create a highly productive work environment, free of stress and high in job satisfaction.

PROGRAM FOCUS

35% - Basic management skills

20% - Interpersonal Relationship skills

15% - Management Communication Skills

15 % - Management techniques (i.e. performance appraisal, planning and strategizing for improved employee performance)

15% - Personal and Professional growth

IMPLEMENTATION

The Oaktree management training program is based on the premise that all managers have the potential to learn and grow and if they are provided with ongoing development they will grow and function at higher levels of performance. This allows the organization and its people to achieve more of its potential in every area.

The course is provided in-house or at a nearby hotel facility on a monthly basis. Classes are held over a period of 10 weeks (the equivalent of a college quarter) for approximately 4 hours. This provides for 40 hours of learning, equivalent to a full semester at a typical college.

WHO BENEFITS MOST FROM THIS PROGRAM?

Typically managers who:

1. •Have not had a college education
   

2. •Have majored in technical courses and not had any management training.
   

3. •New managers recently promoted from functional tasks.
   

4. •Supervisors who have promotion potential
   

HOW IS THE PROGRAM DESIGNED?

The Oaktree program is designed to fulfill the specific needs of each client. Before any training takes place, a very careful needs analysis is conducted where top management is involved in defining the learning needs of subordinate managers. As a result of the analysis, a carefully customized training program is developed for the client and packaged specifically to meet the needs explored and defined.

TEACHING STYLE

Learning takes place in an adult environment with an understanding that adults do not learn like children, but need to be taught by experienced facilitators who understand the methods and techniques of teaching adults.

Workshops consist of:

• Background and supporting lectures

• Discussions that take into account previous experience and knowledge.

• Experience sharing

• Supporting media, i.e. videos and other media

• Case studies and discussions

• A regular Management textbook with appropriate reading assignments.

• Quizzes to ensure learning

At the conclusion of the 10-week series of classes, each participant will be provided with a framed certificate of completion, and when appropriate, a graduation luncheon or dinner.

WHO PROVIDES THIS TRAINING?

Experienced college professors who have a track record of successfully teaching adults and who have backgrounds as successful managers and leaders. Every instructor is supervised by the management of Oaktree Associates, Inc. For information, call Dr. Al Restivo at (818) 952-1969.