Professional Development Short-Course for International Business Leadership


People Management & Development

"People are our greatest asset" – In many organisations this statement used to be just rhetoric. However, there is a growing movement in the leading businesses that recognises the importance of people not only as a resource to achieve results today, but also as an investment for tomorrow’s success. Therefore professional administration of people and their development is now central to effective performance management.

This short course can be tailored to suit delegates needs, from beginner to expert level, and can also, subject to an agreed assessment plan, provide specific credit points for modules within the units of study that make up full-time programmes, when further study is undertaken at a later date.

The following is a list of topics that might be included in an organisation’s international business leadership programme, as delegates develop their knowledge, skills and language proficiency so as to be able to manage and
develop their greatest asset – their people.


• Business Communications for effective people management & development

• Job evaluation

• Planning for people

• Introduction to employment law

• Achieving equality by managing diversity and dealing with the ethical issues

• The skills of focusing on performance and recognising the strengths and limitations of different individuals;

• Recruiting and selecting the right people

• Influencing and motivating individuals

• The need for a flexible approach when dealing with people

• Bringing individuals together into high performing teams

• How to create a strong team culture

• Working with cross-cultural teams

• Working with part-time team members

• How to influence and manage people not in your team

• Effective delegation

• Using people for creative problem solving

• Training and development

• Coaching and Mentoring team members

• People performance issues

• The most appropriate performance measurement techniques and systems for an organisation

• Competencies and behaviours for effective performance

• Managing the appraisal process

• Linking rewards to the appraisal process



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