MANAGEMENT AND SELF DEVELOPMENT (MSD)
 
 
         Introduction to Banking
         Achieving Goals

 
INTRODUCTION TO BANKING
 
Inducting new employees is essential to help them "fit" into their organizations. While individual banks take on the responsibility of getting their new recruits acquainted with their job duties, colleagues, bank policies and goals this Program introduces the new entrants to the whole spectrum of banking activities and the banking environment
 
OBJECTIVE:
 
This Program will help participants to:
Gain an overview of the banking business, and appreciate the larger context in which they will perform the roles expected of them.
 
CONTENTS:
         Current economic and financial scene
         The role of the Central Bank of Kuwait
         Modern banking systems and functions of the commercial banks, current accounts, savings accounts, cheque/credit/debit cards, and other banking services
         Money transmission/clearing system – including electronic payment systems e.g. Point of Sale, Knet, Internet, and SWIFT, Telebanking, Real Time Gross System, (KD settlement)
         Treasury functions
         Letters of Credit - Guarantees and Collections
         Bank book-keeping
         Management in banks
         Customer care
         Role of IT in banking
         Banking fraud/money laundering
         Loans
         Islamic Banking
 
METHODS
Lecture-discussions, individual and group assignments, role plays, exercises and computer training. There will be a 'test' at the end of the Program
 
TARGET AUDIENCE
Management trainees and other new staff
 
LANGUAGE
The Program will be presented in Arabic
 
DURATION
45 training hours, nine days, morning and evening sessions

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MANAGING TRANSITION FROM TECHNICIAN TO MANAGER
 
Most people move into management as a promotion; a reward for having produced well. Many such managers are soon overwhelmed by the kind of transformation they are then forced to undergo; from a specialist technician to getting things done through others. This Program looks at the challenges faced and the kinds of changes in behavior and character needed to make the transition a success
 
OBJECTIVES :
 
This Program will help participants to:
         Understand the different challenges a new manager faces
         Appreciate motivation, team building and planning
         Prioritize, organize, and monitor – good time management
         Recognize HR roles, recruitment & interview/selection process
         Utilize leadership skills
 
CONTENTS :
         Introduction to management
         Managerial development, understand how a complex organization operates, power in an organization, management styles, coaching & mentoring
         Managing the transition to manager, challenges, understanding changes in behaviour and character needed
         Managerial identity and behavior, managing teams, networks, managing yourself, emotional intelligence (EQ)
         Managing subordinate’s performance, difficult employees, identifying top performers
         Development within the bank , team dynamics, communication, character & behavior
         Time management, planning and monitoring, prioritization & realistic time allocation 
         Workforce planning, HR management, hiring & training, recruiting & selecting, effective appraisal techniques
         Team building, managing internal relationships in the team, shaping culture of the team
         Motivation at work, is pay a good motivator; productivity
         Interviewing skills, good employee selection, effective recruitment techniques, body language (non-verbal communication)  
         Leadership, comparing leadership with management, good ‘followership’
 
METHODS:
            Lecture, discussions, case studies
 
LANGUAGE:
            The program will be conducted in English
 
DURATION:
            18 hours, 3 days, morning & afternoon sessions
 
TARGET AUDIENCE:
            New managers, technicians about to make the move to managing a team

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DEVELOPING A TRAINING PLAN THROUGH STRATEGIC TRAINING NEEDS ANALYSIS
 
OBJECTIVES:
 
This Program will help participants to:
 Understand the process for constructing strategic training plans and be able to define:
         Appreciate their Purpose
         Plan what they should contain
         Realize how they should be constructed
         Realize what benefit they will deliver to the organisation
         Use measurements and indicators both in terms of inputs and outputs
 
CONTENTS:
 
         Matrix Model as a scene setter
o       Professional Training Overview - Why is this important? What should be the strategic training role of the future? – Tutor-led input and group discussion
o       How? – Personal competences and organisational competences – differentiating Skills, Attributes and Behaviours
o       Positioning Strategic Approaches to Learning and Development
o       Objective setting at Strategic Business Unit (SBU) level
o       Multi-annual work planning
o       Triangle Model TASK, PERSONAL Competences, ORGANISATIONAL Competences
o       Referencing the triangle model to Bank strategic objectives for the current year and to SBU Key Training objectives (which participants will bring with them)
 
         Strategic Training Needs Analysis – How to do it and brief examples of best practice
        Personal Competences, Organisational Competences, differentiators
        “6 Factors” as background - How do we know that any training intervention has been a success?
        Stakeholder Mapping
        Line Manager Engagement
        Aims
        Objectives
        Critical Success Factors
        Key Performance Indicators
        Outputs – a training strategy document that goes to the HR function to refine and to be used post – agreement and executive sign-off
        Introduction of case study – Training Strategy – What do we have? What do we need? How do we get there? Designing a Strategic Training Approach that everybody supports.
 
         Generating a standard approach to Training Strategy – Do’s and Don’ts
 
         Individual Action Planning
            - What do you do in your own Bank? – your message for the Hierarchy
            - Your Individual Actions (bullet points to be worked on over the following 6 weeks) to discuss with line managers at the coaching sessions
 
 
 
 
METHOD:
         The course will be delivered through a mixture of short theory inputs, tutor-facilitated discussion, film and paper-based examples of best practice, exercises with participant presentations and a major case study running through the duration of the program.
 
DURATION: 
         18 hours, 3 days, morning & afternoon sessions
 
TARGET AUDIENCE: 
         Department Head, Team, Leaders and Supervisors.
 

ACHIEVEING GOALS
 
(To be announced)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
COACHING & MENTORING SKILLS FOR MANAGERS
 
Effective managers are increasingly being depicted as coaches rather than bosses. They are expected to provide instruction, guidance, advice and encouragement to help employees improve their performance
Coaching and Mentoring are highly effective performance management tools that assist leaders to enhance their team’s performance and morale and this will greatly increase success
This Program is aimed at developing the coaching skills of managers who provide support their staff
 
OBJECTIVES:
 
This Program will help participants to:
         understand the benefits of coaching in the workplace  
         acquire the skills necessary to effectively coach staff
         improve abilities in analyzing their own and their employee’s performance in order to create a supportive climate
 
CONTENTS:
         Definition of Coaching and Counseling
         Understanding yourself
         What is a Coach?
         Coaching - what do they mean, what are the common areas and the differences?
         Using Coaching as a change method
         The benefits of Coaching
         The five essential skills of a coach
        Active listening
        Powerful questioning
        Empathy
        Silence
        Feedback
         The coaching process:
        Establishing performance objectives
        Providing direction and support
        Coaching to achieving objectives
        Monitoring performance
         Listening managers
         Deep listening skills
         The magic in being understood
         Listening between the lines
         The core skills of effective Coach
         Essential Coaching skills
         Planning your Coaching assignment
         Using Coaching to improve productivity
         Communicating ideas
         Monitoring progress
         Providing effective feedback
         The differences between Coaching and Counseling
 

 
METHODS
         Lecture-discussions, case studies and role plays
 
 
TARGET AUDIENCE
         Managers and Supervisors and staff with coaching responsibilities  
 
 
LANGUAGE
         The Program will be presented in English
 
 
DURATION
         24 training hours, four days, morning and afternoon sessions

 


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