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    Expanding Skills for Engineers in Transition to Management
    This course will increase your awareness of the common pitfalls you’ll face as you move into management and bolster your skills and knowledge for successfully making the transition. During the course you will:
    • Identify the challenges of the transition to management
    • Examine the functions and roles of a manager versus a leader
    • Identify the skills needed to become an effective manager/leader
    • Learn effective management techniques
    • Learn how to continue improving your management performance on the job
    Throughout the course, your instructor will emphasize the skills required to effectively motivate and supervise others.

    Audience

    • Engineers
    • Engineering managers
    • Others in technical roles who are making a transition to managerial roles

     
    For additional information about this course, please contact:

    Thomas W. Smith, Program Director
    smithtw@epd.engr.wisc.edu
    800-462-0876 or 608-263-7426

    Outline

    Day 1
    • Welcome
    • New Challenges Facing the Engineer-Manager
    • Key Issues Identification and Prioritization
    • Getting Results Through Your Interpersonal Skills and Relationships

    Day 2

    • Rational Decision Making
    • Motivating Your Team
    • Systematic Approaches to Solving Performance Problems
    Day 3
    • The Relationship Between Management Style and Management Effectiveness
    • Final Action Plans Review
    • Adjournment