Making partnerships effective
Featured in the Partnerships at Work training manual
By Ken Birkett & Val Rowland
Category: Performance Management
Credit price: 4 download credits (Single user)
The effective human resource at work is the most vital component to ensure an organisation’s success. Indeed it is now realised that the management and treatment of the human resource is the most important aspect of competitive advantage. Everyone has a boss, and most people work in teams. Teams are set up in different ways for different functions in today’s global and competitive world. An individual may lead one team and be a member of others. In all cases, communication, flexibility, commitment and personal responsibility are essential for effectiveness and efficiency. Organisations, however, are structured in some kind of hierarchical way. The layers in these hierarchies have diminished over the years but the main point still remains. Each organisational role has its own level of responsibility. De-layering has created a situation where bosses or managers have wider responsibility, with more people reporting directly to them. Relationships between managers and managed can ultimately make or break the organisation’s results. Although a manager has organisational responsibility and power, those who are managed have personal power and job requirements. In other words, the success of relationships is the responsibility of both parties. All need to work in an atmosphere of mutual benefit, s partners rather than in opposition.
You begin this training activity by asking participants to read the scenario of a case-study. They work in groups and then receive input and information. The participants continue in the same groups, considering responses to questions, then are given information on what the answers were. In the same groups the participants discuss what advice should be given, then receive input. The participants then work in pairs on ideas for self-improvement, and then receive input. Continuing to work in pairs the participants think about what successful managers do, and then receive input. The activity closes with a round-up session.
Who is it for: This training activity is intended for use by trainers to emphasise the need to make partnerships effective by creating an impressive image.
- Themes:
- Performance management,
- Partnerships at work,
- Creativity,
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 6 |
| Max Group Size: | 12 |
| Typical Duration: | 02:40:00 |
| No of Pages: | 30 |
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Purpose: This training activity provides a means by which the main points of all partnerships at work can be reiterated, through an all-inclusive case-study.
Download the training activity, Making partnerships effective as featured in the Fenman training manual; Partnerships at Work