Our Management Training Philosophy

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Training Philosophy

Our approach to training and development is based on our Developing Organisational Competence™ Model (DOC™).

The DOC model is based on a few very powerful ideas and concepts that have passed the test of time and continue to be fundamental concepts in current models of organisation and management. The model applies to all types of organisations ? be they hierarchical, team based, matrix or project organisations ? or whatever other typology of organisations is used.

Developing Organisational Competence™

The model states the following:

All organisations are socio-technical systems. This means that they have a human dimension consisting of the knowledge, skills and attitudes of the members of the organisation, and the pattern of interactions that develop between them. Organisations also have a technical or task dimension consisting of its goals and objectives; structures and systems; tasks and job functions.
The human side of the organisation requires leadership to be effective while the task dimension requires management.
Leadership is a set of social skills including the ability to understand human behaviour and to guide human effort, facilitate change in behaviour and to maintain desired behaviours.
Management is a set of technical and functional skills including the ability to plan, organise and control tasks and activities through methods, techniques, policies and procedures.
The human and task dimensions are interdependent and continuously interact with and influence one another. At the same time the organisation also interacts with a changing environment consisting of customers, competitors and stakeholders representing political, economic, social and technological trends.
To deal effectively with these interdependent interactions requires a set of conceptual skills consisting of the ability to see the organisation as a whole; to develop and integrate a long-term perspective with the necessity of short-term realities and demands; to play the roles of leader and manager; and to continuously learn and adapt.

All of our training courses have been selected and developed to address one or more of the three essential competency areas.

Leadership Development

Overview

One of the footprints of P-ECS in South Africa is the introduction of training in Situational Leadership® in 1977. P-ECS is the only accredited provider of Situational Leadership® in South Africa. We have a long standing relationship with Dr Paul Hersey, the developer of the Situational Leadership® Model and the Center for Leadership Studies who provides Situational Leadership® worldwide through a network of 43 international affiliates. P-ECS is a founder member of this network and we have made significant contributions to the continuing development and updating of Situational Leadership® training.

Other Training Products and Services

P-ECS core service areas in training and development are listed below in alphabetical order :

Continuous Process Improvement
Customer Service Training
Financial Management
General management Skills and techniques
HR Management and Remuneration
Interpersonal Skills Training
Maintenance Skills and techniques
Management Education and Self Development
Management Techniques
Operations Management
Organisational Behaviour
Project Management
Performance Management
Selling / Negotiating Skills
Supervisory Skills

Coaching Services

Our coaching services include :

Executive-in-Role Coaching™ (EiRC)
Generic Management Competencies Coaching™ (GMCC)
Common Performance Constraints Coaching™ (CPCC) – A group coaching design
Situational Leadership® Coaching™ (SLC)

Alliances in Training Services

P-E Corporate Services is a South African owned company staffed by South African professionals and catering for South African needs. One of our unique strengths is the exceptional depth of experience enjoyed by our consultants, and which we are able to bring to bear on any client problem. In addition, our local expertise is enhanced by a wide range of international links with a carefully chosen network of leading academics, consultants and institutions throughout the world.

SAQA COMPLIANCE

P-E Corporate Services have been accredited with the Services SETA as a provider of education and training in line with the minimum criteria specified by SAQA.

Decision number : 0229/26/05/05.

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