Certified Management Development Programmes

Advance Business Programme starting September 2013. Click link below for more information.

Advance Business Programme

Essential Management Skills

SME Sales and Marketing Management

Certificate in SME Management

To book any of the courses contact Liz at:

• liz@isme.ie
• Fax to 01 6612157
or

• Post to ISME, 17 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

Pictured at the launch of the Advance Business Programme are Bernard Byrne, Director of Personal and Business Banking, Ruairi Quinn T.D., Minister for Education and Skills and Mark Fielding, CEO, ISME. The programme for SME owner managers is part funded by ISME Skillnet and AIB Bank and is delivered in Griffith College Dublin.



Pictured at the Essential Management Skills Graduation, from L to R, Mark Fielding, CEO ISME, Lorcan O'hObain, Skillnets, Eamonn Cunningham, Nightline, Tony Kirwan, Increasales, Jodie Keogh, J.S. Dobbs, Liz Carroll, ISME, John Ryan, Chairman ISME.














Pictured at the GCD Graduation 2012, from L to R, are Geraldine McGing, Advance Business Programme Director, GCD, Liz Carroll, Training and Development Manager, ISME, Louise Quinlan, TQ Paper, Graduate and Winner of the First in Class Prize, Diarmuid Hegarty, President, GCD, Fr. Peter McVerry and Dr. Peter Cullen, Head of Standards, Research & Policy Development, HETAC.














Pictured at the first graduation of ISME members in the Certificate of SME Management, delivered by Griffith College, are Paul Kearns, Fleetwash, Geraldine McGing, Programme Director, Griffith College Dublin, Hedda Kaphengst, Klawitter Theatre Group, Liz Carroll, Training and Development Manager, ISME, Liz Harte, Harte Designs.
















Pictured at Griffith College Dublin are (L to R): Tomas MacEochagain, Director of Academic Affairs, GCD, Adam Fairman King, Alphatech, Ian Buckley, Greenday, David Roberts, AIB, Frank McNabb, McNabb Associates, Liam Tedford, Alfa Security, Mary O'Reilly, Armstrong Timber Engineering Ltd, Liz Carroll, Training and Development Manager, ISME, Louise Quinlan, TQ Paper. AIB have provided sponsorship for the Advance Business Programme.

Advance Business Programme

Move YOUR business forward
A programme for Owner Managers - specifically designed for SMEs.

Book Now by contacting Liz at liz@isme.ie or or 01 6622755

"At last! A course that delivers exactly what our company needs. The Advance Business Programme exceeded my expectations in terms of real, concrete deliverables. A hands –on, practical condensed MBA - every busy business person’s dream. I found the interaction between the attendees to be thought provoking, challenging and oftentimes entertaining. The lecturers were superb in that the advice and discussions were based on practicalities and not theories. I have a much clearer vision for the future of our company and, more importantly, I now feel that I have been given the extra tools required to turn that vision into reality.” Miriam Byrne, City Analysts, Dublin

“Over the past few years we paid out a large proportion of our budget on various consultants. Within one module of the course the information that we gained was more valuable than all the consultants advice combined. I would highly recommend The Advanced Business Programme to anyone serious in being successful in business.”
Paul Kearns, Fleetwash, Dublin

A 10 day management development programme for owner-managers of SMEs.

Take a fresh look at your business
Learn tried and tested tools and techniques to improve your bottom line

• Improve productivity
• Overtake YOUR competitors
• Increase YOUR customers and YOUR sales

Course Content & Duration
Participants complete 8 one day modules and a company improvement project and are provided with 2 days mentoring. Modules:


• Management Practice and Principles
• Strategic Analysis
• Policies and Procedures
• Financial Management

• Operations Management & Problem Solving
• Marketing
• Effective communications & Negotiation Techniques
• Strategic Planning


In-Company Improvement Project
All participants complete an action learning project which is based on implementing an improvement in your company.

Certification
Participants who successfully complete the company improvement project and related report and presentation are eligible for certification through Griffith College Dublin to achieve HETAC Level 7 Special Purpose Award in SME Management.

Investment
Programme funded by ISME Skillnet, new lower price, so you pay €1,490, save €2,610.


Places are limited
For further information contact Liz Carroll at liz@isme.ie or 01 6622755

Dates for 2013
Starting 6 February 2013

Essential Management Skills

“The course has given us clear direction for the future and has highlighted the areas of our business that we need to focus our attention on.“
Denise Doherty, Brennan’s Pharmacy, Donegal

Develop YOUR staff to improve YOUR bottom line.
This course gives YOUR managers the essential skills to do a better job.

After this course, participants will:

• Be better managers, with an improved aptitude for business
• Be more effective communicators in all business situations
• Have a more proactive, skilled approach to doing business
• Have additional skills in finance, people and profit management

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Every SME manager, yet to receive management training, who wishes to enhance their management and people strategies and to create better business results.

CERTIFICATION
Participants who successfully complete the company improvement project and related report and presentation are eligible for certification to achieve FETAC Level 6 Component Certificates in Business Management and in Communications.

FEE: Full Cost: €3980. This programme has ISME Skillnet funding: ISME Member Fee: €1490 Non Members: €1990
If you are in receipt of Job Seekers Allowance or Job Seekers Benefit you are eligible for a free place on the course. There is a maximum number of free places available and places will be offered on a first come first served basis.

2013 Dates:
Starting 5th March 2013

For further information on Essential Management Skills please contact Liz Carroll at liz@isme.ie or 01 6622755.

SME Sales and Marketing Management

"Before this course I had little knowledge on sales and marketing. Since taking this course I am running the Marketing section in my company and it has worked wonders for new business on the internet and also using all the tools I have learned during the course to launch a new product. It has opened my eyes to what our company was lacking and has giving me the expertise to drive it in the right direction. I would recommend this course to anyone who is starting up a new company or needs to refresh an existing company."
Liam Tully, Technical Sales, Telcom. www.telcom.ie

This programme is targeted at those in SMEs who have responsibilty for Sales and Marketing but who have limited formal training in the field.
Learn how to develop a sales and marketing strategy and develop a marketing plan for your own business.

Create more business in 2012 by creating and building on new customer opportunities
Attract new customers by using e-business and key marketing principles
Enter new markets, using the appropriate strategy
Achieve your business targets by managing your sales and marketing efforts effectively

Book Now
2013 Dates:
Starting 12 March 2013

Venue: Griffith College, Dublin
Investment: You pay €1490(ISME Members), €1990 (Non Members). Funded by ISME Skillnet
Certification: HETAC Level 7 special purpose award in SME Sales and Marketing Management.
To book or for further information contact Liz Carroll at liz@isme.ie or 01 6622755

Certificate in Management

Transform your company, increase your productivity by improving your key manager’s knowledge and skills.

After this course, participants will be able to:

• Build an effective team
• Use financial reporting for decision making
• Use tools and techniques to carry out projects effectively
• Use tools and techniques to manage their behaviour in order to effectively manage staff
• Use best practice to be more effective and efficient in a number of specialist areas

Who Should Attend?
In SMEs senior managers wear a number of functional hats but often only have training or experience in one specialist area. This programme is designed to assist them develop generalist management skills and specialist technical skills in the areas they have become responsible for.

Certification
Participants who successfully complete the company improvement project and related report and presentation are eligible for certification to achieve HETAC Level 7 Special Purpose Award in Management Development from the Institute of Technology Sligo.

Fee: Participants pay per 2 day module and 1 day mentoring. Participants successfully completing all 7 modules and the associated project are awarded the certificate. Fee per 2 day module and 1 day mentoring is: €400

2012 Dates:
If you are interested in this programme please contact Liz Carroll at liz@isme.ie.

For further information on the Certificate in Management please download ISME Certificate of Management Brochure as pdf or contact the ISME Training at liz@isme.ie or 01 6622755.



The ISME Skillnet is funded by member companies and the Training Networks Programme, an initiative of Skillnets Ltd. funded from the National Training Fund through the Department of Education and Skills.
www.skillnets.ie