Youth Development Management Skills

When you successfully complete this program, you should be able to:

• Demonstrate awareness and commitment to the management tasks that are important in the delivery of youth development work.
• Identify and discuss the key theories, approaches and styles that inform the practice of contemporary management, particularly in the not-for profit sector.
• relate theories and approaches of management to the principles and practice of youth development work, in order to ensure that your management style is appropriate.
• outline key areas and processes of management, such as organisational change, staff development, monitoring of expenditure and budgetary control, project management, critical path analysis and management of information and communication technology.

• Department heads of youth focused institutions.
• Young Leaders
• Professionals responsible for youth project designing and management, in government departments, corporates and NGOs.
• Youth Workers.
• Volunteers.

Day 1

Project Management overview

Managers Roles

Effective Management

Managing in the not-for-profit sector

Development

Role of the not for profit sector

Non Governmental Organizations

Day 2

Managing youth development work

Tasks and roles

Critical path analysis

Budgeting and monitoring expenditure

Managing human resources in youth targeted projects

What managers do for others

Performance management

Job satisfaction

Day 3

Managing organisational change

Models of change management

Common management problems

Issues in developing countries

The action-learning cycle

Day 4

Communication Skills

Key elements

Barriers

Practical writing skills

Managing ICT

Database management

Telecommunications

Planning ICT use