University of St Andrews

St Andrews manager programme

This programme will focus on the critical competencies that you need as a manager at the University of St Andrews. The programme entails four consecutive days consisting of outcome focussed workshops covering how to manage yourself, your staff, and your service.

Content

• Programme aims
• Target audience
• Time commitment
• Programme dates
• Materials and resources
• Sign-up process

Programme aims

• To build line management capability.
• To build critical management knowledge and skills.
• To increase self-awareness in relation to own management competencies.
• To create a community of managers transcending boundaries between units, schools, disciplines, and professional backgrounds.

Target audience

The St Andrews manager programme is suited to all staff who have existing people management responsibilities and are looking to develop and enhance their management skills.

Time commitment

The programme is a blend of Organisational and Staff Development Services (OSDS) directed learning and in person workshops covering four consecutive days which includes action learning set.

Commitment includes:

• Four full day sessions – two workshops per day.
• One to two hours of directed learning between sessions.

Programme dates

Day one: managing people

• Programme launch.
• Communication for effective managers.
• Managing across cultures.

Day two: managing the service

• Continuous service improvement.
• Knowledge, skills and behaviours.

Day three: managing success 

• Workforce management.
• Team resilience.

Day four: managing self

• Planning your personal development.
• Action learning sets.
• Programme close.

Material and resources

The programme is supported through Moodle, LinkedIn Learning and SharePoint.

Sign-up process

We are now currently open to managers signing up through the Personal Development Management System (PDMS). Once you have requested your interest in attending the programme Organisational and Staff Development Services (OSDS) will contact you to organise which date set you would prefer to attend. 

Please discuss with your line management your aspirations and goals for attending the programme.