Course description
Highly skilled and dynamic project managers are essential to facilitating long-term partnerships, productivity, and tenable working and built environments. They are fundamental to the success of the construction and built environment industry and therefore to the UK’s economy, generating billions in output and sustaining the employment of an estimated 3.1 million workers.
Salford Professional Development is proud to present the Mini MBA in Construction Project Management and Contracts. An intensive 5-day programme designed for professionals working within construction, built environment and civil engineering eager to innovate their working practice, broaden their impact and lead more complex projects. Tackling timely sector challenges through a highly interactive and collaborative manner; delegates will cover a variety of highly relevant topics to the end-to-end management and delivery of projects.
The Mini MBA is an intensive and comprehensive programme encompassing the fundamentals of project management - without requiring a long-term time commitment. Including topics from various points within the project lifespan including procurement, contract negotiation, operational excellence and project appraisal. Delegates will engage with a thought-provoking and subversive agenda devised to produce the maximum benefit to their professional practice, whilst taking the minimum time away from work.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
For Project and Contracts Managers in the Built Environment sectors, this programme offers a provocative and stimulating perspective on leadership and the application of both traditional, and more innovative project management methodologies.
Whilst the programme can be considered accessible for new Managers, it is designed to provide an opportunity for reflection for experienced practitioners, passionate about continuing to innovate their practice, and advancing their organisation ahead of the status quo.
The content will encourage delegates to develop the ability to both lead and engage in more agile, and successful projects, that derive more effective outcomes for the benefit of their organisations and their own career development.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand legislation affecting contract management
- Learn how to utilise new governance frameworks that will help you manage contracts more effectively
- Learn how to incorporate the latest digital technologies and operational excellence models to improve project efficiency throughout the lifecycle of the project
- Be able to develop more robust strategies for key stakeholder management, and client negotiations that will optimise outcomes
- Be more able to monitor and consider the effect of national and organisational cultures on contracting and commercial activity
- Develop greater skill in writing risk management contingency, and implementation of action in contracts
- Become skilled in implementing different leadership styles, and applying multiple strategies within a project, to ensure positive outcomes through the employment of situational leadership
- Combining advanced human, physical and digital processes in the journey towards Industry 4.0
- Managing contractual disputes through collaborative practices
- Be able to ensure cohesive organisational objectives, processes, and delivery using best practice project governance approaches taught throughout the course
Training Course Content
Day One | Procurement and Contract Negotiation
- Understanding the client objectives and determining the most suitable procurement systems for construction/ engineering services
- Assessing supply chain relationships and developing strategies for stakeholders.
- Allowing for further critical awareness of procurement routes, strategic procurement decisions and delivering the client’s needs
- Exploring contract administration practice and implementation. Understanding systems for avoidance, management and dispute resolution
Day Two | BIM & Technology
- Through the presentation of sector case studies, delegates will develop a greater appreciation of the value in:
- Engaging with and deploying new technology innovations
- Developing a critical understanding of data structures and standards in data exchange as well as differentiating between tools that can be used to facilitate the construction of safe and sustainable buildings
Day Three | Leading Complex Projects
- From project initiation to close, this session will consider
- Project complexity factors
- Stakeholder engagement
- Buy-in and expectation management
- Approaches to leading performance and controlling complex projects
Day Four | Driving Sustained Operational Excellence
- risk identification and management
- inefficiencies in current processes
- greater knowledge of, and skill in implementing the latest Operations Excellence methodologies
- How to drive sustained competitive advantage through operational excellence
- Develop an advanced awareness of how modern digital technology can be used to drive organisational change in Built Environment projects to achieve sustained client value
- Develop a greater appreciation of the complex interaction between culture, leadership, employee behaviour and organisational change
- Learn how to assimilate operational resilience into management practice
Day Five | Fiscal & Process Management
- Process modelling
- analysis and planning
- Improving management capabilities
- Meeting client expectations more consistently
- Making more informed decisions (re: procurement/ constraints etc)
Course delivery details
About the Mini MBA in Construction Project Management and Contracts
The Mini MBA programme has been developed by Salford Professional Development to respond to the unique and complex challenges currently facing the UK built environment sector. This programme is mapped to a highly strategic and industry-aligned curriculum to equip professionals with a refreshed, pragmatic approach to managing projects from initiation to completion. This programme will inform and inspire individuals with the resilience to progress their career and further the positive impact of their organisation.
Course themes and topics
The course is designed to explore the journey of a project from start to finish. From challenges that arise from initiation, to risk management, change and negotiating contracts.
The Mini MBA is an interactive and participatory programme, focused on overcoming live industry issues. Formulated to give you a comprehensive and critical understanding of what it means to be an efficient and proactive construction project manager – enabling you to make more informed and strategic decisions to ensure of your projects and organisation.
USPs
- A programme taught to the highest industry and academic experts by sector innovators to create a network of agile, efficient, and successful professionals
- Structured to allow real-world application of teaching between modules - allowing individuals to begin disseminating theory into practice during the programme
- Applying strategic management techniques to core construction industry challenges to foster increased success in leading and delivering projects
- Join a growing network of sector leaders accelerating adaptive and innovative practice across the construction sector
How will I benefit?
This programme is suitable for professionals in construction, built environment and engineering. Contemplating timely sector challenges, the project lifespan, and implementing adaptive leadership methodologies to overcome them. This programme is designed for experienced mid-level professionals who are keen to upskill and innovate their practice to successfully lead more complex projects and negotiations.
Salford Professional Development
Salford Professional Development (SPD) is a subsidiary of the University of Salford, located in Greater Manchester. It provides a wide range of training options, including in-house, virtual, and customised programs, serving over 9,000 clients annually from both the public and...