The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Business Executive Education program offers a variety of exceptional project management courses and workshops during spring 2017.
Spring 2017 Foundations of Project Management
Fridays, Feb. 24, March 3, 17, 24 and 31
8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., SIUE Main Campus - Founders Hall
Learn the basics and best practices of project management and prepare for the PMP® certification. Successful completion awards the 35 educational hours required for the PMP® certification exam.
Negotiation & Persuasion Skills
Friday, March 17
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., SIUE Main Campus - Founders Hall
Would you like to improve your ability to effectively negotiate and persuade others? This one-day course in negotiation and persuasion skills will add tried and true techniques to your toolkit that will move projects along and increase productivity. This session will provide project managers with the tools and techniques to improve their negotiation skills.
Emotional Intelligence
Friday, March 24
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., SIUE Main Campus - Founders Hall
Are you looking to move your project teams forward, work through conflict, increase performance, and enhance your leadership skills? This one-day workshop on emotional intelligence will introduce you to the components of emotional intelligence, defined as “a set of emotional and social skills that influence the way we perceive and express ourselves, develop and maintain social relationships, cope with challenges, and use emotional information in an effective and meaningful way.” Participants will work with their own EQ results to practice skills and learn effective strategies to improve their personal effectiveness.
Business Writing Skills for Project Managers
Friday, March 31
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., SIUE Main Campus - Founders Hall
Business Writing Skillsis a training program designed to assist business professionals with improving their writing skills. The class meets over one full day and is designed to provide the knowledge and tools needed to communicate effectively in any circumstance. A focus is placed on making sure you have the right message for the right audience.Katie Robberson, a skilled SIUE business instructor and former corporate trainer, teaches the program. She uses a rich format of lecture, A/V media, discussion, examples, and in-class writing exercises to illustrate what constitutes good written communication.
Organizational Skills
Friday, April 7
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., SIUE Main Campus - Founders Hall
This session will focus on the essential skills required to stay organized and better able to manage multiple, competing demands. Topics to be addressed include the basic decision-making process, setting priorities, time management and delegation to streamline your work-related efforts.
Earned Value Management Workshop
Friday, April 21, 2017
8 a.m.-noon, SIUE Main Campus - Founders Hall
Learn Earned Value Management (EVM) from expert, David Hunter. The first two hours will focus on the basics to gain a firm knowledge of the building blocks and fundamental application of EVM. The remaining two hours will be an extension of EVM Basics focusing on developing and applying the skill to move to the next level in using Earned Value Management, and features tips and techniques on how to really use EVM to manage projects/programs, and to create more reliable Estimates at Complete.
Risk Management
Friday, April 21
12:30- 4:30 p.m., SIUE Main Campus - Founders Hall
Learn Risk Management from expert, David Hunter. Every project has some level of risk associated with it. Risk Management is a valuable tool project managers utilize to increase their probability of successful project execution. This four-hour class teaches the comprehensive risk management process and explain how it applies to any size project. The course demonstrates focusing on the “critical few” instead of the “trivial many” risks. It also explains how identifying and capturing opportunities can help lower overall project risk. The course covers the following areas:
- Risk Management Planning
- Risk and Opportunity Identification
- Qualitative Risk Analysis
- Quantitative Risk Analysis
- Risk Response Planning
- Controlling Risks
To register, call Kristine Jarden at 618-650-2668 or Deanna Lotter at 618-650-5440 or visit: http://www.siue.edu/business/executive-education/index.shtml