Routes to Excellence: Performance Management Strategies for Organisational Improvement in General Further Education Colleges

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Conversations about Performance

Conversations About Performance’ is the latest publication in our College Manager series.  It is a practical guide to creating a climate and culture for great performance through positive conversations and relationships.

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Professional and career development: A guide for managers in the learning and skills sector

This publication, the outcome of a fruitful partnership between ACM and CEL, is aimed at supporting colleagues in the process of planning their professional learning in relation to their career. It is based on a model of professional and career development that emphasises individual reflection and self-awareness, a pro-active approach to career management and a values-based commitment to one’s work. We are confident that many colleagues will find it a valuable resource.

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A practical guide to employer engagement, second edition: incorporating Train to Gain

This publication offers colleagues support and advise for establishing effective employerengagement in the context of the skills agenda. which presents challenges for colleges, society and our economy. An outcome from the ACM Union Learning Fund project called Partnership for Skills, the book is based on the experience of college managers and an analysis of best practice. Primarily focused on Skills for Life delivery and the Level 2 entitlement, chapters focus on strategies for engaging with employers and the possible odsticals and barriers that mat be faced.

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Disciplinary Problems and Grievances: A Guide to Best Practice

Effective communications, good recruitment procedures, and appropriate training are essential in any workplace. Together they are a foundation for good employment relations. But even in the best organisations problems can occur. So developing good procedures and practice is essential to deal with grievances and disciplinary problems. This short guide is designed to help college managers and union representatives review their current procedures, and strive towards best practice.

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MIS For Managers

This publication has been produced to provide information on how managers can get the relevant people systems right in their colleges so that their institutions can reap the great benefits of MIS. All managers with a vested interest in making MIS work in their college will find the perspective and ideas in this guide invaluable.

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The Organised College Manager

The purpose of this guide is to help managers be more effective in their work by offering a range of techniques for being well organised. At the back of the guide are examples of the pro formas that are essential components of the well-organised manager’s toolkit.

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