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Certification
> Outline of PMC Training Modules |
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| Outline of the 10 PMC Training Modules |
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Module 1a: Introduction to Management Consultancy
This module enables the participant to
- Explain in public what a management consultant is and does.
- Learn and share new consulting frameworks, tools and techniques.
- Learn and share engagement management tips and pitfalls.
- Learn and share from the experience of other participants.
- Establish ties with other management consultants.
- Create or review a Value Proposition for one's management consulting practice.
Module 1b: Ethics and the Law (compulsory)
This module enables the participant to:
- Understand the difference between ethics and the law.
- Explain to another person why management consultants need to observe a code of professional conduct.
- Remember key articles in the PMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- Learn how to judge sample cases of ethical conduct and misconduct.
Module 2: Project Management
This module enables the participant to
- Discuss behaviours of a successful consultancy project manager.
- Discuss supportive actions of top-level management that are critical to the success of the project.
- Discuss specific things that a consultant project manager needs to be or do on the project.
- Identify phases or components of a management consultancy project.
- Prepare a simple Gantt Chart.
- Identify and describe challenges that a consultant faces in managing a project and action plans that can be taken to handle the challenges.
- Describe pitfalls in consulting that should be avoided.
Module 3: Proposal Writing and Project Scoping
This module enables the participant to
- Know the type of information to get from the prospective client through preliminary research before writing the proposal.
- Learn which aspects to pay attention to in writing a proposal.
- Write a proposal, using a standard checklist of information.
- Know the tips and pitfalls in writing proposals.
Module 4: Data Gathering and Collation
This module enables the participant to
- Learn a systematic way of gathering and collating data for management consulting engagements.
- Learn how to apply specific tips and techniques in data-gathering through role-playing, exercises and case analysis.
- Learn how to use critical thinking to differentiate logical from non-logical statements and therefore arrive at sound conclusions.
Module 5: Analysis and Recommendations
This module enables the participant to
- Know the basic principles and techniques in analysing problems and designing solutions as recommendations.
- Learn a new and proven way for arriving at complex decisions.
- Be able to apply basic creative thinking tools and techniques that can result in unique differentiating solutions.
- Be exposed to software that they can use to facilitate analysis and recommendations for their clients.
Module 6: Report Writing
This module enables the participant to
- Learn when progress and final reports should be submitted.
- Practice preparing a final report using a suggested sequence and format.
- Become more aware of the tips and pitfalls in writing reports.
Module 7: Project Implementation and Completion
This module enables the participant to
- Discuss situations where the consultant need not be involved with the implementation of the recommendations.
- Describe specific things that the consultant and client can plan for “Implementation Day”.
- Explain why culture is the greatest hurdle to implementation and not technology.
- Identify major reasons why some recommendations fail to be implemented.
- Explain key techniques that will aid implementation.
- Describe tactical guidelines that will aid implementation.
- List key considerations at completion of project.
Module 8: Client Consultant Relationship
This module enables the participant to
- Describe the types of clients to expect.
- Identify phases of building a client-consultant relationship.
- List critical skills in relationship management with the client.
- Explain the purpose of the review meeting and the agenda and know how to conduct one.
- Discuss tips for preparing an effective review meeting.
- Discuss key points on how to improve the relationship with the client continuously.
Module 9: Application for Government Incentives (compulsory)
This module enables the participant to
- Gain a better understanding of government incentives so as to advise clients on the most optimal ways to tap on the incentives for maximum impact to the consultancy project.
- Ensure a smooth and efficient incentive application process for the client.
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