BACKGROUND
The highly
competitive global economic order emphasizes the need for conscious and
enlightened planning and focused management of national resources. Good public
governance – the key imperative for economic advancement and political
stability in today’s multi-variant society – can only be achieved through the
practice, at multiple organizational levels, of intelligent planning and
systematic development of resources to deliver targeted optimum benefits to all
stakeholders. Today’s Nigeria, therefore, needs to re-strategies by re-tooling
the personnel in both government and business with the understanding and
application of modern policy formulation and strategic management skills to
problem-solving and pursuit of developmental goals.
This is what the Policy, Strategy and Leadership Course (PSLC) seeks to
achieve. This four-week course is designed to provide deep conceptual framework
for middle-to-top-level public and private sector executives whose analytical
skills need to be sharpened to enable them perform effectively as functional
and strategic business unit (SBU) managers. Since specific organizational goals
are tied to the functions of this level of managers and they are directly
responsible for utilizing organizational resources, they need to be effectively
tuned to the global institutional vision and direction while at the same time
possessing the technical and managerial capabilities to combine human and
material resources to effect. Their input is key to policy formulation just as
their buy – is important for policy implementation. The course involves
intensive studies in policy formulation, strategy development, resource
deployment and practicing “effective leadership”.
WHO
SHOULD ATTEND
• Deputy Directors/Assistant
Directors in Federal and State Public Services.
• Military Personnel and Officers of the rank of Lt. Colonel and Major in
Nigerian Army and their equivalents in the Navy, Airforce, Police and other
Quasi-military/Security agencies.
• National Assembly and Judicial Officers of appropriate ranks.
• Senior Managers & other functional/strategic business unit managers of
Private Sector Organizations, Public Corporations, Professional Bodies and
NGOs.
COURSE STRUCTURE/CURRICULUM
The course is structured into three
modules:
The Policy Module
Designed to expose participants to a working knowledge of the concept of policy
in various contexts, its elements, character, approach to formulation,
articulation, documentation and implementation. Provides hands-on learning of
the relevant techniques for tracking policies and evaluation of their
effectiveness and inculcates skills for carrying out policy analysis with a
view to modifying enriching or redirecting a particular policy.
The strategy Module
Defines and conceptualizes the term “Strategy” especially within the context of
its components, i.e. ends, means and ways. Teaches the skills, knowledge and
expertise required to formulate, document, implement and track organizational
or national strategies. The module also explores strategic planning processes
and techniques such as environmental scanning, visioning, organizational
missions, goals and targets setting and strategy alignment.
Leadership and Management
Module
Designed to acquaint participants with modern leadership practices, thoughts
and imperatives of national development. It dwells on various modern management
techniques, efficiency tools and processes with a view to expanding managers’
frame of reference for quality decision making. In addition, the module
discusses the principles of good leadership, how to cultivate exceptional
leadership traits and imbibe effective management styles and good corporate
governance principles.
VENUE: National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies
(NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, Plateau State.
Duration
The duration of the course is four weeks.
Course Fee
The Course fee of N590,700.00 (Five Hundred and ninety thousand, seven hundred
naira only), per participant covers tuition, course parks, training materials,
breakfast, tea-break, group lunch and medical deposit.
Short Courses under the
Directorate of Studies
Short courses are domiciled at the
Directorate of Studies.
For further details:
click here to
download the 2024 SHORT COURSES flyer.
Contact Information
National Institute for Policy and
Strategic Studies, Kuru, P.M.B 2024, Bukuru, Plateau State.
Contact Numbers:
07044330104, 07044330105
