Courses for 2008 | Training Programmes | E-Communications | Knowledge Management | Innovation | Business Re-Engineering | Process Mapping and Documentation | Asset Management | Enabling Environment for Succcess | Timely Response to Market Needs

SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES OF THE FIJI PUBLIC SERVICE

The Senior Executive Service is comprised of the men and women charged with leading the continuing transformation of the Fiji Public Service and Fiji Government as a whole. These leaders possess well-honed executive skills and share a broad perspective of government and a public service commitment that is grounded in the Constitution. The Public Service is committed to deliver results, and Senior Executives drive those results. The most enduring legacy to the future of the Fiji Public Service is the proper development of its Senior Executives. The ability of Senior Executives to achieve results can be met by establishing a strong learning environment that supports both initial and ongoing training and development of both current and future leaders.

In view of this increasing emphasis on leadership, we believe the time is right to recommit and strengthen the Fiji Public Service to developing effective future leaders. We are issuing the following guidelines to assist our Senior Executives in carrying out their agency's managerial development responsibilities.

In planning for leadership development, agencies ensure the following criteria are met:

• Clear linkage to organizational strategy, goals, and values. Modifications are needed to incorporate emerging trends and new requirements and to ensure continued alignment.
• Clear linkage to Government-wide leadership competencies and Executive Core Qualifications as well as agency-specific core requirements, to ensure the training provided fosters a broad agency and Government-wide perspective.
• Top-level commitment as demonstrated by dedicating adequate resources, by ensuring active involvement of higher-level officials in the development of their managerial subordinates, and by serving as positive role models, mentors, and teachers for leadership.
• Integration with other related human capital management processes, such as succession planning, talent management, and performance management.
• Thorough training needs analysis based on an identification of competency gaps and current mission or business goals and challenges.
• Systematic evaluation of the extent of learning, its application, impact, and where feasible, its return on investment.

SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES COURSES FOR 2008 [top]

The Senior Executive Services training program is established for the purpose of catering for the training need of our Senior Executives.

The programmes have been designed to suite professional people searching for the skills and knowledge essential to meet the demands of the changing work practices and ethics that have been evolving within and outside the Public Sector.

In order to ensure that the training programs meet the actual needs of the Senior Executive Services from Ministries/ Departments, a training need analysis exercise was carried out at Organizational, Occupational and Individual levels prior to the programmes being identified. Therefore the schedule of the programmes contained in the prospectus reflect the actual need and accordingly offers extremely wide range of training and development which respond to the full range of competencies required for the complexity of running the Public Service.

TRAINING PROGRAMMES [top]

E-COMMUNICATION

Brief:
Electronic communication is becoming mainstream in most areas of life. Developments are happening at an incredibly fast pace  with new services and technologies constantly emerging. Electronic services are also becoming more available, for example mobile phones and TV’s can now access the internet.

Increasingly, organizations are expected to have their own website to deliver information and services online. This can make information and services more widely available - but only if presented in an accessible way.

All e-communication should meet current standards for accessibility. If accessibility standards are built into the   design of a website or an electronic document, then it should be possible for users to tailor that technology to suit their needs.

There is, though, a danger in assuming that everyone can access information electronically. Electronic information should not   completely replace other means of communication and service provision.

Intended Outcomes:
Electronic communication is rapidly changing the face of the working environment and it is, therefore, important for management  to develop an understanding of this field. This understanding includes the legal, ethical, social, political and moral aspects of data protection and access to information.

Target Group:
Officers at SS01 grade, equivalent and above.

Venue:
Centre for Training & Development Nasese.

Date: 22/04 – 23/04/08

Maximum No. of Participants: 20-25

Requirements:
1. All nominations should be accompanied with duly completed Training Nomination/Selection and Analysis form.
2. Nominations without completed Training Nomination/Selection and Analysis forms will not be accepted.

Application Closing Date:
Two weeks prior to commencement of course.

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT [top]

Brief:
With the growing importance of knowledge as a lever of organization strategy, it is essential that organizations know how best to develop and apply knowledge-based strategies in order to achieve bottom line benefits. This particular workshop is intended for those who are planning and developing such strategies and knowledge management initiatives. It appeals both to line
managers and senior executives who develop organizational strategies, as well as members of a knowledge team responsible for implementing them. Participants will benefit from the way that this workshop demonstrates the interdependencies between the contributions of different functions and disciplines.

Intended Outcomes:
· Understand the importance of knowledge management and the reasons for its current prominence in management thinking
· Learn the fundamental concepts of knowledge management and relate them to your own organization
· Identify knowledge levers that can give you a strategic advantage
· Assess the key processes of knowledge management and how to apply them in practice
· Relate existing practices within your organization based on insights into the successful implementations of knowledge leaders
· Appreciate which factors contribute to success or failure of knowledge initiatives.

Target Group:
Officers at SS01 grade, equivalent and above.

Venue:
Centre for Training & Development, Nasese.

Date:
20/05 – 21/05/08

Maximum No. of Participants: 20-25

Requirements:
1. All nominations should be accompanied with duly completed Training Nomination/Selection and Analysis form.
2. Nominations without completed Training Nomination/Selection and Analysis form will not be accepted.

Application Closing Date:
Two weeks prior to commencement of course.

INNOVATION [top]

Brief:
The course provides exposure to the concept of innovation. While innovation typically adds value, innovation may also have a negative or destructive effect as new developments clear away or change old organizational forms and practices. Organizations that do not innovate effectively may be destroyed by those that do. Hence innovation typically involves risk.

Through an examination of the organizational context, innovation may be linked to performance and growth through improvements in efficiency, productivity and accountability in the Public Service. Participants are introduced to the critical issues involved in managing innovation.

Intended Outcomes:
· Understand the term innovation and issue covered therein
· Identify implication that innovation may do to an organization
· Overcome barriers in the introduction of new ideas to the organizations structure

Target Group:
Officers at SS01 grade, equivalent and above.

Venue:
Centre for Training & Development, Nasese.

Date:
24/06 – 25/06/08

Maximum No. of Participants:
20-25

Requirements:
1. All nominations should be accompanied with duly completed Training Nomination/Selection and Analysis form.
2. Nominations without completed Training Nomination/Selection and Analysis form will not be accepted.

Application Closing Date:
Two weeks prior to commencement of course.

BUSINESS RE-ENGINEERING [top]

Brief:
The course provides exposure to Business process re-engineering (BPR) from a management approach aiming at improvements by means of elevating efficiency and effectiveness of the processes that exist within and across organizations. The key to BPR is   for organizations to look at their business processes from a "clean slate" perspective and determine how they can best construct  these processes to improve how they conduct business. Business process reengineering is also known as BPR, Business Process Redesign, Business Transformation, or Business Process Change Management. Through an examination of a contract document, participants are introduced to the critical issues involved in business re-engineering.

Intended Outcomes:
· Understand the term business reengineering and issue covered therein
· Identify implications of BPR in organizations
· Draw solutions that helps on a win/win situation

Target Group:
Officers at SS01 grade, equivalent and above.

Venue:
Centre for Training & Development, Nasese.

Date:
29/07 – 30/07/08

Maximum No. of Participants:
20-25

Requirements:
1. All nominations should be accompanied with duly completed Training Nomination/Selection and Analysis form.
2. Nominations without completed Training Nomination/Selection and Analysis form will not be accepted.

Application Closing Date:
Two weeks prior to commencement of course.

PROCESS MAPPING & DOCUMENTATION [top]

Brief:
The course explores the principles and processes that are most important factors in the day-to-day operations of any successful organization. Process Mapping is a must in today's ever-improving, customer- focused, quality-driven environment. It also  Examines process mapping using customer focused, employee-friendly tools that will help participants to identify, analyze and improve core business processes.

Describes the methodology to document the flow of a process from inputs to outputs and to provide a focal point from which to analyze opportunities for improvement

Intended Outcomes:
· Understand the principles and techniques involved in process mapping & documentation
· Strengthen and improve skills in process mapping & documentation
· Understand the impact of process mapping in the organization
· Behavioral with new environmental changes.

Target Group:
Officers at SS01 grade, equivalent and above.

Venue:
Centre for Training & Development, Nasese.

Date:
27/08 – 28/08/08

Maximum No. of Participants:
20-25

Requirements:
1. All nominations should be accompanied with duly completed Training Nomination/Selection and Analysis form.
2. Nominations without completed Training Nomination/Selection and Analysis form will not be accepted.

Application Closing Date:
Two weeks prior to commencement of course.

ASSET MANAGEMENT [top]

Brief:
The course provides exposure to Asset management as the process of guiding the acquisition, use and disposal of assets to make the most of their service delivery potential and manage the related risks and costs over their entire life.
Through an examination of processes of acquisition, use and disposal of assets, participants are introduced to the critical issues involved in managing government assets.

Intended Outcomes:
· makes the most of the service potential of assets by ensuring they are appropriately used and maintained
· reduces the demand for new assets and saves money through demand management techniques and non-asset service delivery options
· achieves greater value for money through economic evaluation of options that take into account life cycle and full costs, value management techniques and private sector involvement
· reduces unnecessary acquisition of assets by making agencies aware of, and requiring them to pay for, the full costs of holding and using assets; and
· focuses attention on results by clearly assigning responsibility, accountability and reporting requirements

Target Group:
Officers at SS01 grade, equivalent and above.

Venue:
Centre for Training & Development, Nasese.

Date:
24/09 – 25/09/08

Maximum No. of Participants:
20-25

Requirements:
1.  All nominations should be accompanied with duly completed Training Nomination/Selection and Analysis form.

2. Nominations without completed Training Nomination/Selection and Analysis form will not be accepted.

Application Closing Date:
Two weeks prior to commencement of course.

ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR SUCCESS [top]

Brief:
The course provides exposure of an organizations’ culture as the direct reflection of its vision and values and of the standards, attitudes, and aspirations of the people who work within the organization. Innovation and execution is the key
to maintain a nimble, proactive infrastructure and to ensure the right level of processes and tools is used to support the workers and the organizations.

Everything done is based on teamwork, with cross-functional communications and involvement integrated into every process. Through an examination of environment for success, participants are introduced to the critical issues involved in managers’ responsibilities for providing an environment that encourages employees to contribute, learn, grow, and be recognized.

Intended Outcomes:
· Understand the term environment for success and issue covered therein
· Identify implications that associates with enabling environment for success
· Manage environment for success with expected results

Target Group:
Officers at SS01 grade, equivalent and above.

Venue:
Centre for Training & Development, Nasese.

Date:
29/10 – 30/10/08

Maximum No. of Participants:
20-25

Requirements:
1. All nominations should be accompanied with duly completed Training Nomination/ Selection and Analysis form.
2. Nominations without completed Training Nomination/Selection and Analysis form will not be accepted.

TIMELY RESPONSE TO MARKET NEEDS [top]

Brief:
The course provides participants with practical knowledge and tools on how to adopt a quality management approach to performance efficiency skills that are essential to achieving required results.

Through an examination of performance efficiency, participants are introduced to the critical issues involved in timely response to market needs.

Intended Outcomes:
· Understand the term timely response to market needs and issue covered therein
· Identify implication on response to market needs
· Manage quality time response with expected result.

Target Group:
Officers at SS01 grade, equivalent and above.

Venue:
Centre for Training & Development, Nasese.

Date:
25/11 – 26/11/08

Maximum No. of Participants:
20-25

Requirements:
1. All nominations should be accompanied with duly completed Training Nomination/Selection and Analysis form.
2. Nominations without completed Training Nomination/Selection and Analysis form will not be accepted.

Application Closing Date:
Two weeks prior to commencement of course.

Application Closing Date:
Two weeks prior to commencement of course.