Planning and completing your research programme is key to success in your career as a Researcher. Many Researchers find that project management is a responsibility that seems to creep up on them while they are busy doing something else – usually working on a research project!
Awareness of the structures and requirements of project management can make it easier to write grant applications, to plan project work more effectively, to identify risks, to manage resources and task plans more efficiently.This workshop will examine the fundamentals of project management including identifying goals, milestones and assessing risks. It also considers how to organise time and resources to best achieve the project goals.
During this workshop participants explore three aspects of project management skills:
- Managing yourself – skills in personal effectiveness and organisation
- Managing your project – an introduction to getting results on time and on budget
- Managing other people – both above and below you in the management structure
Participants will learn:
- Tools for determining priorities in their workload
- New time management strategies
- Tools to increase personal effectiveness
- To understand the project management cycle
- To appreciate the four major behavioural communication styles
- Strategies to improve their management communication skills
Target Audience: Early career researchers who are beginning to have more responsibility for managing and directing research programmes or preparing to write grant applications and want to improve their skills in project management.
Duration: 1 Day
How to Book: All courses are bookable on the Upcoming Courses page
This course maps to Domain C (Research Governance and Organisation) on the Vitae Researcher Development Framework.
6 CPD credits awarded. Please contact staff_l&d@rcsi.com if you need a certificate of attendance.