Managing Today’s IT and Technical Professionals Seminar # 2285

You have the experience and the technical skills. Now add the management know-how to lead your team of IT professionals and drive results!

Managing information technology professionals demands a whole new set of skills. It requires a keen understanding of the characteristics and style of IT professionals —and the best approach to achieve successful communication, team building, coaching and career planning. In just three days, you’ll learn how to get your IT professionals working together more efficiently and productively on project teams, work groups and task forces.

How You Will Benefit

• Understand what drives or motivates IT professionals
  
• Develop a broader organizational perspective
  
• Learn which combination of best management approaches works best for your team of information technology professionals
  
• Align the IT professional’s goals with business goals
  
• Analyze performance based on business requirements
  

What You Will Cover

• Using the MBTI_^® Instrument to understand your type and the working styles of those you manage
• How the characteristics of “typical” IT professionals affects your management action
• Planning—the foundation of managing technical professionals
• Making decisions with technical professionals
• Delegating, motivating and coaching
• Choosing talented technical professionals
• Managing progress and evaluating performance
• Managing effective communication in a changing world

Who Should Attend

IT and technical professionals who have been—or are about to be—promoted to a management position…experienced managers who are new to the technical environment.

This Seminar Features Blended Learning

AMA Blended Learning combines instructor-led training with online pre- and post-seminar assessments, tune-up courses and other resources to maximize your training goals. Through a blend of proven instructor-led seminars and powerful online technology, AMA Blended Learning provides a compelling and more comprehensive experience for the learner—producing a greater return-on-investment for the employer and the seminar participant.

Additional Information

• Extended Seminar Description
• Faculty Info
• Seminar Hours
• Travel and Accommodations
• Cancellation Policy
• Federal Government Employee Discounts
• On-Site Delivery

Registration Fee

3 days / 1.8 CEUs / 18 PDUs
Nonmembers $2,095 / AMA Members $1,895 / GSA $1,623

Schedule

We have 14 scheduled sessions located nationwide starting between September 3, 2008 and May 11, 2009.

• Call 1-877-566-9441 for an AMA Training Consultant.
• E-mail customerservice@amanet.org
• Fax AMA Text Registration Form
• Mail AMA Text Registration Form