The aim of this project is to set up a management development Centre in Pakistan, to deliver accredited management training and act as a focus for the promotion of improved management competencies in Pakistan/Bangladesh.
Project activities include the training of management training of management trainers, the pilot delivery of training to the managers of 12 local companies, training of assessors and the set up and running of the Centre. In years 1-2, the Centre will act as a satellite to a UK Centre but in year 3 it will become independent.
Running the Pilot
This project will therefore to pilot the delivery of European/UK management training and qualifications which are focussed specifically on the development of practical managerial competencies. The pilot will involve approximately 100 managerial staff from some 12 Pakistani companies.
In addition, to establish an accessible, SME-friendly assessment and qualifications centre in Pakistan, with systems for quality assurance that are recognised by, and acceptable to, the UK’s Chartered Management Institute. This will be undertaken through a link up between a Chartered Management Institute Centre in the UK and the new Centre to be set up in Pakistan. In year 1, the Pakistani participants in the management training will have their qualifications processed at the Centre in the UK, in the second year, this will take place in Pakistan as a satellite from the UK Centre, and by year 3, an independent Centre in Pakistan will be up and running, based upon the learning from the two previous years.
Outcomes
Ultimately, this project will train 4 Pakistani management development trainers and 4 management development assessors. The trainers will come to the UK and to Greece to see how management is taught in these countries, and to learn the specific content of the Chartered Management Institute curriculum.
The assessors will observe how management competencies are examined and assessed in the UK so that these practices can be transferred to Pakistan.