Motivation and Delegation
Use motivation and delegation to create a more effective team.
Motivation and delegation are often the most difficult concepts for a manager to adopt in practice. In this short course you'll examine the concepts of and connections between motivation and delegation. You'll learn what motivates people and how to delegate without micromanaging or abdicating responsibility.
This virtual short course, specifically designed to give you a quick convenient way to renew and refresh your project management skills, maintain your Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification, and earn PDUs on your own time, at your own pace.
Virtual short courses do not include materials or headsets.
PMP is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
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Course Objective
- The role of motivation in the workplace
- Common theories used to explain patterns of motivation
- Motivational tools that are available to managers
- Techniques to build productive teams
- The role managers play in task delegation
- The process of effective delegation
- Guidelines for monitoring and controlling delegated tasks
- Risks associated with delegation and how to plan for and effectively deal with them
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Target AudiencePMP-certified project managers, IT project managers, project coordinators, project analysts, project leaders, senior project managers, team leaders, product managers, program managers, project sponsors, and project team members who want to continue to develop their skills and renew their PMP certification.
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Motivation and Delegation
1. Motivation
- What Is Motivation?
- The Role of Motivation
- Assumptions and Motivation
- What Is a Manager's Role?
- Positive vs. Negative Motivation
- Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation
- Common Motivators
- Common De-Motivators
- Popular Motivation Theories
- Implications
- Motivation Cycle/Patterns of Motivation
- Temperament as Key to Motivation
- Differences as Flaws or as Enhancement
- How to Motivate using Temperament
- Motivational Tools
- Expectations
- Information
- Control
- Responsibility
- Confidence
- Feedback
- Praise
- Reward
- Challenge
- Growth
- Openness
- Results of Motivation
- Management Styles
2. Delegation
- Management Is Delegation/Getting Things Done by Others
- If You're in Leadership, Delegating Is the Job
- Why Delegate?
- Take Control of Your Time
- Build Your Team
- When to Delegate - to Motivate
- Delegating Is a Skill
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Delegation
- Delegation Dilemma
- Fundamentals of Delegation - How to Delegate Effectively
- Planning for Delegation
- Delegating Process
- Keeping Control
- Delegating Menial Tasks
- Delegating a Challenging Job
- What to Keep, what to Give Away
- Accountability in Delegation - Responsible for and Accountable to . . .
- It's a Two-Way Street
- Monitoring Progress and Effort
- Managing the Risk of Delegating
- Giving Feedback or Micromanaging?
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