Continuing Professional Development Targeted CPD for Interim Managers has become more relevant through the identification of the core competencies that successful Interim Managers display. If you want more choice of assignments why not improve your marketability?

We offer a range of courses, in conjunction with our partner, the Open University, for new and experienced Interim Managers, which are tied to the core competencies of successful interim managers, to enhance key Interim skills and thereby increase your success rate in winning new assignments.

We also offer a one-day workshop for Executives and Senior Managers who are exploring Interim Management as a career option or to existing interim managers who wish to win more assignments by learning to improve how they market themselves.

Open University Courses:

We chose the Open University (OU) to work with us on your behalf, because they offer a unique set of world-recognised learning opportunities that are suitable for busy Interim Managers, providing targeted on-line modules that you can complete in your own time.

The Open University already caters to the continuing professional development (CPD) needs of thousands of executives and professionals by offering flexible, accessible and value-for-money courses which individuals can study in and around their work commitments.

There are eleven courses currently available to improve your marketability. Click each one for more information:

(Please also see the matrix below to view how these courses support the development of the competencies of a successful Interim Manager)

Building your Business courses:

Managing performance through people

Applying strategic thinking

Advancing your personal leadership

Leading organisational change

Consulting and communicating inside organisations

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Enhancing your skills courses:

Working across cultures

Managing organisational politics

Creative problem solving

Ethics at work

Managing complex projects

Innovation for business results

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Course Fees and Course Matrix

Each course costs £495 and provides learning which contributes to the development of the key skills and attributes required by Interim Managers. It can be completed in stages and in your own time.

The table below indicates how the courses are linked to the six underlying Interim Management competences of success, of

• Quick Working
• Continuous Improvement
• Deadline Focus
• Action oriented
• Results oriented
• Accepting Change

Course content linked to underlying competences

Course	Quick Working	Continuous improvement	Deadline focus	Action oriented	Results oriented	Accepting change
Managing performance through people		√			√	√
Applying strategic thinking				√	√	√
Advancing your personal Leadership		√		√	√
Leading organisational Change				√	√	√
Consulting & Communicating inside organisations	√	√			√
Managing Organisational Politics				√	√
Creative Problem Solving	√				√
Innovation for Business Results				√	√
Ethics at work					√	√
Managing complex projects			√	√	√
Working across cultures					√	√

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Course benefits - why wait?

The strong link between course learning and your work practice creates relevant, enduring and transferable outcomes.

Each on-line course requires approximately 20 hours of your time in total, over whatever period suits you. But the learning is much richer than far more expensive one- to three-day workshops.

The courses feature the distinctive strengths of The Open University from its years of expertise in work-based learning with Senior Executives, including:

• the flexibility to complete the module within your own timescales
• access to an electronic forum to share learning with other professionals
• the ability to bring what you have learned into the office the next day and instantly apply it to your assignment
• All materials, activities and support online - whenever suits you
• Convenient one to two hour chunks to help you keep pace with your work patterns
• Instantly apply everything you learn to your work , including completion of a work-based activity
• Support provided by expert learning adviser who can answer questions and help you relate the course to your specific needs.
• Successful completion will result in an OU/IMA Institute certificate of course completion. You can use this to demonstrate your Continuing
Professional Development (CPD) activity to the IMA Institute or other professional body to which you belong.

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Entry

Although there are no formal academic requirements to study any of our CPD courses, you are expected to have some experience in the field and the courses assume a familiarity with the subject. For each course you can register and begin at any time during the life of the course. You can study at your own pace and submit your work-based activity at any date before the final submission date for the course. Information about the final submission date is available when you register for a course.

If you have additional requirements

The course is delivered wholly online. Learners who use screen readers or who cannot use a mouse will not be able to access some course material or some course activities without assistance. Written transcripts of the audio interviews are available from the OU website (via the IMA Institute link).

What's included

All learning materials, exercises, study support and work-based activity are delivered entirely online.

You will need

A computer and access to the internet. You will also need to be a member of the IMA Institute and sign-in on-line.

Work-based activity

The work-based activity for each course involves the preparation of a presentation, report or personal development plan based on the key activities undertaken throughout the course. Completed at the end of the course, an expert Learning Adviser will provide coaching feedback on your work.

This will allow you to reflect on your learning and how to use it in your professional work. The activity is suitably flexible to be appropriate for interim managers who may only have limited time in an organisation whilst they are undertaking a course.

Interim managers will find it helpful to aim to complete a course and its work-based activity whilst working within one client organisation.