Transferable Skills Development

MGT 495
Lecture - 1

FACILITATOR
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Majid Mahmood Bagram

Course Description
This course on Transferable Skills Development uses a unique
three-pronged approach - theory, application, and skill
development - to make key concepts relevant to today's students.
The course combines traditional theory with cutting-edge today`s
Transferable Skills Development issues & Challenges that
focuses on key elements.

Course Description
Packed with real-world examples, the course illustrates how
successful managers deal with challenges, as well as provides
students with step-by-step guidelines for effectively handling
skills development functions.
Experiential exercises, action learning, individual and group
work, role plays, reflective exercises, and self assessment
included in this course would help students to immediately apply
to their personal and professional lives.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students should be
able to:
Develop skills in managing oneself, other people, groups,
and ultimately organizations.
Develop rich set of softer interpersonal, influencing, teambuilding, conflict management, and communications skills.
Understand organizational performance, and career
success in modern, dynamic and complex organizations.

Human Resources are the most important

asset of any organization

Know Yourself
Before You transfer skills to others,
You Should
Know Your Strengths & Weaknesses.
Educate & Train Yourself.
Be Clear About Your Values.
Reflect What You Really Believe.

LEADERSHI
P
One of the most observed and least
understood phenomena on earth
(James McGregor Burns. Political Scientist)

Leaders

Quaid-eAzam
Muhammad
Ali Jinnah

Abdul Sattar
Edhi

...
.

Leadership
"Leadership is constantly changing, and
survivors learn to change with it."
"Yesterday, natural resources defined power.
Today, knowledge is power.
Yesterday, leaders commanded and controlled.
Today, leaders empower and coach.
Yesterday, leaders were warriors. Today, they
are facilitators.
Yesterday, leaders directed. Today, leaders
delegate.
Dr. Denis Waitley
The Toastmaster, 2012

Leadership
If your actions inspire
others to dream more,
learn more, do more,
and become more,
you are a leader
- John Quincy Adams

Leadership is the influencing

process of leaders and
followers to achieve
organizational objectives
through change

Transferable Skills
Development
Transferable Skills Development is more than
getting work done through people. It is
developing people through work. If you want to
improve your workforce management, then you
need to improve the way you lead people via
transferring skills.

L E A D E R S H I P is about
influence

The process of influencing others to understand

and agree about what needs to be done and how to
do it, and the process of facilitating individual and
collective efforts to accomplish shared objectives

Leadership occurs.
anywhere

Leader Effectiveness
What

results would we expect to see

from a good leader:

Performance (the job gets done)

Motivation (followers are energized)
Effort (followers try hard)
Satisfaction (followers are happy)

Communication
Communication
High
High energy
energy

Dominance
Dominance

Self-confident
Self-confident

Judgement
Judgement

Skills of
Effective
Managers

Stability
Stability

Flexibility
Flexibility
Sensitivity
Sensitivity
to
to others
others
Intelligence
Intelligence

Conclusion
Transferable Skills Development increases individual,
group, and organizational performance.

It also improves efficiency and effectiveness.

FACILITATOR
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Majid Mahmood Bagram