Introduction to Organizational Behaviour and Development Course Number 11

Introduction
The vibrant civil society in most countries has resulted into the growth of many development and advocacy organizations. Most of these NGOs, CBOs and FBOs have emerged on need basis and therefore little planning and systems have been thought through as many practictioners are immersed in service delivery. This course points out the basic concepts and tenets of organizational behaviour and growth. Its focus is to enable participants understand and appreciate the need for Institutional and Organizational development with a view to strengthening their organizations to manage change, identify and use internal potential as well as positioning themselves strategically in order to ensure results and a healthy organization.

Course Objectives
By the end of this course, the participants will be able to:
• Understand that an organization is a living organism
• Organization has a growth cycle and at every stage the challenges are different and need to be met appropriately
• Conduct an Organizational Analysis (OA)
• Understand what organizational culture is about
• Appreciate the different organizational behaviour tools and implement some in their organizations
• Map out the organizational growth stage of their respective organizations

Course Content
• Concept , principles and approaches of Organizational behaviour and development
• Process consultancy
• The importance of Organizational Assessment/scanning and the related tools
• Organizational culture
• A learning organization
• Organizational growth stages and the relevant tools of assessment e.g time line, mind mapping

Target Group
This course is designed specifically for CEOs, project managers and programme officers and finance/accounting staff with a view to enable them understand the “software” issues of an organization and also to be able to apply the principles of ID/OD in their own organization.

Course Duration 3 days
Course Fee Ksh. 15,000

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Governance and Strategic Leadership CourseNumber 12

“ A community without elders does not prosper” Mozambican proverb

“. ..select capable men from all people – men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonet gain and appoint them as officials..” Genesis 18:21 [NIV]

Introduction
There is no gainsaying that there is need to shape governance and leadership in both the public as well as private sector. Indeed, poor governance has been a major contributing factor to poor socio-conomic development performance in most developing countries. Equally important is the role of governance and strategic leadership in development organizations. Given that many have evolved on the basis of need and service delivering determing the pace of action, little attention was given to effective internal governance especially in the NGOs, CBOs and FBOs but this has now become a need and most organizations are seeking support and capacity building in order to establish functional, objcetive and independent boards. TAABCO intends to groom leaders to be acceptable and accountable to the organizations or communities in which they work. Are there positive values, virtues and attributes that make men and women as suitable leaders? What challenges face governors/leaders in their organiozations? How can they be overcome? This training programme provides a real test for leadership and creates a forum for equity to share experiences and arrive at answers to the above questions among others.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
• Define governance and strategic leadership
• Understand the historical issues of leaders and governance
• Governance, Leadership and internalization
• Explain the role and responsibilities of leadership;
• Define and understand the attributes of leaders;
• Describe challenges leaders face
• Make strategic solutions to the problems
• Understand women and governance in development organizations
• Understand standards of conduct
• Have good insights into the issues of accountable governance in spearheading gender issues and power relations

Course Content

• Introduction to governance and leadership.
• Attributes of leaders.
• Historical issues of leadership and Governance.
• Governance in public management and governance in voluntary organizations
• Governance ,leadership and internalisation.
• Women and governance in development organizations.
• Standards of conduct.
• Roles and responsibilities.
• Effective governance and leadership
• Self regulation
• Accountable governance in spearheading gender issues.

Target Group

Church leaders, Board members, organizational leaders, managers, administrators, programme officers, and development practitioners.

Course Duration: 3 Days
Course Fees: Kshs. 15,000

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Team Building Course Number 13

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.” Ecc. 4:9
“ Where there are two people there is double wisdom” Zambian proverb (Annetta Miller in African Wisdom for life)

Introduction

Organizations are made up of people of diverse bacgrounds, experiences, knowledge and skills. Management of this resource is vital for the realization of both individual and organizational goals. It is imperative therefore that individual staff understand the importance of working together in teams and sub teams in order to achieve set objectives and targets. Team work does not however, come naturally in an organization as management must facilitate its development and funcionability. This is a challenging and practical course that aims at helping participants to develop a positive attitude in life and enhances communication and interpersonal skills to deal with people of different backgrounds and odds facing teams in a positive and constructive situation.

Course Objectives
At the end of this course the participants will:

• Have the essential skills and techniques to manage and motivate people to achieve high performance.
• Be able to practice setting clear, motivating objectives and to give constructive feedback .
• Have learnt the importance of developing teams and individuals as a way to enhance total organizational performance.
• Understand different personality types and how they relate to each other

Course Content
• The participants will learn theory and the principles of success in today's busy environment
• Positive contribution of team work/spirit in an organization
• Importance of communication and feedback
• Appreciating the individual skills within a team and creating synergy
• Different personality types
• Stages of team formation and the challenges at each stage.
• The course will involve team-work, confidence building, intellectual games, mountain hiking, a test of wits and techniques that will eventually increase one's competence and sharpen thinking, reduce stress at work and improve work effectiveness, productivity and efficiency.
• It is envisaged that team building course will help participants to accomplish their tasks and face life with much buoyancy and satisfaction.

Target Group

The target group includes: Board members, CEOs, Project Directors, Programme managers, Project Officers, as well as other Programme Officers.

Course Duration: 3 days
Course Fees: Kshs. 15,000

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Facilitation and Moderation Course Number 14

Introduction

Organization of conferences, workshops and seminars has become an in-house art of doing business by development actors as a means of broadening participation. Management and organization of these activities requires knowledge and skills in order that objectives and expectations are met. Current management studies show that effective and fruitful participation in conferences, seminars and workshops depends very much on the quality of facilitation/moderation. This course is planned to enable managers and all those involved in conference and workshop organizing to appreciate the need for requisite skills that ensure desired outcomes. Conferences, workshops and seminars including committee meetings are spaces for learning and sharing experiences that need carefully crafted processes of organizing and managing if they should steer away from the risk of becoming talk shops and/or routine undertakings with little or no collective or individual impact and change.

Course Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be in a position to:
• Understand the principles and concepts of conference organizing and management
• Determine the purposes of different types of conferences, workshops and seminars
• Develop an appreciation for facilitation and moderation skills
• Establish the types of logistical requirements for different gatherings
• Map out various tools for facilitation/moderation
• Practice facilitation/moderation in the training and in their respective organizations

Course Outline
• Definition of Concept and History of facilitation/moderation
• Purpose of facilitation/moderation
• Types of conferences and different types of facilitation
• The role of a facilitator/moderator
• The role of participants
• Planning conferences/workshops/seminars
• Criteria for a successful conference/workshop/seminar

Target Group

This course is specifically organized for Trainers, Programme/Project officers and Managers

Course Duration 3 days
Course Fees 15,000