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Training Planner 2003


Effective Project Management

Joint Venture between Dubai Quality Group and Intek
Participants who want to acquire techniques to sharpen their skills in developing and managing a project specific to their work areas. This workshop is an excellent mix of “Technical Computer skills” and “People side of Project Management”

 

 


Effective Customer Services Workshop

For Junior / Middle executives who wish to improve further their customer service skills
 


 

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Al Bustan Rotana Hotel- Dubai - UAE
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August 2003

Vol 2 Issue 8

Dear Friends
The summer is in full swing , and our thoughts turn to vacation. Some of us are the ones who cherish their vacation time and spend considerable time planning it. Others of us have difficulty with vacations, We are the workaholics of the organization. Our jobs tend to dominate our lives, and as a consequence we find it hard to take time off and enjoy some well deserved vacation.

While we greatly appreciate your dedication to your job, it is important for you to remember that there is life outside the City. If the truth be known, employers do not give vacation time simply to be nice. Vacations actually are a productivity enhancer. Vacations refresh the body, rejuvenate the mind, and restore the soul. A change of pace is essential to help you relax and balance the multiple demands in your life. Vacations let you recharge your batteries so you can put your best energies into your job as an employee.

A vacation with a cell phone and a lap top computer is not a real vacation. For a vacation to have its full restorative effect, it’s best not to check in with the office at all. There are two reasons for this. You need an uninterrupted break, and everyone in your work area needs an uninterrupted break from you.

Wishing all our friends a relaxing time off, from the usual routines of life – a repose to re-think the priorities in life and a chance to merge with nature. It is always a pleasure to receive your comments/ suggestions.


Zaufyshan Haseeb Intek Solutions & The Intek Family
 

 Idea of the Month: What did you learn lately ?

In accordance to Maslow's predictions related to the hierarchy of needs model, more and more people are entering an era where personal growth becomes a key factor. Learning, whether it is professionally or personally, means growing. Growth equates satisfaction and self-esteem. Yet, we may be learning more than we realize, or maybe less… Indeed, it is surprising how few people can actually reproduce the overview of their key leaning points of say, the last 6 months. So you might pause for 5 minutes before continuing to read this newsletter to answer that question for yourself.
 

Case of the Month: How much training did you get?

Since 1990, we have been hearing how important learning is. It's indeed a big market. In 1998, the US companies spent 66 billion dollars on training. May 2000 was the month of ASTD, the American Society for Training & Development. Let me share the HR tendencies I noticed. The figures are base on the 1999 Industry Report from Training Magazine and various ASTD reports.

Livelong learning is here to stay. More and more money and time is spend on training people. In 1998, the training expenditures in the US increased to 2% of payroll. In Europe, the expenditures even reached 3,2% of payroll. This means 29 hours (US) to 49 hours of training a person. US Benchmarking participants projected a 14% jump in training expenditures between 1998 and 1999.


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 HR Issues - III  (article)
 Job Description Responsibility Verbs

It's not easy writing job descriptions. It's even more difficult to have uniformity from department to department or even incumbent to incumbent. In order to help, I am listing the following verbs which should be useful in identifying and defining the job function. These definitions are important in the consistency in definition leads to standardization of job descriptions.

Administer: Manage or direct the execution of affairs.

Advise: Recommend a course of action; offer an informed opinion based on specialized knowledge.

Analyze: ....

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 Imagination (article)

The Motion of Mind
It is only through imagination that we, as humans can create. This is our avenue of creation and we constantly use it. In describing the characteristics of change and listing the motivations, you are establishing new neuro-networks of thought and even more important, memory. Consider that any stimulus, whether based upon real or perceived input, focused upon by the consciousness becomes a learning experience, which in turn creates knowledge that is stored as ...

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Team Building (article)

The Basics of Team Building
I
n the late 80s and 90s, 'Team Building' has been recognized by many companies as an important factor in providing a quality service and remaining competitive. Yet the term 'team building' can sometimes seem rather nebulous - people often know that they need it, but aren't quite sure what it is.

What is a team?
Here are some terms that are often used to describe 'a team'. Which ones do you think define what a team is?

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 Marketing (article)

Effective Email Marketing Techniques

Email marketing when used correctly, can be one of the most effective marketing techniques around. To get results, each emailing that you send has to be specific in terms of what you want each reader to get out of it. Without a clear understanding of what the purpose is for a mailing, you will not have any way of determining what impact each has on your business.

There are a number of different ways to use email marketing. The three most effective ones are: ...

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