Developing skills in a large organisation through training and development A National Grid case study Page 1: Introduction National Grid is one of the world’s largest utilities. It focuses on the delivery of energy (gas and electricity) safely‚ reliably‚ responsibly and efficiently. The networks include: around 4‚500 miles of overhead power lines 340 electricity substations 4‚300 miles of high pressure gas pipelines around 80‚000 miles of distribution pipes delivering gas to 11 million meters
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Political skill is a concept defined as an interpersonal style that associates an ability to behave in a manner that can inspire confidence‚ conviction and authenticity to a social astuteness. Individuals that are politically skilled know exactly what to do in diverse social situations at work and they also identify correctly how to do it in a way that disseminates any hypothetically manipulative reason. Perrewé and Nelson (2004) believe that political skill is particular to relations aimed to succeed
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INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT 1. It develops the practical and communication skills/competencies of trainees. It strengthen industrial/institution partnership. It provides a nation-wide mechanism to address key skill demand. It provides employers the opportunity to give back to society. It enhances training. It provides a mechanism for training institutions to respond to identified areas of national key skill needs. It develops the manual skills of trainees associated with scientific and technological operations
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1a.Why managerial skills play a critical role in organizational and individual success alike? Under what conditions they have an even more prominent role as a growth-producing agent? Management is such a term that is almost a synonym to success. Whether it’s individual or organization‚ management is must in order to be developed or to grab success. Management of time‚ management of work load‚ management of staff‚ management of environment‚ management of finance etc everything needs to be well
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with the necessary stability and strength to weather the volatility much better than that of the competitors and also maintain high standards of customer service levels throughout. Smart meets the support needs of this investor base through execution skills driven by an experienced sales team and research-backed advice generated by a team of experienced analysts. Smart advisory services range from investing‚ trading‚ research‚ financial planning and portfolio management‚ which are offered‚ to a large
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need three basic and important skills: technical‚ human and conceptual. What is more‚ these three skills are relatively essential to managers who are at different levels that include first-line‚ middle‚ top management positions. There will be a discussion about the importance of conceptual skills that are needed by all managers at all levels‚ especially by top level of managers. The purpose of this essay is to identify and discuss the importance of conceptual skills that top managers are required
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1. Based on the Model of Primary Leadership Skills (Figure 6.1)‚ how would you describe Caroline’s skills? In what skills is she strongest‚ and in what skills is she weakest? Caroline’s strongest skill would be her interpersonal skills. She shows that she was socially perceptive by catching on that people really enjoyed what she was doing. Every time she found something she could do for others she expanded to provide for them. She went from a hobby‚ to small bakery‚ and finally to a full restaurant
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skills and experience are at the top of the list of key factors that employers look for when interviewing potential employees. Think about the most important skills you possess and how they will help you in a particular position or field. During the interview‚ offer specific examples to illustrate your point. Don’t cross the line of confidence by sounding too pompous or arrogant. Employers will never believe you saved the world from mass destruction. They will‚ however‚ believe you increased departmental
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was carried out in Sharekhan Ltd BTM Branch office. Since I am interested in Stock Market I have done on Technical Analysis of share price movements. At the beginning of the internship I formulated several learning goals‚ which I wanted to achieve: To understand the functioning and working conditions of Sharekhan To see what is like to work in professional environment To learn about the Technical indicators To learn about research methodologies To see if this kind of work is a possibility for my future
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continuing skill development is important for my continuing studies and future employability” As much as learning is an on going process‚ skills development follows the same trend. Nowadays‚ competition has been the hallmark in every corporate endeavour and to say the least‚ each product seeks for competitive edge. I must not stay behind in this race for leadership and excellence because my future employability depends largely on how I perfected my skills during this period of continuing skill development
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