There are still places available on ‘Strategic Thinking for Archivists’.  This course is aimed any archivists wanting to move to management or who currently are in management positions in an archive service.  It will particularly useful for archivists wishing to:

 

·         Understand the wider context of services and how archives fit in them

·         Articulate the benefits of their service internally and externally

·         Provide a strategic vision for their service

·         Set achievable goals and visions for their service

 

More information below:

 

Strategic thinking for Archivists

Date:     Thursday 2^nd July 2009

Time:     0930 – 1630

Venue: MLA London, 4^th Floor, 53-56 Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DG

Sector: Archives

 

For archivists with wanting to move into management, are new to the management side of the archive sector, or who currently have managerial responsibilities who wish to develop skills in thinking strategically and want to establish a vision for their service or project.. The day will provide practical exercises and delegates are asked to bring along a situation which they wish to consider such as the development of their service or an individual project. This intensive course will be highly interactive giving participants practical solutions.

 

What are the core elements of strategic planning and do they all fit together

This day will look at helping delegates identify vision for their archival service or project and how these can turning into reachable goals underpinned by firm strategic thinking.  It will help delegates understand how the three parts form the core elements of strategic planning and how they all fit together.

 

Creating a vision

Delegates will be introduced to creative thinking techniques to generate ideas to create their own vision.  Delegates will also examine the qualities of the vision to inform the goals.  These would include people & behaviour, environment, communications, products and services.

 

Setting goals

Delegates will consider the general qualities of good goals  i.e. SMART, stretching, balanced (customers, finances, people, processes), reflecting the Vision’s qualities.  Delegates will then undertake a brief analysis of their current situation through the following processes:

• Apply the Core and Surround technique for identifying features and analysing benefits.
• Develop critical success factors looking at how current performance measures up.
• Do an analysis of whether they are and what they need to do to get where they want to be.

 

Strategy

This section will concentrate how the vision and goal setting feed into developing overall strategic thinking and how this can inform services.  It will also look a what is strategy and it’s major components.

 

Stakeholder analysis

Delegates will be introduced to the importance of stakeholder analysis and have an opportunity to undertake stakeholder analysis using a consultancy tool to help inform their chosen project.

 

Registration: 09:30 – 10:00

Course: 10:00 – 16:30

 

Trainer:  Elizabeth Oxborrow-Cowan, Consultant Archivist

Maximum numbers: 20

Trainer:  Elizabeth Oxborrow-Cohen

Maximum numbers: 20
Cost:  £110 (+VAT)

 

Paddy McNulty

Workforce Development and Events Manager

MLA London

 

Tel: 020 7549 1711

Fax: 020 7490 5225

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Web: www.mlalondon.org.uk

 

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Tina Morton

Improvement and Innovation Manager

MLA London

Fourth Floor

53-56 Great Sutton Street

London

EC1V 0DG

 

Direct line: 020 7549 1701

Main line: 020 7549 1700

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