A title alone rarely moves a team through a difficult period — influence does. This Arab British Fellowship Training Academy course is built for the leaders best positioned to drive change, build organisational coherence, and grow their business, giving them practical tools to strengthen leadership ability and the power to influence people when it matters most.

Administrative development, as the course frames it, is a systematic process that ensures organisations have the competent managers they need for today and tomorrow — improving the performance of existing managers, offering them real opportunities to grow, and securing management succession within the organisation wherever possible.

Because today's world moves fast across every level — scientific, human and practical — the course treats people as the real driver of change, and management as the discipline that organises human effort toward shared goals. Strong administrative relationships, built on mutual objectives, remain vital to any institution's success.

Who Should Attend?

• Managers and owners of government and private companies.
• Directors of VIP offices in public administration.
• Managers of offices for heads of administrative departments in the front line of administration.
• Managers of branch offices within companies.
• Administrative secretaries and anyone involved in managing VIP business.

Objectives

By the end of the programme, participants will be able to master:

• The different styles of leadership, and how to lead, direct and invest in people.
• Understanding, analysing, evaluating and applying contemporary theories and trends in managing and leading individuals and groups.
• Identifying innovative ways to solve work-related problems, and applying modern leadership styles accordingly.
• Strategic management and planning.
• Dealing with individuals in a way that fits their social, cultural and political orientation.
• Strategic planning concepts, time management, and organising meetings.
• Skills for working within administrative and executive secretarial offices.
• Applying modern ideas to organise work and save time, including modern European approaches to shortening administrative procedures.
• Familiarity with modern technological tools that speed up business completion.

Module 1: What Administrative Development Actually Means

• Defining management development and why it matters.
• The issues organisations face around administrative development.
• The different areas administrative development covers within an organisation.

Module 2: Organisational Structure in Practice

• Key topics in organisational structure development.
• Basic concepts underlying organisational structure.
• Different types of work procedures and operating models.

Module 3: Facing Organisational Problems Head-On

• Common problems organisations run into.
• The foundations of audit and evaluation as tools for catching them early.

Module 4: Handling Pressure and Driving Innovation

• Skills for handling work pressure without losing performance.
• Innovation and creativity skills for responding quickly to sudden changes.

Module 5: Excellence in Management and Time

• Skills for achieving excellence in managing effort and administrative teams.
• Setting up time-management programmes for public administration officials.

Module 6: Running Business Day to Day

• Business management skills and scheduling meetings and programmes within available time.
• Planning, following up, and supervising work progress against the plan set by planning committees.