If 90% of Management Training is a Waste of Money, Choose the Worthwhile 10%

March 16, 2010 - Press Dispensary - Management training may be highly popular but 90% is a waste of money, according to a study conducted by Detterman and Sternberg. Surprising though it may seem, popular management training provider, Orgtopia (http://www.orgtopia.co.uk ), is happy to tell its clients this damning figure. Orgtopia believes its fresh and bespoke approach puts it within the successful 10% that makes corporate time and investment in management training worthwhile.

David Hinde, managing director of Orgtopia, says the biggest problem comes from standard training courses that don’t address the issues faced by employees at work.

He explains: "To gain a return on investment, attendees must be able to take the ideas from the course and apply them successfully to their environment. We have clients ranging from the army, digital strategy agencies, broadcast companies, software developers and manufacturers. The way in which these organisations use management theories can be worlds apart. So public courses that teach 'one size fits all' theories are an ineffective way of changing workplace performance and should be avoided in favour of tailored methods that address specific issues."

Mr Hinde continues: "Orgtopia’s approach is different to standard public courses without necessarily being more expensive. We get to know an organisation and focus on understanding its environment, key issues, clients and current management approaches. We then apply a set of pre-built training modules to design a course specifically for the individual client. This approach includes writing lifelike scenarios and exercises so attendees can practise the ideas in realistic situations. We’ve found time and time again that attendees can successfully apply the ideas from the training when they return to work."

Orgtopia’s website outlines its tailored development approach to training courses and the modules that are available – see http://www.orgtopia.com/management-training/

Fred Bassett, strategy director of Blue Latitude – an Orgtopia client - explains the benefits of its management training course. He says: "We asked Orgtopia to create a bespoke project management training course that combined recognised best practises with our own approaches to managing client engagements. The course Orgtopia created for us was enthusiastically received by all attendees and had a demonstrable impact on the effectiveness of our project management. We’ll certainly be repeating the course in the near future."

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Notes for editors
Orgtopia provides management development services to clients as diverse as the BBC, British Army, Deloitte and Citigroup. Established in 2003, its services include management training, coaching and consultancy.

For further information, please contact:
David Hinde, managing director
Orgtopia Limited
Tel: 0208 987 1534 / 07711 686640
Email:
Site: www.orgtopia.com