• Strategic Business Planning
• Business Process Re-engineering
• Management Training & Development
• Human Resource Management

Plenum Management Consultants,Nottingham - management development, training, business strategy & IT

A management consultancy practice with highly experienced staff working in the areas of business improvement(change management, method study,business process re-engineering), and all HR matters(management structure, bullying and harassment investigations, 360 degree appraisals, management development etc.).

Planning for the future

The Strategic Business Planning review process determines what an organisation's goals are and what resources it may require to attain them.
An effective business planning or business strategy review should encompass the organisation's entire operation and will usually include internal efficiency and effectiveness, SWOT analysis within the chosen market sector, management information systems review and where appropriate a customer satisfaction survey.

Our business planning consultants work in conjunction with client staff to collect and analyse the data from these reviews. We can then propose alternative "what-if?" scenarios for consideration by senior management.

When agreement has been reached on the most appropriate option for an organisation's future development, we will formulate a suitable Strategic Business Plan to assist in implementing any agreed changes. A Business Process Re-Engineering project frequently forms a pre-cursor to any significant organisational change.

We have broad experience of change management programmes and always work alongside our clients to ensure a smooth transition between the old and the new.

Our HR, Management Development and Information Technology skills can be called on as required to provide balanced and cohesive implementation teams most suited to our clients' needs.

Implementing best practice across the business

Business Process Re-Engineering assignments are targeted at improving any type of business process, at both macro and micro levels. All organisations can benefit from critically examining their modus operandi.

Rigorous analysis can expose weaknesses and inefficiencies and thus enable the redesign of business processes to meet the long-term objectives of the formal business plan.

Sophisticated analysis tools include computer models and where appropriate high-tech audio-visual methods.

We believe that our clients' staff know their businesses best, and consequently work closely with them, exchanging ideas and knowledge to ensure mutual understanding of the business needs at all levels. Our consultants will then devise relevant changes in methods and working practices to enhance the efficiency of the business.

We are experienced in assembling and managing the multi-skilled teams needed to implement changes, utilising staff from our various divisions as required. We include and involve our clients' staff at all stages, thereby ensuring ownership of and responsibility for any new regime is retained within the client organisations.

Ensuring your managers have the right skills

Organisations expect a great deal from their managers in terms of skills, ability to adapt to new methods of working and contribution to corporate goals. Management Training and Development helps managers to fulfil those expectations.

Successful organisations recognise the importance of both building on the strengths of their people, particularly at management level, and providing the opportunity to develop new skills.

Our approach to management training is pragmatic, using coaching, role rehearsal, case study analysis, video feedback and action centred learning. All people management issues are addressed including: employment law, team management, performance appraisal, interviewing and assessment skills, performance management, conduct and discipline, harassment and bullying, customer handling, human resource management skills, coaching and counselling.

We work alongside our clients' management teams to identify skills and nurture strengths from within organisations in order to develop bespoke management and employee training programmes.

This approach ensures that training programme content is specifically designed to suit our clients' objectives and the ability of participants, whilst reflecting organisational culture.

Our senior staff also regularly present Management Training courses on an open basis. These workshops are targeted at participants who seek the catalyst of an exchange of ideas with peer groups and the cross-fertilisation of ideas that result from mixing with representatives from other organisations.

Putting the right people in the right place

Patterns of work are constantly changing - employment horizons have stretched and it is widely recognised that effective Human Resource Management contributes significantly to the success of an organisation. New and innovative approaches to human resource management are now required to attract and retain the best employees.

We will assist organisations to unlock the potential of their employees to create a culture and environment where staff recognise that it is they who will create the commercial success.

Our Human Resource Management Development consultants ensure that the most appropriate personnel and internal support systems are made available to complement the strategic goals of our clients.

We address all human resource management issues, including recruitment and selection, skills audits, psychometric assessment, remuneration, staff training needs analysis, employee surveys, discipline and grievance, performance appraisal and management systems, career progression and counselling.

We will agree any appropriate changes with our clients' senior management and then help to implement them with maximum effect and minimum disruption.

We also have in-depth experience of implementing Investors in People and other national standards.