SBSC Ireland: ICT Small Business Productivity Improvement Programme
Something that Microsoft discussed in the Community event today was a programme that has been developed to support local businesses with the assistance of Irish SBSCers.
About the programme:
“With substantial financial support available through FÁS, and provision of the programme by industry leading business training and technology consultants, delivered on-site in a face-to-face manner with the business, participants will be able to:
- Identify business improvement opportunities within the company and the related skills needs – this covers both ICT and business functional areas
- Assess and be coached in how to optimise technology usage in order to maximise productivity (both in teams and individually). Through this, develop company specific ICT strategies with quantifiable productivity indicators.
- Receive best-in-class productivity based training right across the employee spectrum.
This programme is delivered using a specially developed small business productivity evaluation toolkit, plus methodology, and the provision of customised development plans to participants from FÁS approved, best-in-class productivity generating programmes.
With financial support available from FÁS, and consultants coming to your place of business, this is a unique opportunity to enhance your business in a cost and time effective manner”
The first version of the programme has been very successful and is just drawing to a close. The next run of this programme will take place in 2008. For more information, click here or contact Sinead O’Grada (MS Ireland SBSC Programme Manager).
Loving the programme’s toolkit.