Wodia Training Institute (WOTI) Invitation To Management Training Program.

Course Title: Office Administration and Management Date: SEPTEMBER 28 - 29, 2016 (Two days). Fee: N40,000:00 (forty thousand Naira only) per head. Venue : WODIA Training Institute (WOTI), The Boat House, 21, Ogunnusi Road, Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. Time : 9.00am-4.30pm daily.

 

 

Participation should be confirmed by sending an

email to support@thewodia.org

or by calling +234 802 307 9485;

  +234 813 375 4358.

Payment: After confirmation of participation,

payment should be made into any branch of

Zenith Bank, Account number 1012416876 to

Account name "WODIA Training Institute".

Course Contents:

-Effective Service Delivery.

-Effective Delegation.
-Computer-Aided Filing System.
 - Efficient Record Keeping and Information Management.
- Time Management.
-Performance Management.

- Organizational Skills.
-Office Maintenance and Security Consciousness.
-Stress and Anger Management. 

 Objectives: 

 Objectives are to enhance the competencies of the

participants in office administration and management.

After the course, Attendees will improve their

performance management, confidentiality and

Information management and

strengthen their abilities to

mobilize team for goal attainment.

Participants will develop better time, people,

stress and anger management and their

Information Technology skills of

data management will be promoted.

Fee covers Tuition, Writing Materials,

Resource Materials, Workshop Bags,

Tea, Lunch, Group Photograph and

Certificate of Participation stating all

Courses Undertaken. 

Learning Skills:

At the end of the training, Participants would have:

- improved their service delivery competencies,

organizational, communication and

 people  management skills;

-identified how to manage their anger

and stress at work place;

-strengthened their performance and

that of the staff with higher efficiency;

-developed better staff and stakeholders

engagement;

-enhanced their Information Technology

knowledge of data management;

-recognized how to manage resources

effectively in order to improve profits;

-awaken their senses of security to deal

with threatening situations; and

- designed methodologies of improving

working relationship regularly through

effective service delivery.

Who Can Attend:

Heads of Divisions, Managers of Private Companies,

Senior Officers in Public Service,

Customer Service Staff, Human Relations Officers,

Sales Staff, Public Relations Officers,

Liaison Officers and all officers in charge

of office administration and customers engagement.
EFFECTIVE OFFICE ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

TRAINING WILL:

Improve the operational efficiency in the office and

promote  staff effectiveness.

About 

WODIA Training Institute (WOTI)

-Registered by the Federal Government of Nigeria

  as an Accredited Management Training

Institution in Nigeria.
- Has experienced and highly competent

professionals as her Resource Faculties.
-Utilizes effective Methodologies and modern

Training aids for her Resource Delivery.

-Accredited British Safety Council Tuition Provider.
-WOTI has a purposely built Training Institution

of Four-storey building complex that can

train over 600 participants simultaneously.

- WOTI has trained more than 12,000 participants

from over 900 organizations within and outside Nigeria.

- Organizations that have sent participants to

WOTI'S training programs include but not

limited to the following:

   -Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);

 -The Presidency, Amnesty Office, Abuja;

-Taraba State Government.

-Bayelsa State Government.

 - Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB);

  -Pan African University, Lagos;

 -University of Lagos;

-Lagos State University (LASU);

-Nigeria Customs;

 -Power Holdings Company of Nigeria (PHCN) Abuja;

-Voluntary Service of Cameroon;

-Upper Niger River Basin Development Authority, Minna,

Niger State, Nigeria;

-Shell Dev. Company, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

-Delta State Oil Producing

Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC)

In- House Training Programs are available

for organizations.

For more details, Please call any of the above

numbers or send an email to support@thewodia.org
Remember that training your staff will:
-enhance their competencies;

-increase their loyalty towards the organization;

-promote the image of the organization; and

-boost the profitability of your establishment.

Company Address

WODIA Training Institute

The Boat House, 21, Ogunnusi Road, Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.

Phone :
+234802307 9485  +234 813 375 4358.

Email: support@thewodia.org
website: http://www.thewodia.org/woti.html

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