Shared Service Architects and Canterbury Christ Church University launched the UK’s first Postgraduate Certificate in Shared Services in 2010 and invitations to apply for the Feb 2012, 4th Cohort are now open.
Click
here to see Baroness Hanham, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the
Department for Communities and Local Government, present the postgraduate
certificates to the second cohort of public sector leaders and managers.
What skills will you learn?
The programme will develop your skills in managing the initiation and development of business cases in diverse partnerships, in public sector settings.
Module 1: The Essentials of Shared Service Architecture
The first module consists of three taught units that provide a sound and systematic understanding of shared services.
Module 2: Change Management and Analysis
In the second module, students develop a more conceptual understanding enabling them to identify and critically evaluate current research and practice in the field of change management and its impact in shared services.
Module 3: Developing a Shared Services Roadmap
Through this module students will apply their deeper understanding of shared service initiatives to their own organisation and construct a detailed plan or ‘road map’ to take their organisation forward along the route of shared services.
Dominic Wallace, Director of Learning and Development at SSA explains why the certificate is good value for money for employers.
“The three modules that make up the certificate will equip students with 70 highly practical tools, templates and techniques for rapidly developing shared service business cases in-house. So for organisations that do not have money to burn on external consultancy, these tools, if applied properly, could save up to £25,000 on external consultancy costs per service being considered for sharing. If a council is considering half-a-dozen options that is over £100k.”
What are the graduates saying about their postgraduate experience?
"I have fully enjoyed completing the course, and have found the content extremely useful in my role as shared services lead in the development of effective approaches to current and future shared services projects."
“The course has allowed me to stretch myself professionally and given methodology that is relevant to my business. It is delivered with passion and enthusiasm following a delivery which simulates the approach you would take in application.”
“I am proud to have passed the course and feel I am the member of what will be a strong, growing community of shared service professionals.”
The postgraduate certificate launched in late October 2010 and the fee is £2,750 per student with discounts for senior managers who have already attended Shared Service Architects' RIEP or AOC funded programmes.
Click
here to see Baroness Hanham, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the
Department for Communities and Local Government, present the postgraduate
certificates to the second cohort of public sector leaders and managers.
Click here to see course dates
and content
For more details please contact: dominic.wallace@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk