The Management School has online access to 10 programmes from training company Video Arts, covering issues such as working in teams, coaching, giving and receiving feedback, running meetings and understanding financial documents. Lecturers will be able to reinforce learning points, and illustrate the practical application of theory, by showing clips from these programmes in their live delivery. Students will also be able to access the full programmes in their own time.
"Our goal is to get our students as prepped and ready for the world of work as we possibly can," said Peter Lenney, senior fellow of the Foundation for Management Education at LUMS. "The reality is it's not easy to be a good manager. We pride ourselves on our teaching in this area, however we're always happy to supplement our capabilities with an alternative approach if it will enhance the learning experience."
The Management School's course leaders will determine which aspects of the Video Arts programmes are most appropriate for their students.
The Management School has worked with Video Arts to SCORM-package the digital learning content so that it can be embedded into the University's virtual learning environment, enabling all usage of the Video Arts programmes to be tracked and monitored.
"We're now looking to extend the use of the Video Arts programmes, initially to other accounting, finance and economics courses in the Management School," said Lenney. "We're also looking to add more programmes from Video Arts and to further extend usage to our alumni and to other departments within the University, such as engineering and medicine, that have a curriculum need for soft skills learning."
