Developing media business leaders in Wales
7th February 2005. SKILLSET Cymru has announced the launch of a unique business programme designed to develop the next generation of creative industry leaders in Wales. The Leading Media Businesses (LMB) programme will cover strategic leadership, business management skills, finance, and developing new ideas. Twelve owners and senior managers from television, animation and interactive media companies throughout Wales will be selected to take part in this elite 9 month programme delivered by Cardiff Business School.
Gwawr Hughes, Director of Skillset Cymru, said:
"We have a thriving independent media sector in Wales keen to take advantage of the opportunities for new business and expansion bought about by the Communications Act. This programme will be tailored to their specific needs helping them to drive their businesses forward to benefit their staff, their profits and the Welsh economy."
Skillset Cymru is the Sector Skills Council for the Audio Visual Industries and has commissioned Cardiff Business School to develop the LMB programme based on its research. Consisting of a series of two-day events; including master classes, networking events and the support from a personal coach, the programme is designed to encourage participants to explore their leadership style and aspirations whilst at the same time tackling specific issues related to their business. Completion of the programme will provide accreditation towards the prestigious Cardiff University MBA.
Brian Morgan, Director of the Leadership & Enterprise Unit at Cardiff Business School, recently named Business School of the Year by Business Britain magazine, said:
"Good managers do things better, but good leaders do better things. Cardiff Business School research has shown that strategic leadership is a key factor in the success and growth of companies. Our aim is that this programme will develop good leaders, who can take their firms forward and act as a driving force for the Welsh economy."
To highlight the practical advantages of LMB, two half-day "taster workshops" are being run in February 2005.
To register please contact:
Gary Walpole
Project Manager
Cardiff Business School
Tel: 029 2087 4846
or Gwawr Hughes
Skillset Cymru
Tel: 02920 590 621
e-mail gwawrh@skillset.org
Partners in developing the programme are New Media Partnership (nmp), Pippa Davies, Monika Barnes and Telos Partners.
For more information please contact the Skillset Press Office:
Eve Ragout
020 7520 5752 / 07968 010 325
eve@skillset.org
Notes to Editor
Gwawr Hughes, Director of Skillset Cymru, said:
"We have a thriving independent media sector in Wales keen to take advantage of the opportunities for new business and expansion bought about by the Communications Act. This programme will be tailored to their specific needs helping them to drive their businesses forward to benefit their staff, their profits and the Welsh economy."
Skillset Cymru is the Sector Skills Council for the Audio Visual Industries and has commissioned Cardiff Business School to develop the LMB programme based on its research. Consisting of a series of two-day events; including master classes, networking events and the support from a personal coach, the programme is designed to encourage participants to explore their leadership style and aspirations whilst at the same time tackling specific issues related to their business. Completion of the programme will provide accreditation towards the prestigious Cardiff University MBA.
Brian Morgan, Director of the Leadership & Enterprise Unit at Cardiff Business School, recently named Business School of the Year by Business Britain magazine, said:
"Good managers do things better, but good leaders do better things. Cardiff Business School research has shown that strategic leadership is a key factor in the success and growth of companies. Our aim is that this programme will develop good leaders, who can take their firms forward and act as a driving force for the Welsh economy."
To highlight the practical advantages of LMB, two half-day "taster workshops" are being run in February 2005.
To register please contact:
Gary Walpole
Project Manager
Cardiff Business School
Tel: 029 2087 4846
or Gwawr Hughes
Skillset Cymru
Tel: 02920 590 621
e-mail gwawrh@skillset.org
Partners in developing the programme are New Media Partnership (nmp), Pippa Davies, Monika Barnes and Telos Partners.
For more information please contact the Skillset Press Office:
Eve Ragout
020 7520 5752 / 07968 010 325
eve@skillset.org
Notes to Editor
- Skillset is the Sector Skills Council for the Audio Visual Industries. Audio visual industries in this context means, the Broadcast, Film, Video and Interactive Media Industries. Skillset was the first Sector Skills Council to be licensed by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills and by Ministers in the devolved administrations in 2002 to tackle the skills and productivity challenge. Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) are independent, UK wide organisations developed by groups of influential employers in industry or business sectors of economic or strategic significance. SSCs are employer-led and actively involve trade unions, professional bodies and other stakeholders in the sector. For more information on industry lead skills activity visit www.skillset.org
- Skillset Cymru was launched in July 2002 charged with addressing the skills, talent and company development needs of the Audio Visual Industries in Wales. The work of Skillset Cymru is steered by an advisory committee made up of senior industry representatives in Wales and chaired by Huw Jones, Chief Executive of S4C and Skillset board member.
- Cardiff Business School is the largest department of Cardiff University, and one of the most successful business schools in the country - regularly placed in the top 10 of the 100 business schools in Britain. Extensive links with public and private companies, government agencies and universities throughout the world have helped earn it an international reputation.The School's research encompasses a wide span of specialist areas, including economics, banking, human resource management, finance and accounting, marketing and strategy, operations management and quantitative methods. In the most recent government assessment of the quality of research in British Universities, Cardiff Business School achieved a 5 rating.
- Independent government assessments recognise Cardiff University as one of Britain's leading research and teaching universities. In the 2001 national assessment of research quality, the University was ranked seventh of 106 universities in the UK. Eighty seven percent of the University's academic research staff work in departments assessed as undertaking work of national and international excellence, and the University is, by invitation, a member of the Russell Group of leading research universities. Twenty-one subject areas have been assessed as "Excellent" for teaching, one of the highest totals in Britain. The University was founded by Royal Charter in 1883.Visit the University website at: www.cardiff.ac.uk
