Management of Production
Dates:
13-14 May & 8-9 November 2010 (a two-day course)
Price:
£719+VAT (a number of discounts are available)
Venue:
The Publishing Training Centre in Wandsworth, London (see a map and a list of local hotels)
Book course online or phone +44 (0)20 8874 2718 for availability
"Programme content and teaching style were excellent."
Jordan Publishing delegate
Working in production, you have a key role in ensuring the success of your publishing programme. To be fully effective though, you need much more than technical knowledge.
This two-day course will help you develop the blend of project management, flexibility and interpersonal skills you need to manage the production process. It will help you with:
- effective planning
- identifying potential problems
- evaluating and monitoring progress
- dealing with others in the process
- getting your publications delivered on time and to budget.
The course focuses on individual personal competences, but is firmly grounded within the book production environment. Practical exercises, discussion and examples of best practice are all used to help you develop your skills. You probably already have some experience and a knowledge of the technical process, but this course will help you really take control of your publications – and your role.
Programme
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Introduction
- Production in the publishing process
- The drivers: cost, time, quality
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Planning the process
- The workflow
- Realistic scheduling
- Estimating costs
- Briefings: authors, editors, suppliers
- Negotiating effectively
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Managing the process
- Identifying key stages
- Assessing progress
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Managing yourself and others
- Prioritising and time management
- Problem solving
- Communications (colleagues, superiors and external agencies)
- Effective meetings
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When things go wrong
- Balancing conflicts
- Proposing solutions
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Assessing the results
- Lessons learnt
- Providing feedback
- Keeping up with it all – looking outwards
Who will benefit from this course?
Production Assistants; Production Controllers; Production Editors; Production Managers
Your tutors
Mirjana Misina has worked in publishing for more than 20 years, specialising in the area of pre-press and production. She now runs her own company, PT33 Publishing Consultancy, working for a variety of publishers, including Blackwell Publishing, Imago and Attwooll Associates. Mirjana also lectures on the publishing degree course at Oxford Brookes University.
Valerie Fawcett is an experienced management and interpersonal skills trainer, whose first career was in educational publishing. Valerie rose through the editorial ranks at Oxford University Press and was a commissioning editor at Blackwells, so she has experience of managing projects and people. She now runs courses for a wide range of clients.
Note that most of our open courses can also be run as in-company events.
Send details of this course to a colleague.
Dates: 13-14 May & 8-9 November 2010
Price: £719+VAT (a number of discounts are available).
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