SERVICE DESK MANAGER

FOR WHOM: Managers and supervisors who have some responsibility for the Service Desk or Helpdesk. Also suitable for team leaders or senior analysts.

BENEFITS: At the end of the course the delegate will have:

Considered how good practice is essential to the Service Desk. Particularly to achieve consistently good performance.

Examined various managerial and supervisory skills required to run a consistently effective Service Desk. With emphasis on leading and developing a Service Desk team and the individuals in it.

Learnt various ways and means of dealing well with colleagues, customers and management.

A better focus on how their service is functioning and how it might be enhanced.

Received paper and electronic Good Practice Guide templates. These can easily be tailored to produce a valuable induction, training and appraisal tool.

COURSE OVERVIEW
PROBLEM MANAGEMENT
- Activities involved
- Involving other teams
- A process
MANAGEMENT SKILLS
- Recruitment interviewing
- Staff development
- Staff appraisal
- Delegation
- Dealing with problems
- Teambuilding
SLA's AND OLA's
- What are they?
- Service Desk relevance
- Benefits

GOOD PRACTICE GUIDE
- What is it?
- Benefits
- What to include?
- How to produce

CHANGE MANAGEMENT
- What is it?
- Service Desk implications
- Service Desk requirements
 

METHOD: A combination of lectures, exercises, practical work, presentations and discussion. Everyone has the chance to discuss their own situation and particular challenges. A very comprehensive course manual is provided.

Duration 2 Days
Cost £695 Standard (+VAT)
Venues London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow and Edinburgh.