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Carnegie delivers the
goods for Danny.
This years WMQ prize for best project has gone to Danny Lynden of SPIE
Matthew Hall. SELECT´s Elaine Ellis caught up with him.
Danny has just completed the HNC How did you study for
in Contracting Management. This this course?
course is delivered by Carnegie For my first year I undertook part-
Collage who run the course on a time learning, but following a
part-time and a distance learning change in circumstances I changed
basis. to Distance Learning for the
Prior to doing this course Danny second year. I set times at
had not been in a learning weekends and worked late the
environment since his occasional evening. I found the
apprenticeship, other than one day staff at Carnegie helpful in offering
update courses. additional support and advice
when needed. One very useful
Why did you decide to addition to the course was the
do the HNC? introduction of the VLE (Virtual
I never took the educational route Learning Environment) which I am. Education wise I’m about to
when I was younger and saw this allows students to access all start the Executive Diploma in
as a second chance and as a great course content via the internet. Management at Carnegie, and I
career opportunity. This allowed me to contact tutors, plan to go onto the MBA
upload course work and participate programme when I finish this.
What did the course in forums with fellow students. Danny’s company SPIE Matthew
cover? Hall were very supportive of Danny
Human Resource Management, What did you base your during this training. Terry Baitrum,
Marketing, Contracting Operations, project on? “learndirect Projects Director, stressed that as
Finance and Economics, Corporate On my company SPIE Matthew Hall, scotland for an organisation SPIE Mathew Hall
Management and a Work-based following its takeover by French business encourage their staff to participate
Project. company, SPIE. It was my hope that helps small in training and will support people
the information I collected would and medium who wish to pursue additional
What did you learn give some idea of the market place sized qualifications. He said: “We need
from the course? while identifying what I felt was the enterprises people to grow with us, and the
I now have a more professional future growth structure, together throughout ideal people are people that you
approach when dealing with with revenue steams that could be Scotland have trained yourself. Management
people. identified. become Techniques change over time, it is
I had gone from being “on the more not good for business if staff are
tools” to being a manager without What do you hope to do competitive” not trained in this area.”
formal management training. I next? Carnegie has updated the HNC
have learned to lead people, not to Career wise I hope to be promoted for the next intake of the HNC and
dictate to them and now have a to Operations Manager and in the anyone wishing for further
better knowledge of Human long-term an Operations Director information on this course should
Resource issues. role. I’m not studying to stay where contact Elaine Ellis at SELECT.
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