To best service organisational and business needs, manager development programmes should be conceptually sound, while remaining practical and realistic.

Consequently, GCA dedicates itself to offering executive and manager development modules which focus on a work-applied learning (WAL) approach soundly based on action learning, reflective practice and action research.

These programmes have been proven to enhance individual, organisational and business effectiveness.

Benefits
The benefits of the Executive and Manager Development Programmes can be summarised as follows:

• They keep executives and managers at work and brings learning to the job;
• They generate a tangible return on investment through the development
and implementation of projects;
• They actively involve the organisation’s executives, managers and their
teams;
• They result in leadership development for the executives and managers
of teams;
• They lead to actionable outcomes and develops the facilitation competencies
of the executives and managers as they work with people, for people, and
through people;
• The collective learning of the executives and managers and their teams leads
to the birth of organisational learning and change in the organisation; and
• They provide an opportunity for the managers to qualify for subject
exemption at a diploma level or postgraduate certificate in management,
depending on their prior qualifications and work experience.

Customised Delivery
These executive and professional manager development programmes are customised for delivery as follows:

a) by GCA in Adelaide as in-house programmes for:

i. local and national organisations; or
ii. for international organisations and educational institutions

b) by GCA nationally and internationally as in-house programmes, working in
collaboration with partners

c) by GCA-licensed facilitators who conduct programmes on an in-house basis
for state, national and international organisations.