The Online Management Training project (www.omt.vn), funded by GCF (www.gcf-vn.org) and implemented by the Organizational Capacity Development Company (www.ocd.vn), has been focusing not only on developing the first Vietnamese online management training program for Vietnamese SMEs, but also on making sure SMEs in various regions of the country gain access to the program through locally-available expertise and facilities.
To this end, right from the start of the project, OCD has been actively engaging provincial partner organizations and individual trainers into the Online Management Training (OMT) network, to build their capacity both at the organizational and individual levels. In early 2009, OCD conducted multiple Training of Trainer courses for partner organizations and associate trainers, in Hanoi for Hanoi and Hatay-based partners; and in Nha Trang for Central Vietnam partners. Training of Trainers was followed up by regular updates and support from OCD, especially helping them see the benefits of online learning and familiarize themselves with the operational aspects of corporate online learning. The OMT team also develops hands-on “Partner Guideline to E-learning” and a “Trainer Guideline to E-learning” for this purpose.
In October 2009, two advanced Training of Trainer courses with international trainers will be organized in Hanoi and Khanh, with an aim to improve the skills of OMT trainers to develop and deliver management training to business executives.
The ToT course in Khanh Hoa will be hosted by OMT partner, the Faculty of Economics, Nha Trang University (www.ntu.edu.vn). The three-day course focuses on how to sell executive training programs, how to create and use cases in those programs, and provides practice in both aspects (selling, writing and using cases).
Two distinguished business administration professors with significant experience in faculty development from Boise State University (www.boisestate.edu): Dr. Kirk Smith, Associate Dean of the College of Business and Economics and Dr. Nancy Napier, Professor of International Business and Executive Director of the Global Business Consortium at Boise State University, Idaho, USA will deliver this training course together with Dr Tang Van Khanh, Director of OCD.
Dr Kim Anh, Dean of Faculty of Economics clearly sees the relevance of online learning for businesses in the central provinces of Vietnam, who has limited access to quality business and management training than their counterparts in big urban centers like Hanoi and Hochiminh City. Her faculty has been known as the regional center of excellence for traditional business training; since working with the OMT project, she is fully convinced about the possibility for better outreach to the local SME community via e-learning.
By building the capacity of Nha Trang University lecturers, they in turn can become the change agents to make e-learning more pervasive in the business community in Khanh Hoa province and Central Vietnam.
In October 2009, two advanced Training of Trainer courses with international trainers will be organized in Hanoi and Khanh, with an aim to improve the skills of OMT trainers to develop and deliver management training to business executives.
The ToT course in Khanh Hoa will be hosted by OMT partner, the Faculty of Economics, Nha Trang University (www.ntu.edu.vn). The three-day course focuses on how to sell executive training programs, how to create and use cases in those programs, and provides practice in both aspects (selling, writing and using cases).
Two distinguished business administration professors with significant experience in faculty development from Boise State University (www.boisestate.edu): Dr. Kirk Smith, Associate Dean of the College of Business and Economics and Dr. Nancy Napier, Professor of International Business and Executive Director of the Global Business Consortium at Boise State University, Idaho, USA will deliver this training course together with Dr Tang Van Khanh, Director of OCD.
Dr Kim Anh, Dean of Faculty of Economics clearly sees the relevance of online learning for businesses in the central provinces of Vietnam, who has limited access to quality business and management training than their counterparts in big urban centers like Hanoi and Hochiminh City. Her faculty has been known as the regional center of excellence for traditional business training; since working with the OMT project, she is fully convinced about the possibility for better outreach to the local SME community via e-learning.
By building the capacity of Nha Trang University lecturers, they in turn can become the change agents to make e-learning more pervasive in the business community in Khanh Hoa province and Central Vietnam.
Nha Trang University
Newer news items:
- 29/01/2010 07:59 - New office announcement
- 25/01/2010 09:59 - Vietnam Foundation and OMT sign Agreement for Cooperation to promote the application and development of Open Educational Resources
- 18/11/2009 03:23 - Vietnamese SMEs go hi-tech: OMT makes training affordable to cash-crunch exporters
- 18/11/2009 03:16 - Online Management Training (OMT) for Vietnamese enterprises to be showcased at the ICT exhibition in WITFOR 2009
- 18/11/2009 03:08 - OCD sponsors and takes part in first-ever Vietnam HR Day 2009
Older news items:
- 16/06/2009 03:34 - OMT – Adapting international best practices in e-learning to the Vietnamese context
- 10/06/2009 08:22 - First blended learning course for SMEs organised in Hanoi
- 06/05/2009 03:57 - Visit to University of Illinois and the Illinois Online Network (ION)
- 18/03/2009 06:10 - First Training of Trainers course takes place in Hanoi
- 18/03/2009 05:04 - Second Training of Trainers course takes place in Nha trang
Courses in this cluster aim to help companies to better navigate and manage external factors in their business environment and cover areas such as marketing, customer service and strategic management. 
Finance Management courses provide participants with fundanmental knowledge, principles of and tools for financial management in Vietnamese companies. These courses are scalable and practical, offering best practices and hands-on experience from practitioners. 
These courses are designed especially for the small business owners, production managers and QA/QC managers of small and medium enterprises. Participants are equipped with just-enough concepts and theories of operation management and quality management, while are shown real-life examples and practical tips on how to implement these best practices in their own business to save on production cost and improve their bottom line. 
OMT courses in this cluster are specifically designed for business owners, production managers and QA/QC maangers in the agri business and food processing industry. Participants are equipped with key concepts, principles and standards of food safety and hygiene, learn to apply these principles and standards in their productions of foodstuffs to meet the general safety and hygiene requirements of the domestic and export markets. 
Professionalism and effective inter-personal skills have become order of the day for the managers in Vietnamese businesses. To meet the increasing needs for “soft skills” training especially by companies located away from major urban hubs, with limited access to traditional classroom trainining, the OMT program offers online management skills training courses, focusing on the following essential skills
