The Masterclass adopted a practical, interactive and hands-on approach towards creating a tightly focused learning environment for companies wishing to maximise their knowledge and capacity in the area of eBusiness. The Board recently exhibited at the e-work conference held in Citywest on the 13th and 14th of November 2000. Featured on the stand was the Empower initiative, the Enterprise Information Portal and, in particular the Open Learning Centre flexible training product. E-work is an Enterprise Ireland initiative, the focus of which is to promote the benefits of flexible working arrangements in Irish industry. Clearly, Teleworking is one very important emerging facilitator of flexible working and it is no surprise, therefore that Telework Ireland, the organisation for teleworkers, is co-host of the conference.
Further details are available on the e-work website.
The South Dublin County Enterprise Board is mounting a new type of business development training course for small business owners and managers. Up to 15 owners and managers of all kinds of small businesses will be recruited for the course, which takes place at the Board's offices on 10 successive Fridays between October 27th and January 19th 2001. The course takes a unique 'project management' approach to business development. This is where the project management approach comes in. It prompts managers to identify a clear end result and to break the project down into smaller tasks.