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Outdoor Traning
There is a growing interest in the use of the outdoors in training and development. This training resource contains 48 practical activities that can be run, many with minimal cost, in a range of outdoor settings. This source book will provide trainers with a full understanding of how to use the ?big? outdoors in their training programmes, as well as helping them in the purchasing process when seeking to book outdoor programmes through specialist suppliers. Providing practical advice and inspiration, these management-based exercises cover the whole range of ?outdoor media? - from the lightweight ?carpark? activities, right through to water, cliffs and caves activities where more specialist help is needed. Table of Contents The outdoors and how to use it for management development: Matching real tasks to real people Safety 2 Classes of exercises: general information: Car park or field exercises Navigation exercises Water-based exercises Cliff-face exercises Underground exercises 3. The Theoretical Basis 4. Safety Procedures: Water-based exercises Cliff-face exercises Scaffolding Navigation exercises Underground exercises 5. How to use this Sourcebook 6. Car park or field exercises: Across the Great Divide All aloft Ankles away Bipod bipeds Blind intent Blue Peter Container ferry Credibility gap Design of the times First service Going the distance J am tomorrow Playing a blinder Poacher?s escape Passover The crate escape Triple barrel Twin peaks Two short planks Wayward flock 7.Navigation exercises: A good run for your money Black box Cakes and ale Cook?s tour The rescuers Riotous assembly Round the houses Trails and tribulations 8. Water-based exercises: A bridged version Beecher?s Brook Cash float Deliverance Endeavourance Necessary measures Off the hook Plato 9. Cliff-face exercises: Haul of fame Rock compilation Up Pompeii 10. Underground exercises: Dangerous Diners Club District and Circle Mine of information The rescuers down under The tube 11. Combined exercises: Free transfer Get smart! Jack and Jill of all trades Monetary multiplier 12.Appendix I: Supplementary 13. Appendix II: Supplementary notes Reviewing skills Brainstorming Interpersonal process A problem-solving process The team formation process Problem -definition window Management styles Map reading notes Environment and heritage Further reading Useful addresses.