BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ADVISER

Mr.Craig Fergusson is currently Business Management Adviser at Port Moresby Technical College, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Previously he was the Australian manager of t+b solutions (Australia) pty ltd, an organisational development consultancy firm providing services to leading international companies in the Asia Pacific region with a focus on the development of local managers of leading international companies.

Mr. Fergusson has extensive experience in management, sales, marketing and training and holds tertiary qualifications in property sales and management, economics, accountancy, training and education. He is the author of numerous training manuals on risk management, project management, self management, leadership, learning organisations, financial management, budgeting, safety, change management, continuous improvement and managing operations.

His current work as Business Management Adviser includes working with the POMTECH Governing Council, Principal, staff, stakeholders and external experts, to enable:

(a)              Improved organisational, strategic and operational planning capacity of the POMTECH management team and the Council, with an emphasis on developing leadership attributes including: business ethics, organisational culture-building and change management skills and knowledge. 

(b)              Improved financial and business management practices and processes, including asset management and revenue/expenditure tracking and reporting.

(c)              Human Resource Management. Identify staffing requirements and gaps for teaching and administrative staff, (including educational qualifications). Support the development and implementation of annual staff performance assessment and professional development processes. Support the Council in managing staff performance issues.

(d)              Improved POMTECH operational capacity, reviewing and reforming existing processes to ensure effective, consistent and transparent approaches to:

(i)                             appropriate staff rostering and workload planning for teaching and administrative staff;

(ii)                            administration, accounting and reporting systems;

(iii)                           enrolment and student tracking systems;

(iv)                          the development and implementation of demand driven curriculum and courses which comply with DoE policy frameworks; and

(v)                           security arrangements for equipment, staff, students, revenue and expenditure.

(e)              Strengthened operational and strategic partnerships with stakeholders including; the Government of PNG agencies with TVET responsibilities, industry partners (existing and new), the APTC, the PNG LNG CTF, AusAID, other TVET institutions, the community, other donors and suppliers.

(f)               Work collaboratively with other stakeholders in the DoE CTF Transition Taskforce, contributing to the development and implementation of a Transition Plan for the handover of the PNG LNG CTF facility to POMTECH.

(g)              Provide marketing and media management skills to increase POMTECH’s profile to potential students and industry partners.