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Leading several sites or running projects
Two ways of exercising a leadership mandate away from your teams. One spreads attention across several sites and local relays; the other concentrates it on one project to deliver. Here are both routes, with their volumes, credits and fees.
Two geographies of management
Multi-site management deals with distance: remote steering rituals, delegation to local relays, shared standards, comparable indicators across sites, purposeful travel. Project management deals with deadlines: framing, planning, budget, risks, stakeholders, closure. The first holds an organisation over time across several places; the second holds a dated objective with a team gathered for it.
What each mandate has you run
Certificate in Leading Distributed Teams
- Set a checkable expectation without being there to observe it
- Hold a short, regular check-in that replaces presence without imitating it
- Address a performance gap remotely, before it becomes a conflict
- Move information between sites without adding a meeting
Management and Project Management programme — Bac+5 level
- Frame a project, its scope, budget and risks
- Steer delivery and hold to time and cost commitments
- Lead a team and grow its capabilities
- Drive organisational change and overcome resistance
Two mandates, one grid
| Criterion | Certificate in Leading Distributed Teams | Management and Project Management programme — Bac+5 level |
|---|---|---|
| What is awarded | Professional certificate | Master's degree |
| Register | Professional certification | Master's degree |
| Duration | 4 months | 2 years |
| Weekly workload | 12 h per week | 20 h per week |
| Supervised hours | 120 h | 1200 h |
| Credits | 12 credits | 120 credits |
| Fees | 2 800 000 GNF in total | 6 500 000 GNF per year |
The number of blocks, in one bar
- Certificate in Leading Distributed Teams
- 4 (33 %)
- Management and Project Management programme — Bac+5 level
- 8 (67 %)
What to base your decision on
What you supervise
Teams spread across several sites: the multi-site certificate is built for it. A team gathered around a deliverable: the project programme.
The length of your mandate
A permanent mandate is steered by rituals; a dated mandate by a plan. Both can be learnt, and the table gives their volumes.
The credential you target
The certificate attests a function held; the programme awards a level credential. The awarded line gives both answers.
Frequent questions
Does the multi-site certificate suit a branch manager?
Yes, and more broadly to any role answering for several sites: deliverables are based on your own perimeter.
Is project management covered in the certificate?
It appears there as a method for rolling out a standard across sites. The programme treats it as the main discipline.
Can the two be taken in sequence?
Yes: the certificate acts on your current mandate, the programme prepares the next step. Validated blocks are reviewed at admission.
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