5 Day MBA

Please see below an outline for our 5 Day MBA, which is available as an in-house training course for your staff. The course will be tailored to your company needs.

Essential Knowledge for Successful Leaders And Managers

Introduction
In today’s highly competitive environment it is crucial to have a thorough understanding of the issues involved in managing a business or department effectively. This 5 Day MBA will focus on issues and dilemma faced in today’s changing world. The seminar is designed to stretch delegates, in order to equip them with the knowledge and confidence to lead and manage in a fast moving and complex business environment. The course is a unique distillation of the skills that you need to be successful in business.

Seminar Objectives

• To provide concise, comprehensive coverage of vital business topics, important concepts, and proven strategies taught as part of MBA programs
• To grasp the essential ingredients of:
  • Personal success
  • Management success
  • Business success
• To help non business-trained professionals understand fundamental business principles
• To ensure that attendees are abreast of the latest thinking in management and leadership as well as business strategy

Who Should Attend?

• All professionals whose task it is to create and/or implement strategy who have not undertaken a formal MBA program
• Anyone who would like a refresher course in MBA type topics and want to be familiar with current thinking about running an organization in the 21st century
• Personnel that are likely to take up managerial positions in the not too distant future
• Non business professionals who need a wider understanding of leadership and management principles

Competencies Emphasized

• Practical application of the various models that underpin current business thinking relevant to:
  • Accounting/economics
  • Business strategy
  • Human resources
  • Organizational strategy
  • Strategic marketing
• A clear understanding of the role of managers and leaders in business and where their roles converge and diverge
• How to harness the talent that exists within an organization to maximize its effectiveness
• The importance of innovation within an organization to ensure sustainable growth for the future

Personal Impact
By the end of this seminar you will be able to:

• Grasp the essential ingredients of personal success, management success and business success
• Have a clear understanding of vital business topics, important concepts and proven strategies taught as part of an MBA program
• Apply the concepts, tools and analytical techniques that are essential to a successful company
• Understand the leader’s role in today’s increasingly complex business environment
• Be aware of the challenges facing a 21st century organization

Organizational Impact

• Giving attendees the knowledge to make them “intrapreneurs” within the organization
• To ensure that attendees within the organization are appraised of current business thinking and its application
• To make attendees aware of the need for creative and innovative thinking required in today’s organizations
• Provision of practical methodologies that can help improve results from all resources used in a business (people, capital and products)
•  How to get the most out of all stakeholders in an organization

Training Methodology

•  Based primarily around lectures, the course will include a number of case studies which will be undertaken in team format
•  Discussion groups on certain topics to provide practical application of concepts to the attendees own organization

Seminar Outline

Day One

Human Resources

• Changing skill needs
• The eleven environments
• Effective staff selection
• Focus/Energy Matrix
• Change management
• Leadership and team building

Day Two

Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

• Should we care?
• Models for guiding decisions
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Management Implications

Negotiation Skills

• The negotiation process
• Three phases of negotiation
• Pure Bargaining versus Joint Problem Solving
• Personality types
• Do’s and Don’ts

Accounting and Finance

• Key terms
• Purpose of accounts
• Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
• Analyzing information
• Window dressing and how to spot it

Day Three

Business Economics

• Motives of firms
• Growth of firms
• Efficiency the key
• Other key issues

Business Strategy

• Strategic analysis
• Strategic planning
• Corporate culture
• SWOT/PESTLE and Porter’s Five Forces
• Types of strategy

Marketing

• Marketing planning
• Marketing information systems
• Marketing environment
• Buyer behaviour
• Strategy development
• Product design
• Pricing decisions
• Channel and distribution tactics
• Promotion decisions

Day Four

Communication and Presentations

• Preparing your presentation
• Preparing for delivery
• Delivery
• Communication skills

Project Management

• The project management methodology
• Defining the project
• Planning the project
• Tracking and managing the project

Management Information Systems

• Impacts on Business
• Information systems and decision making

Ecommerce and the WWW

• Issues with the internet
• Uses of the internet
• The development of community
• Technical stuff

Day Five

Quality Management Systems

• What is quality?
• Why is it so important?
• History of Quality management
• Principles of Quality management
• Quality management systems

Intrapreneurship

• The need for Intrapreneurship
• Intrepreneurs versus entrepreneurs
• Encouraging Intrapreneurship

21st Century Organization

• What are the best organizations doing
• 5 new business realities

Managing Talent within and organization

• Employment Investment model
• Career management strategies
• Making talent a competitive advantage

Personal Skills

• Delegation
• Assertiveness
• Time management
• Motivation
• Understanding risk

To discuss your training requirements and how this course can work for you, please contact us.