Executive Development Programme

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Board Members, Chief Executive Officers, Chief Operating Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Managing Directors, Directors, Director-Generals, General Managers, Senior Managers, Chief Managers, Company Secretaries & Head of Specialist Departments.

OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this course delegates will:

• Be able to present the latest concepts and ideas for developing corporate strategies that create value for the shareholders.
• Be able to identify and analyze the roles senior executives today must play in order to manage their people and lead their companies more effectively.
• Have a thorough analysis of best practice from companies from a wide range of sectors and countries and to obtain more global perspectives of the business.

PROGRAMME DETAILS

Leadership And Strategy

• Leadership characteristics that create outstanding results
• Developing leaders
• Creating the leadership scorecard
• Executive coaching
• A new strategic vision for leaders in the quest for sustained, profitable growth
• Managing change: a New Leadership Perspective
• Case Studies (from multinational organisations)

Corporate Finance

• The financial world
• Project appraisal
• Sources of finance
• Treasury and working capital management
• Case studies
• Value-based management
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Risk management

Managing Innovation And Change

• Generate technological innovation
• The knowledge economy and intellectual capital management
• The nature of knowledge and patterns of innovation
• Managing top talent and the expert employee
• Organizing for innovation
• Case studies

Marketing Management / Strategy

• Strategy and the firm: Tools for strategy
• Channel management and targeting
• Managing and measuring the sales organisation
• Linking your firm’s strategy to sales / marketing strategy
• Case studies

Global Business

• Understanding the economic environment
• Creating sustainable competitive advantage
• Market and strategy assessment
• Building growth strategies
• Strategic planning
• Case studies

Technology and Operations

• Process analysis
• Cross-functional and cross-firm integration
• Product development
• Building and sustaining a successful enterprise
• Case studies

Corporate Governance

• What is corporate governance?
• Objectives and strategy of governance
• The institutional and legislative backgrounds
• Role of Board / Directors (directors’ duties / legal issues)
• Board composition and structure
• Case studies
• Risk management in the boardroom
• The relationship between the board and management
• Shareholder rights and responsibilities
• Corporate governance and value creation