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MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Course 2: Business Strategy

11 Tracks | Estimated Duration: 64 hours

The program may be taken in whole or in part. For aspiring leaders, it is advisable to take the program in full and as organized here. You can take the courses, one bundle at a time, the first bundle enriching you for the next bundle and so on—like a building block. However, depending on your need and cognizant of your qualifications, someone with leadership experience may find it useful to be selective in the courses to refresh you or give you the opportunity to learn, relearn, and unlearn.

 
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What You Will Learn:

Strategic Thinking | Duration: 169 min 20s

To resolve many of the threats and challenges that your organization will likely have to face, it’s essential that you develop a business strategy that incorporates a clear vision, new ideas, and innovative solutions.
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Strategic Thinking

To resolve many of the threats and challenges that your organization will likely have to face, it’s essential that you develop a business strategy that incorporates a clear vision, new ideas, and innovative solutions. This course:
  • explores the characteristics of strategic thinking, as well as the traits you need to plan and implement an effective strategy;
  • covers how to develop your capacity for thinking strategically through creative thinking, being prepared to deal with complexity, and being aware of what's going on inside and outside your organization;
  • describes how systems thinking can help you become skillful at making sense out of opposites and contradictions and better understand cause and effect while managing your department according to the business strategy;
  • explains actions you can take to encourage creative thinking and come up with solutions that take into account the bigger picture and how understanding your organizational value chain can help you connect to the organization's strategy and implement it more effectively;
  • focuses on the first step in managing risk, identifying risks to your organization;
  • explores the difference between internal and external risks, and how some risks may actually present a strategic opportunity and how to use some techniques that can help you identify risks and calculate the probability that they will occur, including root cause identification, the Delphi technique, and brainstorming sessions.
  • includes some common techniques for assessing risk, including opportunity assessment, and threat assessment using FMEA – failure mode and effects analysis; and
  • covers how to create an effective strategy for responding to risk, such as risk exposure adjustment and contingency planning and outlines specific strategic plans for dealing with a risk that may be a threat or an opportunity.

    • Strategic Planning and Execution | Duration: 149 min 18 s

    Risk taking can revolutionize business, but you need to know when and how to take a strategic risk when the opportunity arises. Managing risk means effectively assessing a threat by recognizing the probability of that risk occurring and evaluating the impact of the risk should it occur.
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    Strategic Planning and Execution

    Risk taking can revolutionize business, but you need to know when and how to take a strategic risk when the opportunity arises. Managing risk means effectively assessing a threat by recognizing the probability of that risk occurring and evaluating the impact of the risk should it occur. In this course, you'll learn to define strategic risk taking, what holds individuals back, and how to make calculated leaps of faith.

    Industry Analysis | Reading Resources

    Here are reading resources in select industries you will find useful for your industry analysis. The resources include overview of the following industries (and other resources):
  • identifying the most important, most urgent items; and
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    Industry Analysis

    Here are reading resources in select industries you will find useful for your industry analysis. The resources include overview of the following industries (and other resources):
  • Retail;
  • Banking;
  • Health Care;
  • Insurance;
  • Oil and Gas;
  • Automotive;
  • Utilities;
  • Manufacturing;
  • Telecommunications;
  • Agriculture;
  • Capital Markets;
  • Biotech;
  • Education;
  • Pharmaceutical;
  • Aerospace and Defense;
  • Food and Beverage;
  • Federal Government;
  • Information Technology;
  • Chemicals;
  • Consumer Electronics; and
  • Broadcasting and Entertainment.

    • Competition | Duration: 1,540 min

    Here is a comprehensive array of reading resources you will find interesting in your study of competition. The reading resources include (among others):
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    Competition

    Here is a comprehensive array of reading resources you will find interesting in your study of competition. The reading resources include (among others):
  • discussion of rules to maintain a competitive advantage and increase momentum in a constantly changing world;
  • exploration of novel ways to think about business problems and find innovative solutions;
  • examination of the thought processes of those who consistently exhibit peak performance and reveals how to adjust your thoughts, beliefs, and behavior to be your best self;
  • discussion of the framework for building an operations system that will guide your company’s production of goods and services;
  • provision of tested and proven practical strategies that make it possible for organizations to develop, maintain, or extend their competitive advantage without causing harm to the environment and society;
  • discussion of the six highly effective practices that will propel your company to success by unleashing the potential of your people; and
  • consideration of ideas specifically designed to motivate executives to develop their own distinctive approach to thinking differently about business.

    • Global Strategy | Duration: 1,873

    Here are reading resources that discusses, among others, such topics as:
    • critical analysis of the globalization process and lays bare the failures of the majority of businesses undertaking global expansion;
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    Global Strategy

    Here are reading resources that discusses, among others, such topics as:
  • critical analysis of the globalization process and lays bare the failures of the majority of businesses undertaking global expansion;
  • the challenges of working in a global market can become invigorating business opportunities;
  • ground-breaking insights and perspectives to inspire real-life understanding and soulful applications in the business and marketing realm;
  • threats, vulnerabilities, attacks, and defenses from the perspectives of various players such as governments, corporations, terrorists, and private citizens;
  • best practices from companies that have implemented a big data strategy including Walmart, InterContinental Hotel Group, Walt Disney, and Shell;
  • new global consensus based on pragmatism, common sense, and grass-roots realities;
  • the latest thinking as well as perennial techniques for a range of business challenges;
  • proven ideas for increasing their company's ROI and maximizing their strengths and opportunities;
  • why the usual tools of strategy are so sorely out of sync with our needs, and how to be prepared and proactive, rather than reactive, even when the future is uncertain; and
  • a global approach to understanding the rise and spread of corporate social responsibility, explaining the origin of CSR and the reasons for its growing popularity across the globe.

    • Growth Strategy | Duration: 2,573 min

    Here are reading resources that include discussion of such topics as:
    • the intelligent, strategic, and astonishing decisions behind the genesis of exceptional brands; • step-by-step guidelines for starting and growing a scalable business from the ground up;
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    Growth Strategy

    Here are reading resources that include discussion of such topics as:
  • the intelligent, strategic, and astonishing decisions behind the genesis of exceptional brands;
  • step-by-step guidelines for starting and growing a scalable business from the ground up;
  • the context, meaning and value of markets while debunking myths around how markets are defined;
  • step-by-step framework for taking action and transforming their organizations, teams, and even themselves;
  • framework to build your customer-driven growth engine;
  • the dimensions of talent, strategy, and execution, produces a baseline score, and shines a light on the performance gaps that hold a business back;
  • how to increase productivity, improve efficiency, enhance communication and collaboration, and gain competitive advantages through the use of Information Technologies;
  • practical strategies, tools and ideas, and real-world case studies that illustrate what can be achieved;
  • how to improve the bottom line by implementing an engaging, authentic, and business-enhancing program that helps staff and business thrive; and
  • connecting with customers effectively across all channels and over time, and explores the benefits of a new approach that enables companies to connect with customers, rather than just talk at them.

    • Innovation and Creativity | Duration: 208 min 23s

    Innovating is the only way to adapt and keep speed with the pace of change in today's business world. Building and supporting an innovative culture is the responsibility of leaders and employees across organizational hierarchies and is aided by an effective change management process.
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    Business Continuity

    Innovating is the only way to adapt and keep speed with the pace of change in today's business world. Building and supporting an innovative culture is the responsibility of leaders and employees across organizational hierarchies and is aided by an effective change management process. In this course, you will learn:
  • business innovation cultures and types of innovation leadership;
  • the importance of experimenting, managing change, and executing a project;
  • how to attract and nurture innovation in your organization;
  • the techniques for developing a team of “creative gurus” – team members who excel at generating innovative ideas;
  • ways to assemble your team, generate creative ideas, overcome barriers to team creativity, and foster a creative workplace;
  • the characteristics of creative people, how to overcome personal barriers, and how to foster team innovation in a work environment;
  • the different stages of innovating and techniques for verifying the workability of your ideas; and
  • the guidelines and techniques for building on and testing an idea, such as brainstorming.

    • Business Continuity | Duration: 699 min 32 s

    Business today is a complex undertaking. Accomplishing tasks an staying focused on achieving your goals requires grit and persistence. An adaptive mindset helps you focus through the distractions, information overload, demanding pace, and the accompanying stresses that can often pull you off task.
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    Business Continuity

    Business today is a complex undertaking. Accomplishing tasks an staying focused on achieving your goals requires grit and persistence. An adaptive mindset helps you focus through the distractions, information overload, demanding pace, and the accompanying stresses that can often pull you off task. In this course, you will learn:
  • to develop personal resiliency, adaptability, and perseverance;
  • explore the resources and people it takes to sustain perseverance, and discover actions to help you build a work-life balance, sharpen your focus, and foster the resilience perseverance to face and overcome setbacks;
  • the meaning of collaboration, the concept of teaming in collaboration, and best practices for being a good team member and for being a successful collaborator;
  • to examine conflict management styles to determine which one is yours, and the impact on your team;
  • some common techniques for assessing risk, including opportunity assessment, and threat assessment using FMEA – failure mode and effects analysis;
  • how to create an effective strategy for responding to risk, such as risk exposure adjustment and contingency planning;
  • to discover ways of managing in a crisis, including how to manage difficult conversations and crisis communications;
  • about teamwork and team leadership when working on a virtual team. You'll cover remote management and tactics for communication, assessment, and meetings for virtual teams;
  • about tactics for managing teams that blend onsite and offsite members across time zones and geography, leadership strategies for overcoming internal conflicts and handling collaboration and communication challenges, and how to evaluate and adapt your management style and approach to working on a team that is virtual; and
  • the use of technology for remote communication, such as Join.me, Skype for Business, GoToMeeting, Webex Meetings, Webex Teams, Hangouts Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom.

    • Sustainability | Duration: 75 min 55 s

    As the planet’s environment changes, so do its effects on the business world. Environmental changes impact business practices. From natural resources to supply chains, to logistics, to energy sources, to customer behaviors and demographics, businesses must adapt or be left behind.
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    Sustainability

    As the planet’s environment changes, so do its effects on the business world. Environmental changes impact business practices. From natural resources to supply chains, to logistics, to energy sources, to customer behaviors and demographics, businesses must adapt or be left behind. Further, climate change requires business adopt sustainable practices in order to remain economically viable and environmentally responsible. In this course, you will learn about:
  • how the changing environment impacts businesses, economically, environmentally, and socially;
  • local regulations and global agreements that affect how businesses may operate, and the clean tech and steps toward sustainability that companies can take to create sustainable business practices;
  • the organizational risk companies face if they don’t embrace sustainability, some common reasons why organizations resist such a move, potential business opportunities presented by sustainable practices, and the business benefits of adapting sustainable business practices;
  • ways to identify areas where you can implement sustainable business practices, and some key lessons that can help you integrate sustainability into your company’s business strategy; and
  • some concepts that may help you discover other ways you can move your company into higher levels of sustainability by considering some larger systems approaches.

    • Workplace Safety and Compliance | Duration: 99 min 20s

    Health and safety in the workplace is an important consideration in business. This course includes topics as (among others):
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    Workplace Safety and Compliance

    Health and safety in the workplace is an important consideration in business. This course includes topics as (among others):
  • coronaviruses as cause mild to moderate upper-respiratory tract illnesses similar to the common cold and flu, and sometimes lower-respiratory tract illnesses, such as pneumonia or bronchitis;
  • raising awareness of workplace hazards that can cause back injuries and to equip employees to protect themselves from preventable back injuries;
  • musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) signs, symptoms, and risk factors and the key components of an ergonomics program;
  • Computer Ergonomics which explains the apt neutral posture to be maintained while working on a computer workstation;
  • infectious diseases;
  • potential risks associated with using IT in the workplace;
  • data security practices, security awareness, and security breaches; and
  • workforce diversity.

    • Workplace After Pandemic and Crisis | Duration: 298 min 22 s

    While the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the stresses facing healthcare workers to the world’s attention, even in the best of times, they deal with long hours, overwork, the need to cope and perform in the face of the suffering of others. With personal reserves of resilience and perseverance, they also face severe stress reactions, emotional turmoil, burnout, and depression.
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    Workplace After Pandemic and Crisis

    While the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the stresses facing healthcare workers to the world’s attention, even in the best of times, they deal with long hours, overwork, the need to cope and perform in the face of the suffering of others. With personal reserves of resilience and perseverance, they also face severe stress reactions, emotional turmoil, burnout, and depression. In this course, you’ll learn (among others):
  • to recognize the symptoms of stress, from mild to chronic to severe, and the negative personal and professional effects of burnout;
  • steps you can take to build your own personal resilience and perseverance, as well as ways you can help create a culture of resilience within your team and organization.
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    Course 1: Management Essentials
    Course 2: Business Strategy
    Course 3: Business Execution
    Course 4: Team Management


    ESTIMATED TOTAL DURATION:
    • 106 Hours

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    • Capstone Webinars
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    • Research and Case Studies
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