Developing sustainable business models that effectively use technology to further operational improvements, vendor procurements, and customer relationships is critical in staying competitive in today’s business environment. Technology coupled with strategic planning and proven industry best practices yields unbounded rewards for those organizations who dare to challenge the status quo. This course will provide senior executives and upper management with the technical foundation, strategies, and solutions to effectively plan, implement, and sponsor information technology initiatives.

The course is composed of sessions which consist of technical deep-dives accompanied with practical, technical application scenarios. Through this program, executives and management will learn information technology concepts, real-world applications, technology trends, and the use of technology as a competitive lever. Executives and management members will be grounded with enough technical competence to effectively communicate with their CIO, CTO, Technology Managers, Software Developers, and IT consultants. This course will allay any fears one has about engaging in any information technology discussion and will allow one to quickly ascertain the technologies involved, the challenges the organization faces, and the appropriate course of actions to take.... [-]

This program focuses on the formulation and implementation of company strategy. Participants will learn techniques to understand the competitive structure of an industry and company position in the industry. Entry, positioning, pricing, new ventures, technology, diversification and vertical integration decisions will be studied. The organizational issues associated with effectively developing and implementing strategies will also be analyzed. Additionally, the course incorporates an introduction to game theory and develops a tool to apply it to strategic decision making.

During this program you will learn to:

-- Assess the value of strategy options.

-- Improve your ability to recognize key strategic issues.... [-]

This program will help you make decisions that measurably improve your managerial effectiveness and increase the productivity of your sales team!

Executive Program in Strategic Sales Management is specially designed to meet the needs of experienced sales managers and other executives responsible for directing the sales force, this program links sales structure design and implementation with the firm's marketing strategy to improve sales force productivity.

Program Benefits

-- Understand how your success is linked to fully integrating your sales structural design to the strategic direction of the firm.

-- Anticipate and respond to turbulent business environments. Understand why the sales force is the firm’s primary means to adjust to rapidly changing environments.... [-]

The Executive Development Program is designed to prepare successful functional level executives for general management responsibilities. This intensive two-week program is taught by an outstanding group of professors from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. The program's core faculty members have extensive experience and expertise in global business and teaching executives.

The program's participants are an international group of experienced managers. The general age range of the group is 35 to 55 years old. They come from large publicly-held companies, private corporations, and smaller organizations. The class participants represent a wide variety of industries including manufacturing, services, finance, transportation, healthcare, not-for-profit, and government.... [-]

Even highly innovative and creative managers with excellent people skills must report their results using financial terms and concepts. This program presents the main elements of modern finance from the manager’s viewpoint.

The purpose of this seminar is to help general managers, senior functional managers, and other nonfinancial managers make decisions that will measurably improve their personal effectiveness and the profitability of their organizations. The program provides sufficient familiarity with financial information to enable managers to interpret and comfortably use financial data in their daily decisions.

Also, it will equip participants to communicate more effectively with financial specialists, including treasurers and controllers. It concentrates on the uses of financial information rather than on its preparation. Participants will develop skills to understand financial decisions that affect their companies’ business and operational objectives. They also will learn how to analyze decisions involving capital structure, financing, dividends, valuations, acquisitions, and restructuring.... [-]

*Recruitment – position review, advertising; interviewing skills; selection techniques

*Retention – induction, orientation, development, rewards & recognition

*Performance Management – setting expectations, key accountabilities

*Training and coaching for performance and provision of effective feedback

*Outline of the legal requirements that HRM practices

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Senior HR professionals must be able to translate business strategy into HR priorities. This CPD course will help you develop your expertise and build your confidence as a strategic HR leader who goes beyond to actively develop business strategy and improve your organisation's capacity for change. Working with HR professionals from public, private and not-for-profit sectors you'll hone your skills in building the case for change based on market and business realities, overcoming resistance and gaining stakeholders' commitment to implementing and sustaining change.

Our PgC in Strategic Human Resource Management for Business Executives is for current and aspiring senior HR professionals, consultants and people leaders operating, or desiring to operate, at a strategic level and become dynamic leaders in HR. It offers you the opportunity to:... [-]