Management Development Program

Management Development Program

The Management Development Program is purposefully designed to help participants reach their potential as a manager by combining theory with application and flexibility with academic rigour to help them develop as a well-rounded manager.

Program Outline

Module 1

People, Work and Organisations

• Understanding behaviour in organisations

• Individual differences Motivation and engagement

• Workgroup dynamics

• Power, politics and conflict

• Designing effective organisations

• Organisational culture

• Organisational change

Module 2

Leadership Theory and Practice

• Introduction to leadership

• Traditional and contingency leadership approaches

• Modern theories of leadership

• Post-heroic leadership

• Leadership in contexts

• Leadership, gender and culture

• Leadership and ethics

• Developing leadership

Module 3

Financial Decision Making

• The financial landscape

• Financial accounting

• Working capital management

• Management accounting

• Budgeting

• Financial tools

• Capital budgeting and investment appraisal

• Financing, payout policy and management

Module 4

Delivering Successful Projects

• Projects and project management

• The project manager

• From strategy to project

• Human resourcing – structuring and managing project teams

• Risk management

• Time management

• Financial and cost management

• Quarterly and performance management

• Project closure and evaluation

Module 5

Developing and Executing Strategy

• The strategy implementation age

• The strategic process for linking strategy to action

• Organisational designs, processes and systems

• Causality for aligning activities with objectives

• Competitive advantage and strategy implementation

Module 6

Creativity and Innovation in Entrepreneurship

• Introduction and the importance of innovation

• The history of innovation

• The history of innovation The entrepreneur, an academic perspective, entrepreneurial opportunities

• Decisions for creativity

• Identification of opportunities for innovation

• Networks and systems that support innovation

• Exploring possibilities for better decisions

• How teams develop ideas and implement innovation

• Decisions affecting the world

Module 7

Marketing in New Era

• The marketing management process

• The marketing implications of corporate and business strategies

• Market opportunities

• Consumer buying behaviour

• Business markets and buying behaviour

• Measuring market opportunities: forecasting and market knowledge

• Targeting attractive market segments

• Differentiation and brand positioning

• Product and pricing decisions

• Distribution channel decisions

• Integrated promotion decisions

• Digital marketing decisions

• Marketing strategies for new market entries

• Strategy for growth, mature and declining markets

• Organising and planning for effective implementation

• Measuring and delivering marketing performance

Module 8

Business, Society and The Planet

• The role of business in the 21st century

• What do we mean by ethical, socially responsible and sustainable?

• Ethics in a business context

• Business strategy and the role of social responsibility

• Sustainability as a business imperative

• Identifying and measuring business success