Leading Edge Program: Mini MBA Program
Non-Credit Advanced Training Program
No time for an MBA? Learn the management "need to know" skills and the basic concepts, foundations and techniques of effective leadership in today's business world in this 13 week program that covers subject areas found in our academic MBA programs. Sessions will give managers and professionals the knowledge they need to work effectively cross-functionally within their organizations and become more effective in external relations with clients, customers, and suppliers.
The condensed non-credit program provides a practical foundation in up-to-date business theory and applications in an intensive, thirteen session format. The core topics are covered in 11 three-hour sessions, with a choice of optional topics making up the additional two sessions. Through case studies, team problem-solving exercises, mini-lectures, and interactive class sessions, the participants will increase their knowledge and skills needed to succeed within their organization. Gain the skills and management essentials taken directly from our academic MBA.
Who Should Attend
- Managers in your organization with several years experience looking to improve their leadership skills and advance their careers with a foundation in business theory and practice
- Professionals, managers, administrators, project leaders who have a solid professional career background but who may not have the academic foundation in business basics
- Technical professionals new to management with non-business degrees who need a broad overview of business management principles and practices
Program Objectives
This program will provide managers and professionals with:
- Knowledge and tools to be more effective in day-to-day operations and to make more informed decisions
- An increase in basic knowledge in the fundamental areas of business and leadership
- An understanding of how to apply the newly learned basic management concepts in marketing, finance, accounting, information systems, human resource management, change management to their jobs.
- Strategies for aligning their functional area or business unit plans and decisions with corporate plans and strategies
Core Sessions
- Orientation and Challenge of Leadership
- International Business: Thinking Globally
- Team Skills
- Financial Accounting: How to Understand Financial Statements and Speak the Language of Accounting
- Contract Law in the Business Setting
- Human Resource Management for Strategic Advantage
- Managing Change - Challenges and Opportunities
- Operations Management: Delivering Value to the Customer
- Marketing Management: CreatingCompetitive Advantage
- Strategic Management: A Framework for the Future
The overall goal of this program is to increase individuals' effectiveness at work by providing a framework for making enhanced business decisions on issues that are of critical importance to your organization.
Attend all or select modules to meet your needs.
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