Introduction
As exponential environmental change becomes a reality, organisations are increasingly exposed to a new generation of organisational concepts and technologies. A paradigm shift in terms of new management and strategic leadership thinking is required. Senior managers will need to place greater emphasis on developing resilience and adaptability to changing circumstances and acquire the ability to sense and respond to new business models.
The Senior Management Development Programme (SMDP) broadens the worldviews of senior managers and empowers them to be resilient in a dynamic business environment. It focuses on framing the challenges of a changing business and organisational landscape, equipping participants with a design mind set as they explore strategic concepts around innovation, sustainability, collaboration, project work, organisational change and business agility.
Who is this course for?
This programme is suited to senior managers from any industry who are needing to develop a strategic and design-thinking mindset, as well as develop leadership resilience in a VUCA environment.
Why choose this course?
In a rapidly changing environment, organisations are being exposed to a completely new way of working. Over the course of 6 months, the training within the SMDP empowers you with the tools to:
- Explore strategic concepts and illustrate the integrative nature of strategy.
- Analyse sustainability as a key 21st century business challenge.
- Interpret the challenges of opening up new markets and the implication of a change in one or more macro-economic forces on business.
- Analyse the organisation’s financial viability and recommend improvements.
- Demonstrate foresight in navigating a rapidly shifting landscape of organisational forms and future skills requirements.
- Explore strategies to respond to the challenges of a diversified workforce and use enhanced transformational leadership thinking to engage talent in the organisation.
- Analyse workforce optimisation methods to execute on strategies.
- Formulate strategies for developing strategic relationships and creating value for the customer using innovation and design thinking.
- Analyse marketing trends and create a marketing strategy.
- Motivate the importance of leveraging disruptive technologies and business intelligence to make informed business decisions.
- Determine the impact of economic policy decisions on strategies.