The 5 Day MBA in Successful Management for Business Achievement

Day 1:

Leadership, Teamwork & Ethical Success

• Why a 5-day MBA

• The impact that leadership has in determining the organizations success

• Essential concepts of leadership theory that all managers need to know

• Teamwork essentials

• Case Study

• Understand the Tuckman Model and its relevance to how individuals and groups work together effectively and competently in business environments

• The importance of ethics and corporate social responsibility in today’s business environment

• Case Study

Day 2:

Money: Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Managers

• Accounting concepts simplified

• Key financial terms you must know as a manager

• Profit and Loss Account

• Balance Sheet construction and assessment

• Product Costing

• Considering the Going-Concern Assumption

• Return on investment, Risk assessment, and Profit & Loss

• Investment Appraisal Case Study

Day 3:

Marketing and Sales Success and Blue Ocean Thinking

• Understanding key marketing concepts

• Case study on new product development

• The Unique Selling Point (USP)

• Market Research - How consumers are influenced in the markets and buy

• Branding what is it how does it work and why, for individuals and organizations

• SWOT, PEST and Five Forces Analysis

• Case study – competitor analysis

• Blue ocean Thinking and its place in business

Day 4:

Organizational Structures and Their Place in the Modern Business Environment

• Organizational Structures; Tall, Flat, Centralised, Hierarchical & Matrix

• Why the Matrix structure is preferred by many leading companies

• The importance of innovation for sustainable success

• Case study

• The psychology of the group

• An introduction to group dynamics

• Exercise: group dynamics in action

• Group process and shared leadership

Day 5:

The leadership of Tomorrow and How to Develop a Strategy to Succeed

• Understanding Generation ‘X’ and ‘Y’

• Motivation the new generation of workers

• Becoming an “entrepreneur” within your company

• What you have to do to succeed – ‘outliners’ explored

• Case Study

• Your personal vision and vision statements for success

• Personal action Plans