Upon successful completion of this course the participant shall be able to:

Strategic decision making and thinking – understanding the importance of building a robust strategy and the underlying critical decisions to make it successful

Competence in analytical skills – how to understand and implement strategic profitable business models by understanding the impact of the decisions on the financial performance of the organization as a whole and on their respective departmental kPI’s and how they all fit into the big picture

Cross-functional alignment – how to harness cross-functional contributions to a common strategy; working closely as teams across various functional areas, aligning the various teams from a strategic business standpoint and synergizing between the functional areas

Team dynamics – how to manage teams and build the team to understand the strategy and decision making and

Leadership & Communication – learning how to lead teams and communicate effectively in the language of business

• Introduction: capstone business simulation
• Understanding industry and market research reports. Analyze internal functional reports of the organization – strategy creation
• Business planning & forecasting, innovation, R&D
• Marketing – planning, forecasting sales, pricing strategies in different markets
• Operations and production planning Financial planning
• Importance of execution & alignment to strategy
• Connecting the dots – bring the simulation to life with real life case studies

4 day program: 32 hours

Managers, directors, VPs, senior executives in a strategic decision-making role