Management Development Programme (MDP) Course

Management Development Programme (MDP) Course on 18th to 22nd July 2022

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Introduction

This Management Development Programme (MDP)  enables participants expand their knowledge across all functional areas and develop a holistic management perspective. By integrating key functional disciplines, participants develop the capability to envision, influence, control and implement the strategic direction of the firm. 

The objective of MDP is to create successful business leaders who can compete by leveraging their own and their organizations’ inherent strengths. In the course of the two weeks, the participants immerse themselves in a deep learning experience that has been engineered to be rigorous, real in context and transformational.

Duration

5 Days

Who should attend?

The programme is designed for high potential senior executives who have either taken-on, or are preparing to transit from functional to broader general management positions.

A typical participant profile includes:

• Country Managers
• Directors
• Divisional Heads
• Senior Managers
• Controllers
• Vice Presidents
• CFO

Course objectives

The programme will help participants to :

• Acquire conceptual skills to understand business functions and their inter-relationships
• Develop the ability to rethink business functions and lead change at different levels of an organization
• Understand how industry structures work and evaluate how to create value and profit for their operating units in a competitive environment
• Develop key value drivers for their business performance to achieve long-term growth and sustenance
• Learn international best practices as to how organizations respond to recession and cyclicality
• Understand and harness their leadership capability to lead the organization effectively     
• Gain from networking opportunities with like-minded high achievers from diverse backgrounds and industry experience

Week 1
Integration of Key Management Functions - Covers the broad functional areas in order to enhance the general management skills and expose participants to other areas of management in which they may have limited knowledge and/or experience

• Marketing
  • Creation of Value Proposition
  • Managing Brands
  • Product Positioning and Segmentation
• People
  • Team Building and Motivation
  • Strategic HRM
• Innovation and Technology
  • Managing Innovation and Technology
  • E-Business
• Finance
  • Managing the financial health of a firm
  • Capital Budgeting
  • Strategic Finance
• Operations
  • Gaining competitive advantage through operations
  • Customer Focused Quality
  • Operations strategy
  • Optimizing supply chain

Week 2
Managing the Strategic Direction of the Firm - Focuses on the ability of participants to view the organization from a strategic perspective and in the process sharpen their leadership, interpersonal and negotiation skills. The aim is to enhance their impact as leaders, strategists and change agents. 

• Analyzing and understanding Industry Structures_ Impact on strategic choices
• Corporate Strategies in Emerging Markets_ Exploring unique options to build sustainability
• New Business Models_ Strategic decisions and strategic planners
• Managing the Value Chain and Strategy Implementation_ Leveraging IT to create strategic advantage
• Ethical Transformation and Corporate Social Responsibility_ Using value chain to create strategic advantage_ Impact of shifts in strategic direction, challenges and effective responses
• How the concepts learnt in the Programme can be applied?