Global Knowledge-Business - February-June 2009 - (Page 32) MBA Boot Camp Course Description Course 2917 Master key business skills to help accelerate your career. Course Content 1. Thinking Ahead • What is strategic thinking and when should it be employed? • What are the considerations necessary for strategic planning? • What are the skill sets that must be included when thinking ahead? 2. Decision Making and Critical Thinking • Decision quality and the factors that go into it • Quality controlling your own decisions and those of others • Introduction to the principles of critical thinking 3. Legal Considerations • Legal basics • Understanding business structures 4. Ethics • What are ethics in a business environment? • Schools of thought • Stakeholder analysis and ethical decision making 5. Finance and Accounting • Basic accounting concepts and their relevance to the workplace • The good, the bad, and the ugly of financial statements • Measuring performance using financial ratios • Key performance indicators and their role in management accounting 6. Budgeting in the Information Age • The new face of budgeting • Key performance indicators and rolling forecasts • Forward not backward looking management practices You will earn 40 contact hours or PDUs upon completion of this course. This course provides an introduction to the core curriculum of universitylevel graduate business programs and includes targeted lectures and illuminating case studies. You will be introduced to the principles around which strategic business decisions revolve. You’ll learn the major concepts and be introduced to the big picture of how business competencies fit together into a 360-degree view of decision criteria. Further, you’ll learn the tools and background needed by those who want to develop a more forward-looking approach to management decision making, and you’ll discover the skills sets needed to develop comprehensive strategies. What You’ll Learn in Class • Key business processes and marketing techniques • How you impact your future • Fundamentals of finance and accounting • Mastering management principles • Excelling your communication and leadership skills • Best practices for decision making • Creative problem solving • Strategic thinking • Quantitative analysis techniques Hands-On Exercises • Decision analysis using business case scenarios • Stakeholder analysis and its relationship to ethical choices • Interpreting financial statements • Establishing managerial controls using key performance indicators • Quantitative analysis using net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) • Developing and interpreting marketing plans • Analyzing the impact of changes in the marketplace on competitive strategy • Analyzing competitive strategies and sustainability of case study businesses 7. Markets and Marketing • Marketing fundamentals – The 4 Ps • Developing marketing strategies • Targeting customer needs and then filling those needs 8. Management Principles – Organizational Behavior • Negotiate • Delegate or suffocate • Principles of leadership • How to motivate and direct others 9. Communications • Fundamentals of good communications • Best practices for efficient and effective communications • Business style not literary style 10. Competitive Strategy • Introduction to strategy theories • Competitive analysis and sustainability • Strategy as an evolutionary process 11. Developing a Business Case • The role of business cases in management decisions • Key ingredients for effective business case preparation • How to structure and present a business case Building Leadership Skills Certificate Not everyone is a natural leader. 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