This program is taught in the UAE

REVISED ATHE LEVEL 7 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT QUALIFICATIONS: OCTOBER 2016.

This page is for the revised suite of qualifications, which we launched October 1st 2016. If you would like to view the 2011 suite of level 7 management qualifications, then please check our website.

Key features of 2016 Level 7 Strategic Management qualifications

These qualifications provide a flexible route for learners who have already achieved management qualifications at a lower level as well as for learners who do not have business or management qualifications, but may have qualifications in other areas and/or prior management experience in the workplace. The qualifications support progression to further study for example to top up to an MBA or employment.... [-]

Duration 40 hours

General purpose:

Develop in the participants skills to design new solutions to problems that generate value to customers and the business.

Benefit:Step-by-step application of the methodology and tools to increase the competences of executing innovation projects and identify new business opportunities.Learning of easy and structured tools for the development of each phase of the methodology that can be applied immediately in the company.Methodology focused on professional practice.Development of skills related to innovation and project management.Use of an innovation methodology to solve business problems focused on the needs of customers.Increase the approach and innovation methodologies available to the company.Addressed to:... [-]

Secure maximum value for your organization through a mastery of negotiation techniques

Negotiation is an essential skill in today’s dynamic workplace. Whether you negotiate with customers, suppliers, or colleagues, your ability to negotiate effectively is vital to the success of your organization.

Negotiation Mastery: Unlocking Value in the Real World prepares you to close deals that might otherwise be dead-locked, maximize value creation in agreements you reach, and resolve differences before they escalate into costly conflicts. This program emphasizes preparation of both the “head and heart” before entering a negotiation. This includes an understanding of both analytical tools and interpersonal techniques for dealing effectively with different bargaining styles and tactics. Participating in Negotiation Mastery will allow you to:... [-]

The approaches through competences nowadays allow to know more accurately the possible behaviors of human capital within an organization and how to optimize them to achieve better results on a personal and professional level.

This seminar focuses on getting to know and analyze human capital management through an approach based on labor competencies.

Target

You will know, design and build the bases to manage the human capital of your organization through a focus focused on labor competencies.

Addressed to

Entrepreneurs, directors, executives, managers and administrators responsible for any area of ​​the organization and who need to know the bases to manage human capital through the competency-based approach.... [-]

We all negotiate on a daily basis. On a personal level, we negotiate with friends, family, landlords, car sellers and employers, among others. Negotiation is also the key to business success. No business can survive without profitable contracts. Within a company, negotiation skills can lead to your career advancement.

I hope that you will join the hundreds of thousands of learners who have made “Successful Negotiation” one of the most popular and highly-rated MOOCs worldwide. In the course, you’ll learn about and practice the four steps to a successful negotiation:

(1) Prepare: Plan Your Negotiation Strategy

(2) Negotiate: Use Key Tactics for Success

(3) Close: Create a Contract ... [-]

This course is designed to furnish the competencies of students in need of new and contemporary skills and capabilities in the manufacturing or services sector, be it in relation to private, public or not-for-profit organisations. The course specifically provides a preliminary set of skills and capabilities required to manage inter- and intra-organisational resources and business operation functions. Through studying this course, graduates' ability to create, capture and appropriate value within their organisational context is enhanced.

The course introduces participants to the nature and contribution of supply chain and operational management functions in an organisational context.... [-]

How do airlines, hotels, resorts and other organizations manage their prices? Why are these prices apparently unrelated to costs and different for each consumer? And what is the underlying logic and strategy behind these prices?

Open the black box of pricing strategy and revenue management

This free online course will open the black box of revenue management – the widespread pricing strategy that the travel, leisure, and other industries use to generate additional revenue, by setting prices according to people’s preferences and willingness to pay.

You will explore the methods at the core of many revenue management systems, discovering the answers to questions such as:

Do all customers have the same sensitivity to price? How can a firm use its knowledge on demand, to charge different people different prices for the same product? Why do the prices vary over time? How can a firm slightly differentiate its product in order to charge widely different prices to different people? How can you define the right set of prices to increase the firm’s profit? What is the outcome for the individual consumer? And for consumers as a whole? Step into a pricer’s shoes and set your own pricing strategy ... [-]

Advanced Strategic Change Management KEY INFORMATION Course Code: LSS106 Duration: 8 days Fee: £2995 + VAT DATES 24 Jul to 02 Aug 2018 20 Nov to 29 Nov 2018 COURSE OUTLINE Diagnosing Change Monitoring performance, measuring effectiveness Efficiency and effectiveness Techniques for assessment Understanding the ‘human’ dimensions of change The change equation Authenticity in diagnosis Managing Major Changes Managerial skills for effective organisational change Coping with organisational change Coping with change The coping cycle Coping with the process of change Crafting change for the individual Providing information Give people time Involving people Change Architecture Cycles of change Learning and change Programmes of change Change architecture: blocks A Strategy for Organisational Effectiveness Forcefield analysis The implementation exercise (checklists 1 and 2) The self-assessment exercise (checklist 3) Learning from Change Managing change for management development The management of crisis and turnaround Culture Models and Organisation Change What is organisation culture? Models of organisational culture Managing corporate politics Leadership and corporate politics Coping with conflict Managing corporate politics Strategic Convergence: A New Model for Organisation Change Ambition in change Components of change architecture Performance characteristics of change architecture Ensuring appropriate structure Resonance Change culture Change leadership Accelerator effect A framework for assessing capability to change Strategies for Corporate Transformation ‘Market-induced’ change Learning as a transformational resource Strategy for corporate transformation Target audience ... [-]

*Effective logistics and supply chain management practices

*Conduct analysis and examination of current operations

*Bring about organizational improvements in supply chain

*Comparison of in-house versus outsource hiring

*Understanding the legal framework

*Vendor management; monitoring and evaluation

*How to relate costs to milestones

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This interactive five-day program is designed to improve your personal effectiveness and increase the productivity of your organization by drawing on the latest research in the psychology of judgment, combined with time-tested theories of negotiation and decision making.

The purpose of this course is to help general and functional managers develop consistently effective strategies and systematic approaches to negotiations and decision making that will dramatically improve their personal effectiveness and the productivity of their organizations. The course provides sufficient familiarity with negotiating and decision making styles that will help managers identify their unique strengths and weaknesses, thus enabling participants to interpret and comfortably use the latest advances in the field of negotiation in their daily decisions.... [-]

A one-week seminar delivering a hands-on approach to mastering the essentials of the financial side of today's energy industry.The seminar draws middle- to senior-level attendees from many segments of the oil and gas industry and from a variety of functional areas within energy companies. You will meet and share ideas with executives from around the world. Much of your time during the program will be spent discussing industry issues with other program participants – in small discussion groups, in lively classroom sessions, over lunch, and in informal sessions back at the hotel.The program is a concentrated, week-long course of study that begins late afternoon on Sunday and concludes at mid-afternoon on the following Friday. Most days consist of three class sessions and three small group discussions. A typical workday starts with group discussions and ends with individual preparation late in the evening. It is important to note that this is an in-residence program. Past experience has shown that participants benefit greatly from the group interaction and concentrated experience that the in-residence format allows.Who Should Attend - Non-financial managers who want to achieve some degree of financial literacy in an energy industry setting - Financial managers who wish to sharpen their skills, broaden their base of knowledge, and relate their functional skills to a broader, general management context - The typical participant has more than five years of management experience - The age of attendees has generally ranged from the early 30s to the early 50s - Participants will be from... [-]

We have added a new course to our certificate program based on what we are hearing from business and industry. Some senior level managers and project managers need to understand the strategy for handling multiple projects in the organization at the same time. This course will look at strategies for right time project selection, resourcing and funding. Strategic project management can be a competitive advantage

Topics Include:

The Right Projects—building the project portfolio Alignment: ensuring projects are aligned to business strategies and goals Responsibilities: defining roles and responsibilities of portfolio stakeholders Strategy: applying project portfolio management to achieve strategic organizational objectives Management: understanding the practice of program management Relationship: understanding the relationship between portfolio and program management Timing: life cycle considerations in the context of program management Documentation: documenting requirements to achieve strategic goals and objectives ... [-]

The farther up the corporate ladder you are, the harder it gets.But sometimes, no matter how long you have been at it, you find a challenge before you that is more complicated than anything you have ever seen.Maybe you are a CEO in the middle of a merger - and you need to find a way to bring two cultures together. Maybe you are the head of a pharmaceutical company that is bringing a new drug to market. Or maybe you are a physician heading up a large research grant for a university.You have to bring other people into the picture to find a way.You need Navigating Complex Challenges. This program provides leaders with the skills and strategies to tackle complex business challenges that have no clearly identified solution. Over the course of 12 weeks, including three days in the classroom, you will address your own complex challenge, your leadership role in navigating the challenge, and techniques for managing the challenge within the context of your organization.... [-]

SIMT's Management Education Network (MEN) offers Executive Programs to selected companies. The network focuses on companies who have decided to provide their executives with state-of-the-art executive education. The curricula for the courses are developed by SIMT and selected companies in a professional partnership.

SIMT's Management Education Network was launched successfully in 2002. The first MEN is a network of six companies based in the Stuttgart region: Alcatel, Behr, Festo, MAHLE, TRUMPF. In 2003 the second MEN started with the following companies: Kärcher and Freudenberg. Fischerwerke, Kern-Liebers, Leitz and Schuler became part of the second MEN in 2004. In 2005 Lapp Holding AG and LGI Logistics Group International GmbH joined the second network. In 2007 the third MEN started with ebm-papst, EDAG, Marquardt, Metabowerke, M+W Zander, Ritter, and Sick. Some of the above mentioned companies are world market leader in their field of business. ... [-]

Knowledge economy, as was defined by Peter Drucker and others, poses unprecedented challenges for companies and organizations. One of the pillars on which business models are based on this new era is innovation, a complex and multidimensional phenomenon. From this perspective, strategic management of innovation resulting in the ability of the company to build a culture of innovation that can generate value reinventing regularly its own business model, adapting to the constantly changing environment and introducing innovations incremental order , developmental and / or disruptive. It is the responsibility of driving teams create the internal conditions for these policies - the result of a Vision and Mission consensus - are properly understood and internalized through appropriate communication processes. Innovations can occur in multiple stages inside and outside the company (Doblin model). This is a proposal theoretical-practical oriented development of generic and systemic skills in order to integrate innovation in organizational culture as a strategic axis for value creation in business models and policies for development and growth companies and organizations.... [-]