This pillar is designed to develop and foster a substantive, contextual and critical understanding of the nature and effect of principles relating to key areas such as economics and law, and finance and accounting: the fundamentals for strategic decision making. The Foundations pillar highlights understanding of the role of values and ethics concepts, being essential in leading contemporary business organisations and covering the important field of corporate social responsibility, which is becoming an important competitive advantage in customer and employment markets.

Modules

• Business Ethics and CSR
• Business Economics
• Business Law
• Finance for Strategic Decision Making
• Accounting for Decision Making

Competences and learning outcomes

 

• think critically and make decisions based on complex information;
• maximise resources for the benefit of organisations and society;
• know and understand organisations and their stakeholders;
• integrate functional knowledge and apply strategic management skills at a senior level in changing business environments;
• operate effectively in cross-cultural settings, understanding the importance of globalisation;
• understand the complexities of business ethics in a global environment and act with integrity;
• analyse complex data, understanding the financial implications of managerial decision-making;

This approach enables students to understand and apply continuous professional development and to acquire leadership skills while taking responsibility for their own personal development. The pillar of People Management and Self-Development guides participants in how to turn the skills of a group of people into a highly productive and performing work team. The compilation of subjects aims to foster and facilitate the spirit of the team as well as to establish an organisational culture that inspires and engages people, where both the organisation’s and the individual ‘s objectives are realised. Collaborative and inspirational communication is a critical concern in business strategy implementation.

This dimension enables the broadening of knowledge and cognitive gains, develops personal and behavioural competencies, and fosters soft skills abilities associated with communication, innovation and creativity, including problem solving as a basis for self-development.

Modules

• Team Building
• Talent Diagnosis - Personal Development Schedule
• Inspirational and Effective Communication
• Business Negotiations and Conflict Resolution
• Coaching
• Presentation skills

Competences and learning outcomes

• lead themselves and others in the achievement of organisational goals, contributing effectively to a team environment;
• think critically and make decisions based on complex information;
• maximise resources for the benefit of organisations and society;
• operate effectively in cross-cultural settings, understanding the importance of globalisation;
• understand the complexities of business ethics in a global environment and act with integrity;

In today’s competitive global marketplace, operational excellence is one of three essentials to success and the key to global business competitiveness, with the other two being customer intimacy and product leadership. The Operational Excellence pillar focuses on the efficient application and implementation of strategic goals and objectives throughout an organisation. This establishes the essential importance of change management and continuous improvement implementation, in order to leverage operations, and to achieve business growth and maximize the value an organisation creates and delivers. In such an approach, stream value management, lean process improvement and project management methods are vital steps toward achieving Operational Excellence. The Operational Excellence pillar also highlights the importance of talent transfer, to create a flow of expected value to the customer through efficient processes. The Operational Excellence pillar aims to develop business-minded operational experts who can enhance value for a business, by supporting operational change in the organisation.

Modules

• Operational Excellence, Value Stream & Lean Management
• Strategic Project Management and Analysis - PRINCE2™
• Management of Portfolios-MOP™
• Applications – aligning MSP, Prince2, MoP, P3O and Change Management with Business Strategy Planning and Implementation context

Competences and learning outcomes

• Lead themselves and others in the achievement of organisational goals, contributing effectively to a team environment
• Think critically and make decisions based on complex information
• Maximise resources for the benefit of organisations and society
• Know and understand organisations and their stakeholders
• Integrate functional knowledge and apply strategic management skills at a senior level in changing business environments
• Operate effectively in cross-cultural settings, understanding the importance of globalisation
• Understand the complexities of business ethics in a global environment and act with integrity
• Analyse complex data, understanding the financial implications of managerial decision-making
• Enhance their careers and their commitment to lifelong learning.

The outcome of this theme is to recognize the essence of strategic thinking and the application of the latest strategic insights and approaches, in addition to the practical tools used in organisations. Why strategy matters in helping organisations gain and retain a competitive advantage nowadays is covered by the compilation of subjects within the domain. The main goal of the Strategic Thinking Pillar is to develop students’ strategic mindset, by delivering effective strategic foundations for a sound decision making context.

The Strategic Thinking pillar integrates the importance of leadership in strategy implementation as well as the significance of human impact on organisational changes. This displays the need for talent management and personal development in the strategic realm.

Modules

• Strategic Leadership and Personal Development
• Global Talent Management and Strategic HR Management
• Business Strategy
• Marketing and Business Model Workshop
• Creativity, Innovations & New Business (Business Models)
• Risk Management
• Change Management
• Strategic Programme Management - MSP™

Competences and learning outcomes

• Lead themselves and others in the achievement of organisational goals, contributing effectively to a team environment
• Think critically and make decisions based on complex information
• Maximise resources for the benefit of organisations and society
• Know and understand organisations and their stakeholders
• Integrate functional knowledge and apply strategic management skills at a senior level in changing business environments
• Operate effectively in cross-cultural settings, understanding the importance of globalisation
• Understand the complexities of business ethics in a global environment and act with integrity
• Analyse complex data, understanding the financial implications of managerial decision-making
• Enhance their careers and their commitment to lifelong learning.

The international dimension to the above, including political risk and contemporary processes of regionalisation, emerging markets, global governance and globalisation

Modules

• Business Negotiations and Conflict Resolution
• Business Law
• Accounting for Management Decisions
• Business Strategy
• Marketing and Business Model
• Creativity, Innovations & Entrepreneurship
• Strategic Programme Management - MSP™
• Applications – aligning MSP, Prince2, MoP, P3O and Change Management with Business Strategy Planning and Implementation context

Further contemporary and pervasive issues, such as creativity, enterprise, innovation, e-commerce, and knowledge management

Modules

• Managerial Talent Diagnosis
• Business Economics
• Accounting for Management Decisions
• Business Strategy
• Marketing and Business Model
• Creativity, Innovations & Entrepreneurship
• Change Management and Digital Transformation
• Strategic HR Management
• Strategic Programme Management - MSP™
• Applications – aligning MSP, Prince2, MoP, P3O and Change Management with Business Strategy Planning and Implementation context

An understanding of the impact of sustainability, ethics and risk management on business decisions and performance, and on society as a whole

Modules

• Business Law
• Accounting for Management Decisions
• Strategic Leadership and Personal Development
• Business Strategy
• Marketing and Business Model
• Risk management in Projects
• Creativity, Innovations & Entrepreneurship
• Change Management and Digital Transformation
• Strategic Programme Management - MSP™
• Strategic Project Management and Analysis- PRINCE2™
• Management of Portfolios-MOP™
• Lean, Value Stream, Operational Excellence and Transition to Business Excellence
• Applications – aligning MSP, Prince2, MoP, P3O and Change Management with Business Strategy Planning and Implementation context

Leadership and entrepreneurship

Modules

• Team Building
• Managerial Talent Diagnosis
• Business Negotiations and Conflict Resolution
• Coaching
• Presentation skills
• Effective Business Communication
• Strategic Leadership and Personal Development
• Marketing and Business Model
• Change Management and Digital Transformation
• Strategic HR Management
• Strategic Programme Management - MSP™
• Lean, Value Stream, Operational Excellence and Transition to Business Excellence
• Applications – aligning MSP, Prince2, MoP, P3O and Change Management with Business Strategy Planning and Implementation context

Business policy and strategy

Modules

• Accounting for Management Decisions
• Strategic Leadership and Personal Development
• Business Strategy
• Marketing and Business Model
• Risk management in Projects
• Creativity, Innovations & Entrepreneurship
• Change Management and Digital Transformation
• Strategic HR Management
• Strategic Programme Management - MSP™
• Management of Portfolios-MOP™
• Lean, Value Stream, Operational Excellence and Transition to Business Excellence
• Applications – aligning MSP, Prince2, MoP, P3O and Change Management with Business Strategy Planning and Implementation context

Explicit coverage of the ability to respond to and manage change

Modules

• Business Law
• Strategic Finance Accounting
• Accounting for Management Decisions
• Strategic Leadership and Personal Development
• Business Strategy
• Risk management in Projects
• Creativity, Innovations & Entrepreneurship
• Change Management and Digital Transformation
• Strategic HR Management
• Strategic Programme Management - MSP™
• Applications – aligning MSP, Prince2, MoP, P3O and Change Management with Business Strategy Planning and Implementation context