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
Strategic Management
Marketing and Business Model Workshop
Creativity, Innovations & New Business (Business Models)
Risk Management
Change Management Digital Transformation
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
MBA Programme Office
Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdańsk University of Technology
Traugutta Street 79, room 404
80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
