The AMP is delivered via a series of 138 sessions of one
and a quarter hours each, making a total of 173 classroom
hours. The Programme features the following courses:
The Context of Decisions
Business Ethics
Economic Analysis for Decision Makers
Social and Political Environment of Business
Analysis of Business Problems
Basic Management Disciplines
Marketing
Operations Management
Issues in Human Resources Management
Control
Financial Management
Information Technology
Integrating Approaches
Leading People
Negotiation
Business Process Re-Engineering
Organisational Learning
Business Strategy
Integrated Simulation Business Strategy Game
Leading people
Teambuilding
Change Management
Communication
Leadership
Electives
Entrepreneurship & Organisational Creativity
Economic Environment of Business
Corporate Financial Accounting
Oral Presentation Skills
Programme Description
The Context of Decisions
Business Ethics
This course explores the fiduciary responsibilities
of business executives and the responsibilities of business
firm towards their main stakeholders.
Economic Analysis for Decision
Makers
This course develops essential concepts and methods
which will enable the executive to understand the global
and local macroeconomic environment in which his company
moves and factor it into his business decisions.
Social and Political Environment
of Business
A clear understanding of the environment of the firm,
especially of the political economic milieu, the relationship
between government, business and society, and trends
in national strategy within the context of international
political economy trends, is an imperative for the strategically-minded
general manager. The unit is designed to help managers
identify a broad range of stakeholders in the environment
of the firm with a view to enhancing the capacity for
managing relationships with these stakeholders.
Analysis of Business Problems
This course is intended to sharpen the participants'
basic ability to think about complex real-world business
problems. It also serves as an introduction to the case
method. An examination is made of the different stages
involved in making decisions and implementing them:
defining the problems, establishing the criteria (both
quantitative and qualitative), designing the alternative
solutions, and making a decision based on both objective
criteria and the ease of successful implementation of
the chosen solution.
Basic Management Disciplines
Marketing
The objective of this course is to develop an understanding
of the basic elements in marketing strategy such as
product planning, market selection, distribution and
pricing. In addition it also studies how to integrate
all these elements in a coherent marketing mix.
Operations Management
Participants are introduced to the frameworks, key concepts
and tools needed to design, implement, control and improve
the value chain of operating systems. The relationship
between operations and other management functions as
well as the contributions of the operations junction
to the overall business strategy of the firm will be
discussed.
Issues in Human Resources
Management
This covers topics of personnel administration like
human resources planning, recruitment, appraisal, compensation,
training and development. Labour relations are also
examined in this course.
Control
Participants will look at the development and use of
financial and other quantitative data as an aid to business
decision making. Major topic areas include financial
reporting, cost accounting and budgetary and control
systems.
Financial Management
This section of the course is expected to provide the
participant with a good understanding of the financial
environment and of how financial decisions impact on
various aspects of a company's operations. It covers
topics such as Investment Analysis; Financing Decisions
and Alternative Sources of Funds; as well as Financial
Management of Assets and Liabilities.
Information Technology
This unit addresses the management issues arising from
the use of computing equipment and emphasizes ways in
which existing and new technologies can be deployed
to support the information needs of managers. The IT
unit also includes an overview of leading information
technology developments.
Integrating Approaches
Negotiation
Negotiation is both an art and a science. Through case
studies and role plays, participants will be actively
engaged in negotiation exercises in a business context.
Business Process Re-Engineering
Is BPR really necessary or is the fancy footwork of
TQM enough? Several companies and consulting outfits
have been promising radical transformation and changes
through BPR but the results are not mush to justify
the cost and time spent on the exercise. Is effective
BPR realisable in developing countries where the rules
of competition are still not quite up to date? How much
can you leap in front of your competition, contain cost
and still add value to your organisation?
Organisational Learning
In a rapidly changing world, the ability to stay alive
and continue to grow is largely a function of organisational
climate that allows the rate of learning in the firm
that is equal to or greater than the pace of change
in the environment. The sessions consider these culture
issues and the ladders of human development in firms.
Business Strategy
Business Policy session using the case study approach
emphasize the unique leadership role (often referred
to as the helicopter view) of the Chief Executive as
the strategist with practical examples of situations
where the strategy process is either planned and directed
or contingent and emergent. Concepts and tools will
be presented for industry analysis and for configuring
the firm's resources to achieve a unique position and
sustainable competitive advantage. For the sake of breadth
and versatility, generic strategy adaptations to specific
settings will be explored alongside the functional integration
and other organisational implications of strategy formation.
Overall, CEO will be exposed to a combination of rational
and insightful approaches to creating some sense of
the future (vision) and for generating competitive advantage
to superior firm performance with greater levels of
confidence into the Long term.
The Integrated Simulation
Business Strategy Game
The Business Strategy Game is a hands-on learning exercise
that will give you valuable decision-making practice
and develop your powers of business judgment.
The game will enable you and your co-managers to assess
changing industry and competitive conditions, diagnose
the strategies of competitors and anticipate their next
moves, pursue ways to secure competitive advantage,
evaluate different courses of action, chart strategic
course for your company to take, and adjust plans in
response to changing conditions.
The game will also enable you gain a stronger understanding
of how the different functional pieces of a business
fit together, thus integrating the knowledge from other
business courses you have taken.
Leading People
Team Building
Proper team work makes for greater flexibility, speed
and quality of customer service. It is becoming more
and more important for today's senior executive to have
a good understanding of team building processes, starting
with the top management team and reaching the whole
organisation.
Change Management
Change is an inevitable reality, yet people and organisations
tend to resist change. The consequence is that such
firms become unable to compete. The sessions consider
the reasons why people resist change and what the generic
approaches to proactively change are.
Communication
This section will help participants reach a thorough
understanding of the impact of top management communication
style on employee attitude and performance, and know
how to design communication strategies appropriate to
their purpose.
Leadership
The Leadership course for AMP stresses the importance
of multilevel leadership in organisations. The case
study features an enterprise in which a turn around
was achieved largely because middle management personnel
exercised their skills and determination to initiate
strategic thrusts that were then adopted by their bosses.
Participants are led to identify the issues that make
for leadership effectiveness, and to assess their own
leadership performance on the basis of those issues
Electives
Entrepreneurship & Organisational
Creativity
Economic Environment of Business
The rising tendency for economic considerations to dominate
managerial decisions places greater demands of economic
literacy on all business executives. The course is designed
to enable advanced managers be capable of assessing
the actual and expected levels of risks in their business
environment and relate them to business plans.
Corporate Financial Accounting
Accounting is the language of business. Business executives,
whether as preparers or users of financial statement,
need the knowledge and skill in order to communicate
or understand a company and it's business. This course
is designed to equip the executive with knowledge and
skill in Corporate Financial Accounting, Reporting &
Analysis. The principal aim is to help the executive
understand and use financial statements companies produce
for external users. The course content revolves around
the Annual Report and Accounts ranging from the content,
preparation, presentation, interpretation and use of
the three financial statement and other non- financial
information companies normally present in the Annual
Report and Accounts.
Oral Presentation Skills
Making oral presentations is an important part of an
Executive's work. Participants in this module are coached
by a professional communicator to improve their oral
skills and their ability to prepare and deliver persuasive
presentations.
In a Lighter Mood ...
Two activities of a social and family nature are scheduled
during the programme to familiarize AMP spouses with
the school and with each other. These include the AMP
Family Case & Dinner and the Graduation evening
at the culmination of the programme. This interaction
naturally tends to foster a stronger family motive in
the life of participant and also helps familiarise the
families of members of Alumni Association of LBS with
each other's activities.
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