Senior ManagementDevelopment Programme

2018COMPREHENSIVE

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3 Study blocks of 5 days each

About this programme: A new generation of organizational concepts and technologies is upon us. Senior managers need to develop their resilience and make a paradigm shift in terms of new management and strategic lead-ership thinking.

The comprehensive Senior Management Devel-opment Programme (SMDP) equips participants with the required business, leadership and change management acumen needed to cope with the changing business and organisational landscape. Participants will acquire the ability to sense and respond to the challenges faced in a modern day business environment.

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15 days Duration: 6 months

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PLEASE NOTE: Fees include programme material, lunch and refreshments, and are payable before the commencement of the programme. Programme fees, faculty and dates are subject to change.

CAPE TOWN 1SB 1: 12 - 16 MarchSB 2: 7 - 11 MaySB 3: 18 - 22 June

Final Presentation: week of the 6th of August

CAPE TOWN 2SB 1: 14 - 18 MaySB 2: 9 - 13 JulySB 3: 20 - 24 August

Final Presentation: week of the 8th of October

CAPE TOWN 3SB 1: 25 - 29 JuneSB 2: 13 - 17 AugustSB 3: 1 - 5 October

Final Presentation: week of the 19th of November

JOHANNESBURG 1SB 1: 9 - 13 AprilSB 2: 28 May - 1 JuneSB 3: 16 - 20 July

Final Presentation: week of the 3rd of September

JOHANNESBURG 2SB 1: 2 - 6 JulySB 2: 20 - 24 AugustSB 3: 8 - 12 October

Final Presentation: week of the 19th of November

DURBANSB 1: 16 - 20 AprilSB 2: 4 - 8 JuneSB 3: 23 - 27 July

Final Presentation: week of the 3rd of September

Who should attend this programme: Senior managers, from any industry or institution, who are responsible for managing managers and eager to benchmark and further their potential.

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This programme equips participants with a design mind set and explores strategic concepts around innovation, sustainability, collaboration, project work, organisational change and business agility; participants will demonstrate foresight in navigating a rapidly shifting landscape of organisational forms and skill requirements and develop insights into strategies for engaging a diversified workforce. The programme will also allow participants to build invaluable networks with other managers who face the same challenges; and be able to think and act collaboratively in order to translate strategies into actions.

Value proposition

What are the admission requirements?

No formal tertiary qualifications are required. Participants should have English language competence at NQF level 4 or equivalent, as well as managerial experience. A foundational knowledge of the programme topics, as well as an understanding of the subject matter presented in USB-ED’s Management Development Programme (MDP) or equivalent, is also required. Participants who have not acquired basic knowledge of finance should attend USB-ED’s Programme in Financial Management for Non-financial Managers prior to attending the SMDP. Five years of experience in a middle to senior management role is recommended.

What will you receive upon completion?

Upon successful completion of the programme (which requires at-tendance of all classroom-based study blocks as well as passing of all assignments), you will receive a certificate from Stellenbosch University. On completion of the programme, participants become USB-ED alumni.

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Credits towards qualifications

Leadership in a complex worldIdentifying and formulating lead-ership challenges; explaining lead-ership styles and roles and linking these to levels of work; examining the competence of new leaders; describing the role of values and the competing values framework; interpreting the leadership required to obtain organisational greatness

Enhancing innovation and design thinkingEvaluating the concept of inno-vation and innovation manage-ment; implementing appropriate innovation tools; formulating recommendations on improving the innovation capability of an organisation

Designing leading edge strategiesIdentifying and recognising external and internal factors impacting strategy; developing a strategy, completing action plans and illustrating the inte-grative nature of strategy by means of practical examples

Financial managementEvaluating companies based on their financial statements; identifying factors affecting the sustainability of economic entities; assessing the financial viability of a firm and reporting on it; understanding the components, objectives and inter-relationships of financial statements; managing the working capital and cash flow of a business

Programme Framework

Building human capitalUnderstanding the key elements of a performance management system and discussing the role of leaders in creating a high performance organisation, and explaining the implications hereof for human resource manage-ment, organisation performance and talent retention

Managing projects for strategic advantageUnderstanding basic project management theory; evaluating project management decision-making; understanding and designing a Critical Path Diagram and a Gantt Chart for the purpose of project control and monitoring

Marketing for excellenceExamining the “bigger picture” perspective of the role of market-ing in the management process; integrating strategic marketingconcepts and principles in the organisational environment; for-mulating strategic marketing objectives and alternative long-term strategies

Sustainable competitiveness: a futuristic approachUnderstanding why a systemic approach to organisational competitiveness has become the key business challenge of the 21st century; examining the respon-sibility of the company in dealing with systemic issues; evaluating the business case for sustainabil-ity in relation to your own sector; choosing and applying suitable frameworks and tools to link sustainability to daily operations and management functions

Understanding markets: economics for managersExamining the meaning of economics and economic systems; interpreting the chal-lenges of globalisation and international economic inte-gration and determining their influence on future performance; understanding the macro-economic forces; understanding the impact of economic policy decisions on the managerial function

Operational effective-ness and value chain management Applying value chain analysis to re-focus a company’s current value chain towards customer satisfac-tion; evaluating your organisation by using a business canvas model; modifying and developing the appropriate customer and supplier relationship to its full potential; interpreting and assessing the various elements of risk through-out the value chain

*In order to ensure that we provide content that is dynamic and relevant, we are in the process of refreshing our content for the 2018 year.

Anticipated Faculty

Ms Vanessa Otto-Mentz (MBA). AREAS OF EXPERTISE: strategy; change; coactive coaching

Dr Sarah Riordan (PhD). AREAS OF EXPERTISE: career psychology; career management; human capital management; organisational development

Mr Giel Naude (MBA). AREAS OF EXPERTISE: financial management; entrepreneurship

Prof Andre Roux (PhD). AREAS OF EXPERTISE:economics; futures thinking; environmental scanning; defence economics

Prof Mias de Klerk (PhD). AREAS OF EXPERTISE:work motivation; work commitment; work engagement; emotions in organisations

Ms Belinda Wagner (MBA). AREAS OF EXPERTISE: marketing principles; direct marketing; branding; marketing strategy

Dr Samuel Njenga (PhD). AREAS OF EXPERTISE: systems thinking; leadership change

Mr MC Botha (MBA). AREAS OF EXPERTISE: project management; business management of projects and local government service implementation

Mr Martin Butler (MBA). AREAS OF EXPERTISE: information systems management; innovative management; project management; systems thinking

Mr Clive Howe (teaching qualification). AREAS OF EXPERTISE: strategy and strategic execution; leadership; performance management; personal development

Ms Anne-marie le Roux (MBA). AREAS OF EXPERTISE: new business development and growth; strategy, marketing, innovation and sustainability

Mr Thys Pretorius (MPhil). AREAS OF EXPERTISE: change and transformation; strategy; leadership; organisation development

Dr Lisa Kinnear (PhD). AREAS OF EXPERTISE: organisational development; leadership; change management; performance management; team dynamics

Ms Sonja Swart (MPhil). AREAS OF EXPERTISE: change management, transformation communication; emotional intelligence, leadership intelligence, Leadership; personal mastery

Ms Tasneem Motala (MBA). AREAS OF EXPERTISE: operations management; supply chain management; statistical process control

Dr Carla Enslin (PhD). AREAS OF EXPERTISE: brand strategy; leadership and management; disruption; communications

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