Objectives
At the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Understand how and why the world economy is changing
- Clarify the changing role of international financial institutions in globalisation
- Demonstrate the specific management challenges in a global structure
- Identify the key factors for success in building a global organisation
- Lead their teams in contributing effectively to the process of globalisation
The Nature of Globalisation
Competency Description: As a manager you need to appreciate the driving forces of globalisation and the ways in which these affect business decisions.
Key behaviours
- Understand how global developments affect each organisation
- Appreciate the differences in managing national and global operations
- Develop the ability to identify critical factors in organisational development
- Identify change and development priorities in your team
- Plan a personal development programme for the upcoming changes
Topics to be covered
- The changing structure of the world economy
- The changing role of the international financial institutions
- What does globalisation mean?
- Why do organisations develop globally?
- How do organisations develop globally?
- How can individuals prepare themselves for globalisation?
- Case study or case example 1
Strategic Management in Global Organisations
Competency Description: As a manager you need to appreciate the new challenges that are encountered in global development.
Key behaviours
- Understand how to develop a planning framework for globalisation
- Identify and evaluate the specific risks of global development
- Understand how to work more closely with international financial institutions
- Clarify the direction of organisational development
- Develop own and team skills in cross-border relationships
Topics to be covered
- Strategic planning – from national to global
- A planning framework for a globalising organisation
- Risk analysis and risk management in global development
- Case study or case example 2
- International financial markets and trends
- Understanding and managing value migration
- Case study or case example 3
Operational Management in Global Organisations
Competency Description: As a manager you need to appreciate the different demands of operational management in a global structure.
Key behaviours
- Managing an effective international data system
- Deciding development speed and direction
- Dealing with complexity, choice and uncertainty
- Coordinating operations across boundaries
- Designing effective communication/information systems
Topics to be covered
- Coordinating and controlling a global business
- Managing the first stages of globalisation
- Case study or case example 4
- Managing the final stages of globalisation
- Taking a global organisation forward for the longer term
- Case study or case example 5
Structural Design and Management in a Global Organisation
Competency Description: As a manager you need to be able to design effective transnational systems and prepare your teams for cross-regional working.
Key behaviours
- Designing a rapid-response organisation structure
- Developing people for the new business reality
- Creating effective transnational communication systems
- Reinforcing skills in internal and external collaboration
- Balancing and aligning the “hard” and “soft” skills that are required
Topics to be covered
- The relevance of organisational agility and alignment
- Human resource development in a global operation
- Communications - the key to effective global performance
- Collaboration and alliances - the emerging organisational form
- Effective management of dispersed operations
- Case study or case example 6
The Future of Global Business
Competency Description: As a manager you need to understand the basic direction of global business and cope with continuous change in the business environment.
Key behaviours
- Understanding how to find and interpret relevant business information
- Learning from recent economic and business patterns
- Managing continuous and often unpredictable change
- Identifying the future priorities for your part of the organization
- Setting a course for further personal development
- The world in 2030 - economic shift and location of activity
- What do we learn from the 2008-2015 financial crisis?
- How organisational dynamics will mature and change
- “The past is no guide to the future” - group discussion
- Strategy, structure and management during radical change
- Summary and overview of the whole seminar
Training Methodology:
This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total
tuition hours:-
30% Lectures, Concepts, Role Play
30% Workshops & Work Presentations, Techniques
20% Based on Case Studies & Practical Exercises
20% Videos, Software & General Discussions
Certificates
A Certificate of Completion will be issued to those who attend & successfully complete the programme.
Schedule
08:30 – 10:15 First Session
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:15 Second Session
12:15 – 12:30 Coffee Break
12:30 – 14:00 Third Session
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch
Fees
The Fee for the seminar, including instruction materials, documentation, lunch, coffee/tea breaks & snack is: