MBA Boot Camp Training Class

1. Thinking Ahead

• What is strategic thinking and when should it be employed?


• What are the considerations necessary for strategic planning?


• What are the skill sets that must be included when thinking ahead?

2. Decision Making and Critical Thinking

• Decision quality and the factors that go into it


• Quality controlling your own decisions and those of others


• Introduction to the principles of critical thinking

3. Legal Considerations

• Legal basics


• Understanding business structures

4. Ethics

• Why ethics?


• Schools of thought


• Stakeholder analysis and decisions made on their behalf

5. Finance and Accounting

• Basic accounting concepts and their relevance to the workplace


• The good the bad and the ugly of financial statements


• Measuring performance using financial ratios


• Key performance indicators and their role in management accounting

6. Markets and Marketing

• Marketing fundamentals - The 4 P's


• Developing marketing strategies


• Know your channel partners

7. Technology

• Overview of information technology (IT) and its changing role in business


• What is changing and what is not?


• The impact of IT innovation on competitive strategy

8. Economics

• Introduction to macro and micro economics


• Market structures


• Commonly used terminology

9. Management Principles - Organizational Behavior

• Delegate or suffocate (Delegating for fun and profit)


• Key principles of leadership


• How to motivate and direct others

10. Competitive Strategy

• Introduction to strategy theories


• Competitive analysis and sustainability


• Risk management as an ongoing process

11. Developing a Business Case

• The role of business cases in management decisions


• Key ingredients for effective business case preparation


• How to structure and present a business case

Those who want to increase their corporate value, expand their business
acumen, and exceed expectations at their organization.

There are no prerequisites to this course.