About the Special Executive Masters Programme

The MSBM Special Executive Masters Programme is a short certificate training/seminar designed for anyone who would benefit from more in-depth business knowledge delivered in a short and intensive Programme. This programme is suitable for successful professionals or specialists in the private, public or non-profit making sectors that have new management responsibilities and need to quickly expand their management knowledge.

The (SEMP) Programme serves as a refresher course for those who had their Master's Degree a long time ago and need a quick reminder or as an academic update while it serves as a crash Programme for those very experienced professionals who never made time out for their masters yet they require the academic and practical relevance of this masters’ experience. It is a good Programme for individuals who are newly promoted to managerial post, the program enables them to acclimatize to the new position as well as help them intake the right decisions.

 
Objectives

After attending this course, participants would be able to:

• Predict and plan for a crisis situation
• Communicate in a crisis situation for agile team mobility and quicker action.
• Analyse situations or understand the complexities of issues and problems.
• Learn tools and skills for complex decision-making.
• Learn planning and forecasting techniques to use to prepare for crisis response.
• Understand the role of personality traits and understanding of others in crisis leadership.
• Strategize for uncertain situations and contingencies.

Who should attend?

• Leaders responsible for managing teams in uncertain and evolving situations.
• Executives and Managers from any discipline who require a better understanding of the latest techniques of integrated planning and situation forecasting.
• Situational planners and analysts.
• Team and line managers.
• Entrepreneurs launching a product or expecting a business idea 

Modules

Day 1: Predicting and Combating Crisis situations

• Scenario running and simulation exercises.
• Connecting the dots for prediction.
• Preventing unfavourable situations.
• Learning from the past.
• Preparing the team and a crisis response plan execution.
• Protocol creation and communication in times of crisis.

Day 2: Mastering Communication in Crisis

• Essentials of Communicating in crisis.
• Understanding the communication barrier and how to overcome them.
• Establishing Communication channels prepared for a crisis situation.
• Defining and identifying crisis roles.
• Avoiding communication pitfalls and traps.

Day 3: Crisis Response Planning 

• Understanding the content, importance and utility of a Crisis plan.
• Communicating and resourcing the crisis plan.
• Establishing a protocol for crisis plan execution.
• Planning tools and models.

Day 4: Crisis Management and Leadership Strategies

• Management strategies for crisis situations and uncertainty.
• Getting people on board quicker with transformational leadership.
• Utilizing charisma to enhance commitment.
• Securing team "buy-in" in evolving situations.
• Problem-Solving enabling and delegation.
• Collecting and utilizing information management systems for a crisis.
• Utilizing technology for analysis and decision alternative generation.

Day 5: Situation Analysis, Forecasting and Problem Solving

• Tools, models and techniques of complex problem-solving.
• Creative and critical thinking skills and tools
• Quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques and tools.