Course curriculum

  • 01

    Professional Skills

    • Analysis

    • Commercial acumen

    • Communication

    • Evaluation

    • skepticism

  • 02

    A. Leadership

  • 03

    B. Governance

    • 1. Agency

    • 2. Stakeholder analysis and organisational social responsibility

    • 3. Governance scope and approaches

    • 4. Reporting to stakeholders

    • 5. The board of directors

    • 6. Public sector governance

  • 04

    C. Strategy

    • 1. Concepts of strategy

    • 2. Environmental issues

    • 3. Competitive forces

    • 4. The internal resources, capabilities, and competences of an organisation

    • 5. Strategic choices

  • 05

    D. Risk

    • 1. Identification, assessment and measurement of risk

    • 2. Managing, monitoring and mitigating risk

  • 06

    E. Technology and data analytics

    • 1. Cloud and mobile technology

    • 2. Big data and data analytics

    • 3. E-business: value chain

    • 4. IT systems security and control

  • 07

    F. Organisational control and audit

    • 1. Management and internal control systems

    • 2. Audit and compliance

    • 3. Internal control and management reporting

  • 08

    G. Finance in planning and decision-making

    • 1. Finance function

    • 2. Financial analysis and decision-making techniques

    • 3. Cost and management accounting

  • 09

    H. Innovation, performance excellence, and change management

    • 1. Enabling success: organising

    • 2. Enabling success: disruptive technologies

    • 3. Enabling success: talent management

    • 4. Enabling success: performance excellence

    • 5. Managing strategic change

    • 6. Innovation and change management

    • 7. Leading and managing projects