NEXT Campus launches Advanced Management Program by Cornell University
Thursday, 21 August 2014 00:00
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Cornell University, ranked No. 2 in the world for executive education, is an American Ivy League University with a global reputation for academic excellence in many fields, including business and is continually ranked among the top business schools in the world on the basis of faculty teaching and research and the success of their graduates.
They will be conducting a three-day Advanced Management Certificate Program for senior business leaders from 17 to 19 September. The program is brought to you by NEXT Campus in Sri Lanka.
This program will be geared for senior decision makers in business organisations such as directors and group functional heads, particularly those with major P&L responsibilities, who would definitely benefit from this program. CEOs will also find this program to be a great way to refresh their knowledge about current global business challenges, engage with their colleagues and direct reports in the business simulation exercises and improve communication in the organisation.
The program will cover the core topics in an executive education program such as, finance, strategy, execution, operational excellence, innovation, marketing and team building.
Participants attending the program will be getting the same kind of high quality learning experience that Cornell provides to executives in leading companies throughout the world .They will gain the benefit of receiving a world-class learning experience and a Certificate of Completion from an Ivy League business school at a very reasonable cost.
The program leader is New York based Dr. Phil Young, one of the world’s top corporate educators, strategists and consultants. Dr. Young is a member of the Cornell Executive Business Education educator network and the founder and president of Nth Degree Systems, Inc., a corporate education and consulting firm that designs and implements seminars and training programs in finance, marketing, and strategy and leadership.
He has over 25 years of experience in this area and customises his executive education seminars for each client drawing on his proprietary business simulation product which is used by many Fortune 100 companies including Google, Microsoft and prestigious management consulting firms such as Booz Allen Hamilton, now part of Price Waterhouse Coopers.
During this program, Phil Young will be discussing the current tools and concepts of strategic analysis and thinking. He will be supporting these ideas using the wealth of personal experiences he has had working with people in a wide variety of companies at all levels of responsibility. He will also draw upon examples from current headline business news as well as highly regarded business case studies.
As a result of attending this program, participants will be better equipped to establish and execute an organisation’s strategy, understand the key drivers of the value of a company, interpret a company’s annual report and monitor the company’s financial health, form teams and develop leadership and teamwork to achieve common objectives, recognise the strategic function of marketing and improve a company’s customer focus, set budgets to forecast and monitor a company’s cash flow; comprehend the strategic and financial dimensions of making a business case and immerse themselves in essential processes including setting strategy, decision-making, team building and value creation.
More information of this program could be obtained by visiting the Cornell University Application Centre at NEXT Campus, 320 Darley Road, Colombo 10 or email Kumudu Abeyawardane at [email protected].
