Curriculum
GMP dates
SPRING CLASS 2012 AUTUMN CLASS 2012/2013
Module I: May 13 - 26, 2012 November 11 - 24, 2012
Module II: October 1 - 17, 2012 March 4 - 20, 2013
GMP content
The module I (two weeks) covers topics from the main business functional areas.
The module II (two weeks + Project Week) concentrates on integrated topics and development of skills. The second module is completed by the graduation ceremony, where participants are awarded by a Certificate of Completion.
In-between modules participants work on data and information gathering and their analysis, development of findings, conclusions, recommendations, action plan, and deliver a draft of the project report.
On transfer day participants discuss with the mentor about key learning lessons from the first module, their progress on the project, challenges they are currently facing, and open issues related to the project.
Program courses
- the program provides functional and integrative courses (from functional to integrative and leadership skills)
- the participants learn about fundamental concepts and their applications in business practice
- the program helps to put newly acquired knowledge, skills, and experiences into practice
- the program develops the link between enablers and results
Leading People
- how to manage key organisational resources
- understanding leadership challenges and priorities
- assessing personal leadership potential
- recognizing emerging people issues, and the tools required to respond to them
- the importance of teams, and development of skills for the management of effective teams
- introduction of essential concepts of leadership for high performance
Measuring Organizational Performance
- how to measure the efficiency and effectiveness in performance of processes and resources (from the company level down to business functions, business processes, and the individual level)
- how to manage the company’s financial resources
Customers and Markets
- understanding market opportunities
- taking the customer perspective
- development of customer-centred thinking
- preparing and implementing marketing plans
Developing Competitive Advantage
- introduces strategy-related concepts
- builds a strategic vocabulary
- discusses what strategy really is
- development of strategic thinking
Developing Communication Skills
- grasping the set of skills needed for effective communication
- development of presentation skills
- development of negotiation skills and strategies
Creating Value through Innovation
- understanding of contemporary innovation processes and the surrounding issues
- outlining the stages of innovation process, strategies, concerns and organizational-design-to-do’s for each
- exploration of the most common obstacles for innovation and how to successfully tackle them
- active discussion about concrete innovation related issues (and designing organizational solutions)
- current issues: how to put contemporary IT to work for us, why and how to unleash the experimentation in companies, how to grow an organizational culture that will foster innovation, and when to innovate business models
Sustainable Organizational Excellence
Leading Change
- how to develop a new understanding of change phenomena and their links with the context, content and process of change
- participants will start from the need to understand the drivers of change in order to formulate viable vision and business model
- participants will learn how middle managers can influence the change processes and serve as “interpreters” of strategy for their subordinates
- discussions of concrete change related issues which the participants will bring up as most relevant for them
The Project
GMP Project is a key component of the IEDC GMP – it contributes significantly to the learning process of the participant while simultaneously providing the sponsoring organization with a significant, meaningful and tangible output. Specifically, the GMP Project:
- Provides participants the opportunity to apply the GMP princples, tools, frameworks and methodologies to the practical challenges their organizations are facing,
- Secures the support of academic and practioner mentors to address complex managerial challenges and provides guidance on how to present solutions to management & leadership teams,
- Creates an environment for peer group inputs to individual challenges, bolstering the emphasis on teamwork which is a constant feature of GMP.
In sum, the GMP Project represents a practical and well structured solution to a particular management challenge that a Programme participant has identified in their own organization. It provides an opportunity for participants to apply their newly acquired skills and concepts under the supervision of project mentors and they are guided towards preparing a presentation to their corporate guests. The final project report consists of an analysis of a practical solution to the management problem identified and provides a concrete plan of action based upon analysis and recommendations.
Project solutions
- introducing an innovative product,
- renewing a marketing strategy for higher growth,
- moving business operations to high potential markets,
- new Rewarding System for Sales Department,
- business plan for a new Joint-Venture.
Learning Methods
Participants will experience learning through:
- case studies and business simulations,
- lectures, group exercises and discussions,
- individual and group presentations,
- input and experiences from classmates,
- put what they learn into action through a problem-solving project for their company/organization.
Project Based Learning provides a powerful tool for instant application and demonstration of newly-acquired knowledge and skills while delivering real solution and immediate payback for the company.
The highly-intensive program timetable makes an “in-residence” stay necessary. Class hours usually start at 8:30 to 16:30 with breaks; classes are run from Monday through Saturday.
Participants are also exposed to a mandatory reading and preparation in the evenings for the next day (typically 2 – 3 hours).